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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