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August 31, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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August 10, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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August 03, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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July 27, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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July 20, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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Wednesday evening a match game at 30 moves an hour was arranged with Stasch Mlotkowski, the well known expert, 1912 champion of the Franklin Chess club of Philadelphia. Marshall won the toss for color and resorted to his pet Danish. Mlotkowski defended skillfully and seemed to be working up a strong counter attack. However, on his sixteenth move, NxP, he made a slip which allowed Marshall to score a brilliant win on his twenty-first move. Both players consumed about 45 minutes.

GAME DEPARTMENT
Marshall was in splendid form on the occasion of his first simultaneous exhibition at the Mechanics institute July 1. Here are two spirited games played that evening. Professor Bernstein holds the master to a draw, and young Epsteen (brother of Dr. H. Epsteen of San Rafael) plays with commendable judgment and just misses a draw. Mashall's game with Mlotkowski at Los Angeles is included. To complete the selection the Janowski-Capablanca game from the recent Havana tourney, with interesting notes by Lasker, is printed; and a sparkling brilliancy from a Monte Carlo tourney (Marshall vs. Mortimer):

Game No. 75
DANISH

Frank James Marshall (white) vs. Benjamin Abram Bernstein (black)
Simultaneous Exhibition, July 1, 1913.
Danish Gambit Declined: Sörensen Defense
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/24/2025

Frank James Marshall vs. Benjamin Abram Bernstein, 1913

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. P-Q4 PxP
3. P-QB3 P-Q4
4. PxQP QxP
5. PxP N-QB3
6. N-KB3 B-KN5
7. B-K2 N-B3
8. O-O B-K2
9. N-B3 Q-Q
10. P-Q5 N-N5
11. Q-R4ch P-B3
12. PxP NxP
13. B-KN5 B-Q2
14. QR-Q O-O
15. BxN BxB
16. N-K4 B-K2
17. B-N5 P-QR3
18. BxN BxB
19. Q-B2 Q-R4
20. N-Q4 QxP
21. NxB PxN
22. KR-K B-N5
23. N-N5 P-N3
24. R-K4 P-QR4
25. Q-K2 QR-Q
26. RxR RxR
27. R-K8ch RxR
28. QxRch K-N2
29. Q-K5ch K-N
30. Q-K8ch K-N2
1/2-1/2
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. d4 exd4
3. c3 d5
4. exd5 Qxd5
5. cxd4 Nc6
6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Be2 Nf6
8. 0-0 Be7
9. Nc3 Qd8
10. d5 Nb4
11. Qa4+ c6
12. dxc6 Nxc6
13. Bg5 Bd7
14. Rd1 0-0
15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. Ne4 Be7
17. Bb5 a6
18. Bxc6 Bxc6
19. Qc2 Qa5
20. Nd4 Qxa2
21. Nxc6 bxc6
22. Rfe1 Bb4
23. Ng5 g6
24. Re4 a5
25. Qe2 Rd8
26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Re8+ Rxe8
28. Qxe8+ Kg7
29. Qe5+ Kg8
30. Qe8+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

Frank James Marshall (white) vs. Dr. Abelson Epsteen (black)
Simultaneous Exhibition, July 1, 1913.
Danish Gambit
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/24/2025

Frank James Marshall vs Dr. Abelson Epsteen, 1913

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. P-Q4 PxP
3. P-QB3 P-Q6
4. BxP N-QB3
5. N-KB3 B-B4
6. O-O P-Q3
7. B-K3 BxB
8. PxB N-B3
9. QN-Q2 B-K3
10. N-Q4 N-K4
11. B-K2 P-Q4
12. Q-N3 Q-B
13. RxN PxR
14. PxP B-Q2
15. N-K4 P-KB4
16. N-B6ch K-K2
17. N-R5 P-B4
18. PxPe.p. BxP
19. Q-N4ch K-Q
20. Q-Q6ch N-Q2
21. NxP Q-B2
22. Q-K7ch K-B
23. R-Q N-N3
24. Q-B6 R-B
25. N-B4 N-Q2
26. Q-N7 Q-K4
27. B-N4 QxQ
28. NxQ R-KN
29. BxNch BxB
30. N(N7)-R5 B-B3
31. P-B4 P-R4
32. N-B6 R-N2
33. N(B4)-Q5 K-N
34. N-N6 RxPch
35. K-B R-R3
36. P-B5 RxRP
37. R-Q8ch Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. d4 exd4
3. c3 d3
4. Bxd3 Nc6
5. Nf3 Bc5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Be3 Bxe3
8. fxe3 Nf6
9. Nd2 Be6
10. Nd4 Ne5
11. Be2 d5
12. Qb3 Qc8
13. Rxf6 gxf6
14. exd5 Bd7
15. Ne4 f5
16. Nf6+ Ke7
17. Nh5 c5
18. dxc6e.p. Bxc6
19. Qb4+ Kd8
20. Qd6+ Nd7
21. Nxf5 Qc7
22. Qe7+ Kc8
23. Rd1 Nb6
24. Qf6 Rf8
25. Nf4 Nd7
26. Qg7 Qe5
27. Bg4 Qxg7
28. Nxg7 Rg8
29. Bxd7+ Bxd7
30. Ngh5 Bc6
31. c4 a5
32. Nf6 Rg7
33. Nd5 Kb8
34. Nb6 Rxg2+
35. Kf1 Ra6
36. c5 Rxh2
37. Rd8+ 1-0

Game No. 77
DANISH GAMBIT

Played at Los Angeles Chess Club, July 9, 1913.

Frank Marshall vs Stasch Mlotkowski

Game No. 78
Queen's Pawn Opening

David Janowski vs Jose Raul Capablanca

Game No. 79
Queen's Gambit Declined

Frank Marshall vs James Mortimer

July 13, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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July 06, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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June 29, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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June 22, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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ChessChess 22 Jun 1913, Sun The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

Elmer W. Gruer is again “in our midst.” He returned from his post-graduate course in chess at Chicago last week, and immediately got busy at the Mechanics' Institute Chess club, showing the boys the very latest wrinkles; traps, new variations, etc. Speaking of rapid transit, 10 second chess, Gruer says that a popular stunt in Chicago is to play what is known as the three minute limit game. Clocks are used, and the player loses who gets behind more than three minutes at any stage of the game. Since his return the U. of C. champ has played several interesting snappy games with Club Champion A. J. Fink. Here is an opportunity for boosting western chess.

GAME DEPARTMENT
We call the attention of our readers to two games illustrating the Waterman variation in the Falkbeer Counter Gambit. The move to which we desire to call special attention is white's seventh: Q-K2. This was invented by Mr. C. W. Waterman, of Los Angeles and has been played by him with marked success. As we are well aware of his ability, both as a correspondence player and as an exponent of sound analysis, we think the two games which are here appended merit thorough study. Mr. Voss was winner of the great continental tournament and considered one of the best correspondence players in the United States. The game was unfinished, Mr. Voss resigning from the tournament. But white should win.

Charles Waterman (white) vs. Nicholas Voss (black)
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted
Submitted to chessgames on 05/04/2025

Charles West Waterman vs. Nicholas Voss, 1902

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. P-KB4 P-Q4
3. PxQP P-K5
4. P-Q3 N-KB3
5. PxP NxP
6. B-N5ch P-QB3
7. Q-K2 PxB
8. QxNch Q-K2
9. Q-K3 B-B4
10. N-KB3 BxQBP
11. N-B3 P-QR3
12. N-Q4 B-Q6
13. K-B2 QxQch
14. KxQ P-N5
15. KxB PxN
16. R-K1ch K-Q1
17. PxP N-Q2
18. N-B3 P-KB3
19. B-K3 K-B2
20. P-QR4 N-B4ch
21. BxN 1-0
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. f4 d5
3. exd5 e4
4. d3 Nf6
5. dxe4 Nxe4
6. Bb5+ c6
7. Qe2 cxb5
8. Qxe4+ Qe7
9. Qe3 Bf5
10. Nf3 Bxc2
11. Nc3 a6
12. Nd4 Bd3
13. Kf2 Qxe3+
14. Kxe3 b4
15. Kxd3 bxc3
16. Re1+ Kd8
17. bxc3 Nd7
18. Nf3 f6
19. Be3 Kc7
20. a4 Nc5+
21. Bxc5 1-0

Game No. 60

Charles Waterman (white) vs. Sereno Gammell (black)
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted
Submitted to chessgames on 05/04/2025

Charles Waterman vs. Sereno Gammell, est 1900

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. P-KB4 P-Q4
3. PxQP P-K5
4. P-Q3 N-KB3
5. PxP NxP
6. B-N5ch P-QB3
7. Q-K2 PxB
8. QxNch B-K2
9. N-KB3 O-O
10. O-O B-B4ch
11. K-R1 N-Q2
12. N-B3 R-K1
13. Q-Q3 P-QR3
14. N-K4 P-B4
15. NxB NxN
16. Q-Q4 Q-Q3
17. P-QN3 R-K5
18. Q-Q2 P-QN3
19. N-N5 R-K2
20. B-N2 B-K3
21. QR-Q1 QR-Q1
22. NxB RxN
23. B-K5 Q-K2
24. Q-Q4 R-N3
25. P-B4 PxP
26. PxP Q-N2
27. R-QN1 R-Q2
28. R-B2 N-R5
29. R-N4 P-N4
30. RxN PxR
31. R-N2 Q-R2
32. QxQ RxQ
33. P-B5 R-Q2
34. P-Q6 K-B2
35. R-Q2 R-N2
36. P-N3 Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. f4 d5
3. exd5 e4
4. d3 Nf6
5. dxe4 Nxe4
6. Bb5+ c6
7. Qe2 cxb5
8. Qxe4+ Be7
9. Nf3 0-0
10. 0-0 Bc5+
11. Kh1 Nd7
12. Nc3 Re8
13. Qd3 a6
14. Ne4 f5
15. Nxc5 Nxc5
16. Qd4 Qd6
17. b3 Re4
18. Qd2 b6
19. Ng5 Re7
20. Bb2 Be6
21. Rd1 Rd8
22. Nxe6 Rxe6
23. Be5 Qe7
24. Qd4 Rg6
25. c4 bxc4
26. bxc4 Qb7
27. Rb1 Rd7
28. Rf2 Na4
29. Rb4 b5
30. Rxa4 bxa4
31. Rb2 Qa7
32. Qxa7 Rxa7
33. c5 Rd7
34. d6 Kf7
35. Rd2 Rb7
36. g3 1-0

It is the passed QP which is the object in this variation that wins the game.

The following two games occurred in a match played in 1909 between Dr. H. Epsteen, now of San Rafael, and Mr. L. A. Rosenblatt of San Francisco. The match was declared a draw. Doctor Epsteen won a tourney held by the M. I. C. C. after the fire, and as a player is well known on the Pacific coast. He is now being played by correspondence between Northern and Southern California. Rosenblatt is one of the strongest players of the M. I. C. C. and has won several prizes for brilliancy.

Game No. 61

Abelson Epsteen (white) vs. Laurence Rosenblatt (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined
Submitted to chessgames.com on 05/04/2025

Abelson Epsteen vs. Laurence Rosenblatt, 1909

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-K3
2. P-QB4 P-Q4
3. N-QB3 N-KB3
4. B-N5 B-K2
5. P-K3 P-QN3
6. R-B PxP
7. BxP B-N2
8. N-KB3 N-Q2
9. O-O O-O
10. Q-K2 QR-B
11. B-Q3 P-QB4
12. B-N PxP
13. NxP B-Q3
14. P-KB4 N-QB4
15. KR-Q Q-K
16. BxN PxB
17. Q-N4ch K-R
18. Q-R3 P-KB4
19. NxP PxN
20. BxP P-KR4
21. QxPch K-N2
22. Q-N5ch Resigns
Algebraic
1. d4 e6
2. c4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7
5. e3 b6
6. Rc1 dxc4
7. Bxc4 Bb7
8. Nf3 Nbd7
9. 0-0 0-0
10. Qe2 Rc8
11. Bd3 c5
12. Bb1 cxd4
13. Nxd4 Bd6
14. f4 Nc5
15. Rd1 Qe8
16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. Qg4+ Kh8
18. Qh3 f5
19. Nxf5 exf5
20. Bxf5 h5
21. Qxh5+ Kg7
22. Qg5+ 1-0

Game No. 62

Abelson Epsteen (white) vs. Laurence Rosenblatt (black)
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation
Submitted to chessgames.com on 05/04/2025

Abelson Epsteen vs. Laurence Rosenblatt, 1909

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. NxP N-KB3
5. NxN NPxN
6. B-Q3 B-B4
7. B-N5 P-Q3
8. O-O P-KR3
9. B-R4 P-N4
10. B-N3 P-KR4
11. P-KR4 N-N5
12. PxP QxP
13. N-Q2 B-K3
14. N-B3 Q-N2
15. B-R4 K-Q2
16. P-QN3 QR-KN
17. P-KN3 N-B3
18. N-R2 B-R6
19. R-K N-N5
20. NxN BxN
21. Q-Q2 B-Q5
22. QR-N B-B6
23. Q-KB4 BxR
24. B-B6 Q-R3
25. BxR QxQ
26. PxQ B-Q7
27. B-Q4 B-B6ch
28. K-B BxP(B4)
29. B-K3 B-R7
30. K-K R-N8ch
31. B-B B-N7
32. K-K2 RxB
33. RxR BxR
34. KxB 0-1
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nxc6 bxc6
6. Bd3 Bc5
7. Bg5 d6
8. 0-0 h6
9. Bh4 g5
10. Bg3 h5
11. h4 Ng4
12. hxg5 Qxg5
13. Nd2 Be6
14. Nf3 Qg7
15. Bh4 Kd7
16. b3 Rg8
17. g3 Nf6
18. Nh2 Bh3
19. Re1 Ng4
20. Nxg4 Bxg4
21. Qd2 Bd4
22. Rb1 Bc3
23. Qf4 Bxe1
24. Bf6 Qh6
25. Bxh8 Qxf4
26. gxf4 Bd2
27. Bd4 Bf3+
28. Kf1 Bxf4
29. Be3 Bh2
30. Ke1 Rg1+
31. Bf1 Bg2
32. Ke2 Rxf1
33. Rxf1 Bxf1+
34. Kxf1 0-1

June 15, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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June 08, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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ChessChess 08 Jun 1913, Sun The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

North vs. South Telegraphic Match
The Decoration day telegraphic match between the Chess Club of Southern California, at Los Angeles, and the Mechanics' Institute Chess club of San Francisco aroused much interest in both cities. At the local club many visitors watched the novelty of chess games being played with opponents 500 miles distant.
Just before play began a slight flurry was caused by the substitution of Doctor Lovegrove at board 10 for a local player. The southerners had just announced their lineup, and their bright, particular star, Stasch Mlotkowski (who has had all kinds of cable, telegraphic, tournament and match play experience), had been selected to play at board No. 2. But quickly flashed the message: “Change Mlotkowski to board 10!” Fink was at board No. 2 for the M.I.C.C. and was a much disappointed youth. But as the local club had conceded the right of pairing to Los Angeles; it had to stand.
There was a bit of comedy during the day. About 3 p.m. a message was handed Fink at No. 2: “I resign. Congratulations!” signed O. E. Frazier. Owing to changes in the lineup, two of the Institute players had a surprise awaiting them. Fink was under the impression that he was playing C. W. Waterman. Sternberg at No. 1 thought he was matching chess skill against Struve, and had accordingly sacrificed a pawn early in the game. He found out late in the afternoon that he had been battling with the veteran of Los Angeles chess, C. W. Waterman!
Allen G. Pearsall of San Diego acted as referee for the Mechanics' Institute at Los Angeles during the match, while W. C. Firebaugh of San Francisco performed a like office for the southerners at the Institute.

GAME DEPARTMENT
Here is the Phillips-Gruer game mentioned in last week's column. Had Gruer won this game he probably would have taken first place and the championship:

Charles William Phillips (white) vs. Elmer Walker Gruer (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Traditional Colle
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/15/2025

Charles William Phillips vs. Elmer Walker Gruer, 1913

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. N-KB3 P-B4
3. P-K3 P-K3
4. P-B3 P-Q4
5. B-Q3 N-B3
6. O-O B-K2
7. R-K O-O
8. QN-Q2 P-QN3
9. N-B B-N2
10. N-N3 Q-B2
11. B-Q2 QR-B
12. QR-B KR-K
13. P-K4 PxKP
14. NxP PxP
15. PxP Q-Q
16. B-B3 N-Q4
17. Q-Q2 B-B3
18. QR-Q P-N3
19. P-KR3 B-N2
20. B-N NxB
21. PxN N-R4
22. B-Q3 R-K2
23. R-QB KR-B2
24. R-B2 Q-B
25. Q-B N-B5
26. BxN RxB
27. KN-Q2 KR-B2
28. N-B3 B-QR3
29. R-Q B-N4
30. R-N2 B-R5
31. R-Q3 Q-R6
32. R-B2 Q-K2
33. R-N2 B-QB3
34. QN-Q2 B-Q4
35. R-B2 P-QN4
36. Q-N2 P-QR3
37. P-R3 Q-Q3
38. R-K3 B-R3
39. N-K4 Q-K2
40. R-K B-B
41. KN-Q2 R-B3
42. R-R P-B4
43. N-N3 B-N2
44. R-QB P-KR4
45. P-KB4 B-B
46. N-N Q-R5
47. N-K2 B-Q3
48. R-B B-B5
49. K-R2 Q-K2
50. R-Q2 Q-QB2
51. P-N3 B-Q4
52. P-KR4 Q-K2
53. N-B R-B5
54. N-Q3 K-R2
55. N-K5 R-R5
56. R-K BxP
57. Q-B2 B-Q3
58. Q-Q BxN
59. RxB R-R8
60. Q-K Q-Q3
61. R-K3 Q-B3
62. R-Q Q-B5
63. N-Q2 RxR
64. QxR Q-R7
65. K-R3 Q-N7
66. Q-K RxP
67. RxP Q-N5
68. R-K7ch K-N
69. Q-K5 B-B2
70. Q-B6 1-0
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 c5
3. e3 e6
4. c3 d5
5. Bd3 Nc6
6. 0-0 Be7
7. Re1 0-0
8. Nd2 b6
9. Nf1 Bb7
10. Ng3 Qc7
11. Bd2 Rc8
12. Rf1 Rfe8
13. e4 dxe4
14. Nxe4 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qd8
16. Bc3 Nd5
17. Qd2 Bf6
18. Rd1 g6
19. h3 Bg7
20. Bb1 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Na5
22. Bd3 Re7
23. Rc1 Rc7
24. Rc2 Qf8
25. Qc1 Nc4
26. Bxc4 Rxc4
27. Nd2 Rc7
28. Nf3 Ba6
29. Rd1 Bb5
30. Rb2 Ba4
31. Rd3 Qa3
32. Rc2 Qe7
33. Rb2 Bc6
34. Ned2 Bd5
35. Rc2 b5
36. Qb2 a6
37. a3 Qd6
38. Re3 Bh6
39. Ne4 Qe7
40. Re1 Bf8
41. Nd2 Rc6
42. Ra1 f5
43. Ng3 Bg7
44. Rc1 h5
45. f4 Bf8
46. Nb1 Qh4
47. Ne2 Bd6
48. Rf1 Bc4
49. Kh2 Qe7
50. Rd2 Qc7
51. g3 Bd5
52. h4 Qe7
53. Nc1 Rc4
54. Nd3 Kh7
55. Ne5 Ra4
56. Re1 Bxa3
57. Qc2 Bd6
58. Qd1 Bxe5
59. Rxe5 Ra1
60. Qe1 Qd6
61. Re3 Qc6
62. Rd1 Qc4
63. Nd2 Rxd1
64. Qxd1 Qa2
65. Kh3 Qb2
66. Qe1 Rxc3
67. Rxe6 Qb4
68. Re7+ Kg8
69. Qe5 Bf7
70. Qf6 1-0

The following games are from the recent telegraphic match between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is the consensus of opinion that the Borrough vs. Smith game is the best of the match.

Leon Borrough (white) vs. Wallace Henry Smith (black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/14/2025

Leon Borrough vs W. H. Smith, 1913

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-N5 P-QR3
4. B-R4 N-B3
5. P-Q3 P-Q3
6. P-B3 B-K2
7. O-O P-QN4
8. B-B2 B-N2
9. R-K O-O
10. QN-Q2 R-K
11. N-B B-KB
12. N-N3 P-N3
13. P-KR3 Q-K2
14. N-R2 N-Q
15. P-KB4 PxP
16. BxP N-K3
17. B-Q2 B-N2
18. N-N4 NxN
19. QxN B-QB
20. R-KB N-Q5
21. Q-Q NxB
22. QxN B-N2
23. R-B3 QR-Q
24. QR-KB R-KB
25. N-R B-QR
26. N-B2 QR-K
27. N-N4 P-KB4
28. N-R6ch K-R
29. Q-N3 P-B4
30. P-N3 P-QB5
31. QPxP BxKP
32. R(B3)-B2 B-Q6
33. R-K QxRch
34. BxQ RxBch
35. K-R2 B-K5
36. R-N2 BxN
37. PxP PxP
38. P-B4 BxR
39. Q-B3ch R-K4
40. KxB PxP
41. QxP R(B)-K
42. P-KR4 R-K7ch
43. K-R3 RxP
44. P-R4 B-N2
45. Q-B6 R(N7)-K7
46. P-QR5 P-R4
Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6
5. d3 d6
6. c3 Be7
7. 0-0 b5
8. Bc2 Bb7
9. Re1 0-0
10. Nd2 Re8
11. Nf1 Bf8
12. Ng3 g6
13. h3 Qe7
14. Nh2 Nd8
15. f4 exf4
16. Bxf4 Ne6
17. Bd2 Bg7
18. Ng4 Nxg4
19. Qxg4 Bc8
20. Rf1 Nd4
21. Qd1 Nxc2
22. Qxc2 Bb7
23. Rf3 Rd8
24. Rf1 Rf8
25. Nh1 Ba8
26. Nf2 Re8
27. Ng4 f5
28. Nh6+ Kh8
29. Qb3 c5
30. g3 c4
31. dxc4 Bxe4
32. R3f2 Bd3
33. Re1 Qxe1+
34. Bxe1 Rxe1+
35. Kh2 Be4
36. Rg2 Bxh6
37. cxb5 axb5
38. c4 Bxg2
39. Qc3+ Re5
40. Kxg2 bxc4
41. Qxc4 Rfe8
42. h4 Re2+
43. Kh3 Rxb2
44. a4 Bg7
45. Qc6 Re2
46. a5 h5
0-1

Bernardo Smith (white) vs. Charles Henry Whipple (black)
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano

Bernardo Smith vs Charles Henry Whipple, 1913

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-QB4 B-B4
4. N-QB3 P-Q3
5. P-Q3 B-KN5
6. B-QN5 P-QR3
7. BxNch PxB
8. B-K3 BxB
9. PxB R-N
10. P-QN3 N-K2
11. O-O O-O
12. QN-K2 P-KB4
13. N-Q2 Q-Q2
14. P-KR3 B-R4
15. Q-K PxP
16. NxP RxRch
17. QxR R-KB
18. Q-K P-Q4
19. N-QB5 Q-Q3
20. P-QN4 BxN
21. QxB P-QR4
22. P-QR3 PxP
23. PxP P-Q5
24. P-K4 N-N3
25. Q-KN4 N-B5
26. P-KN3 P-R4
27. Q-KR4 N-K7ch
28. K-N2 Q-R3
29. P-KN4 Q-Q7
30. K-R P-N4
31. N-QN3 Q-K6
32. Q-K QxPmate
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. Nc3 d6
5. d3 Bg4
6. Bb5 a6
7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Be3 Bxe3
9. fxe3 Rb8
10. b3 Ne7
11. 0-0 0-0
12. Ne2 f5
13. Nd2 Qd7
14. h3 Bh5
15. Qe1 fxe4
16. Nxe4 Rxf1+
17. Qxf1 Rf8
18. Qe1 d5
19. Nc5 Qd6
20. b4 Bxe2
21. Qxe2 a5
22. a3 axb4
23. axb4 d4
24. e4 Ng6
25. Qg4 Nf4
26. g3 h5
27. Qh4 Ne2+
28. Kg2 Qh6
29. g4 Qd2
30. Kh1 g5
31. Nb3 Qe3
32. Qe1 Qxh3#

Samuel W. Peterson (white) vs. George Nicholas Hallwegen (black)
Scotch Game: Vitzthum Attack
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/15/2025

Samuel W. Peterson vs. George Hallwegen, 1913

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. B-QB4 B-B4
5. N-N5 N-R3
6. Q-R5 Q-K2
7. O-O N-K4
8. B-N3 P-Q3
9. P-KR3 O-O
10. P-KB4 N-Q2
11. P-B5 N-B3
12. Q-R4 B-Q2
13. N-Q2 QR-K
14. K-R P-QB3
15. P-N4 P-Q4
16. PxP PxP
17. QN-B3 Q-Q3
18. N-R2 Q-B3
19. N(N5)-B3 N-K5
20. B-KB4 P-B3
21. QBxN PxB
22. QR-Q Q-Q3
23. K-N2 K-R
24. NxP BxN
25. RxB B-B3
26. R(B)-Q N-N4
27. R(Q)-Q2 R-K6
28. R(Q4)-Q3 KR-K
29. BxP RxR
30. RxR BxBch
31. K-N R-K7
32. R-KN3 Q-B4ch
Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4
4. Bc4 Bc5
5. Ng5 Nh6
6. Qh5 Qe7
7. 0-0 Ne5
8. Bb3 d6
9. h3 0-0
10. f4 Nd7
11. f5 Nf6
12. Qh4 Bd7
13. Nd2 Rfe8
14. Kh1 c6
15. g4 d5
16. exd5 cxd5
17. Nf3 Qd6
18. Nh2 Qc6
19. Ngf3 Ne4
20. Bf4 f6
21. Bxh6 gxh6
22. Rd1 Qd6
23. Kg2 Kh8
24. Nxd4 Bxd4
25. Rxd4 Bc6
26. Rd1 Ng5
27. Rd2 Re3
28. R4d3 Rae8
29. Bxd5 Rxd3
30. Rxd3 Bxd5+
31. Kg1 Re2
32. Rg3 Qc5+
0-1

June 01, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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ChessChess 01 Jun 1913, Sun The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

After playing magnificent chess in a game with State Champion C. W. Phillips in the pending championship tourney of the Chicago Chess club, E. W. Gruer of this city experienced a brainstorm on his sixty-seventh move and threw away a won game. Gruer forwarded the score, and it is the opinion of all who have played it over that the precision strategy and judgment displayed by the former U. of C. youth was worthy of a Lasker. It was a horrible thing to lose such a game, and reading between the lines of his letter this is how Gruer felt. (Bear in mind that by defeating Phillips, Gruer would undoubtedly have won the high honors of first place.) The words are Othello's, but the sentiment is mutual:

May 25, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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ChessChess 25 May 1913, Sun The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

May 18, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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Our Chess CornerOur Chess Corner 18 May 1913, Sun The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

May 11, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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Our Chess CornerOur Chess Corner 11 May 1913, Sun The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

May 04, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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Our Chess CornerOur Chess Corner 04 May 1913, Sun The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

April 27, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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Our Chess CornerOur Chess Corner 27 Apr 1913, Sun The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

April 20, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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April 13, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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April 06, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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March 30, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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March 23, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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March 16, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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March 09, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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March 02, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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February 23, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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February 16, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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February 09, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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February 02, 1913 Our Chess Corner, The San Francisco Call

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ChessChess 02 Feb 1913, Sun The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

July 21, 1972 The Signal, Chess by George Koltanowski, Santa Clarita, California

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ChessChess 21 Jul 1972, Fri The Signal (Santa Clarita, California) Newspapers.com

Chess by George Koltanowski

Fischer Wins: Score Tied, Reykjavik Iceland.
America's Bobby Fischer, playing the black pieces again, won the fifth game of the World Championship Chess Match yesterday by defeating Russia's Boris Spassky in an unusually short game. Spassky resigned after only four hours of play.

The victory moved Fischer into a tie for the championship at 2 ½ - 2 ½. The next game is scheduled for Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. (PDT).

July 21, 1972 Deseret News Chess by Harold Lundstrom

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What's Fischer's Problem? by Harold Lundstrom
Judging by the many snide remarks by generally unknowledgeable television commentators, newspaper reporters, and cartoonists, one would think that America's great chess hope, Robert (Bobby) Fischer was some kind of fiend from the netherworld. Really, no human being could be so perverse as he is pictured by some commentators.
Fischer's demands have been so extensively emphasized that non-chess players are interested, and wonder.
The highest amount of money ever divided by the players in a world-title match has been $14,000; Bobby was successful in getting it to $250,000.
Who ever heard of golf champions, fighters, or any other world championship match playing for peanuts?
What does money really mean to Spassky? He is a national hero of the USSR, handsomely supported by the Russian government. WHo supports Fischer in his long months of preparation or between tournaments in which even if he wins he receives only $1,000 or so?
Fischer goes to Iceland, or any other international tournament, with one “second,” period. In the case of the current match he also, it appears from the news, took a couple of lawyers. Who pays them?
Though the match and tournament rules permit a “second,” the facts are that Spassky can actually have 25 grandmasters as his “second.” Thus, while he goes to bed for the night following an adjournment, he has grandmasters analyzing every possible move all night.
Fischer has one, so that he probably spends part of the night himself analyzing.
Fischer is subject to the food and other accommodations available.
It has been reported many times that the Russian players arrive outside the USSR for their big games with a chef, a cook, a doctor, a nurse, a masseur, a physical therapist, a valet, and who knows what else.
And who goes with Bobby? One “second,” period.
Why was Bobby so fussy about the physical accommodations? One reason has to be that he has come violently to distrust the Russians.
Right or wrong, he is not sure but that the Russian grandmasters in the audience are signalling to Spassky. This is a vicious suspicion, of course, but it apparently is one that Fischer has come to.
There are tournament records, almost galore, of where the Russians, when playing each other, play for a draw (frequently on the 11th move), and then turn all their efforts to playing for a win against all others. This problem can't obtain in Iceland, but it probably is one of the reasons for Bobby's suspicions.
Surely, if Bobby weren't the great player he is, with most judging him to be the probable victor over Spassky, his demands would not be so seriously considered.
In any event, he has brought chess to the front page; he has secured a decent purse for a world title match; he has secured top accommodations and facilities for a world match.
Maybe Fischer's methods haven't always been those of a trained diplomat, but how else do you get through to the Russians?
One other factor: Fischer was only 17 in his first encounters with Spassky who was then an international grandmaster. Little wonder that Fischer's record of that time wasn't too impressive.
What's wrong with Bobby Fischer? Not enough to deserve the vicious television, radio, and press that he is receiving.

ChessChess 21 Jul 1972, Fri Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) Newspapers.com

December 29, 1935 It's Your Move by W. H. Steckel, Morning Call

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It's Your MoveIt's Your Move 29 Dec 1935, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

December 22, 1935 It's Your Move by W. H. Steckel, Morning Call

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It's Your MoveIt's Your Move 22 Dec 1935, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

December 01, 1935 It's Your Move by W. H. Steckel, Morning Call

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November 24, 1935 It's Your Move by W. H. Steckel, Morning Call

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It's Your MoveIt's Your Move 24 Nov 1935, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

Recommended Books

Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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