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

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Chess Chats Sun, Nov 27, 1949 – 28 · The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) · Newspapers.com

The result of the blindfold exhibition at the Telephone Chess Club of San Francisco by George Koltanowski was six wins and two draws, against the teams of the Chinese Chess Club and the Peninsula Chess Club. Here follows a game from this exhibition. Board No. 5:

George Koltanowski (white) vs. San Francisco Chess Club (black) Nick Russ and C. Svalberg
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Bradley Beach Variation

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-QB3 3. N-B3 N-B3 4. P-Q4 P-K5 5. N-K5 B-N5 6. NxN QPxN 7. P-KN3 B-K3 8. Q-N3 P-QR4 9. P-QR3 B-Q3 10. P-K3 Q-B1 11. Q-B2 B-KB4 12. P-N3 Q-K3 13. B-QN2 O-O 14. B-N2 KR-K1 15. R-Q1 QR-N1 16. O-O P-QR5 17. QP4-Q5 Q(K)-K2 18. PxPQR3/QR4 P-KR4 19. PxP PxP 20. N-K2 B-KN5 21. R-Q2 N-R2 22. Q-B3 Q-N4 23. P-KR4 Q-N3 24. P-B5 B-K4 25. N-Q4 P-B4 26. Q-B4ch K-R1 27. B-B3 R-R1 28. N-K2 BxN 29. RxB N-B3 30. BxB RxB 31. R-Q1 N-Q4 32. R2-Q2 Q-N5 33. B-B1 P-B5 34. KPxP NxP 35. R-Q8ch R-K1 36. RxR RxR 37. Q-B7 N-K7ch 38. BxN QxB 39. Q-B8+ K-KR2 40. KR1-Q8 Q(K7)-QN4 41. R(Q)-Q4 1-0

Algebraic 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 e4 5. Ne5 Bb4 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. g3 Be6 8. Qb3 a5 9. a3 Bd6 10. e3 Qc8 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. b3 Qe6 13. Bb2 0-0 14. Bg2 Rfe8 15. Rd1 Rab8 16. 0-0 a4 17. d5 Qe7 18. bxa4 h5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ne2 Bg4 21. Rd2 Nh7 22. Qc3 Qg5 23. h4 Qg6 24. c5 Be5 25. Nd4 f5 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Bc3 Ra8 28. Ne2 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Nf6 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd1 Nd5 32. Rd2 Qg4 33. Bf1 f4 34. exf4 Nxf4 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Qf7 Ne2+ 38. Bxe2 Qxe2 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Rd8 Qb5 41. Rd4 1-0

As of 3/29/2020 game not found listed among the games of George Koltanowski

Baarn, Holland: Dr. Max Euwe won a tournament here without difficulty, 6½ out of 7 points; Henneberke 5, Kramer and Barendregt 4, DeLange 3, Visser 1, and Tordion (Switzerland) ½. In Group B, Van Oosterwyck won with 6 points, Apking 5½, P. Muller (Switzerland) 5, Donk and Paard 4 points each. Here's a game from this tournament.

Van Oosterwyck (white) Donk (black)
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 N-B3 4. P-Q4 PxP 5. O-O NxP 6. R-K1 P-Q4 7. BxP QxB 8. N-B3 Q-QR4 9. NxN B-K3 10. B-Q2 B-QN5 11. NxQP NxN 12. P-QB3 O-O 13. PxB Q-KB4 14. QR-B1 N-B3 15. R-B5 Q-N5 16. QxQ BxQ 17. R-KN5 B-K3 18. B-B3 P-KB3 19. NxBPch K-B2 20. N-Q5 R-KN1 21. NxQBP Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. c3 0-0 13. cxb4 Qf5 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Rc5 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Rg5 Be6 18. Bc3 f6 19. Nxf6+ Kf7 20. Nd5 Rg8 21. Nxc7 1-0

As of 3/28/2020 no game found listed among the games of Donk and Oosterwyck(unlisted).

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Sunday, November 27, 1949 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California The championship...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, March 28, 2020

The championship of southwestern Germany was won by Niephus with 10 out of 10; an old opponent of mine, Koblenz, won the title of champion of Lettland. Mark Taimanov of Leningrad was first with 17 points out of 19 but played “hors concours.” Lausanne, Switzerland, Chess Club beat Dyon, France, Chess Club, 13½-3½.
Never resign before you are mated.
This position occurred in the Nurnberg-Carls game, played in Germany, 1949. Black continued with 49. … R-R6; 50. K-R3, R-R5; 51. B-N6?, B-B8 mate!
FEN 8/8/6R1/P2k3p/8/1r2B1P1/4bPKP/8 b - - 0 1
1. … Ra3
2.Kh3 Rxa5
3.Bb6 Bf1+
FEN 8/8/1B4R1/r2k3p/8/6PK/5P1P/5b2 w - - 2 4