March 15, 1959 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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Chess Notebook 15 Mar 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Here is another patented Scheffer nightmare. In this rodeo L. Wagner gives up his queen for two bishops and two pawns and David doesn't develop his king's knight until move 25. The game resembles Bronstein-Spassky in the 12th round of the 1956 Challengers.
From the 1959 state championship.

David Scheffer (white) vs. L. Wagner (black)
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 5. P-B3 P-K4 6. P-Q5 N-R4 7. B-K3 N-R3 8. Q-Q2 Q-R5ch 9. P-KN3 NxP 10. Q-KB2 NxB 11. QxQ NxB 12. K-K2 NxBP 13. P-N3 N-R6 14. R-B P-KR4 15. N-Q B-R3 16. N-K3 N-N4 17. R-B4 N-Q5ch 18. RxN PxR 19. Q-B6 P-Q6ch 20. KxP O-O 21. N-B5 N-B4ch 22. K-B2 BxN 23. PxB B-N2 24. Q-N5 K-R2 25. N-R3 R-N 26. PxPch PxP 27. R-K KR-K 28. RxR RxR 29. N-B4 R-K4 30. QxPch K-N 31. NxP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 Na6 8. Qd2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Qf2 Nxf1 11. Qxh4 Nxe3 12. Ke2 Nxc4 13. b3 Na3 14. Rc1 h5 15. Nd1 Bh6 16. Ne3 Nb5 17. Rc4 Nd4+ 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Qf6 d3+ 20. Kxd3 0-0 21. Nf5 Nc5+ 22. Kc2 Bxf5 23. exf5 Bg7 24. Qg5 Kh7 25. Nh3 Rb8 26. fxg6+ fxg6 27. Re1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Nf4 Re5 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Nxg6 1-0

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