October 06, 1918 Philadelphia Inquirer Chess and Checkers

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Chess 06 Oct 1918, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

The Pennsylvania State Chess Association has just completed its correspondence match, the players entered being those representing Pennsylvania and those representing New York. The final score: Pennsylvania State Chess Association won 34; Greater New York Correspondence Chess Association won 16. The match started January 1, 1917. The pairing of the players and results in detail were as follow:

The following was one of the games played in the recent correspondence match between New York and Pennsylvania referred to at the head of this article:

Douglas Wyeth (white) vs. Charles Lyman Rand (black)
Ruy Lopez: Open
Submitted to chessgames.com on 05/07/2025

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. R-K N-B4 7. N-B3 B-K2 8. NxP O-O 9. BxN QPxB 10. P-Q4 N-K3 11. P-Q5 PxP 12. NxQP B-Q3 13. N-QB4 R-K 14. NxB PxN 15. B-K3 P-QN4 16. B-N6 Q-N4 17. P-KB4 Q-N3 18. P-KN4 P-KB4 19. P-N5 B-N2 20. R-K2 Q-R4 21. R-B2 QxQch 22. RxQ QR-B 23. N-K3 R-B3 24. B-R7 P-N3 25. N-Q5 K-N2 26. N-B6 R-K2 27. B-N8 N-B2 28. BxN RxB 29. RxP R-K8ch 30. R-B R-K7 31. R(B)-Q B-B3 32. R(Q)-Q2 R-K8ch 33. K-B2 R-KR8 34. K-K3 R-K8ch 35. K-Q4 R-KB8 36. K-B5 B-K5disch 37. K-N6 R-B2 38. R-K6 RxP 39. N-K8ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nxe5 0-0 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. d4 Ne6 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Bd6 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Be3 b5 16. Bb6 Qg5 17. f4 Qg6 18. g4 f5 19. g5 Bb7 20. Re2 Qh5 21. Rf2 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. Ne3 Rc6 24. Ba7 g6 25. Nd5 Kg7 26. Nf6 Re7 27. Bb8 Nc7 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxd6 Re1+ 30. Rf1 Re2 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. Rd2 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Rh1 34. Ke3 Re1+ 35. Kd4 Rf1 36. Kc5 Be4+ 37. Kb6 Rf7 38. Re6 Rxf4 39. Ne8+ 1-0

The two-move problem is an original composition by S. Mlotkowski and has never before been published. The problem is an interesting and neat study. Unfortunately, however, the key move is rather obvious.
The three-move problem was published some years ago, but is well worth a re-examination. The problem should be solved by our readers from the diagram.

Problem No. 1343
By S. Mlotkowski
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 2brrb2/p7/p7/7Q/1P1kPPp1/1Pp3N1/2K5/4R3 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qf7 Bg7 2. Qxa7#