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Chess 16 Aug 1935, Fri Mount Vernon Argus (White Plains, New York) Newspapers.com
Morphy's One-Move Masterpiece
By Eldourous Dayton
FEN 1KR3NR/PPP4P/5p2/1BQn3/2n4b/1q6/ppp2ppp/1k2r3 w - - 0 1
End Game No. 8
Paul Morphy, playing Black against one of his favorite openings, forces Napoleon Marache, the first chess editor this country knew, to resign in one move. The ending is reminiscent of Levitzky-Marshall, Breslau, 1912, given some time ago in this column. Solution to End Game No. 7—Israel Horowitz demonstrated a mate in seven moves by 1. Q-Kt5 (if QxQ, RxR mates) P-Kt3; 2. Q-R6, PxKt; 3. R-Kt4ch, PxR; 4. BxPch, K-R; 5. B-Kt6ch, K-Kt; 6. Q-R7ch, K-B; 7, QxP mate.
Blindfold Masterpiece
A reader has kindly handed us a game played by Alexander Alekhine, which is a masterpiece of its kind. It was contested with a Mr. Fletcher, who is identified as champion Surrey, England. Alekhine played another contest sans voir simultaneously with four games over the board.
The clipping is taken from a French newspaper, in which the editor describes the end-game as one in the style, which would have delighted the heart of Philidor—“Une fin de partie bien le genre ‘Alekhine’ et qui aurait rejoui le coeur de Philidor. Une partie extraordinaire!”— there is no denying that.
The game is one of the best of its kind, like the most artistic productions of Blackburn and Morphy.
Alexander Alekhine vs A Fletcher
Simul, 6b (1928) (exhibition), Gambit Chess Rooms, London ENG, Jun-08
English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation (A31) 1-0
White's combination really began on his 23rd move when he played P-K6 and shut off the Queen's Bishop from B4. Now he finishes the game with a beautiful sacrifice, worthy of comparison with the immortal games, Blackburn-Olland and Morphy-Amateur 26. QxKt, PxQ; 27. BxPch, K-R; 28. Kt-Kt6ch, K-R; 29. KtxR dbl. ch, K-R; 30. Kt-Kt6ch, K-R2; 31. Kt-K5 ds. ch, K-R; 32. Kt-B7 mate.
Harry Vandroff, treasurer of the YMCA Chess Club, has pointed out several mistakes in the first Steinitz-Amateur game given herein last week, so for sake of the record we offer the following errata:
At his eighth turn, Steinitz played Q-K4, not castles, and at his 15th turn PxRch.
This is the New Rochelle “Y”.
