March 24, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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The Game of Chess 24 Mar 1929, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

The most fascinating and exhilarating of chess games is the variety known as “skittles,” in which both opponents with reckless abandon throw caution to the winds and furiously attack the adverse king. Brilliant play follows, and combinations occur that the human mind can not accurately master in all detail. This style differs from the masters slow plodding methods of safety first and the accumulation of small advantages. While often unsound it is far more entertaining. Witness the clever set-to appended, recently contested at the Cincinnati Clubrooms by Kent, of Chicago, and Paul Buttenweiser, of the local club.

Horace Greeley Kent (white) vs. Paul Buttenweiser (black)
King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-KB4 PxP 3. N-KB3 P-Q4 4. PxP N-KB3 5. B-N5ch P-B3 6. PxP NxP 7. O-O Q-N3ch 8. P-Q4 QxB 9. R-Kch B-K3 10. N-B3 Q-KB4 11. N-KR4 Q-KN4 12. P-KN3 N-KR4 13. N-K4 Q-R3 14. P-Q5 O-O-O 15. P-B4 B-KR6 16. Q-R4 P-B4 17. N-B2 B-B4 18. R-K6 PxP 19. BxQ PxNch 20. K-R P-B8(Q)ch 21. RxQ BxR 22. RxNch PxR 23. Q-R6ch K-N 24. PxP K-B2 25. Q-N7ch K-Q3 26. NxPch K-K3 27. P-B7 R-Q8 28. P-B8(Q)ch RxQ 29. QxRch K-B3 30. Q-B6ch K-B2 31. N-Q6ch BxN 32. Q-B3ch N-B5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. 0-0 Qb6+ 8. d4 Qxb5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nh4 Qg5 12. g3 Nh5 13. Ne4 Qh6 14. d5 0-0-0 15. c4 Bh3 16. Qa4 f5 17. Nf2 Bc5 18. Re6 fxg3 19. Bxh6 gxf2+ 20. Kh1 f1=Q+ 21. Rxf1 Bxf1 22. Rxc6+ bxc6 23. Qa6+ Kb8 24. dxc6 Kc7 25. Qb7+ Kd6 26. Nxf5+ Ke6 27. c7 Rd1 28. c8=Q+ Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Kf6 30. Qc6+ Kf7 31. Nd6+ Bxd6 32. Qf3+ Nf4 0-1

NOTES BY THE WINNER
(a) An oversight.
(b) Not necessary, but for the sake of a lively continuation.
(c) If RxQ PxNch, 20. K-R P-B8(Q) mate.
(d) If QxPch, K-N; 24. QxB PxB, white can draw by perpetual check, but if he fails to take the perpetual, Black's superior force will win.
(e) If QxB, then B-R6dis.ch and the Queen must interpose, and if 30. N-K6, B-R6dis.ch again wins the Queen.
(f) White cannot repeat the Queen checks indefinitely. For instance, 31. Q-N7ch, K-N3; 32. Q-B6ch N-B3; 33. P-KR3 (or 4), BxQBPdis.ch; 34. K-R2 (not K-N2 because of B-Q4ch), B-B8ch; 35. K-N3 R-Q6ch; 36. K-B4 B-R7ch; 37. N-N3 BxN mate.
(g) If 33. QxR, B-N7ch; 34. K-N B-B4ch; 35. Q-Q4 BxQ mate. And if 33. BxN B-K7dis.ch; 34. K-N2 BxQch and Black is a Rook to the good. Finally, if 33. Q-N7ch, B-K2; 34. K-N N-R6ch; 35. K-R B-K7dis.ch; 36. K-N2 R-N8ch; 37. KxNB B-N5 mate.

A game from the lately contested Southern Ohio preliminary tournament:

Paul Buttenweiser (white) vs. Palmer G. Keeney (black)
Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-K3 2. P-QB4 P-QB3 3. N-QB3 P-Q4 4. N-B3 PxP 5. P-QR4 N-B3 6. B-N5 B-N5 7. P-K3 Q-R4 8. BxN BxNch 9. PxB PxB 10. BxP QxPch 11. N-Q2 N-Q2 12. O-O P-KB4 13. Q-K2 N-B3 14. P-B3 P-B5 15. B-Q3 PxP 16. QxP N-Q4 17. Q-K5 P-B3 18. Q-R5ch K-K2 19. Q-R6 QxPch 20. K-R R-B 21. BxP Q-B5 22. Q-N7ch R-B2 23. Q-N6 B-Q2 24. N-K4 R-R 25. P-N3 Q-N 26. N-N5 RxB 27. NxR Q-KR 28. N-N5 R-N2 29. N-B7 RxN 30. Q-B2 P-N3 31. KR-K R-N2 32. K-N R-N4 33. Q-Q2 N-B2 34. QR-Q R-Q4 35. Q-N4ch P-B4 36. Q-KB4 RxR 37. RxR N-Q4 38. Q-K4 P-B4 39. Q-K K-Q3 40. P-B4 BxP 41. R-R Q-Q5ch 42. K-N2 N-K6ch 43. K-B3 Q-K5ch 44. K-B2 N-N5ch 45. K-N Q-Q5ch 46. K-B B-N4ch 47. K-N2 B-B3ch 48. K-B NxPch 49. K-K2 B-B6 mate

Algebraic 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 gxf6 10. Bxc4 Qxc3+ 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. 0-0 f5 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. f3 f4 15. Bd3 fxe3 16. Qxe3 Nd5 17. Qe5 f6 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Qh6 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Rf8 21. Bxh7 Qf4 22. Qg7+ Rf7 23. Qg6 Bd7 24. Ne4 Rh8 25. g3 Qb8 26. Ng5 Rhxh7 27. Nxh7 Qh8 28. Ng5 Rg7 29. Nf7 Rxf7 30. Qc2 b6 31. Re1 Rg7 32. Kg1 Rg5 33. Qd2 Nc7 34. Rd1 Rd5 35. Qb4+ c5 36. Qf4 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Nd5 38. Qe4 f5 39. Qe1 Kd6 40. f4 Bxa4 41. Ra1 Qd4+ 42. Kg2 Ne3+ 43. Kf3 Qe4+ 44. Kf2 Ng4+ 45. Kg1 Qd4+ 46. Kf1 Bb5+ 47. Kg2 Bc6+ 48. Kf1 Nxh2+ 49. Ke2 Bf3#

A pretty skirmish from the Northern Ohio preliminary tournament.

Jacques Rosenman (white) vs. Elliot E. Stearns (black)
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubov Variation

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-QB3 3. P-QN3 N-KB3 4. P-KN3 QN-Q2 5. B-QN2 Q-B2 6. P-Q4 P-KN3 7. B-N2 B-N2 8. QN-Q2 O-O 9. O-O N-K5 10. NxN PxN 11. N-N5 P-K4 12. NxP P-KB4 13. N-N5 N-B3 14. PxP N-N5 15. B-QR3 R-Q 16. B-Q6 Q-N3 17. B-Q5ch PxB 18. QxPch B-K3 19. QxBch K-R 20. N-B7ch K-N 21. N-R6ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Qc7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nd2 0-0 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 e5 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Bd6 Qb6 17. Bd5+ cxd5 18. Qxd5+ Be6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Nh6+ 1-0

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Championship at Stake 28 Mar 1929, Thu The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

CHAMPIONSHIP AT STAKE
In Ohio Chess Tournament Meet To Open Tomorrow.
The annual Ohio championship chess tournament will be held in Cincinnati this week. The competitors will be George H. Walcott, Cleveland, Ohio, present state champion, and Dr. P. G. Keeney, President of the Cincinnati Chess Club.
The program for the tournament provides for a series of five games to be played at the Chess Club quarters, Mercantile Library Building. The opening game of the tournament will be played tomorrow night, the second Saturday afternoon, the third that night, the fourth game Sunday afternoon and the fifth Sunday night.
The rivals were chosen by a series of elimination contests held during the late winter season. The choice of the cities for the location was determined by lot. Yesterday morning Dr. Keeney, of the Cincinnati Club, was informed that Cincinnati won over Cleveland and that Walcott would arrive in the city tomorrow morning to play the first game that afternoon. The local committee Includes Professor C. M. Hutchings, University of Cincinnati; Lester Brand, Vice President of the Cincinnati Club, and Robert Teegarden.

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State Chess Championship 28 Mar 1929, Thu The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.
The final match to decide the chess championship of the state will commence tomorrow evening at the Cincinnati Chess Club, Mercantile Library Building. Dr. P. G. Keeney, winner of the local preliminary tournament, will meet George H. Walcott, of Cleveland, present titlehohler and winner of the tournament in the northern part of the state. While both participants are outstanding players, their style is different, and the outcome is difficult to foresee. Local fans, of course, are all pulling for Dr. Keeney to win. No admission will be charged.

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Chess Finals On 30 Mar 1929, Sat The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

CHESS FINALS ON.
The opening game of the finals in the Ohio Championship Chess Tournament between George H. Walcott, Cleveland, Ohio, state champion, and Dr. P. G. Keeney, President of the Cincinnati Chess Club, which began last night at the Chess Club in the Mercantile Library, still was in session early this morning. The match calls for a series of five games to be played at the club.

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March 17, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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The Game of Chess 17 Mar 1929, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

SELECTED GAMES.
Following are a few of the interesting games contested by the Northern Ohio participants in the tournament at Cleveland to select a representative to engage in a “finals” contest for the state championship title. Appended is the score of the first game lost by George H. Walcott, present holder of the title to Arthur Pasch.

Arthur Pasch (white) vs. George H. Walcott (black)
Italian Game: Hungarian Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 B-K2 4. N-B3 N-B3 5. P-Q3 P-Q3 6. B-K3 B-Q2 7. P-KR3 Q-B1 8. P-R3 O-O 9. Q-Q2 B-K3 10. B-QN5 N-Q1 11. N-K2 P-B3 12. B-R4 Q-B2 13. P-B4 N-Q2 14. P-KN4 R-K1 15. N-N3 N-B1 16. N-B5 B-B1 17. R-QB1 QN-K3 18. P-Q4 N-N3 19. Q-B3 PxP 20. NxP N-K4 21. B-Q1 N-B4 22. K-B1 NxKP 23. Q-B2 N-QB4 24. B-K2 N-K3 25. P-B4 N-N3 26. Q-Q3 B-B3 27. Q-Q2 P-Q4 28. PxP NxP 29. P-Q6 Q-N3 30. BxN BxN 31. NxB RxB 32. KxR NxBch 33. QxN R-K1ch 34. K-B3 Q-N6ch 35. N-K3 Q-K3 36. QR-Q1 P-KN3 37. KR-K1 B-K4 38. Q-K4 Q-B3ch 39. K-K2 R-K3 40. P-Q7 B-B2 41. Q-Q4 Q-Q1 42. K-B3 B-N3 43. Q-Q3 K-N2 44. P-KN5 P-KR4 45. PxPch K-R2 46. N-N4 QxP 47. RxR PxR 48. QxQ K-R1 49. Q-N7#

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. h3 Qc8 8. a3 0-0 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Nd8 11. Ne2 c6 12. Ba4 Qc7 13. c4 Nd7 14. g4 Re8 15. Ng3 Nf8 16. Nf5 Bc8 17. Rc1 Nde6 18. d4 Ng6 19. Qc3 exd4 20. N3xd4 Ne5 21. Bd1 Nc5 22. Kf1 Nxe4 23. Qc2 Nc5 24. Be2 Ne6 25. f4 Ng6 26. Qd3 Bf6 27. Qd2 d5 28. cxd5 Nexf4 29. d6 Qb6 30. Bxf4 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 Nxf4+ 33. Qxf4 Re8+ 34. Kf3 Qb3+ 35. Ne3 Qe6 36. Rd1 g6 37. Re1 Be5 38. Qe4 Qf6+ 39. Ke2 Re6 40. d7 Bc7 41. Qd4 Qd8 42. Kf3 Bb6 43. Qd3 Kg7 44. g5 h5 45. gxh6e.p.+ Kh7 46. Ng4 Qxd7 47. Rxe6 fxe6 48. Qxd7+ Kh8 49. Qg7#

Elliot Stearns (white) vs. Jacques Rosenman (black)
Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-QB4 B-N5ch 4. B-Q2 BxBch 5. QNxB N-B3 6. P-K3 P-Q3 7. Q-N3 P-K4 8. PxP PxP 9. Q-B3 Q-K2 10. B-K2 O-O 11. O-O P-KR3 12. B-Q B-B4 13. R-K QR-Q 14. P-K4 B-N5 15. B-B2 N-KR4 16. P-B5 N-B5 17. P-KN3 N-K3 18. P-N4 N-Q5 19. P-QR3 Q-B3 20. R-K3 P-R3 21. K-N2 R-Q2 22. N-KN KR-Q 23. N-B4 B-K3 24. B-R4 BxN 25. QxB P-QN4 26. PxPe.p. PxP 27. P-N5 N-R4 28. Q-N4 PxP 29. B-Q N-B5 30. R-QB3 Q-N3 31. P-B3 Q-N4 32. K-B2 N-B3 33. QxP RxB 34. RxR RxR 35. QxN Q-Q7ch 36. N-K2 N-Q5 37. P-QR4 Q-K8ch 38. K-K3 R-Q7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nxd2 Nc6 6. e3 d6 7. Qb3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc3 Qe7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 h6 12. Bd1 Bf5 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. e4 Bg4 15. Bc2 Nh5 16. c5 Nf4 17. g3 Ne6 18. b4 Ned4 19. a3 Qf6 20. Re3 a6 21. Kg2 Rd7 22. Ng1 Rd8 23. Nc4 Be6 24. Ba4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 b5 26. cxb6e.p. cxb6 27. b5 Na5 28. Qb4 axb5 29. Bd1 Nc4 30. Rc3 Qg6 31. f3 Qg5 32. Kf2 Nc6 33. Qxb5 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Qxc4 Qd2+ 36. Ne2 Nd4 37. a4 Qe1+ 38. Ke3 Rd2 0-1

William Streeter (white) vs. Elliot Stearns (black)
Indian Defense: Wade-Tartakower Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-KN3 B-N5 4. B-N2 P-QB3 5. N-B3 QN-Q2 6. O-O P-K4 7. Q-Q3 Q-B2 8. P-K4 B-K2 9. B-K3 N-B 10. P-QR3 N-N3 11. QR-K P-KR4 12. P-QN4 R-Q 13. N-KN5 P-R5 14. Q-B4 O-O 15. P-KB4 PxNP 16. RPxP Q-B 17. P-B5 N-R 18. Q-Q3 N-R4 19. K-B2 PxP 20. QxP B-B3 21. Q-Q2 P-Q4 22. PxP QxPch 23. K-N Q-K4 24. N-K4 Q-B2 25. P-Q6 Q-Q2 26. B-B3 B-K4 27. Q-K2 BxB 28. QxB N-B3 29. Q-R Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. 0-0 e5 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. e4 Be7 9. Be3 Nf8 10. a3 Ng6 11. Re1 h5 12. b4 Rd8 13. Ng5 h4 14. Qc4 0-0 15. f4 hxg3 16. hxg3 Qc8 17. f5 Nh8 18. Qd3 Nh5 19. Kf2 exd4 20. Qxd4 Bf6 21. Qd2 d5 22. exd5 Qxf5+ 23. Kg1 Qe5 24. Nce4 Qc7 25. d6 Qd7 26. Bf3 Be5 27. Qe2 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Nf6 29. Qh1 1-0

Irving Spero, chess editor of the Cleveland News, returned from his honeymoon to participate in the tourney. After winning a game from Pasch and losing two battles to Walcott, the “home” urge lately developed caused him to withdraw from the tournament. The score of one of his games with Walcott follows.

George H. Walcott (white) vs. Irving Spero (black)
Alekhine Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 N-KB3 2. P-K5 N-Q4 3. P-Q4 P-Q3 4. P-KB4 B-B4 5. P-B3 Q-Q2 6. B-Q3 PxP 7. BPxP N-QB3 8. N-B3 BxB 9. QxB P-K3 10. QN-Q2 QN-K2 11. N-K4 N-KN3 12. P-N3 R-B 13. O-O B-K2 14. B-Q2 O-O 15. R-B2 P-QB4 16. PxP BxP 17. NxB RxN 18. P-B4 N-N3 19. QxQ NxQ 20. B-N4 NxP 21. P-N3 NxNch 22. RxN R-K4 23. BxR KxB 24. R-Q3 K-K2 25. QR-Q N-B3 26. R-Q8 R-QB4 27. R-QN8 R-B2 28. QR-Q8 P-QN3 29. K-N2 N-K5 30. KR-B8 R-N2 31. R-Q4 N-Q3 32. R-QR8 R-B2 33. K-B3 P-KR4 34. K-K2 P-N3 35. K-Q3 N-B 36. R-N8 N-Q3 37. P-QR4 N-N2 38. K-B3 N-Q3 39. R-KR8 R-N2 40. P-KN4 PxP 41. RxP N-B4 42. RxP R-Q2 43. R-N N-Q5 44. R-K K-B3 45. R-R4 P-K4 46. R-R5 N-B3 47. R-R6ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 Bf5 5. c3 Qd7 6. Bd3 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. g3 Rc8 13. 0-0 Be7 14. Bd2 0-0 15. Rf2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Bb4 Nxe5 21. b3 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Re5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rd3 Ke7 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Rd8 Rc5 27. Rb8 Rc7 28. Rd8 b6 29. Kg2 Ne4 30. Rf8 Rb7 31. Rd4 Nd6 32. Ra8 Rc7 33. Kf3 h5 34. Ke2 g6 35. Kd3 Nc8 36. Rb8 Nd6 37. a4 Nb7 38. Kc3 Nd6 39. Rh8 Rb7 40. g4 hxg4 41. Rxg4 Nf5 42. Rxg6 Rd7 43. Rg1 Nd4 44. Re1 Kf6 45. Rh4 e5 46. Rh5 Nc6 47. Rh6+ 1-0

Geza Maroczy, the most famous Hungarian chess master of the present generation, recently sent a Christmas card to his many friends. On this card was inscribed the score of the game, a Muzio Gambit, which he won from Tschigorin in the Vienna Gambit tournament in 1903. Appended is the score of this setto, which gained the Hungarian a brilliancy prize.

Geza Maroczy vs Mikhail Chigorin
Vienna (1903), Vienna AUH, rd 3, May-05
King's Gambit: Accepted. MacDonnell Gambit (C37) 1-0

March 10, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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The Game of Chess 10 Mar 1929, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

SELECTED GAMES.
The following games were contested recently in the Southern Ohio preliminary tournament at the Cincinnati Chess Club:

Karl Nietzschmann (white) vs. Max Bock (black)
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. B-B4 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 P-QB3 4. N-B3 P-Q4 5. PxP PxP 6. B-N5ch B-Q2 7. NxKP P-Q5 8. NxB QNxN 9. N-K2 P-QR3 10. B-B4 N-K4 11. P-Q3 R-B 12. B-N3 B-K2 13. O-O O-O 14. R-K B-N5 15. B-Q2 BxB 16. QxB KN-N5 17. P-KR3 N-KB3 18. N-N3 R-K 19. N-B5 R-B3 20. Q-N5 N-N3 21. RxRch QxR 22. NxQP R-B2 23. K-B R-K2 24. N-B5 R-K4 25. P-KB4 R-K7 26. BxPch QxB 27. KxR N-Q4 28. R-K P-R3 29. Q-Q8ch K-R2 30. P-KN4 NxPch 31. K-Q2 NxRP 32. Q-K8 Q-Q4 33. Q-K4 Q-R4ch 34. P-N4 QxRP 35. QxNP Q-N7 36. Q-K4 N-B7 37. Q-QB4 Q-B3 38. R-K8 Q-N4ch 39. K-B3 Q-B3ch 40. K-N3 N-B5 41. R-K7 N-R4 42. PxN QxN 43. R-B7 QxP 44. RxN Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Nxe5 d4 8. Nxd7 Nbxd7 9. Ne2 a6 10. Bc4 Ne5 11. d3 Rc8 12. Bb3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nfg4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ng3 Re8 19. Nf5 Rc6 20. Qg5 Ng6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Nxd4 Rc7 23. Kf1 Re7 24. Nf5 Re5 25. f4 Re2 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Kxe2 Nd5 28. Re1 h6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. g4 Ndxf4+ 31. Kd2 Nxh3 32. Qe8 Qd5 33. Qe4 Qa5+ 34. b4 Qxa2 35. Qxb7 Qb2 36. Qe4 Nf2 37. Qc4 Qf6 38. Re8 Qg5+ 39. Kc3 Qf6+ 40. Kb3 Nf4 41. Re7 Nh5 42. gxh5 Qxf5 43. Rf7 Qxh5 44. Rxf2 1-0

Palmer G. Keeney (white) vs. Paul Buttenweiser (black)
Philidor Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. B-B4 B-K2 4. P-Q4 N-KB3 5. PxP PxP 6. QxQch BxQ 7. NxP O-O 8. N-QB3 P-QB3 9. P-QR4 B-R4 10. O-O BxN 11. PxB NxP 12. B-R3 P-QB4 13. KR-K1 N-Q3 14. B-R2 N-R3 15. QR-Q1 N-K1 16. NxBP B-K3 17. RxB RxN 18. R-K7 N-B3 19. RxR K-R1 20. RxQNP P-KR3 21. B-B4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 Nf6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. Nxe5 0-0 8. Nc3 c6 9. a4 Ba5 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 c5 13. Rfe1 Nd6 14. Ba2 Na6 15. Rd1 Ne8 16. Nxf7 Be6 17. Rxe6 Rxf7 18. Re7 Nf6 19. Rxf7 Kh8 20. Rxb7 h6 21. Bc4 1-0

Below is the score of the tenth and final game of the Bogoljubov-Dr. Euwe match.

Max Euwe vs Efim Bogoljubov
Bogoljubov - Euwe: Second FIDE Championship (1929), The Hague and Amsterdam NED, rd 10, Jan-06
Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein Variation (C48) 1/2-1/2

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Likes The Chess Column 12 Mar 1929, Tue The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

Likes The Chess Column.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
Dear Sir—Permit me to compliment you on your chess column in the Sunday issue of your paper.
I consider this the most interesting chess column of the several published in dailies of various cities. Yours very truly. J. B. WARNER.
Birmingham, Ala.

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October 18, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 18 Oct 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L. A. Times Problem No. 713
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Bert F. Gordon, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 8/1B4N1/8/R1q1k1b1/3N4/8/3Q1R2/Kn6 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-N5; 1. Nb5 Nxd2 2. Rf5#

L. A. Times Problem No. 714
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 8/4Bp2/8/1P1k1PR1/8/3P2P1/2P1N3/2K5 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-N; 1. Ng1 Kd4 2. f6 Ke3 3. Bc5#
1. Ng1 f6 2. Nf3 fxg5 3. c4#
1. Ng1 Ke5 2. Nf3+ Kd5 3. c4#

VETERAN EX-CHAMPION OUTPLAYS ENGLISHMAN
A timely counter thrust at the seventeenth move, breaking up his English opponent's combination, followed by some gilt-edge end play, earned for Dr. Emanuel Lasker, veteran ex-world champion, a notable victory over Sir George Thomas in the international tournament at Nottingham. Dr. Lasker also held Dr. Alexander Alekhine to a draw.
A bit of brilliancy brought victory to Dr. Max Euwe of Amsterdam at the expense of William Winter, British champion. The scores:

George Alan Thomas vs Emanuel Lasker
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 10, Aug-21
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63) 0-1

Emanuel Lasker vs Alexander Alekhine
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 4, Aug-13
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Milner-Barry Variation (E33) 1/2-1/2

Max Euwe vs William Winter
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 4, Aug-13
Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubow Variation (D46) 1-0

Appended is the score of another of the victories scored by Dr. Emanuel Lasker at Nottingham:

Emanuel Lasker vs Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 15, Aug-28
English Opening: King's English Variation. Closed System (A25) 1-0

From the Southern California League matches.

Robert Hamman (white) vs. Philip Reinhold Geffe Woliston (black)
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 PxP 3. P-K3 P-K4 4. BxP PxP 5. PxP B-N5ch 6. N-B3 N-KB3 7. N-B3 B-N5 8. BxPch KxB 9. N-K5ch K-K 10. NxB N-K5 11. O-O NxN 12. R-Kch K-Q2 13. N-K5ch K-B 14. Q-N4ch N-Q2 15. B-N5 P-KR4 16. Q-R3 Q-K 17. PxN B-Q3 18. N-B4 Q-N3 19. NxBch QxN 20. R-K7 P-KN3 21. QR-K P-QN3 22. Q-B3 P-B3 23. QR-K6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ne5+ Ke8 10. Nxg4 Ne4 11. 0-0 Nxc3 12. Re1+ Kd7 13. Ne5+ Kc8 14. Qg4+ Nd7 15. Bg5 h5 16. Qh3 Qe8 17. bxc3 Bd6 18. Nc4 Qg6 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Re7 g6 21. Re1 b6 22. Qf3 c6 23. R7e6 1-0

Played at L. A. Chess Club September 26, 1936 in City Championship Tournament.

Morris Freedman (white) vs. Sidney Weinbaum (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-QB3 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-N5 QN-Q2 5. P-K3 P-K3 6. N-B3 B-K2 7. B-Q3 O-O 8. O-O Q-B2 9. R-K P-QR3 10. Q-B2 P-R3 11. B-R4 Q-Q 12. PxP KPxP 13. N-Q2 R-K 14. P-B3 N-B 15. P-K4 PxP 16. NxP QxPch 17. B-B2 Q-Q 18. N-B4 NxN 19. BxN B-N4 20. QR-Q Q-B2 21. N-N6 R-N 22. N-Q5 Q-Q2 23. N-B6ch BxN 24. RxQ BxR 25. R-Q B-K3 26. B-Q4 BxBch 27. RxB N-Q2 28. B-B5 BxB 29. QxB N-B3 30. K-B2 R-K2 31. P-KN4 QR-K 32. R-Q2 N-Q4 33. K-N3 R-K8 34. R-Q4 N-K6 35. Q-Q7 N-B8ch 36. K-R4 P-N4ch 37. K-R5 K-N2 38. Q-Q6 R(K1)-K3 39. Q-B7 R(K3)-K4 40. R-Q N-N6ch 41. PxN R(K4)-K7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nd7 5. e3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. Re1 a6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Qd8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd2 Re8 14. f3 Nf8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxd4+ 17. Bf2 Qd8 18. Nc4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bg5 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Nd5 Qd7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rd1 Be6 26. Bd4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Nd7 28. Bf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Nf6 30. Kf2 Re7 31. g4 Re8 32. Rd2 Nd5 33. Kg3 Re1 34. Rd4 Ne3 35. Qd7 Nf1+ 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Kh5 Kg7 38. Qd6 Re6 39. Qc7 Re5 40. Rd1 Ng3+ 41. hxg3 Re2 0-1

March 03, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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The Game of Chess 03 Mar 1929, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

SELECTED GAMES.
The following games were contested the past week at the rooms of the Cincinatti Chess Club, by the Southern Ohio participants engaged in the preliminary tournament to decide who should represent this section in a final match with the victor of a similar preliminary tournament at Cleveland, Ohio, at the same time. The final match will decide the Ohio State Championship for the year. The scores:

Henry Harris (white) vs. Paul Buttenweiser (black)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 N-KB3 2. P-Q4 P-KN3 3. P-B4 P-B4 4. P-Q5 B-N2 5. N-B3 P-Q3 6. P-K4 O-O 7. B-K2 B-N5 8. P-K5 N-K 9. P-K6 PxP 10. N-KN5 BxB 11. QxB BxNch 12. PxB PxP 13. N-K6 Q-R4 14. NxR QxPch 15. K-Q Q-Q5ch 16. K-B2 QxPch 17. QxQ PxQ 18. N-K6 N-QB3 19. B-N5 K-B2 20. KR-K P-N4 21. R-K3 N-N5ch 22. K-Q2 P-B6ch 23. K-B N-Q4 24. R-K4 P-KR3 25. BxRP N-B3 26. N-N5ch K-N 27. R-KR4 P-K4 28. N-K4 NxN 29. RxN K-B2 30. B-N5 K-K3 31. R-K2 R-R 32. P-KR4 R-KB 33. K-B2 P-N5 34. P-N4 P-B5 35. P-R5 PxP 36. PxP P-R4 37. R-QN R-B4 38. B-Q8 P-R5 39. P-R6 P-N6ch 40. PxP RPxPch 41. K-B R-R4 42. R-K N-N5 43. R-Q N-R7mate

Algebraic 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 0-0 7. Be2 Bg4 8. e5 Ne8 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Ne6 Qa5 14. Nxf8 Qxc3+ 15. Kd1 Qd4+ 16. Kc2 Qxc4+ 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Ne6 Nc6 19. Bg5 Kf7 20. Re1 b5 21. Re3 Nb4+ 22. Kd2 c3+ 23. Kc1 Nd5 24. Re4 h6 25. Bxh6 Nf6 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. Rh4 e5 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Kf7 30. Bg5 Ke6 31. Re2 Rh8 32. h4 Rf8 33. Kc2 b4 34. g4 c4 35. h5 gxh5 36. gxh5 a5 37. Rb1 Rf5 38. Bd8 a4 39. h6 b3+ 40. axb3 axb3+ 41. Kc1 Rh5 42. Re1 Nb4 43. Rd1 Na2#

Karl Nietzschmann (white) vs. Max Bock (black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-KB3 5. O-O B-B4 6. N-B3 P-Q3 7. R-K P-N4 8. B-N3 O-O 9. N-Q5 B-K3 10. P-B3 QN-K2 11. NxNch PxN 12. P-Q4 B-R2 13. B-R6 R-K 14. BxB PxB 15. N-R4 N-N3 16. Q-N4 P-B4 17. NxP PxN 18. QxP R-KB 19. BxR QxB 20. QR-Q QxQ 21. PxQ N-R5 22. PxP NxP 23. P-K6 R-K 24. R-Q2 K-N2 25. K-B K-B3 26. QR-K2 P-Q4 27. P-KB4 P-KR4 28. P-KN3 P-QB4 29. K-N2 P-Q5 30. PxP NxP 31. R-K5 RxP 32. RxRch NxR 33. K-B3 P-B5 34. R-K5 B-Q5 35. RxP BxP 36. R-R6ch K-K2 37. P-B5 N-Q5ch 38. K-K4 P-B6 39. R-R7ch K-B3 40. R-B7 P-B7 41. P-N4 P-B8(Q) 42. RxQ BxR 43. KxN K-N4 44. P-R3 K-R5 45. K-B5 KxP 46. K-N6 KxP 47. P-B6 B-R3 48. KxP P-N5 49. K-N5 B-B 50. K-B6 K-B4 51. K-Q5 KxP 52. K-K4 K-K3 53. K-Q4 B-Q3 54. K-B4 K-K4 55. K-N5 K-Q5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bb3 0-0 9. Nd5 Be6 10. c3 Ne7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. d4 Ba7 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nh4 Ng6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Qxf5 Rf8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rd1 Qxf5 21. exf5 Nh4 22. dxe5 Nxf5 23. e6 Re8 24. Rd2 Kg7 25. Kf1 Kf6 26. Rde2 d5 27. f4 h5 28. g3 c5 29. Kg2 d4 30. cxd4 Nxd4 31. Re5 Rxe6 32. Rxe6+ Nxe6 33. Kf3 c4 34. Re5 Bd4 35. Rxh5 Bxb2 36. Rh6+ Ke7 37. f5 Nd4+ 38. Ke4 c3 39. Rh7+ Kf6 40. Rc7 c2 41. g4 c1=Q 42. Rxc1 Bxc1 43. Kxd4 Kg5 44. h3 Kh4 45. Kc5 Kxh3 46. Kb6 Kxg4 47. f6 Bh6 48. Kxa6 b4 49. Kb5 Bf8 50. Kc6 Kf5 51. Kd5 Kxf6 52. Ke4 Ke6 53. Kd4 Bd6 54. Kc4 Ke5 55. Kb5 Kd4 0-1

Joby Adams (white) vs. Palmer Gunkel Keeney (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-KN3 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-QB4 3. P-Q3 P-Q4 4. B-N2 N-QB3 5. P-QB3 P-K4 6. O-O P-KR3 7. P-QB4 P-K5 8. R-K1 B-Q3 9. P-K4 P-KN4 10. P-KR4 N-N5 11. NxP PxN 12. BxP B-K2 13. BxB QxB 14. N-QB3 RxP 15. PxR QxP 16. N-KB3 QxPch 17. K-R Q-N6 18. Q-Q2 N-N5 19. R-K2 N-K6 20. RxN PxR 21. QxK2 B-N5 22. R-KN NxQP 23. QxN BxN Resigns

Algebraic 1. g3 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. 0-0 h6 7. c4 e4 8. Re1 Bd6 9. dxe4 g5 10. h4 Ng4 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc3 Rxh4 15. gxh4 Qxh4 16. Bf3 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 Qg3 18. Qd2 Nb4

February 24, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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The Game of Chess 24 Feb 1929, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

A pretty game of Marshall's from the recent tournament at Berlin, Germany:

Frank Marshall vs George Marshall Norman
Hastings (1928/29), Hastings ENG, rd 5, Dec-31
Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (E11) 1-0

The seventh game of the Dr. Euwe-Bogoljubov match, in which the latter scored a victory, giving him just the necessary margin to be acclaimed winner of the match, as the eighth and final game resulted in a draw. The score:

Efim Bogoljubov vs Max Euwe
Bogoljubov - Euwe: Second FIDE Championship (1929), The Hague and Amsterdam NED, rd 7, Jan-02
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Schlechter Defense (E52) 1-0

February 17, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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A game from the Marshall Chess Club championship tournament:

Erling Tholfsen vs Horace Ransom Bigelow
Marshall Chess Club Championship (1929), New York, NY USA, Jan-12
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Hedgehog Variation (C66) 1-0

And one from the tournament for the championship of the Manhattan Chess Club:

Abraham Kupchik vs Alexander Kevitz Manhattan CC Championship (1928/29) (correspondence), New York, NY USA, Jan-?? Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation (B04) 1-0

The fifth game of the recent match between Bogoljubov and Euwe:

Efim Bogoljubov vs Max Euwe
Bogoljubov - Euwe: Second FIDE Championship (1928), The Hague and Amsterdam NED, rd 5, Dec-28
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Positional Defense Closed Line (E94) 1-0

February 10, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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The Game of Chess 10 Feb 1929, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

SELECTED GAMES.
Although Dr. Max Euwe, of Holland, has lost three important matches in the past 14 months, his record is a splendid one considering that he encountered two of the leading exponents of the game, Alekhine and Bogoljubov.
In 1927 Alekhine defeated him, 3-2, with five games drawn. In the spring of 1928 Bogoljubov downed him by the same score. In the recent return match with Bogoljubov again Dr. Euwe was defeated by a score of 1-2 and 7 draws. Following is the score of the sixth game of the recent match with the Russian ex-champion. In this game Dr. Euwe scored his only win:

Max Euwe vs Efim Bogoljubov
Bogoljubov - Euwe: Second FIDE Championship (1928), Utrecht NED, rd 6, Dec-29
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63) 1-0

NOTES BY C. S. HOWELL
(a) Often played, but bad. It sets up a poor pawn position, creates “holes” and loses time.
(b) Bogoljubov must have read of my theory regarding pawn equilibrium for Black, and his unusual capture with BP would be correct if not coupled with his indifferent 8. … P-QR3.
(c) Very doubtful.
(d) Napier used to describe such a move as “aiming at nothing and hitting it.” It is fairly obvious that White's KP cannot be safely captured.
(e) Now if 15. … NxP; 16. Q-R5 would win a piece.
(f) The hyper-modern would probably lose time to preserve the White KB. Dr. Euwe is modern, but not quite hyper, so he goes on with his attack.
(g) Black seems to have stopped the attack, but in reality his troubles have only started.
(h) Very much to the point and winning against any defense.
(i) If 30. … PxP; 31. NxKP R-B2 (if 31. … R elsewhere; 32. P-B7ch, etc.); 32. N-Q8 R-Q2; 33. P-B7ch and wins. Nevertheless, Black might have resisted longer by playing 32. … B-B, giving up the exchange.
(j) Better than 32. N-K6 at once, as it prevents 32. … B-B3.
(k) A pretty climax. If 33. … PxN; 34. P-B7, etc. If 33. … B-B; 34. RxB, RxR; 35. N-Q8, etc. And White threatens 34. N-B7 etc. A very energetic game on Dr. Euwe's part.

Lester Samuels vs Abraham Kupchik
Manhattan Chess Club-ch (1929), New York, NY USA
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0

February 03, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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SELECTED GAMES.
Appended is the score of one of the games contested by Frank Marshall in the recent tournament at Hastings, wherein he shared in the first three prizes. In this game with Sir George Thomas the neat sacrifice of a piece accepted by the latter enabled Frank to bring about the downfall of the English expert:

Frank Marshall vs George Alan Thomas
Hastings (1928/29), Hastings ENG, rd 3, Dec-29
French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Variation (C01) 1-0

January 27, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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The Game of Chess 27 Jan 1929, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

SELECTED GAMES
The score of the first game of the recent match between Bogoljubov and Dr. Euwe. The latter pushed the attack, but he was unable to penetrate the well-planned defense of the former Russian champion. The game ended as a draw.

Max Euwe vs Efim Bogoljubov
Bogoljubov - Euwe: Second FIDE Championship (1928), The Hague and Amsterdam NED, rd 2, Dec-25
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation (D52) 1/2-1/2

In the Marshall Chess Club's championship tournament, A. E. Santasiere, the New York State champion, has been desperately striving to overcome the lead of H. Ransom Bigelow, of Port Washington, N. Y., but to date his efforts have been of little avail. The latter has scored two and one-half games more and lost two and one-half games less. We present a sample of his energetic measures by reproducing the score of his game with McCudden:

Anthony E. Santasiere (white) vs. John Lester McCudden (black)
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fluid Attack

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 5. P-B4 O-O 6. N-B3 P-B4 7. B-K2 Q-N3 8. P-K5 N-N5 9. N-N5 P-KR4 10. N-Q5 Q-Q 11. PxBP PxBP 12. P-KR3 N-R3 13. P-KN4 P-R3 14. B-K3 P-B3 15. BxP PxN 16. NxPch K-R2 17. Q-B2 N-B4 18. PxN QBxP 19. NxB RxN 20. B-Q3 RxBP 21. BxPch K-R 22. R-Q Q-B2 23. Q-K2 P-N5 24. PxP QxB 25. R-Q8ch B-B 26. RxPch K-N 27. R-R8ch K-N2 28. R-R7ch K-N 29. R-R8ch K-N2 30. R-R7ch K-N 31. P-K6 Q-N8ch 32. K-Q2 R-B7 33. RxBch RxR 34. P-K7 Q-Q5ch 35. K-B2 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 Qb6 8. e5 Ng4 9. Ng5 h5 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 a6 14. Be3 f6 15. Bxc5 fxg5 16. Nxe7+ Kh7 17. Qc2 Nf5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Bd3 Rxf4 21. Bxg6+ Kh8 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qe2 g4 24. hxg4 Qxc5 25. Rd8+ Bf8 26. Rxh5+ Kg8 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rh8+ Kg7 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. e6 Qg1+ 32. Kd2 Rf2 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. e7 Qd4+ 35. Kc2 1-0

NOTES BY A. E. SANTASIERE
(a) PxKP is probably better. Then P-KR3, N-R3; PxP; BxP, Castles.
(b) What care we about castling?
(c) Best. If RxP; QxPch, followed by B-Q3.
(d) Best. If R-B; RxPch K-N, B-R7ch, K-B2, Q-B3ch, K-K2; RxN, RxR; Q-B6ch, etc.
(e) Neither R nor B can be taken. If KxB; Q-Q3ch leads to a mate.
(f) Time pressure.

Two interesting games contested by amateurs vs. Dr. Emanuel Lasker, of Berlin, when the German master visited this country the latter part of 1928 and gave one of his simultaneous exhibitions at the I.L. Rice Progressive Chess Club, in New York. The score:

Emanuel Lasker vs Sidney Norman Bernstein
Clock simul, 10b (1928) (exhibition), Rice Progressive CC, New York, NY USA, Nov-08
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack (B03) 1-0

Emanuel Lasker vs J Kahn
Clock simul, 10b (1928) (exhibition), Rice Progressive CC, New York, New York USA, Nov-08
Spanish Game: General (C60) 1-0

January 20, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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Moses Scholtz (white) vs. Albert H. Bierwirth (black)
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation

Alexander Alekhine vs Friedrich Saemisch
Exhibition game (1923) (exhibition), Berlin GER, Feb-??
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. General (B30) 1-0

The following game illustrates H. Ransom Bigelow's method of procedure against a player accepting the pawn when offered in the opening known as the Queen's Gambit.
This game was contested in the pending championship tournament of the Marshall Chess Club at New York. Mr. Bigelow is Secretary of the Metropolitan Chess League. The score.

Horace Ransom Bigelow (white) vs. A. P. Glass (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 P-QB3 3. P-B4 N-B3 4. N-B3 PxP 5. P-K3 P-QN4 6. P-QR4 Q-N3 7. PxP PxP 8. P-QN3 B-R3 9. PxP PxP 10. Q-R4ch KN-Q2 11. N-K5 B-N2 12. BxP P-K3 13. QR-N Q-B3 14. O-O P-QR3 15. B-Q2 B-Q3 16. P-B4 O-O 17. Q-N3 B-B3 18. BxKP PxB 19. QxPch K-R 20. N-B7ch RxN 21. QxR N-B3 22. Q-R2 QN-Q2 23. P-Q5 B-N2 24. P-K4 B-B4ch 25. K-R B-Q5 26. P-K5 BxN 27. PxN NxP 28. BxB BxP 29. Q-N2 N-K5 30. B-K5 Q-K2 31. Q-Q4 R-Q 32. KR-K N-B4 33. Q-N4 Q-R5 34. QxN BxPch 35. K-N Q-N5 36. Q-B2 B-K5ch 37. Q-N3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Qb6 7. axb5 cxb5 8. b3 Ba6 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bxc4 e6 13. Rb1 Qc6 14. 0-0 a6 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. f4 0-0 17. Qb3

Stasch Mlotkowski vs Edward Lasker
2nd NCF Congress (1928), Bradley Beach, NJ USA, rd 2, Sep-06
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation (B04) 0-1

Emanuel Lasker vs Harry Kline
Clock simul, 10b (1928) (exhibition), Rice Progressive CC, New York, New York USA, Nov-08
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Classical Defense (C83) 1-0

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Chess News 26 Jan 1929, Sat The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
Dear Sir: I notice you have added a “Chess News” Section in the Sunday Edition Enquirer. I appreciate this very much and I know the many other chess enthusiasts in and out of Cincinnati will and we hope it will have a permanent place after this among the other games departments.
Yours for a best chess column in the best newspaper in the country.
E. HASSELBACHER, 2608 Euclid Avenue, city.

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January 13, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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From Six Chess Fans.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
Dear Sir—The undersigned wish to extend to you their thanks and appreciation for inaugurating a chess section in your paper, and at the same time to congratulate you for securing the services of so able a chess writer as Dr. P. G. Keeney.
We trust this new feature will have a long and successful career, and assure you we will look forward to it each week with much pleasure.
Very truly yours,
Bernard Kluber,
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Carl Rose,
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Frank Marshall vs Efim Bogoljubov
New York (1924), New York, NY USA, rd 18, Apr-10
Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46) 1-0

NIETZSCHMANN'S GAME.
Appended is the score of the game which virtually lost to Henry Harris, of Newport, Ky., his chance of tieing Karl Nietzschmann, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for first position in the autumn handicap tournament of the Cincinnati Chess Club:

William O'Donnell (white) vs. Henry Harris (black)

Missing first move.

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 2. B-B4 P-Q3 3. P-QN4 N-QB3 4. P-QR3 N-B3 5. P-Q3 P-K4 6. P-R3 N-Q5 7. N-QB3 B-K3 8. BxB NxB 9. KN-K2 B-K2 10. O-O O-O 11. P-B4 PxP 12. NxP NxN 13. RxN P-B3 14. B-K3 Q-K 15. Q-K2 B-Q 16. R-KB Q-N3 17. B-Q4 B-N3 18. Q-K3 N-Q2 19. R-N4 RxRch 20. KxR R-KBch 21. K-K BxB 22. QxB Q-B3 23. QxQ RxQ 24. P-Q4 P-KR4 25. R-N3 P-QN4 26. R-B3 R-K3 27. K-K2 N-N3 28. K-Q3 N-B5 29. N-N R-N3 30. P-N3 R-K3 31. P-KR4 P-R3 32. R-B5 R-N3 33. R-N5 RxR 34. PxR K-B2 35. N-Q2 NxP 36. P-Q5 P-B4 37. PxP PxP 38. P-B4 PxPch 39. NxP N-N4 40. N-K5ch K-K2 41. K-B4 N-Q3ch 42. K-Q3 K-Q 43. N-B4 K-B2 44. NxN NxN 45. K-B4 P-N3 46. P-K5ch KxP 47. KxP P-R4 48. P-Q6 P-R5 49. P-Q7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 f5 2. Bc4 d6 3. b4 Nc6 4. a3 Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. h3 Nd4 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Bxe6 Nxe6 9. Ne2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Rxf4 c6 14. Be3 Qe8 15. Qe2 Bd8 16. Rf1 Qg6 17. Bd4 Bb6 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Rg4

The scores of two entertaining games from the annual championship tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club:

Isaac Kashdan vs J. Fischman
Manhattan CC-ch (1929), New York, NY USA
Scandinavian Defense: Ilundain Variation (B01) 1-0

Oscar Tenner (white) vs. Lester Samuels (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. PxP PxP 4. P-QB4 N-KB3 5. N-QB3 N-B3 6. B-N5 PxP 7. P-Q5 N-K4 8. P-B4 N-Q6ch 9. BxN PxB 10. QxP P-KN3 11. O-O-O B-N2 12. N-B3 O-O 13. KR-K B-B4 14. Q-K3 R-B 15. QxKP Q-N3 16. N-K5 N-K5 17. RxN BxR 18. P-B5 Q-B7 19. B-Q2 QxBP 20. N-B3 B-N8 21. N-K BxRP 22. N-B2 B-N6 23. N-K3 Q-Q6 24. R-K B-R3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8. f4 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. 0-0-0 Bg7 12. Nf3 0-0 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. Qxe7 Qb6 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Rxe4 Bxe4 18. f5 Qf2 19. Bd2 Qxf5 20. Nf3 Bb1 21. Ne1 Bxa2 22. Nc2 Bb3 23. Ne3 Qd3 24. Re1 Bh6 0-1

October 11, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L. A. Times Problem No. 711
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by James Stichka, Jr., Ontario, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 4N3/4k3/1K2B2P/4pP2/4P3/4B3/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B7; 1. Nc7 Kf6 2. Nd5#

L. A. Times Problem No. 712
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 8/4p3/4p2p/2PkN1pN/P2P2p1/P5P1/Kp6/bB1RB3 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-Q2; 1. Bd2 Kxd4 2. Bf4+ Kxc5 3. Be3#

Samuel Reshevsky had a great struggle with Reuben Fine at Nottingham, where the two American representatives tied for third place with Dr. Max Euwe. Although a pawn ahead in the ending, the United States champion could not avoid a perpetual check. The score follows.

Samuel Reshevsky vs Reuben Fine
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 4, Aug-13
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39) 1/2-1/2

Milan Vidmar vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 10, Aug-21
Queen's Gambit Declined: Hastings Variation (D30) 0-1

October 04, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L. A. Times Problem No. 709
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by B. B. Wisegarver, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN b5Qq/1n1p1pb1/8/2pBRp2/3k1P2/BP5R/1K1P4/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-R; 1. Bh1 Qxg8 2. Rd5#
1. Bh1 Qxg8 2. Rd5#

L. A. Times Problem No. 710
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by V. L. Eaton, Washington, D.C.
White mates in three.
FEN r4N1k/p5R1/K5P1/8/8/8/1B3P1r/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-K6; 1. Ne6 Re8 2. Re7+ Kg8 3. Rxe8#
1. Ne6 Rh7 2. Rxh7+ Kg8 3. Rh8#

The following game was played at Nottingham:

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Alexander Alekhine
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 2, Aug-11
Dutch Defense: Alekhine Variation (A92) 1-0

Emanuel Lasker vs Samuel Reshevsky Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 11, Aug-22 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense (D26) 0-1

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Max Euwe Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 11, Aug-22 Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Classical System (D18) 1/2-1/2

The Evans Gambit is practically extinct so far as master chess is concerned; but it does crop up occasionally, especially among older players. The game below was played in the recent New York championship held at Poughkeepsie. Mr. Helms who finished tied for second, is a fixture in American chess, having edited the chess column of the Brooklyn Eagle for the past thirty-odd years, in addition to running the American Chess Bulletin, and handling the publicity for every important international chess tournament held in this county for the past quarter century.

Hermann Helms (white) vs. Edward Sterling Carter (black)
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, McDonnell Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 B-B4 4. P-QN4 BxP 5. P-B3 B-B4 6. O-O P-Q3 7. P-Q4 PxP 8. NxP N-K4 9. B-N3 N-K2 10. P-KR3 P-QB3 11. B-K3 P-QR4 12. P-QR4 B-Q2 13. P-KB4 QN-N3 14. N-Q2 P-N4 15. K-R2 Q-N3 16. R-QN P-N5 17. N-B4 Q-B2 18. N-B5 NxN 19. BxB PxB 20. PxN NxP 21. N-Q6ch K-B 22. RxN R-Q 23. PxP BPxP 24. R-N2 B-B 25. R-Q2 P-R4 26. P-N3 P-R5 27. NxP PxPch 28. KxP RxR 29. QxR R-R2 30. N-N5 R-R4 31. K-N4 P-N3 32. B-K6 K-N2 33. Q-Q4ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. h3 c6 11. Be3 a5 12. a4 Bd7 13. f4 N5g6 14. Nd2 b5 15. Kh2 Qb6 16. Rb1 b4 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. exf5 Nxf4 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Rxf4 Rd8 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Rb2 Bc8 25. Rd2 h5 26. g3 h4 27. Nxf7 hxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Rh7 30. Ng5 Rh5 31. Kg4 g6 32. Be6 Kg7 33. Qd4+ 1-0

September 27, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L. A. Times Problem No. 707
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by V. L. Eaton. Washington, D.C.
White mates in two.
FEN 8/R2Bp1K1/RB1kP3/p2P3Q/p2N1P2/1nnp2N1/1b3pb1/4q1r1 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-N7; 1. Rb7 Nb5 2. Ba7#
1. Nb5+ Nxb5+ 2. Bd4#

L. A. Times Problem No. 708
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 8/K5Q1/4B3/3P1p2/5k2/5P2/3N2p1/6Rb w - - 0 1
Solution: BxP; 1. Bxf5 Kxf5 2. Nf1 gxf1=Q 3. Qg5#

NOTTINGHAM AND PHILADELPHIA
For the benefit of those who may have missed the final standings of these two tournaments in the daily press, the Nottingham tournament resulted in a dual triumph for Capablanca and Botvinnik, closely followed by Euwe, Fine and Reshevsky. At Philadelphia the winner was I. Horowitz, who thus succeeds Fine as champion of the American Chess Federation.
Horowitz won a brilliant game from his fellow New Yorker, Kashdan. Note the two sacrifices!

Isaac Kashdan vs Israel Albert Horowitz
37th ACF Congress. Final (1936), Philadelphia, PA USA, rd 2, Aug-24
Reti Opening: Advance Variation (A09) 0-1

The Pacific Coast champion, Dake, met and vanquished a powerful opponent when he defeated the ultimate tournament winner at the Philadelphia tournament. He was able to convert a slight advantage in a rook's ending to irresistible material gain.

Arthur William Dake vs Israel Albert Horowitz
37tn ACF Congress. Championship Final (1936), Philadelphia, PA USA, rd 8, Aug-27
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D13) 1-0

The following spirited game was played between Reshevsky and Botvinnik at Nottingham:

Samuel Reshevsky vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 12, Aug-24
Dutch Defense: Classical. Stonewall Variation (A95) 1/2-1/2

September 20, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L. A. Times Problem No. 705
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Paul Hernandez, Compton, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 2N1B3/2pp2n1/R4b2/N2k1p2/4nQ2/1PP1K3/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: RxB; 1. Rxf6 Nxf6 2. Bf7+ Kc5 3. Qb4#

L. A. Times Problem No. 706.
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 1B3K2/8/4kNp1/3pN1Pp/b5pP/4p3/4B3/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-B; 1. Bf1 Kf5 2. Nf3 gxf3 3. Bh3#

In this game, from the Nottingham tournament, Capablanca lost his only game, a mixed-up Queen's Gambit Declined, in which he finally blundered. Thereafter Flohr won in good style.

Salomon Flohr vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 3, Aug-12
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense. Exchange Variation (D59) 1-0

September 13, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L.A. Times Problem No. 703
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Ira Alexander, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/8/3K1B2/8/4BP2/3Pk2N/6R1 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B; 1. Nf1 Kxf3 2. Bg4#

L.A. Times Problem No. 704
By Dr. P. G. Keeney.
White mates in three.
FEN 8/4p3/P3N2k/5B2/1pP3P1/2N1p2P/1Rp1P3/Q1K5 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-R3; 1. Qa3 b3 2. Na2 bxa2 3. Qxe3#
1. Qa3 bxa3 2.Rb8 a2 3. Rh8#
1. Qa3 bxc3 2. Kxc2 cxb2 3. Qxe3#

Corrections 20 Sep 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

FEN 8/4p3/P3N2k/5B2/1pP3P1/2N4P/1Rp1P3/Q1K5 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-R3
1. Qa3 b3 2. Na2 bxa2 3. Qe3#
1. Rxc2 bxc3 2. Ra2 c2 3. Qg7#
1. Kd2 b3 2. Kd3 c1=Q 3. Qxc1#
1. Kxc2 b3+ 2. Kxb3
1. Rxb4

Cooks all over the board!

NEW YORKERS MEET IN PHILADELPHIA
Inasmuch as sixteen of the fifty experts competing at Philadelphia are from this vicinity, New Yorkers cannot very well avoid clashing with each other in the various sections. Among the best games produced thus far are those won by Isaac Kashdan, State champion, from A. S. Denker and by Abraham Kupchik from Nathan Grossman.

Arnold Denker vs Isaac Kashdan
37th ACF Congress. Prelim 1 (1936), Philadelphia, PA USA, rd 2, Aug-16
Dutch Defense: Nimzo-Dutch Variation (A90) 0-1

Abraham Kupchik vs Nathan Grossman
ACF Congress (1936), Philadelphia, PA USA, rd 3, Aug-16
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Rubinstein Variation (D61) 1-0

Euwe won from Reshevsky, newly crowned United States champion, in the struggle below Euwe, like Reshevsky, unwilling to accept an easy draw, was able to profit from a majority of pawns on the Q side, but not without a prolonged effort.

Max Euwe vs Samuel Reshevsky
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 1, Aug-10
Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation (E16) 1-0

This game, from the Nottingham tournament, shows the present soviet champion defeating Bogoljubov, an expatriated Russian now a German citizen. Bogoljubov won the Moscow tournament of 1925. Botvinnik shared first with Flohr in the Moscow tournament of 1935. Each tournament was an outstanding international competition.

Efim Bogoljubov vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 3, Aug-12
Indian Game: Capablanca Variation (A47) 0-1

Alexander Alekhine vs Samuel Reshevsky
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 7, Aug-17
Queen Pawn Game: Colle System (D04) 0-1

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Samuel Reshevsky
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 9, Aug-20
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Mannheim Variation (D23) 1-0