December 22, 1921 Los Angeles Evening Express, Chess, by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif Sherwood 22 Dec 1921, Thu Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Express Problem No. 21 by Paul Morphy (Chess Players Chronicle 1871) Supposed to be this illustrious player's only...

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Express Problem No. 21 by Paul Morphy (Chess Players Chronicle 1871)
Supposed to be this illustrious player's only problem.
White mates in two moves.
FEN kbK5/pp6/1P6/8/8/8/R7/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Ra6 bxa6 2. b7#

Express Problem No. 22 by Charles E. Richardson, Los Angeles
White mates in 2½ moves.
FEN kbK5/pp6/1P6/8/8/8/R7/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Ra6 bxa6 2. b7#

The finals tournament at the Los Angeles Chess Club for the 1922 club championship is well under way, the editor having withdrawn without playing a game, but E.R. Perry, the 1921 champion, after withdrawing early in the preliminaries, has been asked by the tournament committee to play in the finals, making an even dozen contestants, and the game below from the finals tournament shows he is still in his same old form.

Express Game No. 20, Giuoco Piano

D. G. Holt (white) vs. E. R. Perry (black)
Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. B-B4 B-B4 3. N-KB3 P-Q3 4. P-Q3 N-KB3 5. Castles N-B3 6. B-K3 B-N3 7. P-KR3 Castles 8. QN-Q2 N-K2 9. N-R2 N-N3 10. Q-K2 P-B3 11. B-KN5 P-KR3 12. BxN QxB 13. B-N3 N-B5 14. Q-B3 P-KR4 15. N-B4 B-QB4 16. N-K3 P-KN4 17. P-KN4 K-N2 18. N-B5ch BxN 19. NPxB R-R 20. K-R QR-KN 21. R-KN K-B 22. R-N3 P-N5 23. PxP PxP 24. RxP RxR 25. QxR BxP 26. R-KB RxNch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d3 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. h3 0-0 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Nh2 Ng6 10. Qe2 c6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bb3 Nf4 14. Qf3 h5 15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Ne3 g5 17. g4 Kg7 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rh8 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. Rg1 Kf8 22. Rg3 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Rxg4 Rxg4 25. Qxg4 Bxf2 26. Rf1 Rxh2+ 0-1

“Another Bit of Morphy” is the title of a brief article, which appeared a few months ago in the Boston Chess Item by Franklin K. Young, editor of the Item, which article explains that the following game is said to have been played by the greatest of all chess players during a brief stay at Havana while en route to his home in New Orleans on his return from Europe in 1865, but that the game cannot be authenticated, that it bears earmarks of his style, and if not a genuine “Morphy” it is certainly a good imitation. Mr. Young states that suspicion may be attached to the appended game for the reason that the manner of playing the attack against the Two Knight Defense is diverse from the method commonly adopted by the illustrious American, but this variation is forceful and interesting of itself and well worthy of the close attention of the student. White is said to play without sight of the board or pieces.

Morphy (white) vs. Martinez (black)
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Max Lange Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 N-B3 4. P-Q4 PxP 5. Castles B-B4 6. P-K5 N-K5 7. B-Q5 P-KB4 8. PxP NxP 9. B-N5 B-K2 10. BxKN BxB 11. R-Kch N-K2 12. N-K5 BxN 13. Q-R5ch P-KN3 14. QxB R-B 15. N-Q2 P-QB3 16. N-QB4 P-Q3 17. NxQPch K-Q2 18. B-K6ch K-B2 19. NxBdisch Q-Q3 20. QxQ mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 f5 8. exf6e.p. Nxf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Re1+ Ne7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxe5 Rf8 15. Nd2 c6 16. Nc4 d6 17. Nxd6+ Kd7 18. Be6+ Kc7 19. Nxc8+ Qd6 20. Qxd6#