July 16, 1950 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, July 16, 1950 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California FORCED FINISH From a...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, April 5, 2020

FORCED FINISH
From a Dresden tournament game, 1903.
Ahues (white) vs. Leopold (black)
White to play
FEN 3q1rk1/1bp2ppp/1p6/8/8/1PP3Q1/PP4PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1

Play doesn't work. I start playing Koltanowski's list of move — but reversed color, and they're most excellent moves for the other suit! 　

Early Morphy Game
The Austro-Hungarian refugee master, J.J. Lowenthal, after a spell in England which gave him a chance to recuperate from a severe leg wound received in the Austrian revolution of 1848, finally reached America in February, 1850, just after Stanely had beaten Turner. Lowenthal in turn took on Turner and won two matches from him, by 6-2 and 2 draws and 5-2 with 1 draw. Traveling south he beat Dudley in a match at Lexington, Ky., and finally reached New Orleans where he heard that the local champion, Rousseau, had been unable to hold his own against a boy not yet 13. Visiting Judge Morphy's house he played two games with his son Paul, on May 22 and 25, drawing the first and losing the second. This portent passed practically unobserved at the time, so that the world was still astonished seven years later when Morphy's meteoric success began.

Paul Morphy vs Johann Jacob Loewenthal
Casual Game (1850), New Orleans, LA USA, May-22-25
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0

Descriptive

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 0-0 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Rb8 16. c3(a) Bc5 17. f5 Qh4(b) 18. g3 Qg5 19. f6 Ne5(c) 20. fxg7 Rd8 21. Be4 Qxg7 22. Qh5 Rd6 23. Bxh7+(d) Kf8 24. Be4 Rh6 25. Qf5 Qxg3 26. Rb2 Re8 27. Nf6 Re6 28. Rg2(e) Qxg2+ 29. Bxg2 Rxf6 30. Qxf6(d) Rxf6 31. Rxf6 Ng4 32. Rf5 b6 33. Bd5 Nh6 34. Rf6 Kg7 35. Rc6 a5 36. Rc7 Kg6 37. Kg2 f6 38. Kf3 Nf5 39. Be4 Kg5 40. Bxf5 Kxf5 41. h4 Kg6 42. Rc6 Kh5 43. Kg3 f5 44. Rf6 f4+ 45. Kxf4 Bf2 46. Ke4 Bc5 47. Rf5+ Kxh4 48. Rxc5 bxc5 49. Kd5 1-0

(a) Seizing the best squares in readiness for his initiative.
(b) An empty demonstration which leaves the young genius unmoved.
(c) Better was P-KN3.
(d) How are the mighty fallen! If 23. … QxB; 24. Q-N, threatening N-B6ch.
(e) Good enough, for if 28. … QxP; 29. QxR PxQ; 30. N-Q5 d.ch, but quicker was 28. QxR PxQ; 29. N-R5 dis. ch., for both Q-B6 or Q-B7 then lose a piece.
(f) With a won ending.

Game from the New York interclub competition.
Catalan Opening
Reshevsky (white) Manhattan vs. Simonson (black) Marshall

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-KN3 P-Q4 3. N-KB3 B-B4 4. B-N2 P-K3 5. O-O QN-Q2 6. P-B4 P-B3 7. QN-Q2 P-KR3 8. P-QR3 B-Q3 9. Q-N3 Q-B2 10. P-B5 B-K2 11. Q-B3 P-KN4 12. P-QN4 P-N5 13. N-K5 R-Q! 14. P-B4 P-KR4 15. P-QR4 P-R5 16. R-R3 P-R4! 17. P-N5(a) NxP! 18. PxN BPxP!! 19. N-N3!(b) P-N5 20. Q-Q4 PxR 21. BxP P-R6 22. B-R R-KN 23. Q-N2 B-B7 Black won eventually…

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 Nd7 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. a3 Bd6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. c5 Be7 11. Qc3 g5 12. b4 g4 13. Ne5 Rd8! 14. f4 h5 15. a4 h4 16. Ra3 a5! 17. b5(a) Nxc5! 18. dxc5 cxb5!! 19. Nb3!(b) b4 20. Qd4 bxa3 21. Bxd5 h3 22. Bh1 Rg8 23. Qb2 Bc2 Black won eventually…

As of 4/5/2020 game not found listed among the games of Samuel Reshevsky and Albert Charles Simonson.

(a) 17. QNPxP is far better.
(b) If RPxP then BxPch; 20. P-K3 (forced), P-Q5! 21. B-B6ch!, QxB!, 22. PxQ, PxQ: 23. RxBP B-N5! 24. P-B7! R-QB 25. R-B4 P-N4 should win. Beautiful play!