March 20, 1943, The Pawn Pusher by O.A. Holt, Minneapolis Star

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Chess 20 Mar 1943, Sat The Minneapolis Star (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Newspapers.com

The Pawn Pusher by O.A. Holt
WILLMAR, MINN.
The Minneapolis Chess and Checker club in the Lumber Exchange building is an organization due great credit in the field of chess and checkers. It was organized in 1926 and has continued its service unabated since that time.
For the past half dozen years it has been one of the best equipped clubs of its kind in the country. Not only the experts congregate there, but every type of player including novice. One can find a game any time of day or evening.
There is always a special attraction every Wednesday evening, usually one of the experts entertaining with a simultaneous performance. The public is always cordially invited.
During the many years of it existence, the club has always played host to both state tourneys, team matches, individual matches, simultaneous exhibitions by national and international masters, and the local high school tournaments.
We believe the club is a great asset to both our silent games and that devotees should support it financially.

CHECKERS
Another game from the finals of the 1943 South Dakota state tourney.
GAME 3. Wade B. Morrison W 10 lrt-M, 22-18. -10, 2MB. 11-15. 2S.-19 4-R. 2M2, S-11..2S-25. 11-1. 22-18, 711 I 2S-22 27-24. M-20. 32-28, 20-27. 31-24 Vl3 lS- 5-14, 24-20, 2-7, 28-24. ?i iV oi.il 10.17 23-1R. 7-10. 1S-14. IMS. 14-7. 3-10, 20-16. 17-21. 16-11. 12-1, 19-12 '15-1S, 22-15, 10-28. 11-7. S-10. 7-2, 14 II22. 2S-32 2-. 32-27. -, 14-17, 27-23. 26-31, In u 22-i',- 27-23, S-14, 23-27. 16-15. rf i' .ft in 11.17 ?2.2. 17-22. t.V 07.51 5.7. 23-27. 7-10 27-32, 12-S 32-27, -3. 27-32. 10-15. 32-27, 111, 27-32. 3-7, 32-28. 7-10. 28-32. 10-15. 11 it W-26 57-31. 26-23, 31-27, 15-11. SmZ: n-16. 28-32, 23-1H. 32-28. 19-15. W. W.

GAME NO. 574
A third round game from the 1943 Minnesota chess tournament. Dr. Koelsche's comment: “I made the master work! The trouble is, Barnes plays them so soundly that an opponent uses up all his time and then has to make about 10 moves in 5 minutes, such as I did here.”

George Samuel Barnes (white) vs. Dr. Giles Alexander Koelsche (black)
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 P-KN3 3. B-B4 B-N2 4. P-K3 N-KB3 5. P-B4 O-O 6. N-B3 P-B4 7. PxBP Q-R4 8. Q-N3 N-K5 9. B-K5 NxP 10. Q-N5 QxQ 11. NxQ QN-R3 12. BxB KxB 13. B-K2 PxP 14. BxP B-B4 15. O-O B-Q6 16. KR-B N-N5 17. BxB NxB 18. R-B3 P-N3 19. R-N KR-Q 20. N-Q4 P-QR4 21. K-B QR-B 22. K-K2 P-K4 23. N-N5 P-B3 24. P-QN3 NxBP! 25. P-QN4 PxP 26. RxP N-K5 27. R-B4 RxR 28. RxR R-Q4 29. N-B7 R-B4 30. N-K6ch K-B2 31. NxR PxN 32. N-Q2 P-B4 33. NxN NxN 34. K-Q3 K-K3 35. RxN PxRch 36. K-B4 K-Q3 37. P-R4 K-B3 38. P-R5 K-N2 39. KxP K-R3 40. K-Q5 KxP 41. KxP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qb3 Ne4 9. Be5 Nxf2 10. Qb5 Qxb5 11. Nxb5 Na6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bf5 15. 0-0 Bd3 16. Rfc1 Nb4 17. Bxd3 Nbxd3 18. Rc3 b6 19. Rb1 Rfd8 20. Nbd4 a5 21. Kf1 Rc8 22. Ke2 e5 23. Nb5 f6 24. b3 Nxc5! 25. b4 axb4 26. Rxb4 Nce4 27. Rc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd5 29. Nc7 Rc5 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Nxc5 bxc5 32. Nd2 f5 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Rxe4 fxe4+ 36. Kc4 Kd6 37. a4 Kc6 38. a5 Kb7 39. Kxc5 Ka6 40. Kd5 Kxa5 41. Kxe5 1-0

SOLUTION TO PROBLEM
No. 772 by Joe Young
Key: Ne3 (Kt-K3).
Just a line to say that I think Joe Young's 2er, No. 772, is about as good as any we have had for many a day.—W. B. Gislasen.
Joe has compiled a dandy 2er in this one. The 5 or 6 variations are very good, each leading to an excellent different mate. This should make him realize he has what it takes.—F. G. Gardner.
The manner in which this lad has surged into big league composing in such a remarkable short time is amazing.— W. C. Nolting. A fine lunch.—R. Baker. I had quite an argument with Joe over this one. Nice play, though rather heavy. — N. Guttman. Five nice mates.—W. Wandel.
Excellent 2er with a well disguised key.—W. J. Holmberg. Good 2er. B1 P interaction in line of play very fine. So is the byplay—O. Arhus. Very interesting.—H. R. Tonning. (Qc6 a good try but spoiled when Rd7!) A grand problem.—J. M.
Newman Guttman set today's 2er up for your scrivener on state tourney day. He was not sure if it was good, enough! Wow! It is a dandy 2er featuring self-blocks and interference. Note how well he has taken care of duals! There are no less than eight nice defenses!

PROBLEM NO. 775
Original for the Minneapolis Star Journal
by Newman Guttman, Minneapolis North High.
Black 10 Pieces
White 8 Pieces
FEN 5bb1/Kp1p1Rp1/8/4p2N/N3k3/3R3B/1Q2PP2/1n2r3 w - - 0 1
White to play and mate in two moves.