Solitaire Chess / Instruction The King’s Indian Attack, ala à
Reshevsky The great Sammy Reshevsky brings all his pieces to bear in an
overwhelming attack on James Sherwin’s king. By BRUCE PANDOLFINI
A VERY FLEXIBLE WAY FOR WHITE TO begin a chess game is with the King’s Indian Attack. The basic setup (Ngf3, g3, Bg2, d3, Nbd2, and 0-0) can be achieved with various move orders, thus allowing for all kinds of favorable transpositions. A worthy example of it is the game Samuel Reshevsky versus James Sherwin (Black) from the Lessing Rosenwald Tournament played at the end of 1954 and the begin- ning of 1955. Here we see the great Reshevsky in full-scale attack, using all his pieces to bring down the black king. The opening moves were:
King’s Indian Attack (A08) Samuel Reshevsky James Sherwin Lessing Rosenwald Tournament, New York, 1954-1955
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 e6 8. Re1 Nc6 9. exd5 Nxd5
that the note to Black’s move is over and White’s move is on the next line.**
10. Nc4 ... Par Score 5 This improves the position of the knight,
while opening a line for his queen-bishop. 10.
Qc7 Sherwin keeps the white knight out of
e5, even if only temporarily. Meanwhile, the try 10. ... b5?! only chases the knight where it wants to go: 11. Nce5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 when 12. ... Bb7?, which drops mate- rial to 13. c4!.**
11. 11. a4 … Par Score 5
White stops ... b7-b5 and insures the stability of the knight on c4.
Rd8 Black places the rook on a half-open
file. But this is a case of minors before majors. Better was 11. ... b6, followed by 12. ... Bb7.**
12. Qe2 12. … Par Score 5
Reshevsky increases his control over e5. Accept full credit for 12. c3.
b6 With 12. ... Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4, Black
could try to take advantage of White’s inaccuracy.**
13. Now make sure you have the above posi-
tion set up on your chessboard. As you play through the remaining moves in this game, use a piece of paper to cover the article, exposing White’s next move only after trying to guess it. If you guess cor- rectly, give yourself the par score. Sometimes points are also rewarded for second-best moves, and there may be bonus points—or deductions—for other moves and variations. Note that **means
46 November 2014 | Chess Life 13. c3 … Par Score 5
White makes sure to keep the enemy knight out of d4.
h6 Black in turn stops Bc1-g5. All the same,
he should complete what he started, 13. ... Bb7.**
14. Nfe5 Par Score 5 The knight enters the square at e5. This
is what Reshevsky has been building up to with his previous moves. At the same time, he clears the diagonal for his king bishop.
14. … 15. Nxe5
point). 15.
… Nxe5
This removes one knight, while clearing the a8-h1 diagonal for the c8-bishop.**
Par Score 4 Now White threatens 16. c4 (1 bonus Bb7 With this, Black apparently contests
the long diagonal just in time. If instead 15. ... Bxe5, then 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxe5, with threats of 18. c4 and 18. Bxh6 (1 bonus point).**
16. a5! Par Score 6 The threat is 17. a6 Bc8 18. c4 (1 bonus
point). If 16. ... Rab8, then 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 is unpleasant for Black (1 bonus point).
16. … Ne7? This is meant to clear the diagonal for
a trade of light-square bishops. But it also blocks the seventh rank, so the queen no longer defends f7.**
17. Nxf7! 17.
… 18. Qxe6+ 18. … 19. Bf4
Par Score 6 Kxf7
If 17. ... Bxg2, then 18. Nxd8 drops the Exchange (1 bonus point).**
Par Score 4
The queen breaks into Black’s camp, while garnering a second pawn.
Kf8 Par Score 5 Two pawns is normally not enough for
a piece, but here White has the initiative and is able to feed new pieces into the attack with gain of time. Accept 1 bonus point if you saw this move when sacrificing at f7.
19. … Qd7 Black not only moves his queen out of
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