June 06, 1948 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 06 Jun 1948, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, June 06, 1948 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 36 by A....

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Problem No. 36—by A. Ellerman, Buenos Aires. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 3N4/7R/K2p4/1PNk2p1/3Bpp2/PP2PR2/B5q1/6Qb w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bc3 fxe3 2. Rf5#

Atascadero

Last Sunday Northern California tied a very strong Southern California team by 28½ to 28½. The last game to finish was the game on board No. 1, between H. Steiner (S) and George Koltanowski (N). The game ended in a draw.
In a blindfold exhibition against 4 of the North and 4 of the South G. Koltanowski won 4, drew 3 and lost 1.
Here follows a game from this exhibition.

George Koltanowski (white) Santa Rosa vs. J.B. Gee (black) Sacramento
French Defense: Exchange Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. PxP PxP 4. B-Q3 B-Q3 5. N-K2 Q-B3 6. Castles N-KR3 7. Q-Q2 BxPch 8. KxB Q-R5ch 9. K-N1 N-N5 10. Q-B4! P-KN4 11. Q-N3 Q-R3 12. P-KB3 N-KB3 13. QxNP QxQ 14. BxQ QN-Q2 15. N-B4 P-KR3 16. B-R4 P-QN3 17. B-QN5! Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Qf6 6. 0-0 Nh6 7. Qd2 Bxh2+ 8. Kxh2 Qh4+ 9. Kg1 Ng4 10. Qf4! g5 11. Qg3 Qh6 12. f3 Nf6 13. Qxg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 Nd7 15. Nf4 h6 16. Bh4 b6 17. Bb5! 1-0

7. No good as the blindfold player quickly demonstrates.
10. Stops everything!
17. Black resigns. White threatens BxNB6 or after K-B1, BxNQ7, NxB (forced) NxQP wins easy.