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Chess 09 Dec 1923, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
On Saturday, November 24, the Franklin Chess Club contested its first match in the Philadelphia Chess League, meeting a strong team from the University of Pennsylvania. The veterans proved too much for the University men. The score at the adjournment stood 3 to 2 in favor of the Franklin, with one game unfinished, viz.: Between F. Casciato, of the University, and Walter P. Shipley, of the Franklin Chess Club. The game will be played out later, but the veteran has the edge on his younger opponent, the Franklin man having two bishops and six pawns against rook and four pawns for the University champion. The score in detail follows:
W. P. Shipley... * F. Casciato... *
S. W. Bampton... 1 G. O. Petty... 0
J. F. Magee, Jr. 1 J. Levin ..... 0
F. L. Kimball... 0 S. Gehman .... 1
J. S. McConnell. 1 F. Holt....... 0
H. J. Staab..... 0 G. Blizard.... 1
Total 3 Total 2
Alex. Alekhine is reported to have raised half of the prize money required for a match with Capablanca and hopes to be able to obtain the balance of the fund in the United States. We wish him every success in this undertaking, as a match between these two players would be of great interest to chess players throughout the world, and, judging from the scores made by the leading players within the past year, Alekhine undoubtedly would have the best chance in a match, with the possible exception of the ex-champion, Dr. Emanuel Lasker.
The great Russian player is expected to be in Philadelphia within the next two weeks and will meet at the rooms of the Musical Art Club, under the auspices of the Franklin Chess Club, all comers simultaneously. Players desiring a board should at once communicate with James F. Magee, Jr., Hamilton Court, West Philadelphia, as the number of boards will be limited.
The following game was played in the Chess League in the recent match between the Franklin Chess Club and the University Chess Club.
(a) An old-time defense, but one that does not yield white as strong an attack as P-4. Bampton, however, prefers taking his opponent out of the books.
(b) So far black has obtained a good game, but yields latter to the temptation of winning a couple of Pawns, thereby exposing his King to a powerful attack.
(c) Black now captures the Pawn that he might have captured on his sixteenth move, but in the present case with the disadvantage of being a move behind.
(d) White has now obtained a powerful attack and we doubt if black can save the game.
(e) All very pretty. R-Rsq. probably won the Queen, but the text move brings about a quicker conclusion.
(f) The natural move would have been B-B3. White however will then mate in a few moves.
S. W. Bampton (white) vs. G. O. Petty (black)
French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation
