April 24, 1943, The Pawn Pusher by O.A. Holt, Minneapolis Star

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Chess 24 Apr 1943, Sat The Minneapolis Star (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Newspapers.com

The Pawn Pusher
by O.A. HOLT, Millmar, Minn.
The new “Modern Encyclopedia of Checkers” by Wm. F. Ryan is now off the press. It is perhaps the biggest and finest work ever offered on the game of draughts. It took Mr. Ryan three years to complete this work, and it is unlikely that any previous work on the game can match it for technical, graphic or artistic excellence.

CHECKERS
A final game from tho 1943 Southern Minnesota Tournament.
Jenkins, Black; Dr. Scott, White
10-H 8-11 H-23 B-lfl 7-H 22-1H 19-23 24-20 22-18 27-11 27-23 18-9 lo-lU 7-10 15-22 3-R 2-7 22-26 4-8 22-18 25-9 32-28 22-18 23-18 10-7 9-13 1-5 8-15 14-17 26-30 8-11 1B.0 9fl-99 94-1B 21-14 fl-B 7-3 6-10 18-14 10-17 13-22 7-10 5-14 5-14 15-24 in-17 30-26 11-15 23-26 25-22 28-24 28-19 39-15 6-2 3-7 10-15 11.14 11. IB in.1i 17-22 26-22 15-19 26-30 3U-25 23-18 31-27 15-10 Ih-15 2-6 drawn

GAME NO. 579
The game that K. N. Pederson, strong Minneapolis expert, drew with I. Horowitz, International master. Played at the Minneapolis Chess and Checker Club, Feb. 18, 1943, during Horowitz' exhibition.

Israel Albert Horowitz (white) vs. Kristin Nielsen Pedersen (black)
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. B-B4 N-KB3 3. P-Q4 NxP 4. PxP N-B4 5. Q-K2 N-K3 6. N-KB3 P-Q4 7. PxPe.p. BxP 8. N-B3 O-O 9. B-K3 N-B5 10. BxN BxB 11. R-Q N-Q2 12. O-O P-QB3 13. N-K4 Q-K2 14. KR-K N-N3 15. B-N3 B-N5 16. P-KR3 B-B4 17. N-Q4 B-N3 18. P-KN3 B-K4 19. Q-B3 Q-B2 20. P-QB3 QR-Q 21. N-KB5 RxR 22. RxR P-KR3 23. Q-N4 BxNP 24. QxB Q-K2 25. P-QR4 P-QR4 26. K-N2 B-B2 27. N-B5 R-Q 28. RxRch BxR 29. B-B2 P-KN3 30. Q-Q3 N-B! 31. N-K4 B-B2 32. B-N3 N-Q3 33. NxN QxN 34. Q-K4 K-B Drawn

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Nc5 5. Qe2 Ne6 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd6e.p. Bxd6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Be3 Nf4 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. 0-0 c6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. h3 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. g3 Be5 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. c3 Rd8 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 h6 23. Qg4 Bxg3 24. Qxg6 Qe7 25. a4 a5 26. Kg2 Bc7 27. Nc5 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8

SOLUTION TO PROBLEM
No. 777 by Newman Guttman.
Key: Rxl6 (RxBP)
By a wide margin the best I have seen from Guttman. The Grimshaw defense to the threat adds originality to the main theme, which has considerable technical finesse. A fine blend, an excellent prob.—O. Aarhus. The capture key kept me guessing. The cross-check very well constructed.—R. C. Beito. It is with much inner qualings that I submit this key but it appears sound and the many bewildering variations that ensue excuse a capture or any kind of a key. Hope Newman will have a cookless one this time.—F. G. Gardner. Did not seem very difficult.—S. T. Zimmerman. Very neat problem. This young man Guttman is doing very well.—H. R. Tonning. Fine creation with sharp play. Be6 a close try only defeated by RxR.—W. C. Noldting. Pins, crosschecks, blocks, to right and to left. A good 2er with a lot of action.—E. C. Johnson. If Guttman had told us about the rook, and asked us to look for it, it would have been an added attraction.—W. Wandel. A first line 2er. J. M. Excellent 2er. Had us baffled for a while.—L. D. Smith and J. M. Bjerke.
W. J. Holmberg, Foley composer, is to-day's author. His 2er features the Black Bishop. Every squares Sir Bishop defends on gives White a different mating combination. Interferences and self block are worked in nicely.

PROBLEM NO. 780
Original for the Minneapolis Star Journal
by W. J. Holmberg, Foley, Minn.
Black 7 Pieces
White 7 Pieces
FEN 5BQ1/1p6/1P2pN2/3k1K1/3p2P1/3p4/1R6/6Nb w - - 0 1
White to play and mate in two moves.