November 29, 1959 Connecticut Chess by G.E. Avery, Hartford Courant

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Chess 29 Nov 1959, Sun Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Newspapers.com

Game Selection
Former columnist A. R. Spicacci, in his column of April 4, 1935, states that for the first time a Connecticut man had won the title of chess champion of the Western Massachusetts and Connecticut Valley League. This was Arthur G. Powers of Hartford, who was tied with Karl Allured of Northamption. They played three games to break the tie. Powers won two of the three. Here is one of the games.

Arthur G. Powers (white) vs. Karl Allured (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 QN-B3 3. P-QB3 P-K3 4. P-QR3 N-KB3 5. P-Q3 P-QN4 6. P-QN4 P-QR4 7. QB-N2 RPxP 8. RPxP RxR 9. BxR PxNP 10. B-K2 Q-R4 11. B-N2 PxP 12. BxP B-N3 13. BxB QxBch 14. QN-Q2 O-O 15. O-O P-Q4 16. Q-N1 PxP 17. PxP B-R3 18. QxQ NxQ 19. R-R1 R-B1 20. P-K5 N-Q4 21. N-K4 P-B4 22. N-Q6 R-K1 23. N-Q4 N-B6 24. B-B1 B-B1 25. R-R7 N(5)-Q4 26. N-B6 R-N3 27. N-K7ch K-B1 28. N(7)xB R-B3 29. R-B7ch K-N1 30. N-K7ch K-R1 31. R-B1 mate

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. b4 a5 7. Bb2 axb4 8. axb4 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 cxb4 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bb2 bxc3 12. Bxc3

Who Invented the Game of Chess? 01 Dec 1959, Tue Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Newspapers.com Avery Dies, Chess Editor of Courant 03 Dec 1959, Thu Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Newspapers.com