This collection contains the games printed in the American Chess Bulletin (ACB), volume 6, 1909.

For a list of other collections in this series, see Game Collection: American Chess Bulletin: Years Covered.

The game numbering is for my own reference, and does not appear in the magazine.

The following games are not yet in the <CG> database:

Game 1 / 1537 Whitaker, Normann Tweed - Roughton, Noel James C58 Oxford Univ - Univ. of Pennsylvania Oxford ENG, 07.1908 moodyd

Whitaker: Pennsylvania; Roughton,: Oxford. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Text from ACB. Alternate source gives 2...Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 e4 8.Qe2 Nxc4 9.dxc4 Bc5 10.Nfd2 0-0 11.Nb3 Bg4 12.Qf1 Be7 13.Be3 b5 14.h3 Bc8 15.Nc3 Bb4 16.0-0-0 Bxc3 17.bxc3 bxc4 18.Qxc4 Bb7 19.d6 cxd6 20.Qb4 Qc7 21.Qxd6 Qxc3 22.Bd4 Qc4 23.Bxf6 Rac8 24.Rd2 gxf6 25.Qxf6 Rc6 26.Na5 Rxf6 27.Nxc4 Rg6 28.Rg1 f5 29.Rd6 Rxd6 30.Nxd6 Ba6 31.g4 fxg4 32.Nxe4 Kh8 33.Rxg4 Bb7 34.Nd6 Bd5 35.c4 Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1909, p. 8. 1-0

Game 2 / 1538 Lob, R - Whitaker, Norman Tweed C29 Oxford Univ - Univ. of Pennsylvania Oxford ENG, 07.1908

Lob: Oxford; Whitaker: Pennsylvania. 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Qe1 Be6 9.d3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Qg3 f6 12.Nd4 Bc5 13.Kh1 Bxd4 14.cxd4 Nd7 15.Ba3 Rf7 16.Bh5 g6 17.Rae1 f5 18.Be2 Qa5 19.Bc1 Qxa2 20.h4 Kh8 21.Bh6 Qa4 22.h5 Rg8 23.Qe3 c5 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Rf4 Rh7 26.Rh4 cxd4 27.Rxd4 Qa5 28.Bf3 g5 29.c4 Rxh6+ 30.Kg1 f4 31.Qe2 Qc5 32.Qf2 g4 33.Bxd5 f3 34.Bxe6 g3 35.Qe3 f2+ 36.Kf1 Rh1+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1909, p. 8. 0-1

Game 3 / 1539 Whitaker,Norman Tweed - Waterfiel d P,A C10 Oxford Univ - Univ. of Pennsylvania Oxford ENG, 07.1908

Whitaker: Pennsylvania; Waterfield: Oxford. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bd3 c5 8.Be3 Nd7 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Bb5 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Qe7 12.Bxg7 Rg8 13.Qd4 a6 14.Bf6 Qf8 15.Bxd7+ Bxd7 16.Rfd1 Rg6 17.Nh4 Rxf6 18.Qxf6 Be7 19.Qd4 0-0-0 20.Nf3 Qg8 21.Ne5 Bc6 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Qb6 Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1909, p. 8. 1-0

Game 4 / 1540 Waterfield, A P - Whitaker` Norman Tweed,A C22 Oxford Univ - Univ. of Pennsylvania Oxford ENG, 07.1908

Waterfield: Oxford; Whitaker: Pennsylvania. 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 0-0 7.Bd3 Re8 8.Nge2 d5 9.Nd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qe3 d4 12.Qg3 dxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Rxe4+ 15.Kd1 Bg4+ 16.Kc1 Black mates in two moves. Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1909, p. 8. 0-1

Game 5 / 1541 Magee, John Francis - Wasilewski, K F C77 Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA USA, 1908

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.d3 0-0 9.Ne2 Be6 10.Ng3 Nd7 11.d4 Bf6 12.c3 d5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.f4 Bd6 16.e5 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 f5 18.Ne2 Bb6 19.Rf3 c5 20.Be3 Qd7 21.Rh3 Rad8 22.Qe1 d4 23.Bg1 d3 24.Rd1 Qb5 25.Qh4 h6 26.Ng3 Qxb2 27.Nh5 Qc2 28.Nxg7 Qxd1 29.Nxe6 d2 30.Rg3+ and forces mate. Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1909, p. 8. 1-0

Game 6 / 1542 Martinez de Carvajal, Vicente - Allies C39 Consultation game Manhattan CCC, New York, NY, 19.10.1908

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.d4 d5 8.Bxf4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd3 dxe4 11.Bc4+ Kg6 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Qd2 Nd5 15.Bg3 Be6 16.Qe1 e3 17.Bd3+ Kg7 18.c4 Nf6 19.d5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Qxd5 21.Qxe3 Rae8 22.Qc1 Re7 23.Rb1 Nd4 24.Rxf6 Kxf6 25.Qf4+ Nf5 26.Rf1 Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1909, p. 9. 1-0

Game 7 / 1543 Collin, G H - Collins, P C68
Montreal CC - Winnipeg CC Telegraph (1.8), 09.11.1908

Collin: Winnipeg; Collins: Montreal Date not given in ACB, but "Montreal Gazette", November 14, 1908 states it was played on Thanksgiving Day. In Canada, that was Monday, November 9. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.0-0 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.N2b3 Ba7 11.Re1 0-0-0 12.Be3 Rhe8 13.Nxc6 Bxe3 14.Nxd8 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 16.Rxe4 Rxe4 17.Nxf7 Re2+ 18.Kg3 Bh5 19.Ng5 Rxc2 20.Nxh7 Rxb2 21.Ng5 b6 22.Ne6 Bf7 23.Nxg7 Bxb3 24.axb3 Rxb3+ 25.Kh4 a5 26.g4 c5 27.Nf5 Kd7 28.g5 c4 29.g6 Ke8 30.g7 Kf7 31.Rg1 Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1909, p. 12. 1-0

Game 8 / 1544 Spencer, J - Kurrie, W C30
Montreal CC - Winnipeg CC Telegraph (1.2), 09.11.1908

Spencer: Winnipeg; Kurrie: Montreal. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.d3 0-0 7.Nbd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Qe7 10.Ng5 d5 11.Bb3 exf4 12.Bc2 dxe4 13.d4 Bd6 14.Qe2 Rae8 15.Bd2 f3 16.Qe3 Nd5 17.Qxe4 Qd7 ACB reads 17...RxQch 18.PxP Q-W2 19 PxR. It appears evident that Black's 17th and 18th moves are reversed. Assuming this, the remainder of the score plays. 18.gxf3 Rxe4+ 19.fxe4 Bg3+ 20.Kd1 Nf6 21.Ke2 Nh5 22.Rag1 Bf4 23.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 24.Kf3 Nh5 25.e5 g6 26.Rg2 Ne7 27.Rhg1 c5 28.Rg4 Nf5 29.Kf2 cxd4 30.Bb3 dxc3 31.Rd1 Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1909, p. 12. 0-1

Game 20 / 1556 ] Blake, Charles W - Sawyer, Joseph C73 Canadian Championship Toronto CAN, 31.12.1908

Tournament dates were December 26. 1908 to January 2, 1909 so date of game could be either year 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qe2 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Bd6 10.0-0 Ne7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 Qe8 14.Kh1 g5 15.Rg1 Kh8 16.Bg3 Qh5 17.Rg2 Rg8 18.Rag1 Qh3 19.Nd1 h5 20.Ne3 h4 21.Ng4 Rg6 22.f4 gxf4 23.Nxe5 hxg3 24.Nxg6+ Nxg6 25.fxg3 fxg3 26.Qf3 Be5 27.Rf1 Rf8 28.Kg1 Kg7 29.Qf5 Qxf5 30.exf5 Ne7 31.hxg3 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Rh8+ 33.Rh2 Rxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Bxb2 35.g4 Be5+ 36.Kg2 Nd5 37.Kf3 Nb4 38.c4 Nc2 39.Rf2 Nd4+ 40.Ke3 c5 41.Ke4 Kh6 42.Rg2 Kg5 43.Kd5 Bd6 44.Ke4 Nc6 45.Re2 Ne5 46.Rg2 Nxc4 47.Kd3 Ne5+ 48.Ke4 c4 49.Rc2 Kxg4 50.Rg2+ Kh3 51.Rc2 Bb4 52.Kd5 c3 53.Ke6 Ng4 54.Re2 Kg3 55.Re4 Bd6 56.Ra4 Be5 57.Rc4 Ne3 58.Rc5 c2 59.Rc6 Kf3 Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 30. 0-1

Game 21 / 1557 Stephens, Llewellyn Walter - Burgess,EEdgar Bartow D05 17th C.H.Y.P Tournament New York, NY USA (2.1), 22.12.1908

Stephens: Princeton; Burgess: Yale. 1.Nf3 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd6 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bb2 Re8 9.Re1 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Bd3 Ng4 13.g3 Qf6 14.Qd2 h5 15.f4 Bb8 16.Rab1 Qh6 17.h4 Bc7 18.Na4 Bd6 19.Bd4 Qe6 20.Nc5 Qe7 21.b4 b6 22.Na4 Nf6 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Qc3 Qe6 25.f5 Qh6 26.Kf2 Bxg3+ 27.Kxg3 Rxe3+ 28.Rxe3 Qxe3+ 29.Kg2 b5 30.Re1 Qf4 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Nc5 Qxh4 33.Qe1 Qg4+ 34.Qg3 Qxb4 35.f6+ g6 36.Bxg6+ fxg6 37.Re7+ Kh8 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Qc7+ Kh6 40.Rh8+ Kg5 41.Qe5+ Bf5 42.Ne6+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 35. 1-0

Gqme 22 / 1558] Blumberg, H - Stephens, Llewellyn Walter C41 17th C.H.Y.P Tournament New York, NY USA (1.1), 21.12.1908

Blumberg: Columbia; Stephens: Princeton. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 c6 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 Be7 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Ne1 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.a4 b4 11.Ne2 exd4 12.Bxd4 c5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rb1 Ne5 15.f4 Ng4 16.Qd2 c4 17.Bxc4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Nf2+ 19.Rxf2 Qxf2 20.Qxb4 Rab8 21.Bd3 Ba6 22.Qxd6 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Rxb2 24.Rc1 Qf1+ 25.Ng1 Qxf4 26.Rd1 Rb4 27.Ngf3 Qxe4 28.Qd7 Rxa4 29.Nd3 Qc4 30.Nfe5 Qxc2 31.Qd5 Bxe5 32.Nxe5 Qa2 33.Qd6 Qe6 34.Qc7 Re4 ACB give 34..R=K4. Text derived from continuation. 35.Nf3 Qe7 36.Qa5 h6 37.h3 Re2 38.Rc1 Qe3 39.Rf1 Rc8 40.Qf5 Rc1 41.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 42.Kh2 Qc2 43.Qg4 Qe4 44.Qc8+ Kh7 45.Qc3 Qc2 46.Qd4 Rxg2+ 47.Kh1 Rg3 48.Ne1 Rxh3+ 49.Kg1 Rg3+ 50.Kf1 Qh2 51.Qxa7 Qh1+ 52.Ke2 Qe4+ 53.Kf2 Qf4+ 54.Ke2 Qg4+ 55.Kf2 Black won. Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 35. 0-1

Game 23 / 1559] Stephens, Llewellyn Walter - Gruening, E H D04 17th C.H.Y.P Tournament New York, NY USA (3.1), 23.12.1908

Stephens: Princeton; Guening: Harvard. 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 Bg4 4.Be2 c6 5.0-0 e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Ne5 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nbd7 9.f4 0-0 10.Ndf3 Ne4 11.g4 f6 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Qg2 Rf7 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 g6 16.Rf3 e5 17.fxe5 fxe5 18.Rxf7 Qxf7 19.Rf1 Qg7 20.e4 exd4 21.exd5 c5 22.Qe4 Qe5 23.Qxe5 Bxe5 24.Re1 Bd6 25.Re6 Rd8 26.Bg5 Rd7 27.Kg2 Kf7 28.h3 Bb8 29.Kf3 h6 30.Bxh6 Rxd5 31.Re4 Re5 32.h4 Ke6 33.Bg7 Rxe4 34.Kxe4 Kf7 35.Bh8 Bg3 36.h5 gxh5 37.gxh5 Bh4 38.Kf5 Kg8 39.Be5 Kh7 40.Bb8 Bd8 41.Bxa7 b6 42.Ke4 Kh6 43.c3 dxc3 44.bxc3 Kxh5 45.Kd5 Bf6 46.c4 Kg6 47.Bxb6 Kf7 48.a4 Ke8 49.Kc6 Bc3 50.a5 Bxa5 51.Bxa5 Ke7 52.Kxc5 Kd7 53.Kd5 Kc8 54.Kc6 Kb8 55.Kd7 Kb7 56.c5 and wins. Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 35. 1-0

Game 24 / 1560 Wtaker, Norman Tweed - Tolins, Louis B38 10th Triangular College Chess League New York, NY USA (4.3), 31.12.1908

Whitaer: Pennsylvania; Tolins: Cornell. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Qd3 Rc8 11.f4 d6 12.Rad1 Nd7 13.Bg4 Rb8 14.e5 Nc5 15.Qb1 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Ne6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.exd6 exd6 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qd3 Qc7 21.Nb5 Qc6 22.Qe2 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 Rbd8 24.Nd4 Bc8 25.b4 Qc7 26.Qxe6 Rfe8 27.Qd5 a6 28.f5 Re5 29.f6+ Kf8 30.Qc6 Rd7 31.Rde1 Qxc6 32.Nxc6 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Kf7 34.Rf1 Bb7 35.b5 Bxc6 36.bxc6 Rc7 37.Rf4 Rxc6 38.h4 d5 39.cxd5 Rxf6 40.Rc4 Rd6 41.Rc7+ Kf6 42.Rxh7 Rxd5 43.Rb7 Rd6 44.Kh2 Kf5 45.Kh3 g5 46.g4+ Kg6 47.h5+ Kh6 48.Kg2 Rf6 49.Kg3 a5 50.a4 Rc6 51.Kf3 Rc3+ 52.Ke4 Rc4+ 53.Kf5 Rf4+ 54.Ke5 Rxg4 55.Rxb6+ Kxh5 56.Rb5 Rxa4 57.Kf6 Rf4+ 58.Ke5 a4 59.Rb2 a3 60.Ra2 Ra4 61.Kf5 Ra5+ 62.Ke4 Kg4 63.Ke3 Kg3 64.Ke2 g4 65.Kf1 Rf5+ 66.Kg1 Rf3 67.Rg2+ Kf4 68.Rc2 g3 69.Ra2 Rb3 70.Ra1 Kf3 71.Rf1+ Kg4 72.Rf8 Rb1+ 73.Kg2 a2 74.Ra8 Rb2+ 75.Kg1 Kf3 76.Ra3+ Ke2 77.Kg2 Kd1+ 78.Kh3 g2 79.Kh2 Kc2 80.Ra8 g1Q+ Text from ACB. Alternate score gives 80...a1Q. Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 37. 0-1

Game 25 / 1561 Tolins, Louis - McCoy, Omar R C55 10th Triangular College Chess League New York, NY USA (3.3), 30.12.1908

Tolins: Cornell; McCoy: Brown. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qd5 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.fxg7 Rg8 12.Qg4 0-0-0 13.Bh6 Qf5 14.Qxf5 exf5 15.Nd2 Bb4 16.Rad1 Bxd2 17.Rxd2 Rde8 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Re2 Rg8 20.Re6 Kd7 21.Rf6 Ne7 22.Rf8 d3 23.cxd3 cxd3 24.Kf1 c5 25.Ke1 c4 26.Kd2 Ke6 27.h3 b5 28.g4 f4 29.Rxf4 Re8 30.Rf8 Kd7 31.f4 Ng8 32.g5 b4 33.Rxe8 Kxe8 34.b3 c3+ 35.Kxd3 Kf7 36.f5 Nxh6 37.gxh6 Kg8 38.f6 a5 39.Ke3 Kf7 Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 37. ½-½

Game 26 / 1562 Wolff, Louis Jacob - Tolins, Louis C31 Columbia - Cornell Match Rice Chess Club, New Yorl, NY (1.1), 01.01.1909

Wolff: Columbia; Tolins: Cornell. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4 6.Bd2 e3 7.Bxe3 Nxd5 8.Bd2 0-0 9.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Qxd5 11.c4 Re8+ 12.Ne2 Qd6 13.0-0-0 Nc6 14.d4 Bf5 15.Nc3 Rad8 16.d5 Nb4 17.a3 Na6 18.Nb5 Nc5 19.b4 Nb3+ 20.Kb2 Nxd2 21.Nxd6 Nxf1 22.Nxe8 Ne3 23.Nxc7 Nxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Kf8 25.d6 Bd7 26.c5 f6 27.Re1 Rc8 28.Kc3 h6 29.Kc4 a6 30.b5 axb5+ 31.Nxb5 b6 32.Nc7 bxc5 33.Kxc5 g6 34.Re4 f5 35.Re3 g5 36.fxg5 hxg5 37.Kb6 Rb8+ 38.Ka7 Rb2 39.Re7 Bc6 40.Ne6+ Kg8 41.Rg7+ Kh8 42.Rxg5 Rd2 43.Nd8 Be4 ACB gives the impossible 43...B-Q5. Text seems evident. 44.Kb8 Kh7 45.Kc7 Rc2+ 46.Kd7 Bxg2 47.Ke7 f4 48.Ne6 f3 49.d7 Rd2 50.Rf5 ACB gives the ambiguous 50.R-B5. Text implied by next move. 50...Kg6 51.Rf6+ Kh5 ACB gjves tge impossiblee 51...K-Kt4, Text justied by continuation. 52.d8Q Rxd8 53.Nxd8 Kh4 54.Ne6 Kh3 55.Ng5+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 37. 1-0

Game 27 / 1563] Tolins, Louis - Hughes, William Harold C55 10th Triangular College Chess League New York, NY USA (1.1), 28.12.1908

Tolins: Cornell; Hughes: Pennsylvania. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qd5 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.fxg7 Rg8 12.Qg4 Kd7 13.Bh6 Rae8 14.Nc3 Qf5 15.Qxf5 exf5 16.Nd5 Re6 17.Rxe6 Kxe6 18.Nxc7+ Kf7 19.Re1 Bd6 20.Nb5 Be5 21.f4 Bb8 22.h3 a6 23.Na3 b5 24.g4 Ne7 25.Kf2 Nd5 26.Kf3 Ne3 27.c3 Bd6 28.cxd4 Bxa3 29.bxa3 Nc2 30.d5 Nxe1+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 37. 0-1

Game 28 / 1564 Whitaker, Norman Tweed - Perkins, Frank Kendall B38 10th Triangular College Chess League New York, NY USA (2.3), 29.12.1908

Whitaker: Pennsylvania; Perkins: Cornell. 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Qe5 8.f4 Qc5 9.e5 Qb6 10.Nc2 Qd8 11.Be2 f6 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.0-0 e6 14.Bc5 Bf8 15.Be3 Bg7 16.Nb5 Bf8 17.f5 exf5 18.Rxf5 gxf5 19.Bh5+ Nxh5 20.Qxh5+ Ke7 White mates in three moves. Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 37. 1-0

Game 29 / 1365 Barnhart, John W - Ballard, Frank Otis C63 Indianapolis Championship Indianapolis, IN USA), 1908

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 Qd6 7.Qe2 e4 8.d3 Bg4 9.dxe4 0-0-0 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qa6+ Kb8 12.Nd4 Ne7 13.Bg5 Bc8 14.Qa4 Bb7 15.0-0 dxe4 16.Rad1 Re8 17.Nxe4 Qg6 18.Bxe7 Bxe7 19.Rfe1 c5 20.Nf3 Rhf8 21.Ne5 Qf5 22.Nd7+ Ka8 23.Nxf8 Rxf8 24.Qd7 Qf7 25.f3 a6 26.Qxc7 Rc8 27.Nd6 Rxc7 28.Nxf7 Bf6 29.Ne5 Re7 30.Nc4 Rc7 White won. Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 39. 1-0

Game 30 / 1566 Moore, Charles H - Barnhart, John W D55 Indianapolis Championship Indianapolis, IN USA, 1908

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Rc1 c5 11.d5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bxd5 13.Bxe7 Bxf3 14.Bxd8 Bxd1 15.Rfxd1 Rfxd8 16.Rd6 Nf6 17.Rcd1 Rxd6 18.Rxd6 Kf8 19.e4 Ke7 20.e5 Ne8 21.Rd3 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8 23.f4 Kd7 24.Kf2 Nc7 25.a3 Nd5 26.Ne2 Kc6 27.Kf3 Kb5 28.b3 c4 29.Nd4+ Kc5 30.Ke4 Nxf4 31.b4# Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 39. 1-0

Gane 31 / 1566 Wilhelm, W H - Moore, Charles H C41 Indianapolis Championship Indianapolis, IN USA, 1908

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Bg4 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Qf6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Be2 c5 8.Nc4 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 a6 11.Nb6 Rd8 12.f4 Nc6 13.Nd5 Qh4 14.g3 Qh6 15.f5 g5 16.fxg6 Qxg6 17.Bh5 Qg7 18.Rxf7 Qxf7 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qh5+ Ke6 21.Qf5# Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 39. 1-0

Game 32 / 1568 Barnhart, John W - Wilhelm, W H C21 Informal game Indianapolis, IN USA, 1908

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nge2 0-0 9.0-0 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 c6 11.Ne4 b5 12.Bd3 d5 13.Nf6+ Kh8 14.Bxh7 gxf6 15.Qh5 Bg4 16.Qh6 Bd2 17.f4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Rc8 19.exf6 Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 39. 1-0

Game 33 / 1569 Barnhart, John W - Stout D00
Informal game Indianapolis, IN USA, 1908

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.f3 Bf5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.fxe4 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne2 Ncb4 9.Kf2 Nxc2 10.Rb1 Nxd4 11.Nexd4 Bxb1 12.Bb5+ c6 13.Nxc6 Qb6+ 14.Ncd4+ Kd8 15.Be3 Nxe3 Mate in 4. Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 39. 1-0

Game 34 / 1570 Brett, O C - Craig, H W C40
Kansas Championship Topeka, KS USA, 12.1908

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5 3.Bc4 d6 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Be3 Ba7 7.c3 Nc6 8.Bb3 0-0 9.Bc2 Ne7 10.d4 Ng6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 c6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.dxe5 Nd5 16.Bxa7 Rxa7 17.Re1 Be6 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Qd4 b6 20.Qd2 Rd7 21.Qc1 Nb4 22.Re3 c5 23.Nc3 Bf5 24.Ne4 Rfd8 25.Nd6 Nc2 26.Nxf5 Rd1+ 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Nxe1 gxf5 29.Qxc2 Qxe5 30.Nf3 Qf6 31.Qc4+ Kf8 32.Rb1 Qc6 33.Qf7+ Kxf7 34.Ne5+ Kf6 35.Nxc6 Rd6 36.Nb8 b5 37.Re1 Kf7 38.Kf1 c4 39.Re5 g6 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.Rc5 Ke6 42.Rc6 Rxc6 43.Nxc6 White won in 60 moves. Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1909, p. 40. 1-0

Game 54 / 1590 Rosenzweig, P - Kopf, J Benjamin D53 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.5), 12.02.1909

Rosenzweig: Rice; Kopf: Brooklyn. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Nxe7 9.Rc1 Nf6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Qe2 c5 14.dxc5 Rxc5 15.f4 Ned5 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Nxf4 ACB give the ambiguous 18...KtxP. Text derived from continuation. 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.exf4 g6 21.Rd1 Bd5 22.Nf3 Qc7 23.Qe5 Qb7 24.Ng5+ Kg8 25.Qe1 Bxg2 Text is a guess. ACB gives the ambiguous 25...BxP, and Chess Base has the fully possible 25...Bxa2. 26.Qh4 Kg7 27.Qh7+ Kf6 28.Qh4 Kg7 29.Qh7+ Kf6 30.Qh6 Ke7 31.Nh7 Rc8 32.Qg5+ f6 33.Qxf6+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 61. 1-0

Game 55 / 1591 Howell, Clarence Seaman - Rosen, Leon C61 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.6), 12.02.1909

Howell: Brooklyn; Rosen: Rice. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.0-0 Ne7 6.Qh5 Ng6 7.d3 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.f5 Ne5 10.Bf4 f6 11.Nd2 Qe8 12.Qxe8 Rxe8 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Rxf3 c6 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.Bg3 b5 17.Bb3 Bb7 18.Bf7 Rf8 19.Bh5 c5 20.Rf2 d6 21.Bf3 Rad8 22.a4 b4 23.Re1 Ba6 24.b3 Bc8 25.Bf4 Bd7 26.g4 Be8 27.h4 h6 28.Rg2 Bc6 29.Kf2 Kg8 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 fxg5 32.Bxg5 Bxg5 33.Rxg5 Rf6 34.Reg1 Rd7 35.Rh1 Rd8 36.Rgh5 Kf7 37.Rh7 Rg8 38.Bh5+ Kf8 39.Bg6 Be8 40.Bxe8 Kxe8 41.Rg1 Kf7 42.Rg5 Rh6 43.Rgxg7+ Rxg7 44.Rxh6 d5 45.Rc6 c4 46.Rc7+ Kf8 47.Rxg7 Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 61. 1-0

Game 56 / 1592 Coleman, William - Marder, Albert C54 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.2), 12.02.1909 moodyd

Coleman: Brooklyn; Marder: Rice. 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.0-0 0-0 9.a4 a6 10.Kh1 d6 11.Qd3 Be6 12.Bd5 dxc3 13.Nxc3 Nb4 14.Qc4 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf5 16.b4 Ba7 17.Rfc1 Bxf2 18.Rf1 Ba7 19.Nh4 Qd4 20.Qxd4 Bxd4 21.Ne2 Bxa1 22.Rxa1 ACB gives the ambiguous 22.RxB. Text appears the more natural move. 22.Rxf5 22...Rfe8 Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 61. 0-1

Game 57 / 1593 Lipschuetz, S - Black, Roy Turnbull C12 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.7), 12.02.1909

Lipschuetz: Rice; Black: Brooklyn. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.Bd3 c5 6.e5 h6 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.Qg4 Kf8 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qb6 13.Qf4 g5 14.Qg4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.Qd4 Qc5 17.Nd2 Qxd4 18.cxd4 Nb6 19.f4 Bd7 20.fxg5 hxg5 21.Bg6 Be8 22.Rf6 Ke7 23.Bd3 Rc8 24.Nb3 Nc4 25.Bxc4 Rxc4 26.Rf2 b6 27.h3 Ba4 28.Rd2 Rhc8 29.Rc1 Rc3 30.Rf2 Bb5 31.Kh2 Bd3 32.cxd3 Rxc1 33.Nxc1 Rxc1 34.Rd2 f5 35.exf6+ Kxf6 36.Kg3 Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 61. ½-½

Game 59 / 1595 Haertel, O - Elwell, John Duryea B00 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.3), 12.02.1909

Haertel: Rice; Elwell: Brooklyn. 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Be3 Nh6 6.Qd2 Ng4 ACB gives the ambiguous 6...Kt-Kt5. Text confirmed by continuation. 7.h3 Nxe3 8.Qxe3 0-0 9.0-0-0 a6 10.g4 b5 11.Bd3 Nb4 12.Nd2 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Bb7 14.f4 Rc8 15.Ne2 c5 16.d5 Qd7 17.Ng3 Rfe8 18.f5 e6 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.h4 Bd4 22.Qg5 Qg7 23.h5 Bxb2+ 24.Kb1 Ba1 25.Qxg6 Re7 26.Nf3 Rf8 27.Rdf1 Bc3 28.Nh4 Rf6 29.Rxf6 Bxf6 30.Nf3 Bc6 31.g5 Qxg6 32.hxg6 Bc3 33.Nh5 Rb7 34.Nf6+ Kg7 35.Ne8+ Kxg6 36.Rh6+ Kf7 37.Nxd6+ Kg7 38.Nxb7 Bxb7 39.Rxe6 Bc8 40.Rc6 Bg4 41.Rxc5 Bb4 42.Rc7+ Kg6 43.Ne5+ Kxg5 44.Nxg4 Kxg4 45.Rc6 Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 62/ 1-0

Game 61 / 1597 Helms, Hermann - Sternberg, L C54 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.16), 12.02.1909

Helms: Brooklyn; Sternberg: Rice. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Ne7 10.bxc3 0-0 11.Re1 Nd6 12.Ba3 b6 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.Qd3 Ng6 15.Bb3 a5 16.Bc2 Ba6 17.Qf5 h6 18.Re3 Re8 19.Rae1 Rxe3 20.Rxe3 Nf8 21.Nd2 Qg5 22.Qxg5 hxg5 23.Ne4 Bc4 24.Bb3 Bxb3 25.axb3 a4 26.bxa4 b5 27.a5 Rxa5 28.g3 Ra1+ 29.Kg2 Rd1 30.Nxg5 Rxd5 31.f4 Ne6 32.Nf3 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.g4 g6 35.h4 Kd8 36.Kg3 f5 37.Ng5 Ke7 38.h5 fxg4 39.h6 Kf6 40.h7 Kg7 41.Kxg4 Nxg5 42.Re7+ Nf7 43.Rxf7+ Kh8 44.Rxd7 Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 62/ ½-½

Game 62 / 1598 Barrett, Herbert - Morris, William G B72 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.4), 12.02.1909

Helms: Brooklyn; Sternberg: Rice. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.f3 0-0 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.g4 a6 11.h4 Qa5 12.Nb3 Qd8 13.0-0-0 b5 14.h5 Be6 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Bh6 Rf7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Ne5 19.Bxg7 Rxg7 20.Nd4 Qc8 21.Ne6 Rf7 22.Ng5 Rg7 23.Ne6 Rf7 24.Rh2 Nfd7 25.f4 Nc4 26.Bxc4 Qxc4 27.f5 Qxa2 28.c3 Ne5 29.fxg6 Nxg6 30.Qc2 Rc8 31.Rdh1 Ne5 32.Ng5 Rcf8 33.Nxf7 Rxf7 34.Qe4 Nc4 35.g5 Qa1+ 36.Qb1 Qxb1+ 37.Kxb1 Ne5 38.Ka2 Ng6 39.Kb3 a5 40.c4 Rf3+ 41.Ka2 bxc4 42.Rc2 Rf5 43.Rd1 Ne5 44.Rg2 Nd3 45.g6 hxg6 46.Rxg6+ Kf7 47.Rdg1 Rxd5 48.Rg7+ Ke6 49.Rh7 Re5 50.Rg4 d5 51.Rg6+ Kd7 52.Ra6 Nb4+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 62/ 0-1

Game 63 / 1599 Curt, Charles - Koehler, Gustav Henschel C32 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.10), 12.02.1909

Helms: Brooklyn; Sternberg: Rice. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Qxd5 7.Nd2 f5 8.g4 Be7 9.Bg2 Qd7 10.Ngf3 Nxd2 11.Bxd2 Nc6 12.0-0-0 0-0 13.Bc3 Bd6 14.Ne5 Qe7 15.Qc4+ Be6 16.Bd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5+ Kh8 18.Rhe1 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Rad8 20.Qf3 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Rd8 22.Qe2 Nxe5 23.gxf5 Nd3+ 24.cxd3 Qc5+ 25.Kb1 Qxf5 26.Qe8+ Qf8 27.Qxf8+ Rxf8 28.Re7 Rc8 29.Kc2 h6 30.d4 Kg8 31.Kd3 a6 32.Ke4 Kf8 33.Rd7 Re8+ 34.Kf5 Re7 35.Rxe7 Kxe7 36.Kg6 Kf8 37.h4 Kg8 38.h5 Kf8 39.f5 Kg8 40.f6 gxf6 41.Kxf6 ACB gives 41.KxP. Text confirmed by continuation. 41...Kf8 42.Kg6 Ke7 43.Kxh6 Kf6 44.d5 b6 45.b4 a5 46.bxa5 bxa5 47.a4 Ke5 48.Kg6 Kxd5 49.h6 Kc4 50.h7 Kb4 51.h8Q Kxa4 52.Qb8 c5 53.Kf5 Ka3 54.Ke4 a4 55.Kd3 Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 62 1-0

Vamd 64 / 1600 Berenstein, B - Selover, Benjamin C B20 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.9), 12.02.1909

Berenstein: Rice; Selover: Brooklyn. 1.e4 c5 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Ne1 Ne8 9.f4 f5 10.Nd5 Nd4 11.exf5 exf4 12.Bxf4 Bxf5 13.Nf3 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Bf6 15.h3 Nc7 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.Qd2 h6 19.Bh2 Qd8 20.d4 Qc8 21.Bxd6 Rf6 22.Bxc5 b6 23.Ba3 Bxh3 24.gxh3 Qxh3 25.Qg2 Qh5 26.Ne5 Rxe5 27.dxe5 Rg6 28.Rd8+ Kh7 29.Rf2 Ne6 30.Rd6 Rxg2+ 31.Rxg2 Qxe5 32.Rd7 Qe1+ 33.Kh2 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 Ng5 35.Bb4 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Nf4+ 37.Kg1 Nxg2 38.Bc3 Qg4 39.Rxg7+ Qxg7 40.Bxg7 Kxg7 41.Kxg2 Kf6 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.Ke3 h5 44.b4 h4 45.c5 bxc5 46.bxc5 Kd5 47.Kf3 Kxc5 48.Kg4 Kb4 49.Kxh4 Ka3 50.Kg3 Kxa2 51.Kf3 Kb2 52.Ke3 a5 Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 63. 0-1

Game 65 / 1601 Zirn, Harry - Tennenwurzel, Edward C42 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.14), 12.02.1909

Zirn: Brooklyn; Tennenwurzel: Rice. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Nf6 9.h3 Nc6 10.c3 Be6 11.Ng5 Bd7 12.Nd2 h6 13.Ngf3 Be6 14.Nf1 Bd6 15.Ng3 Re8 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.Bxf5 Rxe1+ 18.Nxe1 Ne7 19.Bc2 Ng6 20.Nd3 Ne4 21.Qh5 c6 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Qe7 24.Be3 Qxe5 25.Qxe5 Nxe5 26.Re1 Ng6 27.Bd4 Re8 28.f3 Nd6 29.Rxe8+ Nxe8 30.Bxa7 Nc7 31.Bf5 Ne6 32.a4 Ne7 33.Bd3 f6 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Ke3 f5 36.f4 g6 37.g4 fxg4 38.hxg4 d4+ 39.cxd4 Nd5+ 40.Ke4 Nexf4 41.Bc4 Kf6 42.Bc5 Ne6 43.Bd6 Ng5+ 44.Kd3 Nf7 45.Bb8 Kg5 46.Ke4 Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 63. ½-½

Game 68 / 1604 Menkes, H - Perlman, William J A46 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC Brooklyn, NY USA (1.13), 12.02.1909

Menkes: Rice; Perlman: Brooklyn. 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 c6 5.e4 h6 6.Bh4 d5 7.e5 Nh7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 c5 11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ng5 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.Bb1 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Bd7 16.Qd3 g6 17.h4 Rac8 18.h5 Nb4 19.Qe3 g5 20.a3 Nc6 21.Nh2 f5 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.Ng4 Qg7 24.Rfd1 Rf4 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.dxe5 b6 28.g3 Rc4 29.b3 Rc5 30.Kh2 Bd7 31.Bg6 Qe7 32.f4 Be8 33.Bxe8 Qxe8 34.g4 Rc2+ 35.Rd2 gxf4 36.Qxf4 Rxd2+ 37.Qxd2 Qe7 38.Kh3 Kg7 39.Qc2 Qf7 Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 63. ½-½

Game 69 / 1605 Cross, James Frost - Blake, Charles W C01 Western Canada Championship Winnipeg MB CAN, 02.1909

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Be6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Nf3 c6 7.0-0 Qc7 8.Ne2 Nf6 9.Ng3 Nbd7 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.Bxf5 0-0-0 12.Bg5 Kb8 13.Re1 Rde8 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Rxe8+ Rxe8 16.g3 g6 17.Bh3 Ne4 18.c3 f5 19.Qc2 h5 20.Re1 Qf7 21.Bg2 f4 22.Qe2 Re7 23.Qc2 g5 24.Rd1 g4 25.Ne1 f3 26.Bf1 h4 27.Nd3 hxg3 28.fxg3 Re8 29.Nf2 Qh5 30.Nh1 Rh8 31.Bd3 f2+ 32.Nxf2 Qxh2+ 33.Kf1 Nxg3+ 34.Ke1 Qg1+ 35.Kd2 Bf4# Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1909, p. 72. 0-1

Game 91 / 1627 Marshall, Frank James - Pratt, William Rufus D08 Simul, 20b Washington, DC USA, 27.01.1909

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nd2 Bb4 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qe7 8.Bf4 Bg4 9.Qa4 0-0-0 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qxe5 13.Qxa7 Ne7 14.Qa8+ Kd7 15.Qxb7 Rb8 16.Qe4 Qxe4 17.fxe4 Rxb2 18.0-0-0 Rhb8 19.Rxd4+ Ke6 20.f4 c5 21.Rd3 Nc6 22.e3 Rb1+ 23.Kc2 R8b2+ 24.Kc3 Rf2 25.Be2 Rxh1 26.Bg4+ Ke7 27.Rd7+ Ke8 28.Rc7 Rc1+ 29.Kb3 Na5+ 30.Ka4 Nxc4 31.Kb5 Rb2+ 32.Ka6 Rc3 33.a4 Ra3 34.Bd1 Nxe3 Source: American Chess Bulletin, April 1909, p. 89. 0-1

Game 116 / 1652 Wolff, Louis Jacob - Meyer, Leonard B B40 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.3), 13.03.1909

Wolff: Brooklyn; Meyer; Rice. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 d5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Bd2 Qa5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.c3 Be7 13.a3 Qc7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Qc2 g6 16.Rac1 Bb7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Qxc4 19.Bxc4 Rfd8 20.Bc3 Rac8 21.Be2 Rd7 22.b4 Rdc7 23.Bd2 Rc2 24.Rfd1 Kg7 25.f3 Bf6 26.Kf2 Bd4+ 27.Ke1 Bf6 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Rc1 Ra2 30.Rc7 Bd5 31.Bc1 Ra1 32.Kf2 Bd4+ 33.Be3 Bxe3+ 34.Kxe3 Rxa3+ 35.Kd4 Ra2 36.Bf1 Ra4 37.Kc5 Ra1 38.Bd3 Ra2 39.Be4 Bxe4 40.fxe4 Rc2+ 41.Kd6 Rxc7 42.Kxc7 f5 43.e5 g5 44.Kb7 f4 45.h3 h5 46.Kxa7 g4 47.hxg4 hxg4 48.b5 f3 49.gxf3 g3 50.b6 g2 51.b7 g1Q+ 52.Kb8 Qb6 53.Kc8 Qc6+ 54.Kb8 Kf7 55.f4 Ke7 56.Ka7 Qc7 57.Ka8 Qa5+ 58.Kb8 Kd7 Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 113. 0-1

Game 117 / 1653 Phillips, Harold Meyer - Black, Roy Turnbull C66 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.6), 13.03.1909

Phillips: Rice; Black: Brooklyn. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 d6 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Re1 0-0 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bg5 c5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Re8 13.Qf3 Rb8 14.Re2 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.Rae1 Rxe2 17.Qxe2 Rxb2 18.Nd5 Kf8 19.f6 Nxf6 20.Nxf6 gxf6 21.Qh5 Qe7 22.Qh6+ Kg8 23.Qc1 Rxc2 24.Qd1 Qxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Rxa2 26.f3 a5 27.Qb1 Rd2 28.Qb8+ Kg7 29.Qa7 c4 30.Qxa5 Rd1+ 31.Kf2 c5 32.h4 Rd4 33.h5 h6 34.g4 Rd3 35.Ke2 Rd4 36.Ke3 Rd3+ 37.Kf2 c3 38.Qb5 c2 39.Qc4 Rd2+ 40.Ke3 Rh2 41.Qc3 Rg2 42.Ke4 Rf2 43.f4 d5+ 44.Kf5 d4 45.Qxc5 d3 46.Qc3 Rf1 47.Qxf6+ Kg8 48.Qd8+ Kh7 49.Qc7 c1Q 50.Qxf7+ Kh8 51.Qe8+ Kg7 52.Qd7+ Kf8 53.Kg6 Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 113. 1-0

Game 118 / 1654 Lipschuetz, S - Selover, Benjamin C C14 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.2), 13.03.1909

Lipschuetz: Rice; Selover: Brooklyn. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nf3 a6 8.Be2 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Na4 Ndxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.b4 Bd7 13.Nb6 Rd8 14.0-0 f6 15.Re1 0-0 16.Bd3 Qf7 17.f4 Nc6 18.c3 Ne7 19.Qe2 Nc6 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Qxe6+ Qxe6 22.Rxe6 d4 23.Bxa6 dxc3 24.Bxb7 Nxb4 25.c6 c2 26.c7 Rd1+ 27.Re1 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Nd3 29.Rf1 c1Q 30.Rxc1 Nxc1 31.c8Q Rxc8 32.Bxc8 Ne2+ 33.Kf2 Nxf4 34.a4 Kf7 35.a5 Nd5 36.Bb7 Ke6 37.a6 Nc7 38.a7 Ke5 39.a8Q Nxa8 40.Bxa8 And won. Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 113. 1-0

Game 119 / 1655 ] Adair, George F - Marder, Albert C77 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.5), 13.03.1909

Adair: Brooklyn; Marder: Rice. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.0-0 b5 9.Bc2 d5 10.Re1 Bc5 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.dxe4 Bg4 15.Nbd2 Rad8 16.Qe2 Rd6 17.h3 Bh5 18.Red1 Rfd8 19.Nf1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Qh4 21.Nh2 Qxh3 22.Qf1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Qg3+ 24.Kh1 Qxf2 25.Rxd8+ Nxd8 26.Qd1 Ne6 27.Bb3 Nf8 28.Ng4 Qh4+ 29.Kg2 Ng6 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Nxe5+ Nxe5 32.Qd5+ Kg6 33.Qxe5 Qf2+ 34.Kh3 Qxf3+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 113. 0-1

Game 121 / 1657 Coleman, William - Haertel, W C45 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.1), 13.03.1909

Coleman: Brooklyn; Haertel: Rice. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Bf3 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Be6 14.Na3 c6 15.Nc2 Rad8 16.Nd4 Bd5 17.Bxd5 Rxd5 18.Re1 Ng6 19.Re4 f5 20.Re3 Rfd8 21.Rae1 c5 22.Ne6 Re8 23.Kf1 Rd2 24.R3e2 Rxe2 25.Rxe2 b6 26.Ke1 Nh4 27.Kf1 h6 28.Nf4 Rxe2 29.Kxe2 Kf7 30.g3 Ng6 31.Nxg6 Kxg6 32.b4 cxb4 33.cxb4 Kf6 34.Kd3 Ke5 35.Kc4 a6 36.a4 g5 37.a5 bxa5 38.bxa5 Kd6 39.f3 h5 40.Kd4 ACB gives the impossible 46.K-R4. Since 46.P-R4 would lose immediately to 46...f4, this was likely a king move, and White's next move implies either ‚46.Kb4 or 46.Kd4. Given Black's response, the text seems the most likely. 40...Ke6 41.Kc5 Ke5 42.Kb6 Kd4 43.Kxa6 Ke3 44.Kb6 Kxf3 45.a6 Kg2 46.a7 Kxh2 47.a8Q And wins. Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 114. 1-0

Game 122 / 1658 Menkes, H - De Visser, William M D30 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.4), 13.03.1909

Menkes: H; De Visser: Brooklyn. 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nbd2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Rc1 c5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qe2 Re8 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Nf1 Ne4 14.Bf4 f5 15.Ng3 Nxg3 16.Bxg3 g6 17.Ne5 Bf6 18.Bb5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Re6 20.f4 Nb8 21.Qf2 Qc7 22.Bh4 a6 23.Bd3 Nd7 24.Qg3 Kf7 25.Qg5 Qc6 26.Be2 c4 27.Bf3 Qc5 28.Rd4 b5 29.Rcd1 Nb6 30.Qh6 Kg8 31.Bf6 Qf8 32.Qg5 c3 33.bxc3 Rxc3 34.e4 fxe4 35.Bxe4 Kf7 36.f5 gxf5 37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Bxf5 Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 114. 1-0

Game 124 / 1660 Morris, William G - Libqire, Edward William B45 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.8), 13.03.1909

Morris: Rice; Perlman: Brooklyn. 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be3 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.f3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Qd2 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.f4 Ba6 13.Bd3 Rb8 14.0-0 Rb2 15.a3 0-0 16.Rf3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rfb8 18.Qd1 Nc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Kh1 R8b6 21.h3 Qc4 22.f5 exf5 23.Rxf5 Qe4 24.Rf2 Qxe5 25.Re2 Qb8 26.Re1 g6 27.Rc1 Qf4 28.Qd3 Ra2 29.Re8+ Kg7 30.Rf1 Qh4 31.Qe3 Rbb2 32.Qe5+ Kh6 33.Rxf7 Ra1+ 34.Kh2 Re1 35.Rxh7+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 114. 1-0

Game 125 / 1661 Hodges, Albert - Roeting, Otto C77 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.9), 13.03.1909

Hodges: Brooklyn; Roething: Rice. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Na5 12.Nbd2 Nxb3 13.axb3 Ng4 14.Qe1 f5 15.h3 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.Qg3 Be6 19.c4 Qd7 20.Rac1 Rb8 21.Rf2 Kh8 22.Rcf1 Rbf8 23.Qh4 Qc8 24.cxb5 axb5 25.Qb4 Qe8 26.Qc3 c5 27.d4 b4 28.Qc2 exd4 29.exd4 Bf5 30.Qd2 Be4 31.Nh2 Rxf2 32.Rxf2 Rxf2 33.Qxf2 Qc6 34.Ng4 cxd4 35.Qxd4 Bxg2 36.Qf2 Bxh3 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Qf5+ Kg8 39.Nxh6+ gxh6 40.Qxh3 Qc1+ 41.Kf2 Qxb2+ 42.Kf1 Qc1+ 43.Ke2 Qf4 44.Qd7 Kf8 45.Qb7 h5 Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 114. 0-1

Game 126 / 1662 Nugent, Charles S - Rosenbaum, Harry B34 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.11), 13.03.1909

Nugent: Brooklyn; Rosenbaum: Rice. ACB gives game as Rosenbaum - Nugent. However, the report (April 1909, p. 88) states Brooklyn had White on the odd-numbers boards, meaning that Nugent played White. As the rest of the games in the section follow the stated patte5n, the pairing has been changed.¦ 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Qd4 f6 7.Bc4 ACB give the ambiguous 7.B-B4. Text derived from continuation. 7...Bg7 8.Nc3 e6 9.0-0 Nh6 10.Bxh6 Bxh6 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Na4 Bf4 13.Qc5 Qxc5 14.Nxc5 Rb8 15.Nd3 Bc7 16.Rfe1 Kf7 17.f4 d5 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Bb3 Ba6 20.g3 Rhc8 21.Kg2 Ba5 22.Re2 Rc7 23.g4 Rb4 24.Rf2 Re4 25.h3 Bb6 26.Rf3 Bb5 27.f5 gxf5 28.gxf5 Bc4 29.fxe6+ Rxe6 30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.c3 Re2+ 32.Kf1 Re3 33.Rxe3 Bxe3 34.Nb4 d4 35.Nc2 Ra4 36.a3 dxc3 37.Nxe3 cxb2 38.Rb1 Rxa3 39.Kf2 a5 40.Rxb2 h5 Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 114 ½-½

Game 127 / 1663 Finn, Julius - Marshall, Frank James C62 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.10), 13.03.1909

Finn: Rice; Marshall: Brooklyn. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.d5 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.dxc6 bxa4 8.c4 Ne7 9.Qxa4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Ng6 11.Be3 Nh4 12.Nd2 f5 13.exf5 Qf6 14.0-0-0 Be7 15.Rhg1 0-0 16.c5 Qxf5 17.Qc4+ Kh8 18.Rg4 Nxf3 19.Nxf3 Qxf3 20.cxd6 cxd6 21.Rg3 Qf5 22.Rd2 Rac8 23.Rc2 Qh5 24.Qg4 Qf7 25.Bb6 d5 26.Qd7 d4 27.Kb1 Bh4 28.Rg4 Bf6 29.Bc5 d3 30.Qxd3 Rfd8 31.Qe4 Rd1+ 32.Rc1 Rxc1+ 33.Kxc1 Qxa2 34.Rg3 Qe6 35.Rc3 Rxc6 36.Kb1 h6 37.Bd4 Rxc3 38.Bxc3 Qd6 39.Kc2 Qc5 40.Kb1 Qxf2 41.Bxe5 Qh4 42.Qe2 Kg8 43.Bxf6 Qxf6 44.Ka2 Kf7 45.Qh5+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 115. ½-½

Game 128 / 1664] Barrett, Herbert - Hago, D C01 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.13), 13.03.1909

Barrett: Brooklyn; Hago: Rice. Black's identity uncertain. ACB gives "D Hago" (April 1909, p. 88). Chess Weekly gives "W. Hago" (March 20, 1909, p. 130). It is probably not Martin Desire hago, who was only 14 years old at the time. ACB's version has beenused. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Be3 Bd6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Bg4 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.c3 h6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qc2 Ne7 12.Ne5 Nd7 13.f4 f6 14.Nef3 c6 15.Nh4 Qe8 16.Rae1 Bf7 17.Ndf3 Qb8 18.Nf5 Nxf5 19.Bxf5 Nb6 20.Nh4 Nc4 21.Bc1 Re8 22.b3 Nb6 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qf2 Nc8 25.Re1 Ne7 26.Be6 Qd8 27.Qe2 Qf8 28.Bxf7+ Qxf7 29.Qe6 Rd8 30.Qxf7+ Kxf7 31.Kf2 g5 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Nf3 Nf5 34.Ke2 Re8+ 35.Kd3 Rxe1 Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 115. 36.g4 ½-½

Game 130 / 1666 Helms, Hermann - Eisenberg, Louis R C66 Brooklyn CC - Rice CC (2) Rice CC, New York, NY USA (1.15), 13.03.1909

Helms: Brooklyn; Eisenberg: Rice. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nc3 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 c6 9.Bc4 Be7 10.Bf4 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.Qd3 c4 13.Qd4 Qb6 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Bf3 b4 16.Ne2 Ba4 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Nd4 g6 19.Bd2 c3 20.bxc3 bxc3 21.Be3 0-0 22.Rb1 b5 23.Rfe1 Rfe8 24.Bg5 Rc5 25.h4 h6 26.Bxh6 Nd7 27.g3 Bf6 28.Nb3 Rc4 29.Rbd1 Ne5 30.Bg2 Nc6 31.Rxd6 Be5 32.Rd7 Nb4 33.Bf1 Nxc2 34.Re2 Nd4 35.Nxd4 Rxd4 36.Rxd4 Bxd4 37.Kg2 b4 38.Re1 Rc8 39.Ba6 Rc5 40.Bb7 Bd7 41.Bd5 Be6 42.Bxe6 fxe6 43.Re2 Ra5 44.Bc1 Kf7 45.f4 Ke8 46.e5 Kd7 47.Kf3 Kc6 48.Ke4 Kc5 49.Kd3 Ra8 50.g4 Rd8 51.Re4 Be3+ 52.Kc2 Bxc1 53.Kxc1 Rd2 54.Kb1 Rb2+ 55.Kc1 Rxa2 56.h5 b3 57.Kb1 c2+ 58.Kc1 Ra1+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, May 1909, p. 115. 0-1

Game 146 . 1572] Menkes, H - Rosen, Leon C55 Rice Chess Club Championship New York, NY USA, 1909

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 h5 9.Nxg5 h4 10.Nxf7 hxg3 11.Nxd8 Bg4 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.Nc3 Nf3+ 14.gxf3 Bxf3 Source: American Chess Bulletin, June 1909, p. 131. 0-1

Game 147 / 1683 Rosen, Leon - Rosenbaum, Harry A00 Rice Chess Club Championship New York, NY USA, 1909

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.a3 Nbd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nd2 Bd6 7.c4 c6 8.Ngf3 0-0 9.Be2 Qe7 10.Ne5 Rfd8 11.g4 Be4 12.Rg1 Nf8 13.c5 Bc7 14.g5 Ne8 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Qc2 a5 17.Qxe4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1+ 19.Bxa1 Ra8 20.Bc3 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Ng6 22.Qc2 Nc7 23.Bc4 Nd5 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.f4 Nh4 26.Rg4 Ng6 27.h4 d4 28.Bxd4 Qe6 29.f5 Qd5 30.fxg6 Qh1+ 31.Kf2 fxg6 32.Qb3+ Kh8 33.Rf4 Qh2+ 34.Ke1 h5 35.gxh6 Source: American Chess Bulletin, June 1909, p. 131. 1-0

Game 148 / 1684 Morris, William G - Rosen, Leon B72 Rice Chess Club Championship New York, NY USA, 1909

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Be2 d6 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.Bxg4 Bxg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.0-0-0 Ne5 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Nb3 a5 14.Nd5 Nc4 15.Bd4 e5 16.Bc3 Bb5 17.Bxa5 Bh6+ 18.Bd2 Na3 19.Qxb5+ Nxb5 20.Bxh6 f5 21.h4 Kf7 22.Bg5 Qe8 23.Bf6 Rg8 24.h5 g5 25.exf5 Qc6 26.Rd2 Nd4 27.Nxd4 Qxd5 28.Nb3 Qc4 29.Kb1 Kxf6 30.Rxd6+ Kxf5 31.g4+ Kf4 32.Rf6+ Kg3 33.a3 Qxc2+ 34.Ka2 Rc3 35.Na1 Rxa3+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, June 1909, p. 131. 0-1

Game 197 / 1733 Gregory, Bernhard - Marshall, Frank James C73 Gregory - Marshall Match Berlin GER (5), 12.1908

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qe2 Bd6 9.0-0 Ne7 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Qb8 12.b3 Qb5 13.c4 Qb6 14.Nc3 Qa5 15.Na4 c5 16.Qd2 Qxd2 17.Nxd2 Nc6 18.f3 Bd7 19.Nb1 Nd4 20.Nbc3 g5 21.Bf2 Kf7 22.Nb2 a5 23.Nd3 a4 24.bxa4 Bxa4 25.Nxa4 Rxa4 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Rfc1 Rha8 28.Rc2 Ra3 29.Rd2 Rc3 30.a4 Rxc4 31.a5 Rc3 32.a6 c4 33.Nf2 d3 34.Rb2 Rc2 35.Rxc2 dxc2 36.Rc1 Rxa6 37.Kf1 Ra2 Source: American Chess Bulletin, July 1909, p. 160. 0-1

Game 198 / 1734 Marshall, Frank James - Gregory, Bernhard D00 Gregory - Marshall Match Berlin GER (4), 12.1908

1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Bg4 4.f3 Bh5 5.Ne2 Nbd7 6.c4 e5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nbc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qf6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Be4 c6 13.Rb1 Nb6 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.c4 c5 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.a4 Rb8 18.a5 Nc8 19.Nf4 Bg6 20.Nd5 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Nd6 22.Qd3 Qd8 23.f4 Bf6 24.Ba3 Rc8 25.Rfd1 Rc6 26.Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.e4 Qe7 28.e5 Nc8 29.Rxb7 Rc7 30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.Qd5 0-0 32.Qxc5 Qxc5+ 33.Bxc5 Re8 34.Rd7 g6 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.Bxa7 Nxa7 37.Rxa7 Rc8 38.e6 Rxc4 39.Rxf7+ Kg8 40.a6 Source: American Chess Bulletin, July 1909, p. 161, 1-0

Game 195 / 1735 Gregory, Bernhard - Marshall, Frand James C62 Gregory - Marshall Match Berlin GER (3), 12.1908

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.d5 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.dxc6 bxa4 8.c4 Ne7 9.Qxa4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Ng6 11.b4 Be7 12.f4 exf4 13.Qa5 Bf6 Source: American Chess Bulletin, July 1909, p. 161, 0-1

Game 206 / 1742 Voigt, Hermann G - Stadelman, Samuel Leigh C41 Franklin CC Championship Philadelphia, PA USA, 1909

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.Bc4 Be7 6.Ng5 0-0 7.Bxf7+ Rxf7 8.Ne6 Qe8 9.Nxc7 Qd8 10.Nxa8 b6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nd5 Nxe4 13.Be3 Bh4 14.Qd4 Nxf2 15.0-0 Neg4 16.Nac7 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Rf5 18.Ne6 Qe8 19.Nxg7 Qxe3 20.Nxe3 Re5 21.Ngf5 Bxf5 22.Nxf5 Rxf5 23.g3 Bg5 24.Rae1 Bd2 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Bxe1+ 27.Kxe1 And wins. Source: American Chess Bulletin, August 1909, p. 178. 1-0

Game 207 / 1743 Neill, Benjamin - Shipley,W alter PennC63 Franklin CC Championship Philadelphia, PA USA, 1909

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 ACB has the typo 2.Kt-QB4. Game is labelled "Ruy Lopez", and continuation quickly shows this to be the case. 2...Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 e4 6.Nh4 d5 7.d3 Bb4 8.0-0 0-0 9.dxe4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nxe4 11.Qh5 Nxc3 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Rb1 Qd6 15.Rb3 Bd7 16.Rh3 Rae8 17.Rf1 Nf6 18.Qf3 c5 19.Bf4 Qa6 20.g4 Bb5 21.Ra1 Be2 22.Qg2 Re4 23.Bxc7 Rxg4 24.Rg3 Rxh4 25.Rxg7+ Kh8 26.Be5 Rg4 27.Rxg4 Bxg4 28.Qxd5 Bxf5 29.Re1 Qe6 30.Qxc5 Rg8+ 31.Kf1 Qa6+ 32.Re2 Bg4 33.Bxf6+ Qxf6 34.Re5 Rd8 35.Re3 Rf8 36.Rg3 Bf3 37.Qe3 Qa1+ 38.Qe1 Qxe1+ 39.Kxe1 Be4 40.Rc3 Rf7 41.Ke2 Kg7 42.Rc5 Kf6 43.Ke3 Bg6 44.Rc6+ Ke5 45.c4 Rd7 46.Rc5+ Ke6 47.Ra5 Kd6 48.f4 Kc6 49.f5 Bf7 50.c5 Bc4 51.h4 a6 52.Kf4 h6 53.f6 Rd2 54.a3 Rd4+ 55.Kf5 Rxh4 56.Kg6 Rf4 57.Kxh6 Rxf6+ 58.Kg5 Rf3 59.Kg4 Rb3 60.Kf4 Bb5 61.a4 Kxc5 62.axb5 axb5 63.Ke4 Kc4 White resigned after 77 moves. Source: American Chess Bulletin, August 1909, p. 178. 0-1

]Game 208 / 1744\ Shipley, Walter Penn - Ruth, William Allen C42 Pennsylvania State Championship Philadelphia, PA USA, 1909

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Nf6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Qc2 h6 13.h3 Be6 14.Re2 Bd6 15.Ne5 Qd8 16.Ndf3 Nd7 17.Rae1 Qf6 18.Bg3 Bxe5 19.Nxe5 Ndxe5 20.dxe5 Qe7 21.f4 d4 22.f5 Bd5 23.f6 gxf6 24.Bh4 Rfe8 25.Bh7+ Kf8 26.Qd2 Qc5 27.Qxh6+ Ke7 28.Qxf6+ Kd7 29.Bf5+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, August 1909, p. 179. 1-0

Game 211 / 1747] Nugent, Charles S - Black, Roy Turnbull A03 Black - Nugent Match Brooklyn, NY USA (1), 1909

Only game played in the match, Nugent forfeiting the next five games and the match. 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 e6 5.e3 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Bd3 a6 9.0-0 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Ne2 Ne4 12.Ng3 f5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.d3 exd3 18.Qxd3 a5 19.Rfd1 Ba6 20.Qd2 Rh6 21.c4 Qh4 22.Nf5 Qxh2+ 23.Kf2 Rg6 24.Ne7+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, August 1909, p. 180. 1-0

Game 238 / 1774 Beach, R - Chandler, John Rendall C67 Casual Game New Haven, CT USA, 1909

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Rd1 Nc5 11.Nd4 Qe8 12.Be3 d6 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Bf4 Bd7 15.b4 Nb7 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Qd3 Qc8 18.Ne4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 d5 20.Nf6+ Kh8 21.Bh6 Bf5 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.Ne8+ Kg6 24.Qg7+ Kh5 25.Nf6+ Kh4 26.Qh6# Source: American Chess Bulletin, September 1909, p. 209. 1-0

Game 249 / 1785 Wainwright, George Edward - Blackburne, Joseph Henry C62 British Championship Scarborough ENG (8), 17.08.1909

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nge7 7.Nde2 Ne5 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Ng3 h5 11.Be3 Nde5 12.h3 h4 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nd4 Bg7 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Qe2 Rb8 17.Rab1 c5 18.Nd5 Nc6 19.c3 Qd7 20.Bg5 Kf8 21.Rbd1 Re8 22.f3 Nb8 23.Qd2 Re6 24.b3 f6 25.Be3 Qf7 26.Bf2 Bh6 27.Be3 Kg7 28.c4 Nc6 29.Rfe1 Bxe3+ 30.Rxe3 Ree8 31.Qc3 Rb8 32.Red3 Nd4 33.R3d2 Nc6 34.Ne3 a5 35.Ng4 a4 36.bxa4 Rb4 37.Rd5 Rxa4 38.Rxc5 dxc5 39.Rd7 Nd4 40.Rxf7+ Kxf7 41.Qb2 Rb4 42.Qa3 Rhb8 43.Kh2 Rb2 44.Qe3 g5 45.e5 Re2 46.e6+ Kg7 47.Qa3 Rb3 48.Qc1 Rd3 49.Kh1 Nxe6 Source: American Chess Bulletin, October 1909, p. 232. 0-1

Game 250 / 1786] Atkins, Henry Ernest - Mackenzie, Arthur John C49 British Championship Scarborough ENG (7), 16.08.1909

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nh4 f5 11.f4 exf4 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Qg4+ Ng7 14.Qxf4 Be6 15.d4 f5 16.Bd3 Qf6 17.c4 Rae8 18.Rae1 Nh5 19.Qf2 Ng7 20.d5 Bd7 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Nf3 b6 23.Nd4 Re5 24.h3 Qh6 25.Kh2 Qe3 26.Qh4 Re7 27.Nf3 Source: American Chess Bulletin, October 1909, p. 232. 1-0

Game 254 / 1790 Jacobs, Herbert Levi - Atkins, Henry Ernest A02 British Championship Scarborough ENG (3), 11.08.1909

1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 h5 6.d4 h4 7.Bg5 hxg3 8.e4 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bg2 gxh2 11.Qd3 Nc6 12.c3 Bh4+ 13.Ke2 Bg3 14.Nbd2 Bf4 15.Raf1 Bg4 16.Nc4 Qe7 17.Ne3 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 0-0-0 19.Rf2 Rhe8 20.e5 f6 21.Kf1 fxe5 22.Nxh2 Be6 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.dxe5 Rd1+ 25.Kg2 Bd5+ 26.Nf3 Rxh1 27.Kxh1 Qxe5 28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.Kg2 Rf5 30.Kg3 Rxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Bxf3 32.Kxf3 Kd7 33.Kg4 Ke6 34.Kf4 Kf6 35.c4 g5+ 36.Kg4 Kg6 37.c5 Kf6 38.a4 Kg6 39.b3 Kf6 Trext from ACB. Alternative score ends with 39...a6. 40.b4 a6 Source: American Chess Bulletin, November 1909, p. 253. 0-1

Gane 264 / 1800 Johner, Paul F - Rosenberg, Herbert D30 Johner - Rosenfeld Match Manhattan CC, New York, NY (1), 17.10.1909

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Ne4 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 0-0 9.Qb3 c6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.0-0 e5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 f5 14.Bc2 e4 15.Rae1 Qf6 16.Nd2 Qh6 17.Re2 Nf6 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.c5+ Kf8 20.c4 Nh5 21.f3 Nf4 22.Re3 Qf6 23.Qc3 Ne6 24.Nb3 exf3 25.Rxf3 g6 26.Qd2 Bd7 27.Qh6+ Qg7 28.Qh4 Nc7 29.Rfe3 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Qf4 Kd8 33.Nd2 Kc8 34.Nf3 Ne6 35.Qe3 Qf6 36.Kf2 f4 37.Qe4 Ng5 38.Nxg5 Qxg5 39.d5 Qh4+ 40.Kg1 Qf6 41.h3 Qf7 42.Qe5 b6 43.Be4 bxc5 44.dxc6 Be6 45.Bd5 Bxd5 46.cxd5 Qc7 47.Qe8+ Source: American Chess Bulletin, November 1909, p. 271. 1-0

Game 265 / 1801 Rosenfeld, Herbert - Johner, Paul F D40 Johner - Rosenfeld Match Manhattan CC, New York, NY (2), 20.10.1909

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4 8.Bd2 dxc4 9.bxc4 0-0 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Bd3 e5 13.d5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Ne2 Bxd2+ 16.Rxd2 b5 17.c5 Rd8 18.d6 Bb7 19.Kd1 Rac8 20.Rc2 Ne4 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.Rc1 d3 23.Nd4 d2 24.Rc3 Rxd6 25.Nf3 b4 26.Rc4 Rxc5 27.Rxe4 Rc1+ 28.Ke2 Qb5+ 29.Ke3 Rc3+ 30.Kf4 Rxb3 Source: American Chess Bulletin, November 1909, p. 271. 0-1

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