May 22, 1943, The Pawn Pusher by O.A. Holt, Minneapolis Star

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Chess 22 May 1943, Sat The Minneapolis Star (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Newspapers.com

The Pawn Pusher by O. A. Holt
Willmar, Minn.
Dr. T. H. Lewis won the recent Fargo checker tournament, defeating A. R. Strandquist in the finals 5 to 1 and 2 draws. Thus he regained the city title which he has held on four previous occasions, 1929, '31, '34, and '41.
J. E. Berg, defending champion, lost to Dr. Lewis in the semi-final round, 4-2, and 3 draws. A. A. Block, another former champion was the other semi-finalist and lost to Strandquist by an indentical score.
Your correspondent had the pleasure of a brief visit with Dr. Lewis while in Fargo this week. We quote him on the checker situation up there as follows:
“Correspondence play has come to the fore in a very definite way since the war. We are cnoducting our first state correspondence tourney and to date it has been a big success. We are also playing South Dakota an 18 board correspondence match Jack Packard is leading the pack in our state tourney.”
R. H. Cantley, Northfield: Thanks for letter. Glad to hear there are many clever men among the college faculties, and congratulations on topping themm. You should contact J. T. Wing, late of the St. Olaf naval faculty. The end-game you submit is a draw. Bishops of opposite color equalize the pawn advantage.

CHECKERS
A game from the present Minnesota correspondence tourney. Courtesy the “Checker Times”

GAME NO. 584
Rubinow, playing for C.C.N.Y., defeats a one-time team-mate, M. Finklestein, president of the Intercollegiate Chess league.

Solomon Isaac Rubinow, City College (white) vs. Milton Finkelstein, Marshall, (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 PxP 4. NxP N-Q2 5. N-KB3 KN-B3 6. P-B3 KN-B3 7. N-N3 O-O 8. B-Q3 P-B4 9. O-O PxP 10. NxP N-B4 11. B-B2 Q-N3 12. Q-K2 B-Q2 13. BxN P-KR3 14. BxN BxB 15. N-R5 P-K4 16. P-QN4 N-R3 17. N-B3 KR-Q1 18. NxKP Q-K3 19. QR-K1 BxN 20. QxB QxQ 21. RxQ QR-B1 22. R-K7 RxP 23. B-N3 B-K1 24. KR-K1 K-B1 25. RxP R-Q6 26. P-KR3 R-Q5 27. RxBch KxR 28. NxPch K-B1 29. RxPch K-N1 30. RxPch K-R1 31. N-K6 R-Q8ch 32. K-R2 NxP 33. NxR RN 34. P-N4 R-Q7 35. K-N3 N-Q6 36. R-Q7 P-R4 37. K-R4 PxP 38. PxP N-K4 39. RxR N-B6ch 40. K-N3 NxR 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. c3

SOLUTION TO PROBLEM
No. 781 by L. D. Smith, Jr., and J. M. Bjerke
Key: Bf2
1. Kf6; 2. Bh4ch
1. KxP 2. Bh4!ch
1. Ne6 2. QxPch
The key is good. Variations are limited but two of them are very well worth while. The mating move, Qb8 is an excellent long ranger.—F. G. Gardner. Main variation of this 3er is very fine.—E. C. Johnson. Somewhat difficult.—Rev. E. I. Strom I never could solve 3ers and this is no exception.—N. Guttman. Good for a first attempt. Hope the young men continue, for they show promise.—J. M. The key, the selfblock and the long range match, are most satisfactory.—J. B. Wilson. Solved by Bf2.—H. R. Tonning. Welcome to the new composers. A creditable first attempt.—R. C. Beito.
Fred Stoppel, U. student, breaks into the ranks of the composing field with his initial attempt below. His 3er has some good points. We are always happy to welcome new members in the art and offer congratulations to those who reach publication standards in their efforts.
PROBLEM NO. 784
Original for the Minneapolis Star Journal
by Fred Stoppel, University of Minnesota
Black 8 Pieces
White 5 Pieces
FEN 1Q5b/3pk2n/2b3BB/5K2/4p3/3rp3/3R4/8 w - - 0 1