February 11, 1923 The Pittsburgh Post Chess by Howard L. Dolde

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Chess by Howard L. Dolde 11 Feb 1923, Sun Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

Morris A Schapiro vs Oscar Chajes
New York m (1923), New York, NY USA, rd 10, Jan-??
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Classical Defense (C83) 1/2-1/2

Blindfold Play by Reti.

At the conclusion of the recent chess festival at Hastings, Richard Reti gave an exhibition of his skill as a blindfold artist, in which role he now plays the premier part among the chess masters of the world. Against a team of six, selected by the congress committee, he made a score of four wins, a draw and a loss. The following wins, a draw and a loss. The following score of one of the games won by Reti is an excellent specimen of his style.

Ruy Lopez.

Richard Reti (white) vs. Taylor (black).

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. Castles B-K2 6. Q-K2 P-Q3 7. P-B3 Castles 8. P-Q4 B-N5 9. P-Q5 N-N 10. P-KR3 B-R4 11. QN-Q2 QN-Q2 12. BxN QxB 13. K-R N-K 14. P-KN4 B-N3 15. R-KN4 P-KR4 16. N-B Q-Q 17. N-N3 PxP 18. PxP B-R5 19. N-B5 BxN 20. NPxB Q-K2 21. R-N4 B-B3 22. B-R6 K-R2 23. N-N5ch BxN 24. BxB N-B3 25. R-R4ch K-N 26. BxN QxB 27. Q-R5 Q-R3 28. QxQ PxQ 29. RxP K-N2 30. R-R2 R-R 31. R-Nch K-B3 32. R-N3 RxRch 33. KxR P-N4 34. K-N2 R-R 35. R-R3 RxR 36. KxR K-N4 37. K-N3 P-R4 38. P-N3 P-N5 39. P-QB4 P-KB3 40. P-B2 K-B4 41. P-B4 PxPch 42. KxP K-R5 43. K-B3 K-R6 44. P-K5 QPxP 45. P-B5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Qe2 d6 7. c3 0-0 8. d4 Bg4 9. d5 Nb8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Kh1 Ne8 14. g4 Bg6