July 06, 1922 Los Angeles Evening Express Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Los Angeles Evening Express Los Angeles, California Thursday, July 06, 1922 Express Problem No. 73 by J.F. Tracy,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, January 23, 2020

Express Problem No. 73 by J.F. Tracy, Ontario, Calif. British Chess Magazine, 1895. White mates in two moves.
FEN 8/3b4/N1Np3Q/1r1k4/8/3B2K1/5B2/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bc5 Rxc5 2. Nab4#

Los Angeles Evening Express Los Angeles, California Thursday, July 06, 1922 Express Problem No. 74 by Clif Sherwood,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, January 23, 2020

Express Problem No. 74 by Clif Sherwood, Los Angeles (First publication) White mates in two moves.
FEN 8/8/8/7B/2N4N/3p4/K2Bp3/n2k4 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nf3 Kc2 2. Ne3#

Edward Lasker, western champion, submits the following game played recently by wireless with a friend who was en route to Europe on the President Taft, Mr. Lasker being in Chicago. New York City was the relaying point. Our local chess encyclopedia Stasch Mltokowski has very kindly furnished the annotations.

Ernest Gundlach (White) Ed Lasker (Black)
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Original Marshall Attack

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. R-K P-QN4 7. B-N3 Castles 8. P-B3 P-Q4 9. PxP NxP 10. NxP NxN 11. RxN N-B3 12. P-Q4 B-Q3 13. R-K N-N5 14. P-KN3 NxRP 15. KxN Q-R5ch 16. K-N BxP 17. Q-B3 B-R7ch 18. K-R B-B5disch 19. K-N Q-R7ch 20. K-B B-R6ch 21. K-K2 QR-Kch 22. K-Q RxRch 23. KxR Q-N8ch 24. K-K2 Q-B8mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. g3 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Bxg3 17. Qf3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4+ 19. Kg1 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Bh3+ 21. Ke2 Re8+ 22. Kd1 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Qg1+ 24. Ke2 Qf1#

Notes by S. Mlotkowski.
(a) The usual move is P-Q3.
(b) Black's last two moves in combination were introduced by Marshall against Capablanca in New York tourney, 1918; Capablanca won, but Marshall's line of play has since been improved, notably by O'Hanlon against Yates in British championship tourney, 1921.
(c) Capablanca vs. Marshall, New York tourney, 1918; 12. R-K (at the time I suggested 12. P-KB3, B-Q3; 13. R-K3, B-Q3; 13. P-KB3 N-N5 14. Q-B3, Q-R5 15. P-Q4 NxP 16. R-K2 B-N5; 17. PxB, B-R7ch; 18. K-B, B-N6; 19. RxN Q-R8ch 20. K-K2, BxR Yates vs. O'Hanlon. British championship tourney, 1921, ran: 12. P-Q4, B-Q3, 13. R-K, N-N5 14. P-KR3, Q-R5 15. Q-B3, arriving at the same position as in Capablanca-Marshall game.
(d) Correct move is P-KR3.
(e) If PxB, QxPch; and then if K-R, B-N2ch; or if K-B, B-R6ch.
(f) If B-K3, RxBch; 23. QxR, BxQ; 24. KxB, R-Kch and wins easily.

A chess editor's conceit must be satisfied occasionally, hence the publication of this gamelet, an offhand affair played recently with one of the local telegraph team's “regulars,” who naturally wouldn't have fallen into such a trap in serious chess.

Express Game No. 53
Center Counter

J.D. (White) vs. Clif Sherwood (Black)
Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Exchange Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-Q4 2. PxP QxP 3. P-Q4 N-QB3 4. B-K3 P-K4 5. P-QB4 Q-R4ch 6. B-Q2 Q-N3 7. P-Q5 N-Q5 8. N-K2 B-QB4 9. N-QB3 N-B6ch 10. PxN BxPch

Algebraic 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Be3 e5 5. c4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Ne2 Bc5 9. Nc3 Nf3+ 10. gxf3 Bxf2#

(a) An old line which tends to turn the attack over to Black: N-QB3 usual.
(b) Mentioned in the Handbuch as leading to an even game; probably better than the “book” Q-K5ch.
(c) To dislodge the powerful N; and inviting NxN; 9. B-K2 to gain time in development.
(d) A hasty “developing” move which White would never had made had he analyzed at all.