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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
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
A pretty skirmish from the Northern Ohio preliminary tournament.
Jacques Rosenman (white) vs. Elliot E. Stearns (black)
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubov Variation
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.
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.
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.
