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September 04, 1921 San Francisco Chronicle, Chess by E. J. Clarke, San Francisco, California

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ChessChess 04 Sep 1921, Sun San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

GAME NO. 20
The following game is from the pending tournament of the Cabrillo Club of San Diego between E. F. Schrader, former Western champion and J. C. Gibbs.

Edward Friederich Schrader (white) vs. Charles John Gibbs (black)
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben Variation
Submitted to chessgames.com on 05/10/2025

Edward Friedrich Schrader vs. Charles John Gibbs, 1921

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-QB3 N-KB3
3. P-KB4 P-Q4
4. PxKP NxP
5. Q-B3 P-KB4
6. KN-K2 QN-B3 
7. P-Q4 B-N5
8. B-K3 O-O
9. P-KN3 N-R4
10. R-Q N-B5
11. B-B P-QB4
12. P-QR3 PxP
13. PxB NxKP
14. Q-N2 PxN
15. PxP N-N5
16. R-Q4 R-K
17. P-B4 Q-B3
18. P-R3 N(N5)-B7
19. R-R2 PxP
20. B-K3 Q-QN3
21. P-B3 N-Q6ch
22. RxN PxR
23. BxQ PxB
24. N-B P-Q7ch
25. K-Q R-R8
0-1
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nc3 Nf6
3. f4 d5
4. fxe5 Nxe4
5. Qf3 f5
6. Ne2 Nc6
7. d4 Bb4
8. Be3 0-0
9. g3 Na5
10. Rd1 Nc4
11. Bc1 c5
12. a3 cxd4
13. axb4 Nxe5
14. Qg2 dxc3
15. bxc3 Ng4
16. Rd4 Re8
17. c4 Qf6
18. h3 Ngf2
19. Rh2 dxc4
20. Be3 Qb6
21. c3 Nd3+
22. Rxd3 cxd3
23. Bxb6 axb6
24. Nc1 d2+
25. Kd1 Ra1
0-1

5. Qf3—Inferior to N-B3.
5. … f5—N-B3 looks stronger. If 6. NxN, N-Q5, etc.
6. Nge2—Having occupied KB3 square with the queen, the knight must be developed via KR3. The text move is the cause of white's tied-up game, and indeed he never succeeds in freeing his pieces.
9. g3—To prevent P-B5 and also with a view of developing the B at N2. Later it provides as asylum for her majesty.
21. c3—Schrader rejected the plausible 21. RxN, QxPch; 22. KxN, RxR, etc. However, that would have been better than the text.
25. … Ra1—and white resigned after a few more moves. White must give up queen for the deadly black pawn. A well played game on the part of Gibbs, who takes full advantage of Schrader's unfortunate seventh's move.

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“What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.		 To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
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After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

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