Showing posts with label King Indian Defence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Indian Defence. Show all posts

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Capablanca vs Tartakower 1922 - The Washington Herald

The Washington Herald
24 September 1922

Chess Comment : News And Notes On Games was chess column in The Washington Herald. Chess editor was W.H. Mutchler with additional notes by New York based Hermann Helms, as in this issue.

Games:
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Savielly Tartakower draw (Queen's Gambit Declined)
Henry Ernest Atkins vs Jose Raul Capablanca 0-1 (Caro-Kann)
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Milan Vidmar 1-0 (Queen's Gambit Declined)
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Richard Reti 1-0 (King's Indian)
Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson vs Jose Raul Capablanca 0-1 (Queen's Pawn Game)
Savielly Tartakower vs Henry Ernest Atkins 0-1 (Four Knights Game)

The Washington Herald ended the full coverage of London 1922 with these games. It is good to remind how reign Capablanca was. In all his games he only draw four and without lost. He won with 11/15 score.
Check the tournament again HERE.

The Washington Herald - Chess Comment column

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Bondarevsky vs Smyslov 1939 - The Winnipeg Tribune (Canada)

The Winnipeg Tribune - Manitoba Canada
6 May 1939

The Winnipeg Tribune is newspaper from Manitoba province Canada. They done chess columns and their chess editor was initial by J.H.B.

Game:
Igor Bondarevsky vs Vasily Smyslov 1-0 Leningrad/Moscow 1939
King Indian Defence
Smyslov was in his prime, this game was labelled as training game, but in the article reported as tournament game. Game widely known.

Report:
Important report on Manitoba Chess Association meeting which revealed their president name, Canon H.L. Roy. Internet search revealed that Canon is a Reverand to Manitoba, Neepawa region.

Problem:
White mate in two composed by G. Page

The Winnipeg Tribune chess column 6 May 1939