In the long run: Hussar parade

Submitted by cgs on Tue, 04/22/2008 at 1:02pm.

This is the third and last part of my Hussar trilogy. The Knight is called Hussar on Hungarian chess-boards. In the first Hussar article I displayed the checkmate with one Hussar on the edge of chess-board.

In the second we could see when the Hussars made attack in pair.

Now, we can see the most powerful Hussars on the centre of chess-board. In the first example the pair of Hussars are conquering the Queen. And again the Budapest defense:

In the second example Alekhine sacrificed his Queen for the placing of Hussars in the centre:

In the third example here is the most powerful Hussar of the chess-world by chess essay of Richárd Réti. In the example White wins:

The first move belongs to White. After White's first move appears the compulsion of move for Black. Anywhere is moving Black with the King or Bishop: the a-pawn reaches the destination or Black will lose the Bishop. Which one move is this? Previously it was said: Black can move only with the King or Bishop! Then 1.... The Hussar remains in centre. Such a simple matter. Don't describe the solution! Three articles, one question: Is the strongest chess piece the Hussar? Not,... it is the King!

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by Dozy - 3 months ago
Blue Mountains Australia

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 744

Thanks for the info, Csaba. It brings back old memories. I obviously confused myself by nominating both V and D for the queen. The historical comment reminds me that one of our Maroczy CC members, Dr Zoltan Bodolai, wrote a book about Hungary called The Timeless Land. It was published (in English) in Australia in the 1970s.

I never had the chance to read it and now it's out of print.

by cgs - 3 months ago
Veszpre'm Hungary

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 461

I'm obliged to fulfil the curiosity of my kind friend 'Dozy'. Let me begin with te Knight between chess pieces. It was already Hussar in my 3 articles. Here give information about Hungarian names:

Knight = Hussar = huszár (in Hungarian) Hungarian mark is: H as Hf3

King = King = király " " K as Kf1

Bishop = Messenger = futár (futó) " " F as Fc4

Rook = Bastion = bástya " " B as Be1

Queen = Leader = vezér " " V as Vf3

Pawn = Foot-soldier = gyalog " " when e2-e4

At us aren't women on the battefield. With the names we are near to origin of chess. Example: chess = sakk as Persian sah. Leader = vezér as the Persian vezír. The "vezér" is a very old Hungarian word, it revives for Hungarian conquest (in 896) when the nation came into Karpath basin with 7 tribes and at the head of tribes with 7 leaders. Their names are well-known in our country. Who want see the real hussars click for this link:

http://groups.msn.com/20ArpadVezerCscs/mrcius15.msnw

It consists English little part.

by Dozy - 3 months ago
Blue Mountains Australia

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 744

Brilliant games.

I remember my Hungarian friend's scoresheets were difficult for me to read at first. The knight was H, the queen V (for visier, I think), I think the queen was D (or is that German?).

And I had only just got used to writing the moves in English notation!

by jfreitas - 3 months ago
Lisboa Portugal

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 247

The first move is Kh1.

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