Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada Saturday, June 10, 1972 - Page 5
EVANS ON CHESS
S. Chimedrecen, Mongolia
Problem: (06/10/1972) White mates in two.
Stockfish Analysis.
Nona
We sometimes forget that ladies play chess too. Why none has ever made grandmaster is a riddle. Perhaps, as Margaret Mead recently suggested on TV, “Women are not as interested in games … They're more interested in important things like living and dying.”
Women's chess is actively promoted in many countries, especially Russia which has also held the women's world championship since 1950. Nona Gaprindashvili, now 30, is again scheduled to defend the title which has been hers for almost 10 years.
Nona learned the moves at 5 and took on her five brothers in family tournaments. At 12 she competed in school events and attracted the attention of a chess trainer who took her under his wing. An attractive brunette, Nona majored in English and is a keen sportswoman who is wild about soccer.
In August she finished 7th in a 12-man field at Goteborg. Rising star Ulf Andersson of Sweden tied for 1st with Vlastimil Hort of Czechoslovakia (8½ points) closely pursued by Boris Spassky (8). The game between the two world champions —Nona and Boris — was a prolonged struggle where Nona faltered in the ending.
Sweden 1971 |
|
White: Nona 1 P-K4 2 N-KB3 3 B-N5 4 B-R4 5 0.0 6 R-K1 7 B-N3 8 P-KR 9 P-B3 10 P-Q3(a) 11 QN-Q2 12 N-B1 13 B-B2 14 N-N3 15 P-N4 16 B-N3 17 P-QR4 18 Q-B2(b) 19 PxQP 20 Q-R2 21 PxBP 22 Q-B2 23 QxN 24 B-N2 25 P-B5 26 NxP 27 RxN 28 QxQ 29 BxR 30 PxP 31 N-B5(c) 32 B-Q4 33 BxB 34 R-K1 35 N-K7ch 36 B-N6 37 RxQ 38 P-B3 39 K-R2 40 N-Q5 41 KN3 42 P-R4 43 N-K3 44 N-Q5 45 N-K3 46 N-B4 47 N-Q6 48 N-K8(d) 49 P-R5ch 50 N-B7 51 K-B4 52 K-N3 53 K-B4 54 K-K3 55 P-N4 56 K-B2 57 K-N3 58 K-B4 59 K-K4 60 K-B5 61 P-B4 62 K-K4 63 K-B5 64 P-N5 65 K-N6 66 P-R6 |
Black: Spassky P-K4 N-QB3 P-QR3 N-B3 B-K2 P-QN4 P-Q3 0-0 N-N1 QN-Q2 B-N2 N-B4 R-K1 B-KB1 QN-Q2 P-R3 P-B4 P.Q4 NxP P-B5! NxBP PxRP PxB Q-N3 Q-K3 NxN QxR RxQ P-QR4 BxP R-K1 B-K5! P-N7 R-N1 K-R2 P-N8/Q BxR B-Q6 R-K1 R-K8 R-QR8 B-B5 B-R3 B-N2 K-N3 P-B3 B-R3 R-R7 K-B2 B-B8 R-R5ch B-B5 K-K2 K-Q2 R-R6ch R-R7ch R-R6 R-N6 K-B3 B-B2 R-N7 R-K7ch R-K2 B-B5 BPxP KxB White Resigns |
(a) More active is 10 P-Q4. |
|
PROBLEM SOLUTION: 1 Q-B2! (Not 1 K-N8? R-B4!)
