Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada Saturday, March 04, 1972 - Page 5
EVANS ON CHESS
V. Melnichenko, USSR
Problem: (03/04/1972) White mates in two.
Stockfish Analysis.
World Junior Title
The first World Junior Championship for players under 20 was held in 1951. Since then it has been held every 2 years with each country entitled to one representative. In 1955 it was won by Boris Spassky, the only junior titleholder who went on to become world champion. In 1957 it was won by William Lombardy, the only American to earn that distinction.
44 players took part at Athens In 1971. 12 qualified for the finals which was won by Werner Hug of Switzerland, an unknown competing for the first time in an international tournament. He scored 8½-2½ without losing a game. Second was Zoltan Ribli of Hungary (8) followed by Kenneth Rogoff of the US (7112). Rafael Vaganian of the USSR finished in a 3-way tie for fourth, under-scoring the crisis faced by Russia in developing new young stars.
U. S. Junior Co-Champion Ken Rogoff, who hails from Rochester, was leading until 3 rounds before the end. Then he dropped 2 in a row before meeting Hug in the last round. Ken went all out since a win still would have given him the title. But he played poorly and was lucky to escape defeat. Apparently Hug doesn't have much of a killer instinct, because he proposed a draw in a winning position to clinch first place. Hug also automatically gained the title of International Master.
Sicilian Defense |
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White: Hug 1 P-K4 2 N-QB3 3 P-KN3 4 B-N2 5 P-Q3 6 N-R3 7 0-0 8 P-B3(a) 9 BxB 10 B-K3 11 Q-Q2 12 N-K2 13 P-KB4 14 QR-N1 15 P-B5 16 N-B4 17 PxP 18 NxP! 19 B-K6ch |
Black: Rogoff P-QB4 P-Q3 P-KN3 B-N2 N-QB3 N-B3 0-01 BxN(b) R-N1 P-QN4 P-N5 Q-B2(c) N-Q2 R-N3 R-R3 Q-Q1(d) RPxP PxN Draw!(e) |
(a) Slow. Usual is 8 P-B4. |
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PROBLEM SOLUTION: 1 N-K8!
