March 01, 1931 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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The Game of Chess 01 Mar 1931, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

SELECTED GAMES.
One of the local chess knights who has proved a veritable thorn in the path of chess masters who have visited Cincinnati and given simultaneous exhibition, is Starr Walter, a stubborn, tenacious playing member of the Cincinnati Chess Club.
Mr. Starr Walter had the honor and glory of defeating Alexander Alekhine, chess champion of the world, when the latter exhibited in Cincinnati a couple of years ago. Last month the local chess expert held Isaac Kashdan, aspirant to the American chess championship title, to a draw, when Kashdan gave a simultaneous exhibition at the Hotel Sinton-St. Nicholas. In this contest the score, of which is appended, Starr Walter had the master licked in the latter stage of the game, but overlooked the winning move and the master succeeded in ekeing out a draw.

Isaac Irving Kashdan (white) vs. Starr Walter (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-KB3 3. P-Q3 B-N5 4. PxP P-Q4 5. B-Q2 NxP 6. NxN O-O 7. QxB BxBch 8. N-B3 QxN 9. B-K2 N-B3 10. R-Q B-B4 11. P-QN3 QxRP 12. O-O Q-R6 13. R-R QR-Q 14. Q-B3 Q-Q3 15. NxN N-Q5 16. Q-R5 PxN 17. B-B3 B-Q2 18. BxB B-B3 19. KR-B QxB 20. R-R4 P-QR3 21. Q-Q2 R-Q4 22. R-B4 R-K 23. Q-N4 Q-Q3 24. P-N3 Q-K4 25. K-B P-QN3 26. R-K R-K3 27. QxQ QxRch 28. KxR RxQch 29. P-QN4 P-QB4 30. PxP K-B 31. PxP R-R4 32. R-Q3 K-Q2 33. K-K2 P-QB3 34. K-Q2 PxP 35. PxP R-B4 36. P-QR4 R-B5 37. R-QR3 R-Q5ch 38. K-K3 RxQP 39. P-R5 K-B2 40. P-R6 K-N 41. R-Q3 R-K4ch 42. K-B4 R-K3 43. R-N3ch K-R2 44. R-N7ch KxP 45. RxP P-R4 46. K-N5 K-N3 47. P-R3 K-B3 48. P-N4 PxP 49. PxP P-Q4 50. R-B8 P-Q5 51. R-Q8 R-Q3 52. RxRch KxR 53. K-B4 K-Q4 54. K-B3 K-B5 55. K-K2 K-B6 56. K-Q K-Q6 57. P-B4 K-K5 58. P-B5 PxP 59. PxP KxP 60. K-Q2 1/2-1/2

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