August 19, 1923 The Oregonian by E. H. Bryant, Portland, Oregon

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Chess 19 Aug 1923, Sun The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) Newspapers.com

E. H. Bryant, Editor.
Contributions of games, endings, problems and items of interest, criticism and club notes solicitied. Send direct to 143 East Thirty-fifth street. Portland Chess and Checker club. Washington building.
Problem No. 1363.
By Godfrey Heathcote.
This is a gem. Mr. Heathcote's composition are always very good. This will certainly meet with commendations from the fans for the number of pieces and the well-hidden key.

BLACK--FOUR PIECES.
FEN 8/8/2Q5/4P3/N7/3p4/pp1P4/1k1BK3 w - - 0 1
WHITE--SIX PIECES.
White mates in three moves.
White king on king sq, queen on QB6, bishop on Qsq., knight on QR4, pawns on K5 and Q2. Black king on QN8, pawns on Q6, QN7 and QR7.
PROBLEM NO. 1364.
By Heathcote.
BLACK--TWO PIECES.
FEN 8/2kr4/B7/2K4Q/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
WHITE--THREE PIECES.
White mates in three moves.
White king on QN4, queen on KB6, knight on Ksq, pawn on K3. Black king on Q4, pawn on QN2.
Solutions.
Problem No. 1354--Key, R-B6.
Problem No. 1355--Key, B-R5.
Problem No. 1356--Q-Q7.
Solutions have been received from H. S. Goddard, C. G. Givens, M. Pluylaar, H. W. Gross, M. Claus, F. Maus, Roy Hamilton, W. Barrette, Chris Logan.

At Lake Hopatcong, N. J., at the ninth masters' tournament of the ninth chess congress, Hodges took the lead by defeating Chapes of New York in a hardfought game. Schapiro of New York won from Palmer of London, and Tenner of New York against Morrison of Toronto, Can. A complete report will be given later. The masters' tournament in checkers was held at this same beautiful place last year.The tournament held at Carlsbad has been well attended and the following drew prizes: Four hundred crowns each to Alekhine, Niemzowitsch and Yates for their games against Gruenfeld, Yates and Alekhine; 200 crowns each to Niemzowitsch, Spielmann; 100 crowns each to Alekhine, Bogoljubov, Maroczy and Chajes.
Alexander Alekhine, famous Russian chess expert and winner of international tournaments at Stockholm, Scheveningen, Triberg, Budapest and The Hague, has decided to visit America for the first time and became better acquainted with American players. Secondly, he wishes to further his chances to meet Capablanca for the world's championship, as there seems to be a small chance of Rubinstein doing so. A tour through the United States would certainly accomplish the object.
Encouraged by the spread of chess interest among the Spanish-speaking people, due undoubtedly to Capablanca's achievements, J. A. Gelabert of Havana has started publishing a monthly magazine under the title of Recista Cubana de Ajedrez, $3 per year.
A letter from T. Thomason of Astoria, Or., informs us that they are forming a chess club there and asks for information, rules, etc. The same has been forwarded. Report progress.
In northern Minnesota, the Mesabl Range Chess association was organized last year with the clubs of Hibbing (the largest and richest village in the world), Virginia (the city with the world's largest sawmill!), and Eveleth (the city whose famous hockey team has kept the courts busy and the Cleveland and St. Paul hockey teams in suspense) as members. Both the Duluth Erald and Duluth News-Tribune are publishing chess columns. During this season six matches have been played.—A. C. B.
How many of The Oregonian readers read the excellent review of the Fieeld Book of Chess Generalship, by F. K. Young, published last week in book review department? Review by C. S. Rorer, Portland, Or.
The chess club at the seventh Baptist church of Baltimore is one of the strongest clubs of the city. How about forming some church clubs in Portland, Or.?

GAME NO. 1366.
Queen's Gambit Declined.
This is one of the games played at the Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post street, San Francisco, Cal., in the tournament held in 1921. E. W. Gruer was the winner by a good margin.

James Ferguson Smyth (white) vs. Charles Woskoff (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense
Submitted to chessgames.com 03/27/2025

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. P-K3 P-B3 5. B-Q3 B-N5 6. B-Q2 Q-K2 7. KN-K2 P-QN3 8. P-QR3 B-Q3 9. O-O P-KR4 10. P-B4 N-N5 11. Q-K P-KB4 12. PxP KPxP 13. N-N3 P-N3 14. R-B3 N-Q2 15. BxP PxB 16. NxBP Q-B3 17. P-K4 PxP 18. NxP Q-N3 19. QNxBch K-Q 20. Q-K7ch K-B2 21. P-Q5 R-KN 22. PxP N-R3 23. R-N3 NxN 24. NxN QxN 25. RxR KxP 26. R-Bch K-N2 27. Q-Q6 N-B4 28. P-QN4 Q-B2 29. PxN QxR 30. PxP Q-K3 31. R-B7ch K-R3 32. Q-N4 QxPch 33. QxQ PxQ 34. B-N4 B-N2 35. K-B2 R-QB 36. RxR BxR 37. K-K3 K-N4 38. K-Q4 K-B3 39. K-K5 K-Q2 40. K-B6 K-K 41. P-B5 B-N2 42. P-N3 B-Q4 43. K-N7 P-N4 44. P-B6 B-B5 45. P-R3 P-R5 46. P-N4 K-Q2 47. P-N5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Ne2 b6 8. a3 Bd6 9. 0-0 h5 10. f4 Ng4 11. Qe1 f5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ng3 g6 14. Rf3 Nd7 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nxf5 Qf6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qg6 19. Nxd6+ Kd8 20. Qe7+ Kc7 21. d5 Rg8 22. dxc6 Nh6 23. Rg3 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Rxg8 Kxc6 26. Rc1+ Kb7 27. Qd6 Nc5 28. b4 Qf7 29. bxc5 Qxg8 30. cxb6 Qe6 31. Rc7+ Ka6 32. Qb4 Qxb6+ 33. Qxb6+ axb6 34. Bb4 Bb7 35. Kf2 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Ke3 Kb5 38. Kd4 Kc6 39. Ke5 Kd7 40. Kf6 Ke8 41. f5 Bb7 42. g3 Bd5 43. Kg7 b5 44. f6 Bc4 45. h3 h4 46. g4 Kd7 47. g5 1-0

Charles Woskoff (white) vs. Adolf Jay Fink (Black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Tarrasch Variation
Submitted to chessgames.com 03/27/2025

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. N-B3 B-B4 6. P-Q3 P-R3 7. O-O P-Q3 8. B-K3 B-KN5 9. BxB PxB 10. BxNch PxB 11. P-KR3 B-R4 12. P-KN4 NxP 13. PxN BxP 14. K-N2 O-O 15. Q-Q2 Q-B3 16. Q-K3 P-N4 17. R-R K-N2 18. N-K2 P-KR4 19. N-N3 K-N3 20. N-R2 B-Q2 21. NxP Q-K3 22. Q-N3 R-R 23. N-B3 P-B3 24. R-R2 QR-KN 25. QR-R K-B2 26. NxBP RxRch 27. RxR QxN 28. QxKP Q-N3 29. QxP K-K 30. QxBch KxQ 31. N-K5ch K-K3 32. NxQ RxN 33. K-B3 K-K4 34. K-K3 P-R4 35. P-R4 R-B3 36. R-R5 R-N3 37. P-B4ch K-Q3 38. RxP R-R3 39. R-N3 K-K3 40. P-B3 R-R7 41. P-B5ch K-Q2 42. P-K5 RxP 43. R-N7ch K-K 44. R-QB7 R-QR7 45. P-K6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d3 h6 7. 0-0 d6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Kg2 0-0 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Qe3 g5 17. Rh1 Kg7 18. Ne2 h5 19. Ng3 Kg6 20. Nh2 Bd7 21. Nxh5 Qe6 22. Qg3 Rh8 23. Nf3 f6 24. Rh2 Rg8 25. Rh1 Kf7 26. Nxf6 Rxh2+ 27. Rxh2 Qxf6 28. Qxe5 Qg6 29. Qxc7 Ke8 30. Qxd7+ Kxd7 31. Ne5+ Ke6 32. Nxg6 Rxg6 33. Kf3 Ke5 34. Ke3 a5 35. a4 Rf6 36. Rh5 Rg6 37. f4+ Kd6 38. Rxg5 Rh6 39. Rg3 Ke6 40. c3 Rh2 41. f5+ Kd7 42. e5 Rxb2 43. Rg7+ Ke8 44. Rc7 Ra2 45. e6 1-0

Game No. 1368
This is a game played by correspondence between Brunnemer, with the white, and Daly with black.

John William Brunnemer (white) vs. Harlow Daly (black)
Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation
Submitted to Chessgames.com 03/20/2025

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-K3 2. P-QB4 P-KB4 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. P-K3 P-QN3 5. N-B3 B-N2 6. B-Q3 B-N5 7. B-Q2 BxN 8. BxB N-K5 9. Q-B2 P-Q3 10. O-O-O N-Q2 11. P-KR4 QN-B3 12. N-N5 NxB 13. PxN B-B 14. P-Q5 Q-K2 15. P-K4 BPxP 16. BxP NxB 17. QxN P-K4 18. NxP Q-B2 19. N-N5 Q-B3 20. P-B4 B-B4 21. Q-K2 O-O-O 22. P-N4 B-N3 23. P-KB5 B-B2 24. N-K4 Q-K2 25. P-R5 Q-K 26. R-R2 P-B4 27. N-N5 Q-K2 28. Q-Q2 QR-N 29. N-K6 Q-K 30. N-N5 P-R3 31. N-K4 Q-B 32. QR-R B-K 33. P-R6 PxP 34. RxP RxR 35. QxR QxQch 36. RxQ RxP 37. NxPch K-Q2 38. K-N2 R-B5 39. NxB KxN 40. RxP P-R4 41. K-N3 RxKBP 42. K-R4 R-B7 43. KxP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. 0-0-0 Nd7 11. h4 Ndf6 12. Ng5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bc8 14. d5 Qe7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 e5 18. Nxh7 Qf7 19. Ng5 Qf6 20. f4 Bf5 21. Qe2 0-0-0 22. g4 Bg6 23. f5 Bf7 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. h5 Qe8 26. Rh2 c5 27. Ng5 Qe7 28. Qd2 Rg8 29. Ne6 Qe8 30. Ng5 a6 31. Ne4 Qf8 32. Rh1 Be8 33. h6 gxh6 34. Rxh6 Rxh6 35. Qxh6 Qxh6+ 36. Rxh6 Rxg4 37. Nxd6+ Kd7 38. Kb2 Rf4 39. Nxe8 Kxe8 40. Rxb6 a5 41. Kb3 Rxf5 42. Ka4 Rf2 43. Kxa5 1-0