February 15, 1948 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 15 Feb 1948, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, February 15, 1948 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 20....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, February 22, 2020

Problem No. 20. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 2n2QR1/1bbppN2/6r1/5k1p/5p2/5B1n/1BN5/2K1R3 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qh6 Rxh6 2. Nxh6#

March of Dimes

In San Antonio, Texas, I played a match game with W. Kendall, city champion, and that night gave a simultaneous exhibition against 35 players. The proceeds of these two exhibitions went to the March of Dimes. The affair was held at the Elk's Club, and was so well attended that over $150 was presented to that worthy cause. In the following simultaneous I won 30, drew 4 and lost 1. The match game follows:

William Kendall (white) vs. George Koltanowski (black)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Symmetrical Variation

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 P-QB4 2. N-QB3 N-QB3 3. P-KN3 P-KN3 4. B-N2 B-N2 5. P-Q3 P-Q3 6. B-Q2 N-KR3! 7. N-KB3 N-B4 8. R-QN1 B-Q2 9. P-QR3 P-QR4 10. N-QN5 Q-B1 11. B-B3 N-Q5 12. NxN PxN 13. B-Q2 O-O 14. P-QN4 PxP 15. PxP P-QN4 16. PxP BxP 17. O-O P-KR4 18. P-KR4 P-Q4 19. B-R3 P-K4 20. Q-N3 Q-N2 21. B-N2 QR-Q1 22. N-N5 KR-K1 23. P-K4 PxP 24. PxP P-K5! 25. PxP BxR 26. PxN BxB 27. PxP P-B3! 28. KxB PxN 29. R-KB1 R-K3 0-1

Algebraic 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bd2 Nh6! 7. Nf3 Nf5 8. Rb1 Bd7 9. a3 a5 10. Nb5 Qc8 11. Bc3 Nd4 12. Nbxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 0-0 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. 0-0 h5 18. h4 d5 19. Bh3 e5 20. Qb3 Qb7 21. Bg2 Rd8 22. Ng5 Re8 23. e4 dxe3e.p. 24. fxe3 e4! 25. dxe4 Bxf1 26. exf5 Bxg2 27. fxg6 f6! 28. Kxg2 fxg5 29. Rf1 Re6 0-1