April 05, 1953 Philadelphia Inquirer Chess Problems by Bill Ruth

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Chess by Bill Ruth Sun, Apr 5, 1953 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Problem No. 5001 by C....

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Problem No. 5001 by C. Promislo. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 5Q2/1b2p1Pq/1N5p/2P5/2RBk3/R5P1/1Pp2P2/K1b1nr2 w - - 0 1

Chess by Bill Ruth Sun, Apr 5, 1953 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Problem 5002 by D.J. Densmore....

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Problem 5002 by D.J. Densmore. White to play and mate in three moves.
FEN 6K1/5RQ1/4P3/6R1/3P4/6rB/6Pp/4B1kr w - - 0 1
K-R8/Kh8
Mates in two moves.
1. Kh8 Rf3 2. gxf3#

In the recent match between the Franklin and Marshall clubs, DiCamillo scored a noteworthy victory for Philadelphia over his veteran opponent Edward Lasker of New York. Games of this nature, where a definite plan can be formulated so early in the play, are not too usual. Black's conduct of the entire game was predicated on his sixth move! The motif: to give white a structural weakness, to control his own king's fourth and by a judicious diminishment of force to bring about a favorable end game position. The result was satisfactory even though a clever opportunist might well have reversed the decision. All's well that ends well.

Edward Lasker (white) vs. Attilio Di Camillo (black)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard Development

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 5. B-K2 QN-Q2 6. P-KB4 P-K4 7. BPxP PxP 8. PxP NxP 9. QxQ+ KxQ 10. B-B4 KN-Q2 11. N-R3 P-QB3 12. O-O P-KR3 13. QR-Q K-K2 14. B-K3 P-N3 15. P-QN4 B-N2 16. P-B5 P-QN4 17. B-Q4 N-B 18. N-B4 N-K3 19. NxN PxN 20. P-QR4 P-QR3 21. P-KN4 QR-Q 22. K-N2 KR-B 23. RxR RxR 24. BxN BxB 25. R-Q3 R-Q 26. RxR KxR 27. N-N K-K2 28. P-R3 K-B3 29. B-B3 K-N4 30. PxP RPxP 31. N-R3 K-B5 32. N-B2 B-B6 33. K-B2 P-K4 34. K-K2 B-B 35. B-N2 B-K3 36. K-Q3 B-N7 37. N-K3 K-N6 38. B-B B-B8 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. f4 e5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c6 12. 0-0 h6 13. Rd1 Ke7 14. Be3 b6 15. b4 Bb7 16. c5 b5 17. Bd4 Nf8 18. Nf4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. a4 a6 21. g4 Rd8 22. Kg2 Rf8 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Nb1 Ke7 28. h3 Kf6 29. Bf3 Kg5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Na3 Kf4 32. Nc2 Bc3 33. Kf2 e5 34. Ke2 Bc8 35. Bg2 Be6 36. Kd3 Bb2 37. Ne3 Kg3 38. Bf1 Bc1 0-1

At this point, White overstepped the time limit. His position is absolutely helpless.