July 25, 1959 Montreal Gazette The Game of Kings by D.M. LeDain

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The Game of Kings 25 Jul 1959, Sat The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com

Canadian In World Junior
Dave Grimshaw, Toronto, representing Canada in the World Junior Championship, exploits subtle points of position play in this game from the Qualifying Tourney of the Toronto City Championship.
Grimshaw won a prize in the first Canadian Open held here three years ago. He has just completed his first year course in mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto.

M. Gaszo (white) vs. David Grimshaw (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense, Exchange Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-K3 O-O 5. B-Q3 P-Q4 6. P-QR3 BxNch 7. PxB P-B4 8. N-B3 N-B3 9. O-O Q-B2 10. B-N2 PxBP 11. BxP R-Q1 12. Q-B2 N-R4 13. B-R2 PxP 14. KPxP P-QN3 15. QR-Q1 B-R3 16. KR-K1 B-B5 17. BxB NxB 18. N-K5 QR-B1 19. NxN QxN 20. Q-Q3 QxQ 21. RxQ N-Q4 22. K-B1 R-B5 23. P-KN3 KR-B1 24. R-B1 P-QN4 25. K-K2 N-N3 26. K-Q2 K-B1 27. P-B4 N-Q4 28. R-B3 P-B4 29. P-KR3 N-B3 30. K-Q3 K-B2 31. R-QB2 N-K5 32. R-K3 P-QR4 33. RxN PxRch 34. KxP P-N5 35. RPxP PxP 36. K-Q3 K-N3 37. P-N4 P-R3 38. R-B1 K-B2 39. P-R4 P-N3 40. K-Q2 PxPch 41. BxP R-R5 42. R-N1 R-R7ch 43. R-N2 RxRch 44. BxR R-QR1 45. K-Q3 R-R4 46. K-B3 P-R4 47. P-N5 K-K2 48. K-N4 R-KB4 49. B-B1 K-Q3 50. K-B4 R-R4 51. B-Q2 R-R5ch 52. B-N4ch K-B3 53. P-B5 KPxP 54. P-Q5ch K-Q2 55. K-N3 R-R8 56. B-B5 R-R8 57. B-B2 R-B8 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rd8 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Ba2 cxd4 14. exd4 b6 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Nd5 22. Kf1 Rc4 23. g3 Rc8 24. Rc1 b5 25. Ke2 Nb6 26. Kd2 Kf8 27. f4 Nd5 28. Rf3 f5 29. h3 Nf6 30. Kd3 Kf7 31. Rc2 Ne4 32. Re3 a5 33. Rxe4 fxe4+ 34. Kxe4 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. g4 h6 38. Rc1 Kf7 39. h4 g6 40. Kd2 bxc3+ 41. Bxc3 Ra4 42. Rb1 Ra2+ 43. Rb2 Rxb2+ 44. Bxb2 Ra8 45. Kd3 Ra5 46. Kc3 h5 47. g5 Ke7 48. Kb4 Rf5 49. Bc1 Kd6 50. Kc4 Ra5 51. Bd2 Ra4+ 52. Bb4+ Kc6 53. f5 exf5 54. d5+ Kd7 55. Kb3 Ra1 56. Bc5 Rh1 57. Bf2 Rf1 0-1

A sample of the play of David Edward Rumens, Great Britain's representative in the current World Junior Championship in Switzerland. The game was played in the British Club Championship, 1958-59.

Leonard Barden (white) vs. David Edward Rumens (black)
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit, Advance Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 N-B3 4. P-Q4 PxP 5. P-K5 P-Q4 6. B-QN5 N-K5 7. NxP B-QB4 8. B-K3 O-O 9. BxN PxB 10. NxP BxB 11. O-O Q-Q2 12. QxP QxQ 13. N-K7ch K-R1 14. NxQ B-Q5 15. P-QB3 B-N3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Bxe3 11. 0-0 Qd7 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxd5 Bd4 15. c3 Bb6 0-1