March 27, 1949 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 27 Mar 1949, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, March 27, 1949 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 80 by S....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Problem No. 80 by S. Harwood, Sonoma. White to play and mate in three moves.
FEN 8/1p1K3N/8/1Q1Bkp2/5Rp1/3rB3/3P2q1/8 w - - 0 1
Solution to Problem No. 80 is: 1. B-B5. Peculiar key-move but no variations.
Solution to Problem No. 81 is: 1. N-K5 (threatens 2. B-B6ch and N-Q7 mate.) 1. … NxP 2. N-QB4, KxR; 3. N-B4 mate. A very fine three-mover!.
Mrs. C. Sebastopol: If you move 1. P-B8=Q; then you permit 1. … R-R2ch.

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, March 27, 1949 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 81 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Problem No. 81 by Oldtimer, Vancouver, B.C. White to play and mate in three moves.
FEN n3B3/3Np3/4R2n/3k1PP1/1p4p1/1P6/1K2Np2/8 w - - 0 1

Looking Around

Argentina: Julio Bolbochan beat out Carlos Guimard for the Argentine championship in a 17-man tournament held recently. Final score for the two top men was: Bolbochan 14, Guimard 13½. Here is a game from this tournament.

Julio Bolbochan (white) vs. Marcos Luckis (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 P-Q4 4. N-B3 QN-Q2 5. P-K3 B-K2 6. B-Q3 PxP 7. BxBP P-QR3 8. O-O P-B4 9. Q-K2 P-QN4 10. B-N3 B-N2 11. R-Q Q-B2 12. P-K4 P-N5 13. N-QR4 BxP 14. N-N5 B-Q4 15. BxB NxB 16. NxKP PxN 17. QxKP KN-B3 18. PxP Q-K4 19. Q-B4 R-R2 20. N-N6 R-R2 21. B-K3 R-N2 22. N-Q5 KN-Q2 23. NxB QxN 24. BxN Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. 0-0 c5 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 b4 13. Na4 Bxe4 14. Ng5 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6 N5f6 18. dxc5 Qe5 19. Qc4 Ra7 20. Nb6

Holland: L. Prins won the tournament in Lymegen with 7½ points. There were 10 players. He will now play a match with Dr. Max Euwe for the championship of Holland.
Boston: Charles Rheams won the championship of Boston. Here follows a game from this tournament.

Charles Rheams (white) vs. Keller (black)
King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-KB4 PxP 3. N-KB3 P-Q4 4. PxP QxP 5. N-QB3 Q-Q 6. P-Q4 B-Q3 7. B-B4 B-KN5 8. O-O N-QB3 9. R-Kch K-B 10. N-QN5 BxN 11. QxB Q-R5 12. B-Q2 P-KN4 13. NxB PxN 14. Q-Q5 N-KR3 15. QxQPch K-N2 16. P-Q5 N-KN5 17. B-B3ch P-KB3 18. P-KR3 Q-B7ch 19. K-R N(3)-K4 20. PxN P-KB4 21. Q-K7ch K-N 22. P-Q6dis ch NxB 23. Q-K6ch K-B 24. Q-B7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Nb5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qh4 12. Bd2 g5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Qd5 Nh6 15. Qxd6+ Kg7 16. d5 Ng4 17. Bc3+ f6 18. h3 Qf2+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. hxg4 f5 21. Qe7+ Kg8 22. d6+ Nxc4 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qf7+ 1-0