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Chess by Clif Sherwood 01 Jan 1928, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
L.A. Times Problem No. 8 by Mrs. W.J. Baird and T.R. Dawson, Chess Amateur, Feb. 1924.
This is not a joint composition but an independent duplication. Taken from Alain C. White's 1927 Christmas Series, “Assymetry,” a book of over a hundred symmetrical problems. Mate in two.
FEN 8/4N2k/6R1/8/4n2N/8/2K5/8 w - - 0 1
Key: N(R4)-B5/Nhf5
Here is an extraordinary gamelet in which Black won in six pawn moves, without move a piece!
Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. P-QB4 P-K3
3. B-B4 P-QB4
4. N-QB3 BPxP
5. BxN PxN
6. B-K5 PxP
0-1
as Black threatens B-N5ch. |
Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
3. Bf4 c5
4. Nc3 cxd4
5. Bxb8 dxc3
6. Be5 cxb2
0-1 |
Here's a remarkable game played in a tourney for the championship of Paris, 1927.
L.A. Times Game No. 16
Two Knights Defense
Gudju (White) Bogdanowski (Black)
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-K P-Q4
7. N-B3 B-K3
8. NxN PxB
9. QN-N5 Q-Q4
10. NxBP KxN
11. N-N5ch K-N
12. NxB R-B
13. B-R6 B-N5
14. NxNP N-K4
15. R-K2 P-Q6
16. P-B3 N-B2
17. N-R5 Q-B4
18. B-K8ch RxR
19. Q-N4ch Resigns |
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. d4 exd4
5. 0-0 Nxe4
6. Re1 d5
7. Nc3 Be6
8. Nxe4 dxc4
9. Ng5 Qd5
10. Nxf7 Kxf7
11. Ng5+ Kg8
12. Nxe6 Rc8
13. Bh6 Bb4
14. Nxg7 Ne5
15. Re2 d3
16. c3 Nf7
17. Nh5 Qc5
18. Re8+ Rxe8
19. Qg4+ 1-0 |
