EG39 - Gady Costeff

TOURNEY ANNOUNCEMENTSThe 5th Thematic Tourney is announcedby Shakhmaty v SSSR.The theme is the "copycat" manoeuvre,that is, the same reasonfor a move by a W man, and amove by a similar Bl man. Themoves may be either W first orBl first, but they must be in thesame main line. By 30.iv.75, toShakhmaty v SSSR, P.O. Box 10,Moscow G-19, 121019 U.S.S.R.,with "OBYEZYANYA THEME"on envelope. Judge: Al. P. Kuznetsov.(See attached example.)Y. Dorogovand Al. P. KuznetsovShakhmaty v SSSR, x.74Win 9+7The example illustrates "copy-cat"manoeuvres - see Bl's 4th and W's 7thmoves, and Bl's 8th and W's 11th.1. Sf7f Kg8 2. Sh6f Qxh6 3. f7f Kh8 4.Rb8f Qf8 5. Rxf8f Kg7 6. Qxa3 Rdlf 7.Qcl Rxclf 8. Kb2 Ral 9. Kxc2 Rxa2f10. Kb3 Rxa6 11. Rh8 Kxf7 12. Rxh7fwins.The Italian Problemists Associationannounces an internationaltourney in memory of Dr AlbertoNardone, a famous analyst and''cook-hunter". By 31.iii.75. To:Sig. Gino Mentasti, Via Grottin53, 16012 Busalla, ITALY.Judge: R. Ravarini.The Czechoslovak Chess Federationannounces a section for studiesin a formal tourney with theclosing date (receipt) of 9.V.75.Send (2 copies) to Josef VOLF,Na vysinach 6, 460 05 Liberec 5,CZECHOSLOVAKIA.Judge : Miroslav Sindelar. "Valuablebook prizes will be awarded."Incidental items- from Harold C. Schonberg'sGrandmasters of Chess we learnthat Fischer broods over endgamestudies. Can anyone confirmthis? I am not aware thatthe World Champion has evershown a positive interest in studiesbut would be delighted tohave evidence. Fischer does notsubscribe to EG.- from Soviet Weekly, ll.i.75:"The experts believe that morethan 20,000 chess studies andabout 100,000 problems havebeen made public in all countries.Collecting and systematisingthem is a titanic job andhas not been accomplished byanyone so far. Therefore ofgreat interest for chess problemdevotees is the collectionof 30,000 chess compositionsmade by a Moscow factory engineer,Igor Slyusarenko. Onequickly orientates himself nthis mass of problems with -;;ehelp of Slyusarenko's efficientlyprepared filing system." Canone of our Moscow readers enlightenus about the classificationmethod used by Slyusarenkofor studies?ObituaryH. Edson, EG supporter, died inMarch 1974. He frequently attendedthe meetings in WigmoreStreet when his work in the PostOffice permitted.184