The Unknown Derek Oldbury

 COLUMN NUMBER 15

Problem Number 15: By Derek Oldbury

White to move and win

Deception

Solution To Problem Number 14:   9-6; 1-5 12-16 (starting a long trip); 5-1 16-20; 1-5 23-27; 31-24 20-27; 5-1 27-23; 1-5 23-26; 5-1 26-30; 1-5 30-25; 5-1 25-21; 1-5 21-17; 5-1 17-13 (arrival); 1-5 13-9; 5-14 2-7. White wins.

Game Number 15. 'Defiance' Opening

A game from my recent simultaneous display. Black: Derek Oldbury; White: F.Buckby (Sheffield). Set black men on squares 1 to 12; white men on squares 21 to 32.

Start moving: 11-15 23-19; 9-14 27-23 (said to restrict Black�s choice of attacks, but I found a new one); 8-11 22-18; 15-22 25-9; 5-14 29-25; 11-15 25-22; 4-8 24-20; 15-24 28-19; 10-15 19-10; 6-15 22-18; 15-22 26-10; 7-14 31-27; 8-11 23-18 (my opponent was obviously playing merely for a draw); 14-23 27-18; 12-16 (this move and my next surprised the onlookers) 32-27; 1-6 Forms Diagram: White to move

Continue:  27-23 (much deep study went into this move, but still it was of no avail; 18-14 would draw); 6-9 30-26; 2-6 26-22; 9-13 21-17; 6-9 (the killer) 17-14; 16-19. Black won.