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Show r nijfr -- &k NEWS, Friday, January 19, 1973 DESERET The The king squore ot O direction ly, The rook (olso colled the castle) moves any number of squares it desires horizontally vertihorizontally, cally, or diagonally y. v or vertically m ryo u 2c ckK?5 im jfc ar"nM.;.gg 4 A ,, The Knight The Bishop . The bishop moves ony of squares it number The knight's move is a leap which con best be described as one square straight (either horizontally or vertically) followed by one square diagonally. He can go , desires, but only diagonally. This piece .thus remains throuoh- - out the game on ..'square of one color only., By Larry Eldndge The Christian Science Monitor News Service Thanks to Bobby Fischer, chess is the in game nowadays. People who never before thought about playing suddenly want to learn, while those who know a few rudiments are anxious to improve their games. This series beginning today is for both groups, along with anyone else who has an interest. It is hoped that readers will clip and save them for handy reterence. Right at the start, lets dispel the common misconception that chess is a difficult game to learn. On the contrary, it is a very simple game. At higher levels, of course, chess is indeed .a complicated undertaking. But we dont have to start wh that. One of the accompanying diag'ams shows a board set up for the beginning of a game. Each side has a king and queen in the middle, flanked by two bishops, two knights, and two rooks, with eight pawns on the second row. White makes the first move, and the players alternate there? fter. Moving first confers a slight advantage, so its customary to take turns In setting up the board, note The Rook The queen moves ony number of squares it desires in ony direction moves one time in ony horizontal- vertically, ordiogon-all- Queen , The The Pawn pawn can move straight ahead only On each pawn's first move he option of one or either moving two squares After that if has I it con advance only one square at a time. forward, backward or to either side. - r nrnpr-jurn- y M T r x, Pawn , King And In Between The Basic Moves The King Tjinigir out of the check immediately He can do this by moving his Chess Lesson No. mil Editors Note: This is the first of 12 weekly lessons on how to play chess by Larry Eldridge, a sports writer for m the Christian Science Monitor News Service. Eldridge, who also is a chess expert, covered the world championship match in Reykjavik, last year when Iceland, American Bobby Fischer Russias Boris dethroned Spassky. king, by capturing the attack ing piece, or by interposing one of his own pieces m the line of fire If he has no legal way of doing any of these I a B The pieces set up for beginning a game. that whichever side you are playing, the square in your right hand corner is always a white one. Note also that the queen starts out on a square of her own color, while the king is on a square opposite his color. The basic moves of each piece are described in the acdiagrams, but companying here are some general clarifications and explanations: 1 No piece can move into a square occupied by oi.e of its own forces. . 2. Except for the knight, no piece can, leap over or past any of its own or the enemys pieces. 3. Captures are optional (unand are made like checke-s- ), by displacing enemy pieces. You move your piece into the square and remove the enemy man from the board 4. The ultimate object of the game is the enforced capture of the enemy king. When this cannot be prevented, it is and the called checkmate, game is over. 5. An attack on the king is called ' check, The rules require that the player whose king is thus attacked must get things, it is checkmate It's time now to go back and become fully familiar with all of the moves described in the diagrams After doing that, we can continue with a closer look at the peculiarities of some of the pieces The queen, rook, and bishop need no further explanation The king is limited by certain restrictions attendant upon check. Thus he cannot move into any square controlled by an enemy piece, as it would obviously be illegal to move into check. Also, he cannot occupy any square immediately adjacent to the pnemy king, as that would be placing himself under attack. The knights move is the most difficult to fathom at first, hut it really isnt hard once you get used to it Note that he always lands on a square of a different color from that on which he started Unlike any other piece, the krught can leap over either his own or enemy forces, though, of course, he still cannot land on any square occupied by one of his own men Note that whesia knight inflicts a check the enemy must either move his king or capture the knight, there is no way to in terpose another piece m the line of fire, since the knight can leap over pieces The pawr has a peculiarity in that it captures by moving one square diagonally, making it the only piece which does not capture the same way it moves, Also, if a pawn ever reaches the last row, it imme diately becomes whatever you want it to be (usually a queen) Essentially, once you have mastered the information in this lesson, you can play a game of chess Try to familiarize yourself with it as much as possible, and well go on from this foundation in Lesson No Professor Captures Utah County Open Title U. By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Chess Editor Prof. Fletcher Gross of the University of Utah won the Utah County Open Chess Tournament last weekend. He defeated Abbas Riazi, Utah State Champion, in the final round. His total score was not reported. The tournament was held in the Steelworkers Union Building in Provo. Ramesh Rahaiker from the University of Utah won second place, no score reported And the Class A prize went to Paul Norveson, Salt Loke City Sixteen-vear-oi- d Steven Reynolds of Kearns won the Class B trophy No In the system score was not reported. but his Winner of the year-ol- d section was Gordon Platt of Provo If was reported by Doug Isaacson, tournament director, at the beginning that tour girls had entered, but who was declared the winner was not reported by Isaacson. In Dusseldorf, West GAMBIT Germany, the mother of Robert (Bobby) Fischer, the world chess Dr. champion, Regina Flscher-Pustoo pediatrician, marched BLACK Winner of the special grouping of was Whitney Newev of Provo. Bor Neibar of Magna was top In the section He was award ed the prize on the system over Lauren Bird of Orem and David Whitman of American Fork. No scores were reported Rod Eddings of Bountiful wos first olds section lnthe Keven Kovacs, a sixveor-olfrom Prove wos the youngest ploer In the tournament that attracted 83 plovers. Because the tournament was offi-- i dally rated by the United States Chess Federation (USCF), every player had to be o member of the European syndicate Nearly all of are prize winners In problem-composinI have olso competitions. discovered occasionally that one of the problems olso appears In on American collection book of problems ZS by One other note tor the beginners: Let s Play Chess" does not make uo the problems. They are bought from a them score reported. The Class C prize was won by Ned no score or town reported The "Class D trophy was won Jess Monson, Pleasant Grove out- side the consulate with a sign read-ing- "I am an American, Mr Nixon. End the Vietnam War. Norman Singer, the United States Consul, said. After about two hours out there a'l alone, she accepted our invitation to come in for a cud of coffee and o chat, a .d we called o taxi for her DESERET NEWS PROBLEM 1,032 - January 19, 1973 WHITE Whlfe to move and mote In two. For beginning solvers, many of whom telephone to find out what White to move and mate In two" meansl it means that White has the first move, called the key move After that. Black can make any move that is legal, and then on White's second move he mates Black. Depending on which piece Black moves determines which White piece mates, It will not always be the same piece for White. If there are two possible key moves" for White, then the problem is declared a Cook "Let's Ploy Chess" tries never to publish a Cook," though occasionally one has slipped In during the post Vh decades Y'tt' 'EJl 'H ' -- V Solution to Problem 1,031- - 1. Congratulations to the solvers1 Jim Jacobsen, Joseph Emig. Michael Davis, Gavlen Mavnes, Verl Whiting, Fred Paulson Jr , Jack Peck, Dr John Cook, Ted Pathakis. Dr Alexander Schreiner, L C Drexl, Doug Smith, Fred Nelson, Helen Sheffield. Elaine Wessmon, Gary Julian, Exra R Day. Louis Barnett, Gerald Swenson, Grant Humphries, Pot Monson, joy Harvev. Dick Harvey, W Wesley Parish, Edwin 0 Smith USCF AH of which should make Ed Ed mondson, executive director of the 37 new players were USCF, happy signed up1 The highest "unrated plover was Curtis Call of BYU He won his prize Aide Choice For FTC Head Post - WASHINGTON President Nixon today nominated White House aide Lewis A. Engman to succeed Miles W. as Federal Kirkpatrick Trade Commission chairman. (P) CURAD "Quchless" Bandages Telia Pad won't stick last Kirkpatrick resigned week to return to private law practice after a sometimes controversial tenure as head of the agency which watches after ests. major consumer to wound! Hypoallergenic. CHLESS CURAD CURAJ Inter- The White House said after the Senate confirms Engmans nomination to the commission, the President will designate him as chairman. was a Grand Engman, Rapids, Mich., lawyer before joining the administration in June 1970 as an official of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs. He was shifted to the Domestic Council staff in May 1971,; . , FLESH COLOR TRANSPARENT 37, There had been advance ports that Engman was to get the FTC job. ' f & TIN OF 50 Assorted Sizes. TIN OF 30-- All Wide. M:x or Match! TIN OF 50 Assorted Sizes. TIN OF JCPenney We know what youre looking for. 30-- All Wide. m. SAT. ONLY Downtown J Valley Center-Bountif- Cottonwood Mall Valley Provo Sugar House Fair-Grang- ul er Midvale 2 Christian Science Publishing Society 1973, Chess Master Dies - A1 NEW YORK (UPI) Horowitz, retired chess columnist for The New York Times, died Thursday night, apparently of a heart attack He was 65 He was three times a memof the U.S world championship team in the 1930s and ber attained the rank of international master, m glDgliinitS LET'S PLAY CHESS i , |