March 12, 1911 Philadelphia Inquirer Chess and Checkers

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Chess and Checkers 12 Mar 1911, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

The following two games were played in the present Philadelphia Championship Tournament for the custody of the George W. Childs Cup, as well as for the championship of the Franklin Chess Club. Both games will be found of interest and well worth playing over.

David Stuart Robinson (white) vs. Benjamin Milnes (black)
Queen's Pawn Game

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-K3 P-K3 3. B-Q3 P-QB4 4. P-QB3 KN-B3 5. QN-Q2 N-B3 6. P-KB4 B-K2 7. KN-B3 Q-N3 8. O-O B-Q2 9. N-K5 R-QB 10. QN-B3 O-O 11. N-N5 P-KR3 12. N-R7 KR-Q 13. NxNch BxN 14. N-N4 B-K2 15. P-B5 PxP 16. BxP BxB 17. RxB B-B 18. Q-B3 Q-B2 19. RxQP RxR 20. QxR R-Q 21. Q-B5 N-K2 22. Q-B3 N-N3 23. B-Q2 B-Q3 24. P-KR3 N-R5 25. Q-K2 P-B4 26. N-B2 R-K 27. R-B Q-K2 28. N-Q3 B-N 29. Q-B2 P-QB5 30. N-K R-KB 31. P-KN3 Q-N4 32. K-R2 N-N3 33. N-N2 N-K2 34. P-K4 BxPch 35. QxB QxB 36. Q-B2 Q-B8 37. Q-K3 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. f4 Be7 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Nf3 0-0 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Rd8 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng4 Be7 15. f5 exf5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Bf8 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qf5 Ne7 22. Qf3 Ng6 23. Bd2 Bd6 24. h3 Nh4 25. Qe2 f5 26. Nf2 Re8 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Nd3 Bb8 29. Qf2 c4 30. Ne1 Rf8 31. g3 Qg5 32. Kh2 Ng6 33. Ng2 Ne7 34. e4 Bxg3+ 35. Qxg3 Qxd2 36. Qf2 Qc1 37. Qe3 1-0

(a) We prefer the defense of N-KB3.
(b) A favorite attack of D.S. Robinson's, and one which he conducts with marked ability.
(c) The best continuation, as it threatens P-KN4 later in the game, breaking through on the king's wing with a dangerous attack.

Hermann G. Voigt (white) vs. C. S. Martinez (black)
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Retreat Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-B3 P-K4 6. N-B3 B-N5 7. B-Q3 P-Q4 8. PxP QxP 9. B-Q2 BxN 10. BxB P-K5 11. BxN PxN 12. BxP R-N 13. B-R6 PxP 14. Q-K2ch B-K3 15. R-N N-Q5 16. Q-K3 N-B6ch 17. K-K2 NxRch 18. RxN Q-R4ch 19. P-B3 O-O-O 20. B-KB4 B-Q4 21. Q-B5ch K-Q2 22. B-N5ch K-K3 23. Q-K3ch K-B3 24. Q-Q4ch K-K2 25. Q-QB5ch 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e4 11. Bxf6 exf3 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bh6 fxg2 14. Qe2+ Be6 15. Rg1 Nd4 16. Qe3 Nf3+ 17. Ke2 Nxg1+ 18. Rxg1 Qh5+ 19. f3 0-0-0 20. Bf4 Bd5 21. Qc5+ Kd7 22. Bb5+ Ke6 23. Qe3+ Kf6 24. Qd4+ Ke7 25. Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

(a) An old form of defense revised recently by Lasker in his match with Schlichter. We do not, however, consider the line of play satisfactory.
(b) In the games above referred to Schlecter now played N-N3 and eventually obtained an excellent game. We believer, however, the natural move of NxN deserves more careful consideration than has been given to it by the experts.