January 15, 1911 Philadelphia Inquirer Chess and Checkers

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Chess and Checkers 15 Jan 1911, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

The following finely played game was contested in the first round of the tournament for the City Championship as well as for the Championship of the Franklin Chess Club:

Benjamin Milnes (white) vs. Hermann G. Voigt (black)
Russian Game: Three Knights Game

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. KN-B3 KN-B3 3. QN-B3 B-N5(a) 4. B-B4(b) O-O 5. O-O P-Q3 6. P-Q3 P-B3 7. N-K2 P-Q4 8. PxP PxP 9. B-N3 N-B3 10. P-KR3 B-Q3 11. B-N5 B-K3 12. N-QB3 B-B2 13. R-K P-QR3 14. Q-Q2 K-R 15. QR-Q R-B 16. N-K2 Q-Q3 17. P-B3 N-Q2 18. P-Q4 P-K5 19. B-KB4 Q-K2 20. N-N5 BxB 21. QxB P-R3 22. NxB PxN 23. Q-K3 Q-B3 24. N-N3 Q-N3 25. B-B2 R-B3 26. K-R2 Q-B2 27. R-KB N-N3 28. P-N3 QR-KB 29. R-Q2 N-K2 30. Q-K2 R-N3 31. Q-R5 N-B4 32. R-Q K-R2 33. Q-K2 Q-B2 34. K-N NxN 35. PxN RxRch 36. RxR QxBP 37. R-B7 QxPch 38. K-R2 N-B 39. RxQNP N-Q3 40. R-N8 Q-K4 41. R-QR8 N-B4 42. RxP QxPch 43. K-R N-Q5 44. Q-Q2 N-B6 Resigns 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Bc4 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d3 c6 7. Ne2 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. h3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nc3 Bc7 13. Re1 a6 14. Qd2 Kh8 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Ne2 Qd6 17. c3 Nd7 18. d4 e4 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Ng5 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 h6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qe3 Qf6 24. Ng3 Qg6 25. Bc2 Rf6 26. Kh2 Qf7 27. Rf1 Nb6 28. b3 Rf8 29. Rd2 Ne7 30. Qe2 Rg6 31. Qh5 Nf5 32. Rdd1 Kh7 33. Qe2 Qc7 34. Kg1 Nxg3 35. fxg3 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Qxc3 37. Rf7 Qxd4+ 38. Kh2 Nc8 39. Rxb7 Nd6 40. Rb8 Qe5 41. Ra8 Nf5 42. Rxa6 Qxg3+ 43. Kh1 Nd4 44. Qd2 Nf3 0-1

(a) A favorite continuation of Voigt's and one that requires exact play on the part of the White forcces; if properly met, however, we do not consider it as strong as they usual reply of QN-B3.
(b) The authorities are not agreed upon White's best reply. In the Monte Carlo Tournament of 1902, Maroczy, playing against Marshall, continued with 4—NxP O-O; 5—B-K2 R-K1; 6—N-Q3 BxN7, QPxBch. White in the recent Hamburg Tournament, Leonhardt in one exceptionally brilliant game vs. Tarrasch, won by Leonhardt, continued with 4—N-Q5 B-R4; 5—B-B4 P-Q3; 6—Castles, N-B3; 7—P-Q3 P-KR3; 8—P-B3, etc., and Lasker, in annotating the game, states that White found the strongest move in every instance until his seventeenth move.