October 16, 1910 Chess by Howard Louis Dolde, Pittsburgh Gazette Times

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Chess 16 Oct 1910, Sun Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

Smith Vs. Dolde
A match for the best out of seven games, 25 moves per hoour, will be played at the Pittsburgh Club rooms between W. H. Smith of Swissvale, Pa., and H. L. Dolde. Mr. Smith was formerly a member of the Chicago Chess Club, later of Gary, Ind., and has a reputation as one of the rising chess players of the country. He is very studious and many of his friends believe he will make a good score in this match.
Since writing the above, the first game of this match has been completed, bearing out the expectation that Mr. Smith would prove a worthy opponent.

Harold Louis Dolde (white) vs. Wallace Henry Smith (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-KN5 B-K2 5. P-K3 QN-Q2 6. N-KB3 O-O 7. B-Q3 P-QN3 8. O-O B-N2 9. QR-B R-K 10. Q-N3 P-QB4 11. KR-Q PxBP 12. BxBP N-Q4 13. BxB NxN 14. RxN QxB 15. PxP NxP 16. QN-Q4 P-QR3 17. P-QR3 P-QN4 18. Q-R2 KR-Q 19. R(Q)-QB QR-B 20. B-N N-QR5 21. RxR RxR 22. RxR BxR 23. Q-QB2 Q-QB4 24. N-QB6 QxQ 25. BxQ B-QN2 26. N-Q8(B) B-QR Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nd7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Rc1 Re8 10. Qb3 c5 11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qxe7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 a6 17. a3 b5