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Chess 30 Jan 1916, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
Problem No. 1063
By Stasch Mlotkowski
White to play and mate in three moves.
FEN 8/4p1r1/1R2PPk1/1K6/5BP1/2PP4/8/Q7 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qa8 exf6 2. Qe4+ f5 3. Qxf5#

The following game was played in one of the matches of the Metropolitan League. The game is of special interest on account of White's unusual continuation of the attack against the Petroff Defense with his fifth move of N-B3 before advancing his Queen's Pawn.
Borislav Kostic (white) vs. Roy Black (black)
Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/30/2025

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-KB3
3. NxP P-Q3
4. N-KB3 NxP
5. N-B3 NxN
6. QPxN N-B3
7. B-Q3 B-N5
8. P-KR3 B-R4
9. B-K3 B-K2
10. P-KN4 B-N3
11. Q-Q2 Q-Q2
12. O-O-O BxB
13. QxB O-O-O
14. N-Q4 N-K4
15. Q-B5 P-KN3
16. QxQch RxQ
17. P-KB4 N-B5
18. B-B2 P-Q4
19. N-B3 B-Q3
20. B-N3 P-KR4
21. N-K5 BxN
22. PxB PxP
23. PxP RxR
24. RxR R-K2
25. R-K K-Q2
26. P-N3 N-N3
27. R-B K-K
28. R-R P-QB4
29. K-Q2 N-B
30. K-Q3 R-K3
31. R-R8ch K-Q2
32. R-B8 R-K2
33. P-QB4 N-N3
34. PxP NxP
35. P-B4 N-N5ch
36. K-K4 NxP
37. B-R4 N-B6ch
38. K-Q3 P-KN4
39. BxP RxP
40. B-B6 1-0 |
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nxe5 d6
4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. Nc3 Nxc3
6. dxc3 Nc6
7. Bd3 Bg4
8. h3 Bh5
9. Be3 Be7
10. g4 Bg6
11. Qd2 Qd7
12. 0-0-0 Bxd3
13. Qxd3 0-0-0
14. Nd4 Ne5
15. Qf5 g6
16. Qxd7+ Rxd7
17. f4 Nc4
18. Bf2 d5
19. Nf3 Bd6
20. Bg3 h5
21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. fxe5 hxg4
23. hxg4 Rxh1
24. Rxh1 Re7
25. Re1 Kd7
26. b3 Nb6
27. Rf1 Ke8
28. Rh1 c5
29. Kd2 Nc8
30. Kd3 Re6
31. Rh8+ Kd7
32. Rf8 Re7
33. c4 Nb6
34. cxd5 Nxd5
35. c4 Nb4+
36. Ke4 Nxa2
37. Bh4 Nc3+
38. Kd3 g5
39. Bxg5 Rxe5
40. Bf6 1-0 |