June 27, 1948 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 27 Jun 1948, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, June 27, 1948 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 39 by W....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, February 29, 2020

Problem No. 39 by W. Collins, Shreveport. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 4r1q1/4p1n1/1Npp3b/Ppk2p1r/8/P1BpR1Q1/1N2b2P/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qf2 Bxe3 2. Qxe3#

Here follows one of the games lost by Charles Bagby during his exhibition at the Santa Rosa Chess Club:

Charles L. Bagby (white) San Francisco vs. Gordon Olson (black) Santa Rosa.
French Defense

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 P-QB4 4. KPxP KPxP 5. N-B3 QN-B3 6. PxP N-B3 7. B-KN5 B-K3 8. B-N5 BxP 9. O-O O-O 10. N-K2 R-K1 11. Kt-Q4 Q-N3 12. BxN PxB 13. P-B3 N-K5 14. B-K3 B-KN5 15. R-N1 QR-N1 16. Q-R4 QR-B1 17. KR-B1 Q-N2 18. P-N4 BxN5 19. NxB BxB 20. PxB N-Q7 21. Q-Q1 R-K8ch! 22. QxR NxPch 23. K-R1 NxQ

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bb5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. c3 Ne4 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Qa4 Rf8 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. b4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nd2

3. More usual is 3. … B-N5.
7. White could also continue with 7. NQR4, to keep the pawn. If 7. … Q-R4ch; 8. P-B3, etc.
13. Why not 13. BxN and give Black a bad double pawn?)
19. NxB is the correct answer. Now Black gets the initiative.
21. Very well played!
22. and Black won without much difficulty.

The Paul Morphy Festival in Santa Monica last Sunday attracted 450 chess players from the south. In the simultaneous competition George Koltanowski won the trophy offered by the city fathers, by winning 10 games in 39 minutes; second was E. Banner of Orange, with 10 wins in 1 hour 15 minutes. Harry Borochow and Herman Steiner followed. Herman Steiner won the rapid transit tournament. Koltanowski won all his games in the blindfold exhibition. Here follows a game from this exhibition:

George Koltanowski vs. (white) Robert Strecker (black) San Pedro Chess Club.
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. P-QN4 PxP 3. P-Q4 P-Q4 4. P-K5 N-B3 5. B-N2 P-K3 6. B-Q3 KN-K2 7. N-K2 B-Q2 8. O-O N-N3 9. P-KB4 B-K2 10. N-Q2 O-O 11. P-KN4 R-B1 12. N-KB3 N-QR4 13. P-B5 N-R5 14. N-N3 NxNch 15. QxN N-B5 16. B-B1 B-N4 17. P-B6 PxP 18. PxP N-Q7 19. BxN BxB 20. N-K4! PxN 21. QxP B-K6ch 22. QxB K-R1 23. Q-K4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. Ne2 Bd7 8. 0-0 Ng6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nd2 0-0 11. g4 Rc8 12. Nf3 Na5 13. f5 Nh4 14. Ng3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nc4 16. Bc1 Bg5 17. f6 gxf6 18. exf6 Nd2 19. Bxd2 Bxd2 20. Ne4! dxe4 21. Qxe4 Be3+ 22. Qxe3 Kh8 23. Qe4 1-0