JULY nrq VOLUME: BZ \SSVE 4 SEIRAWAN 34 - MONTANA 1 KEN SHINN AWARDED MONTANA TITI£ OVER LOY. HOENE STEVE SMITH REGAINS WYOMING TITLE ON TIE-BREAKS OVER WEIKUM TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Sponsor - Montana Chess Association KING'S GAMBIT OPEN July 21-22, I979 Place: Reg: Rounds: Member: Prizes: Dir: Entry: Notes: Madison & Jefferson Rooms, MSU Student Union, Bozeman, MT 59715. 9 :00 -10:00am, Entry Fee = $4.00 Adult, $2.00 Junior (Under I9). 4RSS 40 /100 (25 /hr) lOiOOam, 2:00pm,7i00pm/l :30pni. Montana Chess Association membership required. $3.00 Adult, $2,00 Junior. Includes one year subscription to Montana Chess News, Current subscribers may pay pro-rated fee to upgrade to full membership. Open Section - 1st $20, 2nd $10, Reserve Section (Under I3OO & Unrated) 1st $15, 2nd $8, Best Game - $20 (Tentative Judges - Bill Lynch, Jim Loy, Howard Hoene,) Bill Lynch Jim Loy, P,0,Box #1236, Bozeman, MT 59715. Insofar as possible everyone will receive two Whites and two Blacks, All games must begin with the moves 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 P-KB4. This tournament will not be rated by the US Chess Federation. For an overview of the King's Gambit opening see Jim Loy's article on page 6 . Informal meeting of the MCA Board of Directors at lOiOOam Sunday at Sambo's Restaurant, 319 N, 7th St. Free coffee - buy your own breakfast. TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT BILLINGS RIMROGK OPEN Sponsor - Billings YMCA Chess Club August 25-26, 1979 Place: Billings YMCA, Meeting Rooms, 402 N, 32nd St., Billings, MT 59101 Reg: 9 :00 -9:^5aiii, Entry Fee = $8.00 Adults, $5.00 Juniors (Under 19). Rounds: 5RR 45 /2hr (23 /hr) 10i00am,2i30pm,7i00pm /9:30am, 2:00pm, 6 man sections deter- mined by ratings. Lowest section 5SS for 6-12 players including non-rateds. Member: USGF membership required, $12 Adult, $6 Junior; MCA membership required, $3 Adult, $2 Jxinior, May join at site. Prizes: $30 1st each Section. 2nd Prize in lowest section based on entries. Dir: Bill Lynch Entry: Bill Lynch, 1144 Harvard Ave,, Billings, MT 59102, Notes: Adjourned games will be completed between rounds if possible or after round 5- ********* TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT MONTANA STATE PRISON OPEN Sponsor - Montana Chess Assoc. / Montana State Prison CC September 22-23, I979 Place: Montana State Prison Ranch, Deer Lodge, MT 59722 Full details, including advance registration materials will be in the September issue 1
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J U L Y n r q VOLUME: BZ \SSVE 4
SEIRAWAN 34 - MONTANA 1
KEN SHINN AWARDED MONTANA TITI£ OVER LOY. HOENE
STEVE SMITH REGAINS WYOMING TITLE ON TIE-BREAKS OVER WEIKUM
TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Sponsor - Montana Chess Association KING'S GAMBIT OPEN July 21-22, I 9 7 9
Place:
Reg:
Rounds:
Member:
P r i z e s :
Dir:
Entry:
Notes:
Madison & Jefferson Rooms, MSU Student Union, Bozeman, MT 59715. 9:00-10:00am, Entry Fee = $4.00 Adult, $2.00 Junior (Under I 9 ) . 4RSS 40/100 (25/hr) lOiOOam,2:00pm,7i00pm/l:30pni. Montana Chess Association membership required. $3.00 Adult, $2,00 Junior. Includes one year subscription to Montana Chess News, Current subscribers may pay pro-rated fee to upgrade to f u l l membership. Open Section - 1 s t $20, 2nd $10, Reserve Section (Under I3OO & Unrated) 1 s t $15, 2nd $8,
Best Game - $20 (Tentative Judges - B i l l Lynch, Jim Loy, Howard Hoene,) B i l l Lynch
Jim Loy, P,0,Box #1236, Bozeman, MT 59715. I n s o f a r as possible everyone w i l l receive two Whites and two Blacks, A l l games must begin with the moves 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 P-KB4. T h i s tournament w i l l not be rated by the US Chess Federation. For an overview of the King's Gambit opening see Jim Loy's a r t i c l e on page 6 . Informal meeting of the MCA Board of Directors at lOiOOam Sunday at Sambo's
Restaurant, 319 N, 7 t h S t . Free coffee - buy your own breakfast.
TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT BILLINGS RIMROGK OPEN
Sponsor - B i l l i n g s YMCA Chess Club
August 2 5 - 2 6 , 1979
Place: B i l l i n g s YMCA, Meeting Rooms, 402 N, 32nd S t . , B i l l i n g s , MT 59101 Reg: 9:00-9:^5aiii , Entry Fee = $8.00 Adults, $ 5 . 0 0 Juniors (Under 1 9 ) . Rounds: 5RR 45/2hr (23/hr) 10i00am,2i30pm,7i00pm/9:30am,2:00pm, 6 man sections deter
mined by r a t i n g s . Lowest section 5SS f o r 6-12 players including non-rateds. Member: USGF membership required, $12 Adult, $6 Junior; MCA membership required, $3
Adult, $2 Jxinior, May j o i n at s i t e .
P r i z e s : $ 3 0 1 s t each Section. 2nd P r i z e i n lowest section based on e n t r i e s . Dir: B i l l Lynch
Entry: B i l l Lynch, 1144 Harvard Ave,, B i l l i n g s , MT 59102, Notes: Adjourned games w i l l be completed between rounds i f possible or a f t e r round 5-
********* TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT MONTANA STATE PRISON OPEN
Sponsor - Montana Chess Assoc. / Montana State Prison CC
September 22-23 , I979
Place: Montana State Prison Ranch, Deer Lodge, MT 59722
F u l l d e t a i l s , including advance r e g i s t r a t i o n materials w i l l be in the September issue
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44TH MONTANA OPEN Tournament Report May 26-28, 1979 Directorj B i l l Lynch
_ OPEN SECTION
Place Name Rating RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 RD6 Score Tie-Breaks P r i z e s
2 Ken Shinn 1683 W12 D3 W15 W8 H D5 4-2 20k MT Trophy
3 Jim Loy 1588 W14 D2 L l l WIO D5 W8 4-2 16| 2nd Trophy
k Howard Hoene 1^59 L5 L6 Bye W13 W9 W12 4-2 14 3rd Trophy
5 B i l l Lynch 1658 W4 H W12 D6 1)3 D2 3 i - 2 i 2 3 6 Matthew Guthrie 1578 LI W4 tfl3 D5 L8 W14 19 Top C -$15* 7 Jim Magorian 1633 W13 L8 DIO W15 WU LI 3I-2I 18
8 Kip Stubberud 1744 W9 W7 LI L2 W6 L3 3-3 24
9 Gordon Shuck 1569 L8 LI 3 W14 W12 L4 Wll 3-3 14 Top S r . Tr.
10 Don Norrid 1119 W16 LI 5 D7 L3 D14 Bye 3-3 1 2 1 11 Bob Joidan 1609 m 5 W16 W3 L I L7 L9 2 - | - 3 i 12 Roland Brodniak 1552 12 W14 L5 L9 W15 L4 2-4 17
13 Neale Slkveland 1326 L7 W9 L6 L4 Bye WD 2 - 3 1 3 J 14 Dick Mecklenberg (nil) L3 L12 L9 By3 DIO L6 li-H 15 15 Terrance Mitchell 1262 DU WIO 12 L7 U 2 WD i i - 3 i IH 16 Mike Jensen 1595 LIO L l l Withdrew 0 - 2
2 Jack Reddy 1434 Wll D4 WIO W7 LI w6 ^ •'•2 2nd Trophy
3 Andy Shuck 1471 W8 W7 LI L6 W5 W4 4-2 1*** 3rd Trophy
4 Ray Jorgenson 1115 WIO D2 W8 Dl W6 L3 4-2 0 Top D-$15
5 Garroll Salmons ( 1 2 9 9 ) D9 L8 W14 WIO L3 Wll 3 i - 2 i Top E - $ 1 5 6 Doug Brock 1103 W12 LI wu W3 L4 L2 3-3 22^
7 Lyle Petersen 1257 W14 L3 W12 12 W9 LI 3-3 19 8 Duane Hildenstab 1248 L3 W5 L4 LI 2 W14 W13 3-3 15/11 9 Gary Ritchie 1284 D5 LIO W13 DU L7 W12 3-3 15/10
10 Anthony Mattina 1335 L4 W9 12 L5 D13 W14 2 f - 3 t I 6 i 11 Goyle Long 1213 12 W14 L6 D9 W12 1-5 2 I - 3 I 16 12 Dennis McCord 758 L6 W13 L7 W8 L l l W 2-4
13 Chuck Chapman 1121 LI U 2 L9 W14 DIO L8 l i - H 14 Dan B a l l a s (847) L7 L l l L5 LI 3 L8 LIO 0-6
AMATEUR SECTION
1 Lesl i e Gunderson ( 1 3 6 1 ) W2 W4 D3 W5 W6 W7 5|-i 1st Trophy 2 Lowell Luke 1304 LI W7 W5 W3 W4 W6 5-1 2nd Trophy
3 Steve Sherrod (1204) W8 W5 Dl L2 w? W4 3rd Trophy 4 Shaun Higgins (1017) W7 LI W6 W8 L2 L3 3-3 19 5 Mark Wood (985 w6 L3 12 LI W8 Bye 3-3 I 6 i 6 David Mathon (871) L5 W8 L4 W7 LI 12 2-4 7 Adam Laceky 853 L4 12 W8 L6 L3 LI 1-5 8 Seth Foster (573) L3 L6 L7 L4 LF WD 0-5
Notes! Ratings i n parentheses are post-event ratings hand calculated from the r e s u l t s of
this toumamnent f o r pairing use u n t i l ratings are published by USGF.
The Amateur Section was not a rated tournament.
*Also Top Junior - Performance ratings were used f o r t i e breaks with r e s u s l t s as
follows! Guthrie - 1 6 9 9 . Andy Shuck - I 3 6 7 , L e s l i e Gunderson - 1394.
**Perfonnance ratings were used f o r tie-breakst Gordon Shuck - 146?, Jack Reddy -1434.
"*"^Individual game r e s u l t s were used as f i r s t tie-breaker in two way t i e s .
A more complicated method of breaking the Junior and Senior T i t l e t i e s between •ioctions using the probability s t a t i s t i c s which are a part of the USGF rating nystem produced the same r e s u l t s as the use of performance ratings. The l a t t e r 'irrj much simpler to c a l c u l a t e , so for the sake of s i m p l i c i t y , I've printed the r^rformance ratings and w i l l use t h i s method in the future, hopefully avoiding thr; delay i n awarding the trophies which was necessary t h i s time. - WML
EXHIBITION Seirawan-Kip Stubberud ENGLISH 1 P-QB4 N-KB3 2 N-QB3 P-KN3 3 P-KN3 B-N2 4 B-N2 0-0 5 N-B3 P-Q3 6 0-0 P-B4 ? P-QR3 N-B3 8 R-Nl P-QR4 9 N-Kl B-Q2 10 N-B2 P-R5 11 P-Q3 N-QR4 12 B-N5 N-N6 13 BxP R-Nl 14 B-N2 Q-R4 I 5 N-K3 B-K3 16 R-Kl ( i f 16 B)dl BxB 1? KN-Q5 BxN5 and now i f 18 NxB then N-Q?!) K R-Kl 1? Q-B2 N-Q2 18 N / B - Q 5 B X N 19 NxB N-Q5 20 Q-Ql N-QB3 21 P-QN4 PxPe.p. 22 RxP? RxR 23 B-Q2 QxP 24 N-B? R-QBl 25 N-N5 RxN?! (Q-R? or Q-R5 i s probably better.) 26 PxR N-Q5 2? B-N5 P-B3 28 B-B4 NxP 29 B-Q5+ K-Rl 30 B-K6 R-Ql 31 B-B4 NxP 32 Q-B2 N-N3 33 B-Bl Q-N5 3^ B-Q2 P-B4 35 B-K6 R-QNl 36 K-Bl P-Q4 37 R-Rl B-B3 38 P-R4 Q-Q5 39 R-R6 Q-K4? 40 B-B4 Q X B/3 41 BxR P-Q5 42 B-B4 Q-B3 43 K-Nl Q-N2 44 R-R5 N-Q2 45 B-
Bl B-K4 46 B-N2 K-N2 4? R-R3 N-K4 48 Q-N3 Q-B3 49 R-R? BsdiP? 50 PxB N-K6 5 I K-B2?? (51 Q-N?! and i f Q-Q3 then 52 Q-B3; Yasser was now expecting 51...Q-N?+) 5I...Q-R8I and White Resigns as he cannot avoid mate. 0-1 Notes by Stubberud. This was Yasser's only lo s s in the e x h i b i t i o n against 23 wins ajid no draws.
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Seirawan also swept to a 5-0 victory i n the 5-niii^ute speed chess tournament held on Sunday, May 2 ? t h . Kip Stubberud took second place with a 4-1 score, losing only to Yasser.
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This newsletter i s now the o f f i c i a l publication of the Montana Chess Association. I n accord with that designation, the name has reverted to MONTANA CHESS NEWS. However, f u l l coverage of Wyoming events reported in time f o r publication w i l l continue.
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Steve Smith, of Gasper, won the Wyoming State T i t l e f o r the t h i r d time i n the past
s i x years a t the Wyoming Open, held i n Gasper, May 26-28. He topped a group of four play
er s tied a t ̂ -Xi- R«i Weikum, also from Casper, placed second, while Rick Buchanon and
Doug Greenwalt, both from Colorado, were th i r d and fourth on t i e breaks. Former Wyoming Champion Marc Lynn, of Meeteesee, South Dakotan Steve Haataja, and Tom McClew, of Casper
were a hal f point back a t 4-2, Twenty-two players participated i n the 6RSS event held i n ex c e l l e n t f a c i l i t i e s a t the Ramada Inn,
(No crosstable or games from t h i s event were received. They may be published at a l a t e r
date.-ED) **»*«•)(•*****-)(•*
RD4 BD2 Kip Stubberud (1744)-Ken Shinn (1683) DOTGH DEFENSE 1 P-Q4 P-K3 2 P-K3 P-KB4 3 N-KB3 N-KB3 4 P-KN3 B-K2 5 B-N2 0-0 6 P-QB4 Q-Kl 7 0-0 P-Q3 8 N-QB3 QN-Q2 a 9 Q-B2 Q-KR4 10 P-QN3 R-B2 b 11 B-N2 P-QB3 12 QR-Ql P-KN4 c 13 P-Q5 d BPxP 14 N-QN5?! P-KN5 15 N-Q4 N-K4 e 16 N / Q 4X K P B X N 17 BxN f PxB 18 N-B7 P-B5 19 KPxP B-B4 £ 20 Q-K2 PxP 21 NxR P-B6 22 Q-K5 PxB 23 KR-Kl N-K5 24 RxP NxBP 25 R-Q8ch h BxR 26 Q-Q5 N-R6ch 27 KxP i B-Q21 28 QxQ R-B7ch 29 K-Rl B-B3ch j 30 Q-Q5ch K-N2 31 P-QN4 BxQch 32 PxB R-Q7 and Black won in 48 moves. 0-1 a A good move according to E.Papp. ( I 9 6 I MT Champ.-ED) b A useful move - defending and making manuevers possible, c White crosses the
f r o n t i e r l i n e , d Note Black's pawn str u c t u r e , e Note Black's mass of
pawns and pieces i n the center, f Removing the offender. ^ A useful
i n t e r p o l a t i o n , h I f KxN, then QxP. i White's position i s now t o t a l l y passive, J Forcing
BOZEMAN ALL SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP Tournament Report May 19-20, 1979 D i n Loy
Place Name Rdl RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 Score
1 Jim Loy W5 W4 W2 D3 W6 2 Keith Bay em Wll WIO Ll W6 W3 4-1
3 Lon D o l l W13 D6 WIO Dl 12 •3-2-Ed Sheehan * W9 L l L6 W? W8 3-2
5 Leslie Gunderson Ll W? W13 L8 WIO 3-2 6 Jae Mathlson W8 D3 W4 L2 L l 2 ) - 2 i 7 Chuck Borland D14 L 5 Wll L4 W12 8 Brent Remer L6 D9 W14 W5 L4 9 Ruth Graham L4 D8 L12 W14 W13 2I-2I
10 Bob McLeod W12 L2 L3 Wll L5 2-3 11 Eric Munshower L2 W12 L7 LIO W14 2-3 12 Ty Schulz LIO L l l W9 W13 L7 2-3 13 Donny Wilkins L3 W14 L5 L12 L9 1-4 14 Shannon Lennick D? L13 L8 L9 L l l
•Sheehan was awarded a trophy f o r 1st Junior High School Student on tie-breaks (Median) over Leslie Gunderson.
The annual business meeting of the Montana Chess Association was called to order a t 5t30pm on Sunday, May 2 7 t h i n the state tournament playing rooms.
Secretary/Treasurer, B i l l Lynch, reported that the Association had accumulated i n t erest on the treasury and the incidental p r o f i t from one tournament held during the year, leaving a new balance of $153.00 i n the treasury.
Kip Stubberud, chairman of the Constltuion Committee appointed l a s t year, presented a new Constitution f o r consideration as the replacement f o r the o r i g i n a l , of which w r i t t e n record was l o s t i n 1973. He explained the s a l i e n t points, i n d i c a t i n g that much of the language was borrowed from the Colorado State Chess Association Constitution, which enabled th a t group to gain IRS recognition as a non-profit organization. I t i s hoped thereby that Montana can achieve the same status. A f t e r discussion, and a few minor modifications, the new Constitution was adopted unanimously by those present.
I n a d d i t i o n to the main body of the Constitution, these bylaws were adopted: Annual membership dues s h a l l be $ 3 . 0 0 f o r adults and $ 2 , 0 0 . f o r juniors (under I 9 years
of age.) - (Payment of dues e n t i t l e s members to one year's subscription to Montana Chess News and p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n a l l events sponsored by the Association.) 2 . A l l players i n Montana Chess Association sponsored events (except i n specially designated sections) s h a l l be required to j o i n the Montana Chess Association.
The new Constitution c a l l s f o r f i v e elected o f f i c e r s to form a Board of Directors to conduct the Association's business between annual meetings. I n accord with that requirement, nominations were accepted and the following o f f i c e r s elected: President - B i l l Lynch, Vice President - Ken Shinn, Secretary - Chuck Chapman, Treasurer - Howard Hoene, Junior Vice President - Andy Shuck.
B i l l i n g s was approved as the location f o r the I98O State Tournament. Approval was given f o r the formation of two committees. A Chess Promotion Committee,
to be headed by B i l l Lynch and/or Ken Shinn i s to explore possible avenues of increasing the popularity of Chess i n Montana, and a Corporation Committee i s to consider the costs and benefits of incorporating the Montana Chess Association,
F i n a l l y , the following expenditures from the MCA treasury were approved: 1 , $40 f o r p r i n t i n g and d i s t r i b u t i n g the September issue of Jim Loy's i n s t r u c t i o n a l newsl e t t e r , Chess Lessons, to a l l High Schools i n the State, 2, $35 f o r the purchase of one dozen tournament chess sets with paper boards from Kip Stubberud at the price he paid f o r them to the US Chess Federation,
(Note - copies of the new Constitution w i l l be available at future toumciments, or can be obtained by sending a s e l f addressed envelope to B i l l Lynch, 1144 Harvard, B i l l i n g s , 59102.)
'XT ISSUE: More games from the State Open, l o t s o f King's Gambits and f u l l r e s u l t s o f the Rlmrock Open. Plus d e t a i l s on f a l l tournaments, a review of the new book by Walter Kom - America's Chess Heritage - and a look a t Hontanan's f a v o r i t e openings i n tournament p l a y .
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THE KING'S GAMBIT Jim Loy
Gambits i n general, and the King's Gambit i n p a r t i c u l a r , evoke visions of wild, tense chess games i n which s a c r i f i c e s , combinations, attack, defense and b r i l l i a n c e are key worls. The idea of a gambit i s to give up material (usually a pawn) in exchange for an advantage i n devlopment, c e n t r a l control or combinations of these and other advantages. I n addition, upsetting the dynamic balance of the game produces the chief c h a r a c t e r i s t i c of the gambit - tension. Mistakes by e i t h e r side become more devastating. I t i s t h i s increase i n tension which makes gambits the most i n t e r e s t i n g of openings.
The c l a s s i c a l way of defeating a gambit i s to return the material at the "right time." T h i s i s because i t can prove to be s u i c i d a l to t r y to hold onto the gambit pawn i f you neg l e c t your development and the safety of your King. But, the material must not be returned too soon, so that the gambit player must work to regain i t , thereby losing h i s advantages i n space and development.
The King's Gambit was the most popular of the gambit openings, tremendously so in the 1 9 t h Century, I n the I 8 5 8 edition of Bllguer's Handbuch, 363 pages were devoted to openin g s , apportioned as follows:
King's Gambit I 3 8 pages Queen's Gambit I 6 pages Bishop's Opening 42 " Ruy Lopez 14 Giuoco Piano 36 " Latvian Gambit 12
Scotch Game 24 " - S i c i l i a n Defence 10 Two Knights Defense 18 " . , .
I n f a c t , the King's Gambit l a r g e l y died out because i t had been over-played and over-analyzed, A s i m i l a r fate b e f e l l the Queen's Gambit and the Open Ruy Lopez in the 2 0 t h Century.
The King's Gambit begins with 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 P-KB4, The King's Bishop Pawn i s the "Gambit Pawn", The main ideas behind 2 P-KB4 are (1) the opening of the King Bishop f i l e to attack Black's kingside and (2) controlling the center by removing Black's king pawn. The following i s a summary of the main variations:
A King's Gambit Accepted: 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 P-KB4 PxP: Al King's Knight Gambit: 3 Nf3i All F i s c h e r Defense: 3 . . .P - Q 3 ( planning ,..P-KR3 and ...P-KN4) 4 B-B4 (or P-Q4) 4...P-KR3.
The F i s c h e r Defense i s considered the main l i n e nowadays. \12 Modem Defense: 3. J^Q4 ( T h i s was extremely popular i n the 1940's and 50's) 4 PxP . A I 3 K l e s e r i t z k y Gambit: 3 . . .g^KN4 (The old • defense.)',4 P-KR4 (See A14 for 4 B-B4) 4,,,P-
KN5 5 N-K5. The A l l g a i e r Gambit, 5 N-KN5, involves a Knight s a c r i f i c e because 5 . , . P-KR3 traps the knight,
A14 Muzio Gambit: 3«..P-KW4 4 B-B4 P-KN4 5 O-OJ White's f a s t development gives him a
strong a t t a c k . Even though White w i l l lose a piece, the main l i n e leads to a draw, A I 5 Cunningham Gambit: 3 . . .B-K2 4 B-B4 and now Black can e i t h e r move 4,,,B-R5ch or
develop with 4..,N-KB3. A2 Bishop Gambit: 3 B-B4 ( T h i s i s not considered as strong as 3 N-KB3, but i t i s an
aggressive move.) 3T7.N-KB3 planning ,,.P-Q4. A3 Others: 3 N-QB3 = Keres Gambit (3.,,Q-R5ch 4 K-K2). 3 Q-B3 = Br^yer Gambit, B King' Gambit Declined: 2..,B-B4 3 N-KB3 (3 PxP loses at l e a s t a rook.) 3.*.P-Q3 and,
while White cannot capture the Kingpawn, Black's position i s considered passive, C Falkbeer Counter Gambit: 2,, ,P-Q4 3 KFxP P-K5 ( 3 . . ,PxP transposes to A12 above,) The
Falkbeer has a good reputation. I t ruins White's ideas of attack, and puts him on the
defensive. I t i s however considered drawish, 4 P-Q3.