January 18, 1948 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 18 Jan 1948, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowsky Sunday, January 18, 1948 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California White to play and...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, February 20, 2020

White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN r1N1R2K/2B5/5P2/5k1P/4p1pQ/3nR1p1/5P2/3r4 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. f4 exf3 2. Ne7#

Short And Sweet

Here is a game played by Choinowski when he won the championship of Brussels with 7 points:

Chojnowski (white) Robert Lemaire (black)
French Defense: Normal Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-QN3 3. B-Q3 P-QB4 4. P-Q5 N-KB3 5. P-QB4 P-Q3 6. N-QB3 B-K2 7. P-B4 PxP 8. KPxP O-O 9. N-B3 R-K1 10. O-O N-R3 11. P-QR3 N-B2 12. Q-B2 B-Q2 13. N-K2 B-KB1 14. N-N3 P-QR4 15. N-N5 P-KR3 16. B-R7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Bd3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. f4 exd5 8. exd5 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Ne2 Bf8 14. Ng3 a5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+ 1-0