Sunday, October 20, 2013

Reti vs Marshall - The Sunday Times Perth

The Sunday Times, Perth
8 June 1930
Chess & Draughts column from Western Australia newspaper in the '30s.

Game:
Richard Reti vs Frank Marshall 0-1, New York 1924
English Opening A15
The meeting between the two uncrowned chess master. The opening was transposed into English Opening variatian A15.

Problem:
White to play and mate in two moves, composed by Moric Ehrenstein


Ehrenstein, Móric
Dufresne: Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben (2. Teil) 1882 (36)

#2 10 + 10



The Sunday Times Perth 8 June 1930
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Koshnitsky vs Younkman Australia Championship 1928 - The Sunday Times Perth

The Sunday Times, Perth
6 January 1929
The Sunday Times from Perth runs a "Chess and Draughts" column. Posting a game and local tournament report.

Game:
Gregory Simon Koshnitsky vs Landau Younkman 0-1, Australia Championship Perth 1928
Queen's Gambit Declined
The game between two Australian master. Game are recorded and can be found on the link above. More games can be found from "Player's Database" in this blog, on the right hand side widget.

Reports:
Detail report on Australia Chess Championship 1928

Problem:
White to play and mate in two moves, composed by P.A. Orlimont taken "La Tribune de Geneve"

Position: 5k1r/4NPpb/8/2K5/8/5R2/8/6Q1 w - - 0 1

The Sunday Times Perth - Chess and Draughts Column
6 January 1929 -  NLA Newspapers
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Yates vs Reti Tunbridge 1927 - The Sunday Times Perth

The Sunday Times, Perth
14 August 1927
Chess column in Perth based newspaper, The Sunday Times.

Game:
Frederick Yates vs Richard Reti 1-0, Tunbridge 1927
Sicilian Defence
This game can be found on the link above, from 365chess.

The Sunday Times Perth, 14 August 1927
tags: historical chess column, chess in world war I, chess column on old newspaper, romantic chess, age of chess

Saemisch in Consultation Games 1927 - The Sunday Times Perth

The Sunday Times, Perth
16 January 1927
Chess and Draught was a chess column from Western Australian, The Sunday Times Perth newspaper. A draughts column was added as 'co-column'.

Game:
Consultation Game between:
F. Saemisch, Lottge, and Warneke) vs Gunter, F. Schubert, Wanschafte, and Dr. Schott)
King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, 1-0 Hanover 1927 (?)

Very interesting recorded consultation game played in Hanover congress, probably the same year as the chess column issued (1927). Although type as F. Samisch, I think it was Friedrich Saemisch and it was Frantisek Schubert in the black camp. The game was pretty amazing, a Muzio Gambit played in consultation mode and involved several sacrifices. Unfortunately the end was pretty blunderous as well. See in the game viewer below:

Problem:
White to play and mate in two moves. Composed by Pieter. ten Cate, first prize in the Second International Two-move Tourney of the "Grantham Journal". Interestingly the column challenge the reader to question how the position can arise from legal moves. A book was offered as a prize for whom can give the legal moves leading to the chess problem by Pieter ten Cate.

solution see here

Reports:
Local master, L. Younkman was giving simul to 24 boards in Perth Chess Club 1927.

The Sunday Times Perth
16 January 1927 -  NLA Newspapers

Game Viewer: Rare consultation games between several masters in Hanover Chess Congress 1927.

tags: rare consultation chess games, chess column in newspaper, chess history, age of chess, australia chess history, perth chess club history

Wallace vs Crane - Viner vs Ingledew 1926 - The Sunday Times Perth

The Sunday Times, Perth
9 May 1926
Chess column was in the newspaper of The Sunday Times since 1921s. In 1926 we saw the column transformed into Chess and Draught. The chess news report and problems had been omitted.

Games: (Status KNOWN)
Albert Edward Wallace vs H.V. Crane 1-0, Australasian Championship 1926 (?)
Queen Pawn Opening
There are about 16 games between the two in chessgames.com database also. Albert Edward Wallace, Australian champion in 1893, 1895, 1896. Henry Vincent Crane games can be found in 365chess, Australian champion.

William Samuel Viner vs Edwin Ingledew 1-0, Australasian Championship 1926 (?)
Sicilian Defence
This game also known and can be found in the link above. Check my blog player's database to see more about these players.

The Sunday Times, Perth
9 May 1926 -  NLA Newspapers
tags: rare australian chess games, australia chess history, australia chess player from the 19th century, romantic chess, chess column from old newspaper, chess column scan, age of chess

Saturday, October 19, 2013

H.S. Barlow vs H.L. Scott Chess Game - The Sunday Times Perth 1921

The Sunday Times, Perth
23 October 1921
Supported by Perth Chess Club, The Sunday Times Perth regularly run a chess column, weekly on Sunday.

Game (Status RARE):
Henry Stephens Barlow vs H.L.Scott 1-0, "British Tourney" London 1921 (?)
French Defence - Bradfort Attack C11
Mr. Henry Stephens Barlow is English chess player, his record can be found in Edochess.ca.  While the opponent details can't be found. This game is a rarity in database. See the game viewer below.

Problem:
White to play and mate in two moves, composed by J.A Nenkomm, first prize "Wochcnshau"

chess problem Position: 5B1Q/3Prp2/1Pp2NbR/3pk3/8/3R2PB/8/4K3 w - - 0 1

Reports:
- Perth Chess Club activity in 1921
- State Chess Championship of Western Australia 1921

The Sunday Times Perth
23 October 1921 -  NLA Newspapers

Game viewer: rare games of British chess player Henry Stephens Barlow circa 1921

tags: chess history, chess column in past newspaper, rare chess game, rare french defence game, romantic chess, age of chess

Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch - The Sunday Times Perth

The Sunday Times, Perth
16 October 1921
Residence of Perth in the 1921 were getting readily chess news from the Sunday Times, weekly on Sunday.

Game:
Aron Nimzowitsch vs Siegbert Tarrasch 0-1, St Petersburg 1914
Queen's Gambit Declined
This game gained the second brilliancy prize in the 1914 St. petersburg tourney. They take the game with notes from the "Year Book of Chess".


Problem:
White to play and mate in two moves, composed by G. Heathcote, England

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