February 22, 1931 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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The Game of Chess 22 Feb 1931, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

I. Kashdan, American chess master, after conducting two successful chess exhibitions in Cincinnati, February 11 and 12, departed for St. Louis. In the Mound City the expert continued his “winning way.” Playing 24 simultaneously, he won 21 games and drew three. Contesting later against four teams of two in consultation, he won three and drew one. Anderson and Herman were the consultants in the drawn battle. Kashdan then explained to the “Missourites” in two lectures how he does it and climaxed his performance by winning a rapid transit tournament, 13-0. From St. Louis Mr. Kashdan will go to Chicago for a week and then journey to his home in New York. The master, writing from St. Louis, informs us that he has awarded the prizes donated by H. W. Bolles for the best games contested by opponents in his Cincinnati engagement as follows: First, $6 set of chess men, to Ernst Theimer, Cincinnati, Ohio, for his clever win; second, a large chess board, to Robert Teegarden, Fort Thomas, Ky.; third, Lasker's “Common Sense in Chess,” to Landis Marks, Huntington, W. Va. The two latter mentioned players secured draws with the master.

SELECTED GAMES.
The thrill that comes to the amateur chess player once in a lifetime was experienced by Ernst Theimer, former University of Cincinnati chess expert and faithful member of the Cincinnati Chess Club, when he, alone of 30 contestants engaged in the I. Kashdan simultaneous exhibition at the Hotel Sinton-St. Nicholas, succeeded in winning his game from the master. The Theimers that are and R-B will have something to talk about for years to come. Incidentally Ernst by winning his game earned and has received a $6 set of chessmen donated by H. U. Bolles to be awarded the player contesting the best game with Mr. Kashdan. Here is the score of the contest in which Ernst took the master into camp:

Isaac Irving Kashdan (white) vs. Ernst Theimer (black)
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. NxNch QxN 6. N-KB3 Q-Q 7. B-Q3 N-B3 8. O-O B-Q2 9. R-K B-Q3 10. P-B3 N-K2 11. N-N5 P-KR3 12. N-K4 B-B3 13. Q-N4 BxN 14. QxB P-QB3 15. Q-N4 Q-B2 16. QxNP BxPch 17. K-R R-KN 18. Q-B6 N-Q4 19. Q-R4 B-Q3 20. P-QB4 B-K2 21. Q-R3 N-B5 22. Q-R2 B-Q3 23. P-B5 RxP 24. QxP NxB 25. PxB QxP 26. KxR NxRch 27. K-B N-B7 28. R-N QxP 29. B-N5 K-Q2 30. Q-R7 Q-B5ch 31. K-N R-KB 32. R-Qch K-B 33. Q-N7 Q-N5ch 34. K-R2 Q-R4ch 35. K-N3 R-R 36. R-Q2 Q-R6ch 37. K-B4 Q-B4ch 38. K-N3 R-R6ch 39. K-N2 Q-B6ch 40. K-B R-R8mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 Qd8 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Re1 Bd6 10. c3 Ne7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 Bc6 13. Qg4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 c6 15. Qg4 Qc7 16. Qxg7 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Rg8 18. Qf6 Nd5 19. Qh4 Bd6 20. c4 Be7 21. Qh3 Nf4 22. Qh2 Bd6 23. c5 Rxg2 24. Qxh6 Nxd3 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 27. Kf1 Nc2 28. Rb1 Qxd4 29. Bg5 Kd7 30. Qh7 Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Rf8 32. Rd1+ Kc8 33. Qg7 Qg4+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg3 Rh8 36. Rd2 Qh3+ 37. Kf4 Qf5+ 38. Kg3 Rh3+ 39. Kg2 Qf3+ 40. Kf1 Rh1#

Appended are the scores of two other games of the simultaneous exhibition by Kashdan. Five draws were scored by Kashdan's opponents, while one loss was recorded against him. Two of the younger players holding the master to draws were R. Teegarden, of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and Landis Marks, of Huntington, West Virginia. Both games were exceptionally well played and the chess future of these lads, judging from the ability displayed in these contests, is very promising. The scores:

Teegarden vs Isaac Kashdan
Simul, 32b (1931) (exhibition), Cincinnati OH, USA, Feb-11
Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40) 1/2-1/2

Isaac Kashdan vs Howard Landis Marks
Simul, 32b (1931) (exhibition), Cincinnati OH, USA, Feb-11
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Spielmann Variation (C13) 1/2-1/2