October 20, 1921, Los Angeles Evening Express, Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif Sherwood 20 Oct 1921, Thu Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Express Problem No. 5, Dr. D. Elekes, Budapest,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, January 13, 2020

Express Problem No. 5, Dr. D. Elekes, Budapest, Hungary. This received commendation in the Good Companion Folder, August, 1921.
White mates in two moves.
FEN 8/8/8/7p/7P/6NQ/6pp/4K1k1 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nf1 h1=Q 2. Qe3#

E. W. Grabill contributes the following game from the match which he recently won from Carl Bergman, who forfeited the match after five games had been played, because of ill health:

Ethelbert W. Grabill (white) vs. Carl Bergman (black)
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-B3 B-N5 6. NxN NPxN 7. B-Q3 BxNch 8. PxB P-Q4 9. P-K5 N-N 10. O-O N-K2 11. P-KB4 P-N3 12. B-R3 N-B4 13. Q-K P-KR4 14. Q-B2 B-K3 15. QR-QN P-QR4 16. R-N7 B-B 17. R-R7 B-K3 18. Q-B5 K-Q2 19. B-N5 RxR 20. BxPch K-B 21. QxR P-R5 22. Q-N7mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d5 9. e5 Ng8 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. f4 g6 12. Ba3 Nf5 13. Qe1 h5 14. Qf2 Be6 15. Rb1 a5 16. Rb7 Bc8 17. Ra7 Be6 18. Qc5 Kd7 19. Bb5 Rxa7 20. Bxc6+ Kc8 21. Qxa7 h4 22. Qb7#

Below is a game from the Greco Counter Gambit double round tourney, which started October 2 in New York City between Marshall, Jaffe, Bernstein and Forsberg.

Bruno Forsberg (white) vs. Frank Marshall (black)
Philidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. Kt-KB3 P-KB4 3. B-B4 P-Q3 4. P-Q3 B-K2 5. Kt-B3 Kt-QB3 6. Castles B-B3 7. P-QR3 P-B5 8. Kt-Q5 B-Kt5 9. P-B3 Q-Q2 10. P-QKt4 Kt-R3 11. P-QR4 Castles 12. P-R5 Kt-B2 13. P-Kt5 Kt-Kt 14. P-Kt6 RPxP 15. PxP P-B3 16. Kt-B7 QR-B 17. R-R8 B-Q 18. Kt-R6 PxKt 19. BxPch Q-Kt2 20. BxQch and wins.

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 d6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Bf6 7. a3 f4 8. Nd5 Bg4 9. c3 Qd7 10. b4 Nh6 11. a4 0-0-0 12. a5 Nf7 13. b5 Nb8 14. b6 axb6 15. axb6 c6 16. Nc7 Rf8 17. Ra8 Bd8 18. Na6 bxa6 19. Bxa6+ Qb7 20. Bxb7+ and wins.

Notes by S. Mlotkowski
(a) PxP is decidedly the best move here.
(b) P-Q4 is generally given as best. Steinitz thought the text as good and it may well be so.
(c) P-QR3 so as to allow a retreat for the Bishop, was better.
(d) Now N-R4 should have been played.
(e) Dangerous in view of White's advanced Pawns. N-B2 is an alternative.
(f) This loses immediately. White's threat was RxNch and Q-R. Q-K2 seems the only possible defense.
(g) A brilliant finish, particularly commendable as having been brought off against the American champion. The winner was formerly a well-known San Francisco player whose many friends, both there and here in Los Angeles, will be pleased at his success.