December 05, 1915 The People, Chess by T. F. Lawrence, London, England

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Chess 05 Dec 1915, Sun The Sunday People (London, London, England) Newspapers.com

CHESS.
[By T. F. LAWRENCE.]
Chess has ever enjoyed great popularity in Holland, and of late years has made great strides there, until now the country of dykes and canals counts relatively more players of over-average amateur strength than any of its bulkier neighbours. Recently a 39-board match was played at Amsterdam between the Hague Chess Club and the United Amsterdam Association, resulting in the victory of Amsterdam by 20 games to 19. A narrow margin. Apart from the purely native variety, arrangements have been made by the British Chess Federation to stimulate the game among the involuntary residents at Groningen, and a shield is being offered for competition among the battalions of the Royal Naval Brigade there interned. In the B Division of the London Chess League, West London beat Sydenham by 8½ to 3½; Hampstead beat Metropolitan by 8 to 4, and Toynbee by 9 to 3; Brixton beat Sydenham by 9 to 3; Toynbee beat Lee by 8 to 4: Lee beat Islington by 8½ to 3½; and Metropolitan beat Islington by 10½ to is 1½.
It is proposed to hold a great international tournament at Havana during the coming year, but no date or details have yet been fixed.

CHESS IN FRANCE.
Played a few days before the outbreak of war in the National Tournament at Lyons.
RUY LOPEZ OPENING.

Alphonse Goetz (white) vs. Amedee Gibaud (black)
Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/27/2025

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. O-O NxP 6. P-Q4 P-QN4 7. B-N3 P-Q4 8. PxP B-K3 9. P-B3 B-QB4 10. Q-Q3 B-N3 11. B-K3 N-B4 12. BxN BxB 13. P-QR4 P-N5 14. QN-Q2 O-O 15. QR-K R-K 16. N-Q4 NxN 17. PxN B-KB 18. P-B4 P-N3 19. N-B3 B-R3 20. Q-K3 P-QR4 21. P-R3 R-QB 22. R-B B-B 23. K-R2 Q-Q2 24. P-N4 P-QB4 25. PxP Q-R2 26. Q-Q3 RxP 27. RxR BxR 28. P-B5 PxP 29. PxP B-QB 30. BxP B-R3 31. B-B4 BxB 32. QxB Q-B2 33. R-B R-QB 34. Q-R4 Q-Q2 35. Q-N4ch K-B 36. P-B6 QxQ 37. PxQ R-B2 38. P-N3 K-K 39. N-N5 P-R3 40. N-K4 B-Q5 41. N-Q6ch K-Q 42. RxR BxPch 43. K-N2 KxR 44. NxP BxP 45. NxP K-B3 46. K-B3 K-Q4 47. N-B5 B-N4 48. K-K2 B-B5 49. K-Q3 B-B2 50. N-K3ch K-K4 51. K-B4 K-K5 52. N-Q5 B-Q 53. K-B5 K-Q6 54. K-N5 K-Q5 55. NxP PxN 56. P-R5 B-K2 57. P-R6 B-B4 58. P-N5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 Bb6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd2 0-0 15. Re1 Re8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bf8 18. f4 g6 19. Nf3 Bh6 20. Qe3 a5 21. h3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Bf8 23. Kh2 Qd7 24. g4 c5 25. dxc5 Qa7 26. Qd3 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Bxc5 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Bc8 30. Bxd5 Ba6 31. Bc4 Bxc4 32. Qxc4 Qc7 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Qh4 Qd7 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. f6 Qxg4 37. hxg4 Rc7 38. b3 Ke8 39. Ng5 h6 40. Ne4 Bd4 41. Nd6+ Kd8 42. Rxc7 Bxe5+ 43. Kg2 Kxc7 44. Nxf7 Bxf6 45. Nxh6 Kc6 46. Kf3 Kd5 47. Nf5 Bg5 48. Ke2 Bf4 49. Kd3 Bc7 50. Ne3+ Ke5 51. Kc4 Ke4 52. Nd5 Bd8 53. Kc5 Kd3 54. Kb5 Kd4 55. Nxb4 axb4 56. a5 Be7 57. a6 Bc5 58. g5 1-0