Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25, No. 6. 1962.
Chess
Chess
The following game was played in the 1960 Intervarsity Tournament at Christchurch. J. Howe, playing board 2 for Vic. conclusively beat W. A. Poole (Otago) by capitalising smartly on Poole's error of judgment. Incidentally, Poole has since become Victoria's top player.
J. Howe (White) | W. A. Poole (Black) | |
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1. | P-K4 | P-QB4 |
2. | P-QB3 | .... |
A relief from the usual 2. N-KB3.
2. | .... | P-Q4 |
3. | P × P | Q × P |
White can't attack the Queen because of the occupied QB3.
4. | P-Q4 | P-K3 |
5. | N-KB3 | .... |
To free the King's bishop.
5. | .... | N-QB3 |
6. | B-K2 | N-KB3 |
7. | O-O | P × P |
To clear things up in the centre but allowing white to gain a tempo.
8. | P × P | B-K2 |
9. | N-B3 | Q-QR4 |
Black suffers from lack of development and no good squares for his QB.
10. | B-QB4 |
A move reminiscent of the American boy wonder, Bobby Fischer.
10. | .... | O-O |
11. | Q-K2 | R-Ql |
12. | B-K3 | P-QR3 |
13. | QR-Q1 | P-QN4 |
Black's Queen is going to be out of the picture for a while.
14. | B-N3 | N-QN5 |
Imagining he can get a blockade Knight on Q4. Better is 14 ... B-N2
15. | B-N5 1 | .... |
The punch line, quickly capitalising on black's mistake, leads to win of material as will soon become evident.
15. | .... | N(B3)-Q4 |
16. | N × N | N × N |
17. | B × N | R-R2 |
Losing a piece because the bishop can't be taken, e.g. If 17 .... P × B then 18. Q × B. The mopping up process now begins in earnest.
18. | B-N3 | B × B |
19. | N × B | P-R3 |
20. | N-B3 | QR-Q2 |
21. | N-K5 | R-Q3 |
22. | Q-B3 | .... |
probably quickest.
22. | .... | Q-B2 |
23 | R-QB1 | Q-N2 |
24 | R × B 1 | Resigns. |
To enlighten the unsophisticated. If 24 .... Q × Q then 25 R × R ch R × R 26. N × Q and white is two pieces up. Of course not 24 .... R × R. See why! Also if 24 .... Q × R then 25 Q × P ch K-Rl 26. N-N6 ch K-R2 27. N-K7 Q moves 28. Q-N6 ch K-Rl 29. B-B2 and Black is mated next move or loses his Queen.