March 24, 1957 Connecticut Chess by G.E. Avery, Hartford Courant

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Connecticut Chess by G.E. Avery 24 Mar 1957, Sun Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Newspapers.com

Here is the game won by Murray Powell at the Horowitz exhibition. The master on being asked to autograph the score, complied, and also added “swindler” after doing so. Play the game and see.

Al Horowitz v. Murray Powell, Horowitz Exhibition 1957
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 B-QN5 4. PxP BxNch 5. PxB PxP 6. N-KB3 N-K2 7. N-K5 0-0 8. B-Q3 B-K3 9. 0-0 N-Q2 10. P-KB4 P-KB4 11. Q-K2 B-B2 12. B-R3 R-K1 13. NxB KxN 14. Q-R5ch K-N1 15. BxP NxB 16. QxN N-KB3 17. Q-Q3 P-QB3 18. P-QB4 Q-Q2 19. PxP PxP 20. P-QB4 PxP 21. QxPch Q-Q4 22. KR-QB1 R-K8ch 23. K-B2 QxQ 24. RxQ RxR Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 exd5 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Ne5 0-0 8. Bd3 Be6 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. f4 f5 11. Qe2 Bf7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Qxf5 Nf6 17. Qd3 c6 18. c4 Qd7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4+ Qd5 22. Rc1 Re1+ 23. Kf2 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxa1 0-1

GM Sundararajan Kidambi: “Played through the game. It's not there in the database. In chess terms ‘swindle’ isn't a negative thing. In the game White (Horowitz) was a pawn up and having a better game, but one moment of lack of alertness led to a tactic (quite standard) which led to a loss of rook for him. You can call it a trap. Its also called a swindle in chess circles. It was an exhibition game and perhaps a simultaneous game and clearly Horowitz wasn't taking his opponent seriously. Thanks for sharing the game!”