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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-01-23, Page 18CHESS POONTS English Opening has long history By'ROSS WILLIAMS a".recorli that goes back to 1955, Bobby Fischer had about 750 tournament and match games prior to the world chamtlionship Match with Boris Spassky in Iceland in 1972. That would give him the white pieces some 375 times. In those gimes, Fischer opened 1. P -K4 ifl all but three. Fischer had the white pieces nine times in Iceland in 1972. He opened 1. P -K4 five Limes. In the other four, he opened 1. P-QB4. In this one match, Bobby Fischer devi- ated from his standard P -K4 opening more times than he had in his previous 17 -year tournament and match ca- reer. Ivo Nei, in his book with Robert Byrne about the world 'championship match, "Both Sides of the Chessboard," conunents that Fischer used a P-QB4 opening only once be- fore - in Palma de Majorca in 1970 against Polugaevsky. Fischer's consistent use of P - K4 lit the past made if difficult for Spassky and his team to know what to expect should Bobby suddenly shift open- ings. This may have been Bobby's reason for the change. On the other hand, what about the theoretical. ba- sis for his previous consisten- (7? Bobby Fischer selected and annotated 60 of his games and published them in 1969. He had the white pieces 37 times and opened 1. P -K4 37 times. His notes are interesting. The 45th game in the book was against Bisguier in 1963. Bob- by opens 1. P -K4 and COM- ments, "Best by test." The 60th game was against Stein in 1967. 'Bobby openedl. P -K4 and corrunented, "I have nev- er.opened the QP on princi- ple.' What happened to Bobby Fischer between 1969 and 1972 to cause him to change the de- liberately established habits of a career? And when he gave up P -K4, what caused him to choose P-QB4?. The P-QB4 opening has a liong history. It derived the name, English Opening, from its use by the Englishman, Howa Staunton, in his deci- sive match against Saint- Amant -in 1841 Its Use since then has been widespread among chess greats. The most interesting current usage was Fischer against Spassky. The English Opening an lose its independent status and can be transposed into other open- ings depending on Black's re- sponse and White's continua- tion. Transpositions occurred in three of the four Fischer- Spassky games, and more recently by Korchnoi against Karpov in the finals match in the 1974 Candidates series in Moscow. In Fischer's eighth game against Spassky in Iceland, some commentators-thiqk one move by Spassky may haVe been decisive. Can you spot '41It? We'll ,comment next week. July 27, 1972 English Opening Fischer Spassky 1. P-QB4 2. N-QB3 3.N -B3 4. P -1(N3 5.B -N2 6.0-0 7. P -Q4 8. NxP 9. QxN 10. B -N5 11.Q -B4 12. QR -B1 13. P -N3 14.Q -Q2 - '15. EI -K3 16. B -R7 17. BxR 18. PxP 19. KR -Q1 20. N -Q5 21. NaPch 22. RxQ 23. R7J3 24.B -B1 25.K -N2 26. P -K4 27. P -B4 28. R -K2 29. R(2)-QB2 30. B -K2 31.R -Q2 32. P-B5ch 33. PaPch 34. R(4) -Q4 35. R-Q5ch 36. RxPch 37. R -B6 P-QB4 N-QB3 r4 -B3 P-KN3 B -N2 0-0 -PxP NxN P -Q3 B -K3 Q -R4 QR -N1 KR -B1 P-QR3 P-QN4 PxP 11x13 BxP N -Q2 QA/ K -B1 KxN R-N8cti N -B4 P-QR4 B -R8 P -B3 K -K3 B -N7 P -R4 B -R6 PxP K -K4 KxP K -K3 K -K2 Resigns CROSSWORD 4 4 • By A. C.' 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A person knowsthere is no - scientific or factual basis in such belies, but since the world is filled with unex- plained mysteries, it is rather fun and challenging to try and account for some of the un- known happenings that exist. A mythical creature, said to live in the high mountains, particularly in California, is known as "Big Foot." Neither beast nor human, apparently, "it" accounts for the disap- pearance of domestic animals on remote ranches or the top- pling of trees when no storm has occurred. Since no one has the vaguest idea of what this monster is like, other- than that its feet H. GORDON GREEN One of the customs which in- trigues me most about the Mennonites is the , simplicity of their burial grounds. In the more orthodox sects at least, the tomb- stones are all rather small and plain, and each is so remarkably similar to those around it that you could sight down a line of them and find that not one of them would be as much as an inch higher than the rest. Now isn't that a rather.wonder- ful way of signing off when we come to the end of the last mile? suppose that in .this free en- terprise -competitive system of our half of the world it is only natural for the individual Co try to excel, to climb higher, to get richer. And it seems to be a ne- cessary evil that in -order to climb to the top, one must also make some pf his fellow men relatively unimportant. But it seems to me that at least in our Christian religion - in that part of our lives where we profess to believe in the brotherhood of inan and that all of us are equal before God, we should make a quiet but deter- mined effort to set aside this never ending struggle for su- premacy. And yet in the very sacraments of the church, in baptisms, confirmations, weddings and funerals, we seem to have allowed ourselves to. get caught up in a vicious circle of trying to keep up with the Joneses. 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Well, whatever other considerations there might be, above all it is simply unthinkable now that we do the thing in a manner which could be any less elaborate than - what some of our neighbors have rnanaged at a similar time. And then when it comes time to buy the stone, some of us at least attach a great importance to making sure that the stone we plant on the place will be higher, heavier and costlier than the stones, which others have man- aged round about us. Even in death we must excel. How pagan can we beaboutour Christian rites? Regardless of how great we may suppose ourselves to be in life's struggle for success, surely we make fools of ourselves by trying to perpetuate our excel- lence when we ring down the final curtain. Our religion teaches that we all came into this world as equals. 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