December 24, 1911 Philadelphia Inquirer Chess and Checkers

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Chess and Checkers 24 Dec 1911, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

Jose R. Capablanca gave an interesting exhibition of simultaneous play at the Franklin Chess Club Tuesday, December 12 [1911]. His final score was as follows: 20 games played, won 16, lost 3, drawn 1. The score compared most favorably with his score at the Manhattan Chess Club, where he played 26 games and won all but two, one he lost and one was drawn. The following is the score in detail. . .

Four Knights Game
Jose R. Capablanca (White) vs. William H. Stewart (Black)

The following two interesting games were played in Jose R. Capablanca's recent simultaneous exhibition at the Franklin Chess Club. Both of the Franklin players deserve high credit for winning against the Cuban expert.

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 3. B-Kt5 Kt-B3 4. Kt-B3 B-B4 5. KtxP BxPch 6. KxB KtxKt 7. P-Q4 KKt-Kt5 8. K-Kt Q-B3 9. Q-Q2 Castles 10. PxKt Q-Kt3ch 11. K-B P-KB4 12. B-B4ch K-R 13. K-K PxP 14. KtxP P-Q4 15. BxP B-B4 16. Kt-Kt5 QR-Q 17. R-B P-B3 18. P-KR3 RxB 19. PxKt RxQ 20. BxR QxKtP 21. K-B2 B-Q6ch 22. Kt-B3 BxR 23. RxB QxKP 24. K-Kt Q-B4ch 25. K-R2 K-Kt 26. P-B3 Q-Q3ch 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5(a) 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. d4 Ng4+ 8. Kg1 Qf6 9. Qd2 0-0 10. dxe5 Qb6+ 11. Kf1 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. Ke1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 15. Bxd5 Bf5 16. Ng5 Rd8 17. Rf1 c6 18. h3 Rxd5 19. hxg4 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Qxb2(b) 21. Kf2 Bd3+ 22. Nf3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qxe5 24. Kg1 Qc5+ 25. Kh2 Kg8 26. c3 Qd6+ 0-1(c)

(a) We prefer B-Kt5, nevertheless the present move can be safely played and if not properly answered yields Black an excellent game.
(b) White evidently overlooked the full strength of this move, when some moves back, he entered into a combination, allowing Black to win the QUeen for two pieces.
(c) For White now threatens RxKt followed by QxB.