By Robert G. Kelly, John R. Scully, David Shoesmith, Rudolph G. Buchheit

Lines the improvement of combinational suggestion from the early days of chess occasions as much as the reign of worldwide champion Anatoly Karpov. through deciding upon key habitual components within the decisive mixtures of the champions, Keene exhibits tips to pull off crushing finishes.

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QXB 21 R-R8+ KXR 22 QXQ Resigns. 2 2 . . QR-NI 23 Q - R 5 f K-NI 24 Q-N6 is hopeless for Black. (c) When Steinitz destroyed Mongredien in the two games given above he was respectively 26 and 27 years old. Thirty years later Steinitz was to carry out a combination in the same style, but on a deeper plane, against a more formidable opponent, and in a considerably more prestigious event. g... N-Q2 Tchigorin seems to be organizing the break. . P-KB4, but this plan is faulty. He should either have left the KN at its post and gone for immediate Q-side expansion ( 8 .

RPXP White has nothing immediate. 14PXP 15NXN 16 R-N3 NXP QXN Q-B3 From Morphy to Fischer 73 A very fine move which prepares to open two new avenues of attack. The wretched situation of Black's K leaves him curiously helpless to defend against the coming onslaught. With the threat of 22 P-Q5, so Black has no choice. g. 2 2 . . NXN 23 RXP+ KXR 24 Q-R1+ or 2 2 . . Q-K5 23 B-B2 Q-N5 24 P-B3 Q-N6 25 N-B5 PXN 26 RXB +-. 23 RXB! There are so many threats at this point (even the simple R/4-KR4 will be deadly) that Black may as well grab at the exchange.

These strictures do not apply to the genuine nineteenth-century openings, such as the King's Gambit, which has an honest, positional basis, nor (any more) to the victor of the following game, who has long since abandoned this superficially beautiful yet actually somewhat banal style of play. Matulovii-Segi, Yugoslav Championship 1953. Sicilian Defence, Morra Gambit. A stupid waste of time, preparing to place his Q on an inferior square. Much to be preferred was 8 . . ). 9 R-Q1 10 B-B4 11BXN 12 QR-B1 Q-B2 N-K4 PXB B-Q2 If Black seeks to side-step the coming combination with 12.

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