This collection contains the games printed in the American Chess Bulletin (ACB), volume 42, 1945.

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:

1. Game 1 / 7322 Willman, Robert - Pinkus, Albert
Manhattan CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY (6), 26.11.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 8.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Bf4 0-0-0 10.0-0-0 Ne7 11.Rd3 Ng6 12.Bg3 Bc5 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Rhd1 Rhe8 15.Na5 Be6 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.Nb3 b6 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Nd1 c5 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Ne7 23.Ne3 Kd7 24.Kd2 g6 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.h4 Ke6 27.Kd3 Nc6 28.c3 f5 29.a4 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.f3 Bf6 32.b3 Na5 33.c4 c6 34.Kc2 Bd4 35.Bc7 Nxb3 36.Kxb3 Bxe3 37.g4 Kf7 38.Kc3 Bf2 39.Bd8 Bd4+ 40.Kd3 fxg4 41.fxg4 Bf6 42.Bb6 Bxh4 43.Bxc5 Be7 44.Bf2 Kf6 45.Bh4+ Ke6 46.Bg3 Bf6 47.Bb8 Be5 48.Ba7 Kf6 49.Be3 Bc7 50.cxb5 cxb5 51.Ke4 Ke6 52.Bc1 Be5 53.Bd2 Bf6 54.Be1 Be5 55.Bd2 Bc7 56.Be1 Kd6 57.Bb4+ Kc6 58.Kd4 Bd6 59.Bd2 Bg3 60.Bb4 Bf4 61.Be7 Bd6 62.Bf6 Ba3 63.Ke4 b4 64.Kd3 Kb5 65.Kc2 Kc4 66.g5 b3+ 67.Kb1 Kd5 68.Bd8 Ke6 69.Ba5 Kf5 70.Bd8 Ke6 71.Ba5 Kd5 72.Bd8 Kc4 73.Bf6 Bc5 74.Kb2 Bd4+ 75.Kb1 Kd5 76.Bd8 Ke6 77.Kc1 Kf5 78.Kb1 Be3 79.Kb2 Bxg5 80.Ba5 Bf6+ 81.Kxb3 g5 82.Kc2 g4 83.Kd3 g3 84.Ke2 Kg4 85.Be1 g2 86.Bf2 Kh3 87.Bg1 Kg3 0-1

2. Game 2 / 7323 Pinkus, Albert - Kevitz, Alexander
Manhattan CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY (13), 21.01.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 8.

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Ng6 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.Nf3 d6 8.0-0 a6 9.Ne2 Nh5 10.b4 Ba7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Kh1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qf6 14.Ng1 Nhf4 15.Re1 Nh4 16.Bf1 h5 17.c5 Rh6 18.Nh3 g5 19.Rc1 Nxh3 20.Bxh3 Nxf3 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Bxa7 Qf4 23.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 24.Bg2 Qa3 25.Be3 Rf6 26.Rc7 Qxb4 27.Rec1 g4 28.Kg1 Rg6 29.Bf1 h4 30.R1c4 Qb1 31.Rc1 Qxe4 32.Bg2 Qb4 33.a3 Qxa3 34.Rxb7 g3 35.hxg3 hxg3 36.Be4 gxf2+ 37.Kxf2 f5 38.Rh1 0-0-0 39.Rhh7 Qa2+ 40.Ke1 Qa5+ 41.Bd2 Rg1+ 42.Ke2 Qc5 43.Bxf5+ Rd7 44.Rbxd7 Qc4+ 0-1

3. Game 3 / 7324 Jackson, Edward S - Kashdan, Isaac
Manhattan CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY (12), 14.01.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 8.

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Be2 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.d4 cxd5 7.Bxf4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Nf3 dxc4 10.0-0 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Be6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Qc2 h6 14.Bh4 Qa5 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Ne5 Rac8 17.Rf3 Ng4 18.Nxg4 Bxg4 19.Rg3 Qf5 20.Qxf5 Bxf5 21.Rf1 Be4 22.Re3 f5 23.Re1 Rc7 24.Bf3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Kf7 26.Re5 g6 27.Kf2 Rd8 28.Rb1 b6 29.a4 Re7 30.f4 Rd6 31.h4 h5 32.Ke3 Rc7 33.d5 a5 34.Kd4 Rc8 35.Re6 Rxe6 36.dxe6+ Kxe6 37.Rxb6+ Kf7 38.Rb5 Re8 1-0

4. Game 4 / 7325 Jackson, Edward S - Shipman, Walter
Manhattan CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 1.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Nxd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.0-0 Bc5 8.Qg4 g6 9.Nd2 Nh6 10.Qh3 Nf5 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.g4 Ne7 13.Bg5 Qb6 14.Bf6 Rf8 15.Qh4 h5 16.h3 hxg4 17.hxg4 Bb5 18.b4 Bxb4 19.Rfb1 Bxd3 20.cxd3 Qc5 21.a3 Bc3 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 24.Rxb7+ Ke8 25.Rab1 a5 26.Ng5 Rd8 27.Rc7 Bd2 28.Nh7 Rh8 29.Nf6+ Kf8 30.Rbb7 Kg7 31.Rxf7+ Kh6 32.Kg2 Rc8 33.Rb1 Rc1 34.Rxc1 Bxc1 35.Kg3 Bxa3 36.f4 g5 37.f5 Bc1 38.Nh5 exf5 39.Rf6+ Kh7 40.gxf5 Re8 41.Rf7+ Kh6 42.e6 Ba3 43.Nf6 Bd6+ 44.Kg4 Rh8 45.Ra7 Bb4 46.Nxd5 Bd2 47.e7 Bb4 48.Nf6 Bxe7 49.Rxe7 a4 50.Ra7 a3 51.Rxa3 Rf8 52.Ra6 Kg7 53.Ne4 Rb8 54.Kxg5 Rb1 55.Ra7+ Kg8 56.Kg6 1-0

5. Gae 5 / 7326 Tears, Claude Fred - Santasiere, Anthony
Marshall CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 12.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 10.Bd2 Ngf6 11.0-0-0 Qc7 12.Rhe1 0-0-0 13.Qb3 c5 14.Ne4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxe4 16.Nb5 Nxd2 17.Rxd2 Qf4 18.Nxa7+ Kc7 19.Red1 Bb4 20.c3 Nc5 21.Qc2 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Ne4 23.cxb4+ Kb6 0-1

6. Game 6 / 7327 Rivise, Irving - Santasiere, Anthony
Marshall CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY (15), 25.02.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 13.

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 d4 4.Ne2 c5 5.c3 dxc3 6.bxc3 e6 7.d4 Nf6 8.Ng3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.a3 Be7 11.Bd3 b5 12.0-0 a6 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.Qe2 0-0 15.d5 exd5 16.e5 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qxe4 g6 19.Qe3 Qc7 20.Rac1 Rad8 21.e6 Qd6 22.Qh6 f6 23.Ng5 1-0

7. Game 7 / 7238 Seidman, Herbert - Kozma, Bruno
Marshall CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 13.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 Nb6 8.exd6 cxd6 9.Be3 d5 10.c5 N6d7 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.b4 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Na6 15.Qb3 e6 16.b5 Nb8 17.a4 Re8 18.a5 Qe7 19.Ra2 Rc8 20.Rb1 Ne8 21.a6 bxa6 22.b6 axb6 23.cxb6 Qb7 24.Rc2 Nf6 25.Nxd5 1-0

8. Game 8 / 7329 Goldwater, Walter - Santasiere, Anthony
Marshall CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY (11), 28.01.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 13.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Nf3 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qa6 8.Qxa6 Nxa6 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Nd1 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nd4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bb4 a5 15.Ba3 Rb8 16.Ke2 Nd7 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.f4 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Rf1 Rb4 21.g3 e5 22.f5 g6 23.fxg6 Re4+ 24.Ne3 d4 25.Rxf6 Rxe3+ 26.Kd2 Nxf6 27.gxh7 Nxh7 28.c3 Ng5 29.cxd4 exd4 30.Rd1 Nf3+ 31.Kc2 d3+ 32.Kc3 d2+ 33.Kc2 Re1 34.h4 Kf7 35.g4 Kg6 36.a3 a4 0-1

9. Game 9 / 7330 Finkelstein, Milton - Barzin, Marcel
Marshall CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 14.

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Be2 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.d4 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 Ne3 9.Bxe3 fxe3 10.Qd3 Re8 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.a3 Bg4 13.Nd5 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 Qh4 15.Rh3 Qe4 16.c5 Nxd4 17.cxd6 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Qxd5 19.Rd1 Qg5 20.d7 Re6 21.Qd3 g6 22.d8Q+ Rxd8 23.Qxd8+ Qxd8 24.Rxd8+ Kg7 25.Kf1 Rf6+ 26.Rf3 1-0

10. Game 10 / 7331 Horowitz, Israel Albert - Helms, Hermann
Offhand speed game New York, NY, 20.02.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 14.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 exd4 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bd5 Bb7 9.0-0 Bc5 10.h3 h5 11.Bg5 Qb8 12.hxg4 hxg4 13.Nh4 Nxe5 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Re1 f6 16.Ng6 0-0-0 17.Nxe5 fxg5 18.Nf7 g3 19.Nxd8 d3 20.Rf1 Qe4 21.Qf3 Rh1+ 22.Kxh1 Qh4+ 23.Kg1 Qh2# 0-1

11. Game 11 / 7332 Hurt, James E - Steiner, Herman
California State-ch San Francisco, CA, 01.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 16.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Nbd7 5.b3 a5 6.a3 c6 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.Bb2 0-0 9.Bg2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 f5 12.0-0 Qf6 13.Qc2 h5 14.c5 Bc7 15.Nc4 Qh6 16.Bc1 Qg6 17.f3 exf3 18.Rxf3 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bb2 Bc7 22.Raf1 Be6 23.Bh3 Rae8 24.Bxf5 Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Rxf5 26.Rxf5 Qg4 27.Rf3 h4 28.Qd3 hxg3 29.hxg3 Rd8 30.Qe3 Qh3 31.Bd4 Qd7 32.Bc3 Qh3 33.Bd4 Qd7 34.Bc3 Qh3 35.Bd4 Qd7 36.Bc3 Qh3 ½-½

12. Game 12 / 7333 Fink, Adolf Jay - Jarrell, C
California State-ch San Francisco, CA, 01.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 16.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Qf3 Nb6 5.Bf4 dxe5 6.dxe5 Nc6 7.c3 Be6 8.Nd2 Qd7 9.Qg3 0-0-0 10.Ngf3 h6 11.Bb5 g5 12.Be3 f5 13.exf6 exf6 14.Nd4 Bd6 15.Qf3 Bd5 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qe2 Kb7 18.N2b3 Nc4 19.0-0-0 Rhe8 20.Rhe1 Qf7 21.Nd2 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Bxa2 23.b3 Ba3+ 24.Kc2 Qg6+ 25.e4 Re5 26.Nc4 Qg8 27.Ra1 Bc5 28.Rxa2 Bxd4 29.cxd4 Rb5 30.d5 Rb8 31.Qg4 Ka8 32.dxc6 Rxb3 1-0

13. Game 13 / 7334 Hurt, James E - Howland, Charles
California State-ch San Francisco, CA, 01.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 16.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 Bd7 8.Re1 Qc7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.e4 0-0 11.e5 Ng4 12.Bxh7+ Kh8 13.Ng5 Ncxe5 14.h3 f6 15.Rxe5 Bxf2+ 16.Kf1 Qxe5 17.Ngf3 Ne3+ 18.Ke2 Qg3 19.Qb3 Kxh7 20.Nf1 Nxf1 21.Kxf1 Bc5 0-1

14. Gae 14 / 7335 Burt, Gilbert L - Turner, Calhoun
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 85 Correspondence, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 16.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nge2 b6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 Qg5 10.Ne4 Qg6 11.Qf3 Ke7 12.Nxf6 c6 13.Ng4 Bb7 14.Ne5 Qf6 15.Qxf6+ Kxf6 16.0-0-0 Rd8 17.Ng4+ Ke7 18.f3 Nd7 19.Nh6 c5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Bc4 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rc8 23.Re1 b5 24.Bxb5 Nb3+ 25.Kd1 Rd8+ 26.Bd3 Nc5 27.Re3 Nxd3 28.Rxd3 Rxd3+ 29.cxd3 f5 30.Ke2 Kf6 31.g4 f4 32.d4 Kg7 33.g5 Kg6 34.Kf2 Kxg5 35.Ng4 h5 36.Ne5 Bd5 37.h3 Bb3 38.Nc6 a6 39.Na5 Bc2 40.b4 Kf5 41.Nc6 Ba4 42.Ne5 Bb5 43.h4 Kf6 44.Ke1 Kf5 45.Kd1 Ba4+ 46.Kd2 Bb3 47.Kd3 Bd5 48.a4 1-0

15. Game 15 / 7336 Stolzenberg, Leon - Palmer, Marvin C
Michigan State-ch Jackson, MI, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 17.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.e3 e5 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nf3 exd4 13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Be3 Qe5 16.f4 Qd5 17.Bd3 f5 18.0-0-0 0-0 19.g4 Qa2 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.gxf5 Bd5 22.Rhg1 Rf6 23.Rxg7+ Kxg7 24.Bd4 Rdd6 25.Bxe4 Qc4+ 26.Qxc4 Bxc4 27.Bxb7 c6 28.Bxf6+ Rxf6 29.Rd7+ Kh6 30.Bc8 a6 31.Kd2 a5 32.Ke3 Bb3 33.Kd4 Bc2 34.Rc7 Kh5 35.Ke5 Rh6 36.Rg7 c5 1-0

16. Game 16 / 7337 Fine, Reuben - Lilling, Walter
Simul, 42b New York, NY, 21.02.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 17.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 0-0 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.f4 Na5 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Qe2 c4 14.Bc2 Ne4 15.Bb2 g6 16.Nf3 Qh5 17.Rad1 b5 18.Qe1 Qg4 19.h3 Qg3 20.Qxg3 Nxg3 21.Rfe1 Ne4 22.Nd2 Nxd2 23.Rxd2 f5 24.e4 fxe4 25.Rf2 e3 26.Rxe3 Bd5 27.g3 Rf7 28.Rfe2 Rd8 29.Kh2 Nc6 30.Bc1 a5 31.Bd2 Rb8 32.Rf2 b4 33.axb4 axb4 34.cxb4 Nxb4 35.Bxb4 Rxb4 36.g4 h6 37.Kg3 Kg7 38.Rc3 Rb2 39.Re2 ½-½

17. Game 17 / 7338 Stein, Irving - Jackson, Edward S
US Amateur New York, NY (13), 05.11.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 21.

1.e3 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.exd4 d5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.0-0 Nge7 7.Re1 0-0 8.c3 Ng6 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nxf7 Bxh2+ 11.Kxh2 Qh4+ 12.Kg1 Rxf7 13.Re8+ Nf8 14.Qe1 Re7 15.Rxe7 Qxe7 16.Be3 Bd7 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Nf3 Bg4 19.Nh2 Bh5 20.Nf1 Bg6 21.Qe2 a6 22.Ng3 Qf7 23.Re1 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Qg6 25.Qxg6 Nxg6 26.Nf5 Kf7 27.Kf1 Nce7 28.Nxe7 Rxe7 29.Bd2 Kf6 30.Rxe7 Kxe7 31.g3 Ke6 32.Ke2 Kf5 33.Kf3 h5 34.Be3 c6 35.a4 Nf8 36.a5 Ne6 37.Ke2 g5 38.f3 Ng7 39.Kf2 Ne8 40.Ke2 Nd6 41.b3 g4 42.Bd2 gxf3+ 43.Kxf3 Ne4 44.Be1 Ng5+ 45.Kg2 Kg4 46.Bf2 Nf3 47.c4 Nd2 48.cxd5 cxd5 49.b4 Ne4 50.Be1 Ng5 51.Bd2 Nf3 52.Bc3 h4 53.gxh4 Nxh4+ 54.Kf2 Kf4 55.Ke2 Ke4 0-1

18. Game 18 / 7339 McCready, Ben W - Jackson, Edward S
US Amateur New York, NY (9), 04.11.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 21.

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 0-0 7.0-0-0 Re8 8.Bc4 d6 9.h3 Be6 10.Bd3 Ne5 11.Be2 c6 12.a3 Bc5 13.Qg3 b5 14.Bf4 Bc4 15.Bxe5 Rxe5 16.Qxe5 dxe5 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Nf3 Bxf2 20.Nxe5 Re8 21.Nxc6 Nxe4 22.Nb5 Be3+ 23.Kb1 Kf8 24.Rd1 a6 25.Nc7 Rc8 26.Nd5 Rxc6 27.Nxe3 c3 28.Rd4 Nd6 29.bxc3 Nb5 30.Rd3 Nxa3+ 31.Kb2 Nc4+ 32.Nxc4 Rxc4 33.Kb3 Rc7 34.Kb4 Ke7 35.c4 f5 36.c5 Rb7+ 37.Ka5 Rb5+ 38.Kxa6 Rxc5 39.c3 g5 40.Kb6 Rc8 41.Kb5 Rb8+ 42.Kc6 Ke6 43.Re3+ Kf6 44.c4 Rb2 45.g3 Rh2 46.g4 f4 47.Rd3 Re2 48.c5 Re3 49.Rd5 Rxh3 50.Rf5+ Kg6 51.Kd6 h5 52.c6 hxg4 53.Re5 Rc3 54.Rc5 Rxc5 55.Kxc5 g3 0-1

19. Game 20 / 7341 Mahon, Thomas- Stephens, Llewellyn Walter
US Amateur New York, NY (8), 29.10.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 17.

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Qc2 c5 10.d4 Rc8 11.Rad1 a6 12.Rfe1 Qc7 13.e3 h6 14.Nd2 cxd4 15.exd4 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Qd3 b4 18.Na4 Qa5 19.Rc1 Ba6 20.Qb1 Bb5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.Qxc1 Bxa4 24.Qc8+ Bf8 25.bxa4 Qxa4 26.Nb3 Qxa2 27.Qc2 Nb6 28.Nc1 Qc4 29.Qd1 Nc8 30.Bf1 Qc6 31.Nd3 Nb6 32.Ne5 Qa4 33.Qc1 Qb3 34.Bb5 Ne4 35.Qc7 Nd6 36.Be8 Qxb2 37.Bxf7+ Kh7 38.Bg6+ Kg8 39.Bf7+ Kh7 40.Bg6+ Kg8 41.Qxb6 Qc3 42.Qa7 Qc8 43.Ng4 Qb7 44.Qa1 b3 45.Ne5 Be7 46.Qb1 Bf6 47.Qe1 b2 48.Ng4 Ne4 49.Nxf6+ gxf6 50.Bxe4 dxe4 51.Qb1 Qb4 52.Kg2 Qxd4 53.Qa2 Kf7 54.Qb1 f5 55.Qc2 Kg6 56.Qc8 Kf7 57.Qc7+ Ke8 58.Qc8+ Ke7 59.Qc7+ Kf6 60.Qh7 Ke5 61.Qh8+ Kd5 62.Qd8+ Kc4 63.Qc8+ Kd3 64.Qa6+ Kd2 65.Qa5+ Qc3 66.Qb6 Kc1 67.Qxe6 b1Q 0-1

20. Game 21 / 7342 Gresser, Gisela Kahn - Zeitzoff
Simul, 14b Brooklyn, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 22.

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.Be3 Bb4 6.Nge2 d6 7.0-0 Bg4 8.f3 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.f4 exf4 11.Nxf4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qd7 13.Ng6 Rg8 14.Qf3 Nc6 15.d4 0-0-0 16.Rab1 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.Bf4 Qg4 19.Qd3 a6 20.Bg3 Ne4 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Rdf8 23.c4 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Qe6 25.cxd5 Qxd5 26.c4 Qc6 27.d5 Nc5 28.Qh3+ Qd7 29.Rf7 Qxh3 30.gxh3 Nd7 31.Rxg7 Rxg7+ 32.Bxg7 Nb6 33.Bxh6 Nxc4 34.Bf4 Kd7 35.h4 Nd6 36.h5 Ke7 37.Kg2 Kf6 38.Kf3 Kg7 39.Kg4 b5 40.Kg5 a5 41.h6+ Kh7 42.Kf6 b4 43.Ke6 a4 44.Kd7 b3 45.axb3 axb3 46.Bc1 Nb5 47.Bb2 Kxh6 48.Kc6 Nd6 49.Kxc7 Nc4 50.Bd4 Kg6 51.Kc6 Kf7 52.d6 Nxd6 53.Kxd6 Kg6 54.Ke5 Kg5 55.Ke4 Kg4 56.Kd3 Kh3 57.Be5 1-0

21. Game 22 / 7343 Gresser, Gisela Kahn - Battell, Jack
Marshall CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 22.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 a6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Be3 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Nb3 Bd7 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.g4 b5 14.g5 Ne8 15.Nd5 Qb7 16.e5 Be6 17.Na5 Qd7 18.Nb6 Qd8 19.Nxc6 1-0

22. Game 23 / 7344 Fleishner, Charles - Fleishner, John
Cumberland County-ch Vineland NJ, 11.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 22.

1.d4 g6 2.e4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 d6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.Re1 Nd7 7.Nbd2 e6 8.c3 Qe7 9.Nc4 0-0-0 10.Bf4 h5 11.a4 f6 12.a5 g5 13.axb6 axb6 14.Be3 h4 15.Qa4 g4 16.Nfd2 Bh6 17.Bxh6 Nxh6 18.Ne3 Nb8 19.d5 g3 20.f3 Nf7 21.h3 Rdg8 22.dxe6 Qxe6 23.e5 Nh6 24.exd6 Qxd6 25.Qc2 Rd8 26.Nf5 Nxf5 27.Bxf5+ Nd7 28.Ne4 Qe5 29.Rad1 Rhe8 30.Bxd7+ Rxd7 31.Nd6+ Rxd6 32.Rxe5 Rxe5 33.Kf1 Ba6+ 34.c4 Bxc4+ 35.Kg1 Re2 36.Qa4 Rxd1+ 37.Qxd1 Rxb2 0-1

23. Game 24 / 7345 Owen, Allen E - Spalding, C W
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 69 Correspondence, 1941
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 23.

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nc6 3.c4 Bg4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 e6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Nxc4 0-0 9.Qc2 Qd5 10.a3 Be7 11.b3 Rac8 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Ncd2 Qh5 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.e4 Bg4 16.Rfe1 Rd7 17.Bf1 a6 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 g6 20.e5 Nd5 21.Qe4 Qh6 22.Bc1 Qg7 23.Bb2 Bd8 24.Rac1 Na7 25.b4 c6 26.Bc4 Re7 27.Qc2 Bb6 28.Qd2 Nb5 29.Kh1 h6 30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Nh2 h5 32.f4 f5 33.Nf3 Nc7 34.Ng5 Ne6 35.Nxe6 Rxe6 36.Rg1 Kf7 37.h4 Ree8 38.g3 Ke6 39.Rc2 Rg8 40.Rgc1 Rc7 41.Kg2 Qe7 42.Kf3 Rgc8 43.Ke3 Ba7 44.a4 b6 45.Kd3 c5 46.bxc5 bxc5 47.dxc5 Rc6 48.Bd4 Rb8 49.Rb2 Qc7 50.Rcb1 Rxb2 51.Rxb2 Bxc5 52.Bxc5 Rxc5 53.Rc2 Rxc2 54.Qxc2 Qb7 55.Ke2 Kd7 56.Qa2 Qc6 57.Kd3 Qc5 58.Qb3 Ke6 59.Qc3 Qb6 ½-½

24. Game 25 / 7346 Marshall, Frank - Ballard, William R
Simul New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 23.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Be7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.e5 Ng4 7.Re1 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Bg5 0-0 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.h3 Nxf2 12.Kxf2 Nf5 13.Kg1 Ne3 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxc4 16.b3 ½-½

25. (Game 26 / 7347] Ferryman, Frank F - Hallman, Donald A
US Amateur- Championship New York, NY, 1942
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 23.

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Bd3 h6 7.0-0 Qb6 8.a3 a5 9.Nbd2 Bd7 10.Kh1 a4 11.Qe1 Qa7 12.b4 b5 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Qf2 Nge7 15.Bxd4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Qb6 17.Nf5 Rc6 18.Qxb6 Rxb6 19.Nd6+ Rxd6 20.exd6 Nc8 21.Nf3 Bxd6 22.Rae1 0-0 23.f5 Na7 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 f6 26.fxe6 fxe5 27.exd7 Rd8 28.Bf5 Kf7 29.Bg4+ Ke7 30.Rf5 Nc6 31.Be2 g6 32.Bxb5 gxf5 33.Bxc6 d4 34.Kg1 Rb8 35.Kf2 e4 36.Ke2 h5 37.h3 Rg8 38.Kf2 h4 39.b5 Rg6 40.Kf1 Rd6 41.Kf2 Kd8 42.g4 hxg3+ 43.Kxg3 d3 44.cxd3 Rxd3+ 45.Kf4 Rxh3 46.b6 Rxa3 47.b7 Rb3 48.Bxa4 Rxb7 49.Kxf5 e3 50.Bd1 Rb2 0-1

26. Game 27 / 7348 Rivise, Irving - Chernev, Irving
Hawthorne CC-ch Brooklyn, NY, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 23.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 a6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bd7 12.Qe3 Qa5 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bb3 b4 15.Ne2 Qc7 16.f5 a5 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Nf4 Qc8 19.Qh3 a4 20.Nxe6 h5 21.Qf5 Rh6 22.Bd5 Ra5 23.Rhf1 Bf8 24.Rd4 Ke7 25.Rc4 Rc5 26.Rxc5 dxc5 27.e5 Bxe6 28.exf6+ Kf7 29.Re1 Rxf6 30.Bxe6+ Qxe6 31.Qh7+ Bg7 32.Qxh5+ 1-0

27. Game 28 / 7349 Rothman, Aaron - Rivise, Irving
Hawthorne CC-ch Brooklyn, NY, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1945, p. 23.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4 7.Qd3 0-0 8.Be2 d5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Ne4 11.0-0 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.Bf3 Ba6 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Qg3 f5 16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Re1 Rg6 18.Qh3 Rd8 19.Bf4 Bxc4 20.Rxe4 Bd5 21.Re5 Qa4 22.Bg3 Rh6 23.Rh5 Bxa2 24.Re1 Rd1 25.f3 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 Qd1 27.Kf2 Bc4 28.Rxh6 Qe2+ 29.Kg3 Qxe1+ 30.Kg4 gxh6 31.Qh5 e5 32.Kf5 Qb1+ 33.Kxe5 Qb5+ 0-1

28. Game 29 / 7350 Fine, Reuben - Kevitz, Alexander
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.3), 31.03.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 35.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Ng6 6.Nf3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Qf6 8.e5 Qb6 9.Qd3 d6 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 0-0 12.Be3 Qc6 13.0-0-0 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Re1 Nc5 16.Nd4 Qa4 17.Nb5 Nb3+ 18.Kb1 c6 19.Nd6 b5 20.Ka2 Na5 21.Bc5 bxc4 22.Nxc4 Nxc4 23.Bxc4 Be6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Rhf1 Rb8 27.b3 Qb5 28.Qc4 Qxc4 29.bxc4 h6 30.g3 c5 31.Rb1 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Nxe5 33.Re1 Nxc4 34.Rxe6 Nd2 35.Ra6 Nf1 36.Rxa7 Nxh2 37.Rc7 Nf1 38.a4 1-0

29. Game 30 / 7351 Fajans, Harry - Moskowitz, Jack
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.5), 31.03.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 35.

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.Nf3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e4 9.Qe2 Bc5 10.Nc3 0-0 11.dxe4 dxe4 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Nc6 14.Rd1 Qa5 15.h3 Ne7 16.g4 Rad8 17.Kf2 Rfe8 18.Rxd8 Qxd8 19.Rd1 Qb8 20.Nb5 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Nc3 h5 23.Nxe4 Ned5 24.Nxf6+ Nxf6 25.g5 Ne8 26.g6 Nd6 27.gxf7+ Kf8 28.Qd4 Qh4+ 29.Kg2 Qg3+ 30.Kxg3 Nf5+ 31.Kf2 Nxd4 32.Bd5 Nxc2 33.Bxb7 Kxf7 34.Kf3 Kf6 35.Ke4 Ne1 36.Ke3 g5 37.fxg5+ Kxg5 38.Kd2 Kh4 39.Kxe1 Kxh3 40.Kf2 Kg4 41.Ke3 Kf5 42.Kd4 Ke6 43.Kc5 1-0

30. Game 31 / 7352 Mott-Smith, Kenneth Ormsby - Denker, Arnold
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.1), 31.03.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 36.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.d4 c5 8.d5 d6 9.Rb1 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.b3 Ne8 12.Ne4 e5 13.g4 Ndf6 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.h3 Ne4 16.Qc2 f5 17.h4 Bc8 18.g5 f4 19.Nh2 Nxg5 20.hxg5 Qxg5 21.Kh1 Qh4 22.b4 Rf5 23.Bf3 Rf6 24.Rg1 g5 25.Qd1 Rh6 26.Rg2 Bf5 27.Rb3 e4 28.Qg1 exf3 29.Rxg5 Rg6 30.Rxg6 hxg6 31.bxc5 fxe2 32.Bd2 Bd4 33.Qg2 Bxc5 34.Kg1 Re8 35.Nf3 Qg3 36.Be1 Bh3 37.Qxg3 fxg3 38.Rb1 a5 39.Rc1 g5 0-1

31. Game 32 / 7353 Pinkus, Albert - Santasiere, Anthony
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.4), 31.03.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 36.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Qb3 e6 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Be2 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.b4 a5 14.b5 Qb8 15.Ba3 Rc8 16.Rac1 c5 17.bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qd2 b5 19.Ne1 b4 20.Bb2 Qb7 21.f3 Bd5 22.Ba1 Bh6 23.Kf2 Nb6 24.Qb2 Na4 25.Qb1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Qxc8 28.e4 Bb7 29.Qc2 Qxc2 30.Nxc2 Bd2 31.Bb5 Nc3 32.Bxc3 Bxc3 33.Ke2 Kf8 34.Kd3 Ke7 ½-½

32. Game 33 / 7354 Willman, Robert - Laser, Edward
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.2), 31.03.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 37.

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.g3 e5 8.Ndb5 Bd7 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Nc6 11.Bg2 Qb4 12.Qxb4 Nxb4 13.0-0 Bc6 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Rac1 f6 16.Be3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 a6 18.Rfd1 Rc8 19.a3 Nc6 20.Ne4 Ke7 21.Nd6 Rb8 22.Nf5+ Ke8 23.Nxg7+ Ke7 24.Nf5+ Ke8 25.b4 h5 26.Nd6+ Ke7 27.Nxb7 Nd4 28.Na5 Rbc8 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.Nc6+ Kf7 31.Nxd4 Ne5 32.f4 Nc4 33.Nf5 Ke6 34.e4 Rc7 35.a4 Rhc8 36.Rc3 Rb8 37.b5 axb5 38.axb5 Rcc8 39.Rdc1 1-0

33. Game 34 / 7355 Shainswit, George - Bruzza, Severin
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.6), 31.03.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 37.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Nbd7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.Qxc4 c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nc3 Nfd7 11.Rd1 e5 12.Nd5 Nb6 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Qc2 f6 16.Rac1 Qf7 17.Qxc5 fxg5 18.Nxg5 Qh5 19.Bd5+ Nxd5 20.Qxd5+ Kh8 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nxe5+ Rf7 23.Qxf7+ Qxf7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Rd8 1-0

34. Game 35 / 7356 Coggan, Stanley S - Horowitz, Israel Albert
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (1.1), 03.03.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 37.

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 e4 5.Nd2 Nxd4 6.Ndxe4 Ne6 7.g3 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 Nc5 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg2 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Be3 d6 13.Qd2 Ne6 14.Rad1 Bf8 15.f4 f5 16.Qc2 Qf6 17.Bf2 c6 18.e4 Nc5 19.Bd4 Qf7 20.b3 fxe4 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Bxe4 g6 23.f5 gxf5 24.Bxf5 Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Qe7 26.Rf4 Qe3+ 27.Kh1 Rad8 28.Rdf1 Bg7 29.Ne4 Rd3 30.Nxc5 Rd2 31.Qf5 Rf8 32.Qe6+ Qxe6 33.Nxe6 Rxf4 34.Rxf4 Re2 35.Nxg7 Kxg7 36.Rd4 Rxa2 37.Rd7+ Kg6 38.Rxb7 h5 1-0

35. Game 36 / 7357 Margolis, Albert - Sandrin, Albert
Chicago CC-ch Chicago, IL, 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 38.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.b3 dxc4 9.bxc4 e5 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.dxe5 Rxe5 16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Bb2 Rh5 18.f4 Ng4 19.Be2 Bf5 20.Qc3 Rg5 21.h3 1-0

36. Game 37 / 7358 Magri, Peter - Keller, Fred J
Massachusetts State-ch Boston, MA, 24.03.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 38.

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 f5 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.d3 d6 7.a3 0-0 8.b4 Bb6 9.Qc2 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Bd2 fxe4 12.dxe4 Bxf2+ 13.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 14.Ke1 Qh4+ 15.g3 Nxg3 16.Bg5 Qxg5 17.hxg3 Qxg3+ 18.Kd1 Bf5 19.Qd2 Bg6 20.Kc1 Rf4 21.Qd5+ Kh8 22.Kb2 Rd4 23.Rag1 Qe3 24.Rxg6 Qd2+ 25.Kb3 Rxd5 26.cxd5 a5 27.Rg2 a4+ 28.Kc4 Qd4+ 29.Kb5 Qxc3 0-1

37. Game 38 / 7259 Barnes, George Samuel - Konkel, Robert G
Minneapolis Chess & Checkers Club Minneapolis, N, 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 41.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.0-0 g6 8.Be3 Nh6 9.h3 Nf7 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Qd2 0-0 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.Nh2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Rfe1 Rae8 16.Nf1 Qd7 17.d5 cxd5 18.Nxd5 e4 19.Ng3 Ne5 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.b3 Rf7 22.a4 Kh8 23.Qe2 Rg8 24.Kh2 Qc8 25.Nf4 Ng6 26.Nxg6+ hxg6 27.Bd4 Qb7 28.Qc4 Re7 29.Bxg7+ Rgxg7 30.Rd5 Rg8 31.Red1 Rb8 32.Qd4+ Kh7 33.Qf6 Rbe8 34.Qh4+ Kg7 35.Qg5 Re5 36.Qd2 Rxd5 37.Qxd5 Qxd5 38.Rxd5 Rb8 39.Kg1 Kf6 40.Kf1 Ke6 41.Rd1 Ke5 42.Ke2 d5 43.f3 Rb6 44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Rf1 Rc6 46.Kd1 e3 47.Rf7 Ke6 48.Rg7 Kf6 49.Rd7 Ke6 50.Rg7 Kf6 51.Rd7 Ke6 52.Rg7 Ke5 53.Re7+ Kd4 54.h4 Rf6 55.Rxc7 Rf1+ 56.Ke2 Rf2+ 57.Ke1 Rxg2 58.Rc6 a5 59.Kd1 Rd2+ 60.Kc1 Rh2 61.Kd1 Rxh4 62.Rxg6 Rh1+ 63.Ke2 Rh2+ 64.Kd1 Kc3 65.Rc6+ Kb2 66.Rc5 Rd2+ 67.Ke1 d4 68.Rc4 Kc1 69.b4 axb4 70.a5 Rxc2 71.Rxd4 b3 72.a6 Kb2 73.a7 Rc8 74.Rb4 Ra8 75.Ke2 Rxa7 76.Kxe3 Kc3 0-1

38.Game 39 / 7360 Denker, Arnold - Cantwell, Richard S
Clock simul, 8b Washington, DC, 16.03.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 41.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.c4 Nd7 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Nc5 13.Qc2 Ne4 14.Rfe1 f5 15.Re2 Qc7 16.Ne5 f6 17.c5 Nxc5 18.Qc4+ Ne6 19.Nxc6 Kf7 20.Rae1 Qxc6 21.Kf1 Qxc4 22.bxc4 Nf4 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Rb1 b6 25.g3 Nd3 26.Bc3 f4 27.a3 h5 28.Rd1 Nxf2 29.Kxf2 fxg3+ 30.hxg3 Bxg3+ 31.Kf3 g5 32.c5 bxc5 33.dxc5 Bc7 34.Rb1 g4+ 35.Kf2 h4 36.Rb7 Re7 37.c6 Bg3+ 38.Kg2 Rxb7 39.cxb7 Bb8 40.Bd4 Ke6 41.a4 f5 42.Bf2 h3+ 43.Kg1 Kd7 44.a5 Kc6 45.a6 Kb5 46.Kh1 Kxa6 0-1

39. Game 44 / 7365 Suesman, Walter Bradford - Tyer, H G
CCLA Tournament Correspondence, 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 44.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Qb4+ 12.Kd1 Qxb2 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Qh4 Re8 15.Ne5 c5 16.Rb1 Qxa2 17.g4 cxd4 18.exd4 b5 19.g5 bxc4 20.Bc2 Nd5 21.Qxh7+ Kf8 22.Qh8+ Ke7 23.Qxg7 Nc3+ 24.Ke1 Nxb1 25.Qxf7+ Kd6 26.Qxe8 Qa5+ 27.Kf1 Nd2+ 28.Ke2 Qb6 29.Rb1 Qxd4 30.Qd8+ 1-0

40. Game 45 / 7366 Cass, Alvin Cushing - Goldwater, Walter
Marshall CC-ch (1942/43)) New York, NY (11), 14.02.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 45.

1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Qb6 6.Nc3 Qxb2 7.Nb5 Na6 8.a3 Bf5 9.Rc1 Rc8 10.Nxa7 Rxc2 11.Bb5+ Kd8 12.0-0 Nc7 13.Rb1 Qxa3 14.Ne5 Qxa7 15.Nxf7+ Kc8 16.Nxh8 Rc3 17.Ra1 Qb6 18.Be2 Bc2 19.Qd2 Rc6 20.Nf7 h6 21.Ne5 Ne4 22.Bg4+ e6 23.Qf4 Bd6 24.Qf7 1-0

41. Game 46 / 7367 Sussman, Harold - Bain, Mary
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 89 Correspondence, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 46.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 d6 9.Bb2 b6 10.Ng3 Ba6 11.e4 e5 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.0-0 Ne7 14.f4 Ng6 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Nf5 Qc7 17.Qf3 Ne8 18.Rf2 Nd6 19.h4 f6 20.h5 Nf4 21.Bf1 Ne6 22.dxe5 fxe5 23.Qg4 Rce8 24.Rd1 Nxf5 25.exf5 Qf7 26.Bc1 Bc8 27.g3 Nc7 28.Qh4 Re7 29.Bg5 Rd7 30.Re1 h6 31.Bc1 Ne8 32.Rxe5 Rd1 33.Bxh6 gxh6 34.Re7 Qf6 35.Rxe8 Qxh4 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.gxh4 Kf7 38.Rf3 Ra1 39.a4 Kf6 40.Kf2 Rxa4 41.Bd3 Ra2+ 42.Ke1 Rg2 43.Re3 Bd7 44.Kd1 Rg4 45.Rh3 Be8 46.Be2 Rg1+ 47.Kd2 Bf7 48.Rd3 Rg2 0-1

42. Game 47 / 7368 Oakley, A J- Deane, Charles H
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 93 Correspondence, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 46.

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Qe2 c6 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Qc4+ d5 7.Qxc5 Be6 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Nf3 Nfd7 10.Qb4 b6 11.Qh4 Qxh4 12.Nxh4 Nc6 13.0-0 Nb4 14.b3 Nxc2 15.Rb1 a6 16.d3 Rac8 17.Bd2 Nd4 18.Kh1 Nc5 19.f4 Nxd3 20.f5 Bd7 21.Nxd5 Rc6 22.Bc3 Rd6 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Nc7 b5 25.Rbd1 Ne5 26.Nf3 Nxf3 27.Rxf3 Rd8 28.Kg1 Bc8 29.Ne6 Bxe6 30.fxe6+ Kxe6 31.Re1+ Kd5 32.Rf5+ Kc6 33.Rc1+ Kb6 34.Rd1 h6 35.Rd3 g5 36.g4 ½-½

43. Game 48 / 7369 Snedden, Howard - Deane, Charles H
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 93 Correspondence, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 46.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nb3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.f4 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Bf3 Nd7 13.Bd4 Rac8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.e5 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 dxe5 17.Bd5 f6 18.Qf3 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Qxb2 20.Qxd7 Qxc3 21.Qxe7+ Rf7 22.Qe6 exf4 23.Qe4 Qxc2 0-1

44. Game 49 / 7370 Fish, Morris - Persinger, Louis
Metropolitan Chess League (New York).B New York, NY (4.1), \24.03.1945 Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 46.

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 f5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Qb3 c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.0-0 Nb6 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.f4 Nc5 14.Qc2 Qb6 15.Kh1 Bd7 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.g4 Na6 18.Bd3 Nb4 19.Qe2 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Rcd8 21.gxf5 Rxf5 22.e4 dxe4 23.Qg3 c5 24.Rg1 g6 25.Rcd1 Bc6 26.Qe3 Rd3 27.Rxd3 exd3+ 28.Ne4 Qxb2 29.Rd1 Qd4 30.Qxd4 cxd4 31.Re1 Rxf4 0-1

45. Game 50 / 7371 Mitchell, R - Altman, Benjamin
Connecticut League vs Queens CC New Haven, CT (1.4), 29.04.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 47.

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Ne5 Qb6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.dxc5 Bxc5+ 11.Kh1 0-0 12.Nc3 Ba6 13.Na4 Qb5 14.Nd3 Ne4 15.b3 Bd4 16.Bb2 Bxb2 17.Naxb2 Qb6 18.Rf3 Qd4 19.f5 Rfe8 20.Rf4 Rad8 21.Na4 Bxd3 22.cxd3 Nf2+ 23.Rxf2 Qxf2 24.Nc3 Re3 25.Qg1 Qxg1+ 26.Kxg1 Rxd3 0-1

46. Game 51 / 7372 Hand, Edmund Erskine - Lasker, Edward
Connecticut League vs Queens CC New Haven, CT (1.2), 29.04.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 47.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.dxc5 Nc6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.cxd5 Nb4 8.Bd2 Qxc5 9.Rc1 Qxf2# 0-1

47. Game 52 / 7373 Stein, Irving - Gustafson, Gustaf Adolf
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (2), 10.03.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 47.

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 dxe3 4.fxe3 e6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.0-0 Bd6 9.b3 h6 10.Bb2 0-0 11.Ne2 Ng4 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.h3 Ngf6 14.c5 Be7 15.b4 Nh5 16.e4 Ng3 17.Nxg3 Qxg3 18.e5 f5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Bc4 Re8 21.Rae1 Nf8 22.Nh2 Bd7 23.Rxf6 gxf6 24.Ng4 Qh4 25.d5 exd5 26.Nxf6+ Kf7 27.Nxe8 Rxe8 28.Rf1+ Kg8 29.Qc3 1-0

48. Game 53 / 7374 Helms, Hermann - Carter
Philadelphia Philadelphia PA, 04.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 47.

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Qb3 Qf6 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Qg6 12.Ba3 Be6 13.Nc3 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Nge7 15.Nd5 Qe6 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Rfd1 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Qxd5 19.Rxd5 Rd8 20.Rad1 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Ke7 22.Kf1 h6 23.Ke2 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.Nh4 Ke7 26.f4 Ke6 27.Kf3 g5 0-1

49. Game 54 / 7375 Finkelstein, Milton - Gresser, Gisela Kahn
Marshall CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY (3), 03.12.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 47.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 Be6 11.f4 Be7 12.f5 Bc8 13.Qf3 Bb7 14.Rae1 Rb8 15.Qg3 Re8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qxc7 Qe3+ 19.Kh1 Be5 20.Qe7 d4 21.Nd1 Qh3 0-1

50. Game 56 / 7377 Kenyon, W - Martin, Robert Elmer
Toronto City-ch Toronto CAN (2), 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1945, p. 52.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.a3 Bf5 16.Ne2 Be6 17.Nf4 Bg4 18.Ne2 Rac8 19.Nb3 Rfd8 20.Qc2 Rd5 21.Nc5 Re8 22.Rfe1 Rg5 23.Nf4 Bf3 24.Kh1 Rxg2 25.Nxg2 Ng4 26.Kg1 Qd6 27.Nf4 g5 28.Nxb7 Qe7 29.Ne2 Ne5 30.dxe5 Qe6 31.Qc4 Qh3 32.Qxf7+ Kxf7 33.Nd6+ Kf8 0-1

51. Game 58 / 7379 Altshiller, Sauel - Hogenauer, Nelson J
Commercial Chess League Individual-ch New YorK, NY, 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 58.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nd4 c5 8.Nb5 d5 9.Qh5+ Kd8 10.0-0 Nf6 11.Qd1 Bxf5 12.d4 Qe8 13.c4 c6 14.N5c3 cxd4 15.Qxd4 c5 16.Qd1 d4 17.Nb5 Qg6 18.Bf4 Nh5 19.Bc7+ Kd7 20.Bg3 Be7 21.N1c3 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Bg4 23.f3 exf3 24.gxf3 Bh3 25.Ne4 Bxf1 26.Qxf1 Rhf8 27.Rd1 Rab8 28.Qf2 Rb7 29.b4 a6 30.bxc5 axb5 31.Qxd4+ Kc8 32.cxb5 Rd8 33.Nd6+ Bxd6 34.cxd6 Qxg3+ 35.Kh1 Qxf3+ 36.Kg1 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qa3 38.Qc4+ Kb8 39.Rd3 Qb2 40.a4 Rc8 41.d7 Rxd7 42.Qf4+ Rdc7 43.Qg3 Qc1+ 44.Kg2 Qc2+ 45.Kh3 Qxd3 0-1

52. Game 59 / 7380 Fernandez, F B- Hogenauer, Nelson J
Commercial Chess League New York, NY, 06.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 59.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nc3 h6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Na5 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 Nh7 12.Qe2 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.e4 Be6 15.Qe3 a6 16.Rf2 Qd7 17.Nd5 Rf7 18.Raf1 Raf8 19.Nh4 Rxf2 20.Rxf2 Rxf2 21.Qxf2 Bxd5 22.exd5 Nf6 23.c4 Nh5 24.Kh2 Nf4 25.Qf1 g5 26.Nf3 Qh7 27.Ne1 Ng6 28.Qf5 Ne7 29.Qd7 Qf7 30.Qxc7 Qf4+ 31.Kg1 Qe3+ 32.Kf1 Qf4+ 33.Ke2 Nf5 34.Qc8+ Kg7 35.Qxb7+ Kg6 36.Qb6 e4 37.dxe4 Ng3+ 38.Kd1 Nxe4 39.Qb4 Qe3 40.Nf3 Nf2+ 0-1

53. Game 60 / 7381 Moller, BALDUR - Asgeirsson, ASMUNDUR
Iceland-ch Match Reykjavik ISL, 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 60.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.0-0 b6 9.Bf3 Bb7 10.e5 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 dxe5 12.Ne6 e4 13.Nxe4 fxe6 14.Nxf6+ exf6 15.Qxa8 Qc7 16.Qe4 Re8 17.c3 f5 18.Qa4 Re7 19.Rad1 h6 20.f4 Nc6 21.Rd2 Kh7 22.Rfd1 e5 23.Qc4 Qb7 24.Qd5 Qc7 25.Qc4 Qb7 26.a4 Na5 27.Qd5 Qc7 28.fxe5 Nc4 29.Re2 Rxe5 30.Qf3 Qe7 31.Rde1 Re4 32.Bd4 Nd2 33.Qd3 Rxe2 34.Rxe2 Ne4 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Qd4+ Kh7 37.Re1 h5 38.Rd1 Qg5 39.a5 h4 40.axb6 h3 41.g3 Nxg3 42.hxg3 Qxg3+ 43.Kf1 Qg2+ 44.Ke1 g5 45.Qd7+ Kh6 46.Qxf5 h2 47.Rd6+ Kh5 48.Qg6+ Kh4 49.Rd4+ 1-0

54. Game 61 / 7382 Asgeirsson, Asmundur - Moller, Bakdyr
Iceland-ch Match Reykjavik ISL, 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 60.

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.f3 e5 4.dxe5 d5 5.Bf4 Bf5 6.Nd2 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.fxe4 Bxe4 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.0-0-0 h6 12.Bd3 0-0-0 13.Rhe1 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 g5 15.Bg3 Nc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.h4 Qe6 18.hxg5 Qg4 19.Bh4 Be7 20.g6 Bxh4 21.Nxh4 Ne7 22.Qh3 Qxh3 23.gxh3 Rhg8 24.Rg1 Rdf8 25.Rg4 Kd7 26.Re1 Rg7 27.c4 Ke6 28.Ng2 dxc4 29.Nf4+ Kf5 30.Nh5 Rgg8 31.g7 Rc8 32.Rf1+ Ke6 33.Rf6+ Kxe5 34.Rxh6 Nf5 35.Rg5 Rcd8 36.Rf6 Rxg7 37.Rfxf5+ 1-0

55. Game 62 / 7383 Jonsson, Magnus - Thorvaldsson, Einar
Reykjavik-ch ReyjaviK ISL, 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 60.

1.c4 d5 2.Nf3 d4 3.e3 c5 4.b4 g6 5.bxc5 Bg7 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.exd4 Qxd4 8.Nc3 Qxc5 9.Bb2 Nf6 10.Nd5 Qd6 11.Qf3 Nbd7 12.Qg3 e5 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.f4 0-0 15.fxe5 Qb6 16.Qc3 Re8 17.d4 f6 18.c5 Qc6 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.0-0 fxe5 21.dxe5 Qxc5+ 22.Kh1 Nxe5 23.Rae1 h5 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Qxe5+ Qxe5 26.Bxe5+ Kh7 27.Rf8 1-0

56. Game 63 / 7384 Jonsson, Magnus - Agustsson, Gudundur
Reykjavik-ch ReykjaviK ISL (9), 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 60.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 0-0 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.0-0 Nb6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Qc2 Nbd5 12.Be5 Ne8 13.e4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Qc7 16.f4 f6 17.Bg4 Qd6 18.Bxe6+ Qxe6 19.Nd3 b6 20.f5 Qf7 21.Qa4 Nd6 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.e5 Qc4 24.Qc2 Nf5 25.Nf4 Kg7 26.Rae1 fxe5 27.Rxe5 Rf6 28.Qe4 Rh8 29.Rxe7+ Nxe7 30.Qxe7+ 1-0

57. Game 64 / 7385 Moller, Baldur - Jonsson, Magnus
National Class Tournament ReykjaviK ISL, 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 60.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.d5 Ne7 8.Re1 Nc5 9.Nxe5 bxa4 10.Qf3 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 1-0

58. Game 65 / 7386 Moller, Baldur - Gudmundsson, Gudmundur s
National Class Tournament ReykjaviK ISL (9), 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 61.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 b5 8.Nf3 Qb6 9.g3 Ba6 10.Be3 b4 11.Bg2 bxc3 12.bxc3 Qb2 13.Kf2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qxc3 15.Rhc1 Qa5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Ng5 Qb6 19.Kf1 Nd4 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qh6 Nf5 22.Qh3 Nd3 0-1

59. Game 66 / 7387 Stone, William - Tachan, Frank
CACC Juniors - Tilden High School Chicago, IL, 26.05.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 61.

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.f4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.Rf1 0-0 8.h3 Nf6 9.g4 Re8 10.f5 Nd4 11.g5 h6 12.gxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.c3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 c6 16.Ne3 b5 17.Bb3 Ba6 18.Qh5 Rf8 19.Ng4 b4 20.f6 Bxd3 21.Nxh6+ gxh6 22.Qg4+ Kh8 23.Qg7# 1-0

60. Game 67 / 7388 Powers, Averill - Sandrin, Albert
Chiczgo - Milwaukee Match Chicago, IL, 27.05.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 61.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.Qe2 c5 13.b3 b6 14.Bb2 Bb7 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Ne5 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Qd3 Be7 21.Nd7 Qh5 22.Qg3 Ne8 23.Bxg7 Bh4 24.Qe5 Qg4 25.g3 Qxg7 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.gxh4 f6 28.c5 b5 29.Bd3 Nc7 30.Nb8 h6 31.Kf1 Kf7 32.Ke2 Ke7 33.c6 Bc8 34.Be4 Kd6 35.Kd3 f5 36.Bf3 e5 37.Bh5 Nd5 38.Be8 Kc7 39.Nd7 Nb4+ 40.Kc3 Nxc6 41.Nf6 Nd4 42.Ng8 Kd8 ½-½

61. Game 68 / 7389 Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham - Wren, Fred Montelle
Simul Halifax CAN, 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 61.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 f6 7.Bd3 f5 8.Nf3 c5 9.Nb5 c4 10.Be2 Qa5+ 11.Nc3 Qb4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qd2 a6 14.a3 Nc6 15.Ng5 h5 16.Rd1 b5 17.Bf3 Nb6 18.Nh3 Nd8 19.Nf4 Qf7 20.Qe2 g6 21.Rh3 Nc6 22.Rg3 Ne7 23.Rg5 Bb7 24.Qd2 0-0-0 25.Na2 Kb8 26.Qb4 Nc6 27.Qd2 Rhg8 28.Nb4 Ne7 29.Ke2 Rg7 30.Rg1 Ka7 31.Kd1 Na4 32.c3 a5 33.Na2 Nb6 ½-½

62. Game 70 / 7391 Santasiere, Anthony - Johnston, Joseph
Informal game New York, NY, 08.06.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 65.

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nf6 3.fxe5 Nxe4 4.Nf3 d5 5.d3 Nc5 6.d4 Ne4 7.Bd3 f5 8.exf6 Qxf6 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Qe1 Bxf3 12.Rxf3 Qxd4+ 13.Be3 Qe5 14.Bf4 Qe6 15.Nc3 Bc5+ 16.Kh1 0-0 17.Qxe4 Qxe4 18.Nxe4 Bb6 19.c4 Nc6 20.c5 Nd4 21.Rf2 Ne6 22.Be3 Ba5 23.a3 c6 24.b4 Bc7 25.Rd1 Rae8 26.Rd7 Rxf2 27.Bxf2 Nf4 28.Rxc7 Rxe4 29.g3 Nd3 30.Kg1 Rc4 31.Rxb7 Rc1+ 32.Kg2 Rc2 33.Rxa7 Nxf2 34.Kf3 Nd3 35.Ke4 Nb2 36.Ke5 Rxh2 37.Ra8+ Kf7 38.Ra7+ Kg6 39.Kd6 Rg2 40.Kxc6 Rxg3 41.b5 Rc3 42.b6 Nd3 43.Ra5 h5 44.b7 Rb3 45.Kc7 Nf4 46.Ra6+ Kg5 47.Rb6 Nd5+ 48.Kd8 Nxb6 49.b8Q 1-0

63. Game 71 / 7392 Morris, Harry R - Lasker, Edward
Philadelphia -- Queens CC Match Lakewood NJ (1.2), 27.05.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 68.

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 c5 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.0-0 a6 7.Nc3 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.e4 b4 12.e5 bxc3 13.exf6 gxf6 14.bxc3 Rg8 15.d5 0-0-0 16.dxe6 Ne5 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.Ne1 Qd6 19.Bf4 fxe6 20.Bg3 Qc6 21.f4 c4 22.fxe5 cxb3 23.exf6 b2 24.Rb1 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Rf8 26.Bf2 Bxf2 27.Qxf2 Qd5 28.Rxb2 Qf5 29.Qxf5 exf5 ½-½

64. Game 72 / 7393 Levin, Jacob - Santasiere, Anthony
Philadelphia -- Queens CC Match Lakewood NJ (1.3), 27.0651945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 69.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.d4 Bf6 12.Qd2 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Nc6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Rac1 Rad8 16.Qc3 Rd7 17.Rfd1 Rc7 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Nd4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rd8 21.e3 e5 22.Nb5 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Re7 24.Rd6 Re6 25.Rd7 a5 26.Nd6 Re7 27.Rxe7 Nxe7 28.Kf3 Nd5 29.Nc4 Nc3 30.Nxb6 Nxa2 31.Nc4 f5 32.Nxa5 f6 33.g4 fxg4+ 34.Kxg4 Kf7 35.Kf5 Nb4 36.Nb7 Nd5 37.Nd6+ Ke7 ½-½

65. Game 73 / 7394 Altman, Benjamin - Regen, Adolph
Philadelphia -- Queens CC Match Lakewood NJ (1.4), 27.05.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 69.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Na5 11.f5 Bc4 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.cxd3 a6 14.g4 Nxb3 15.axb3 Nd7 16.Qd2 e6 17.h3 Rc8 18.Kg2 Nc5 19.Ra3 d5 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.d4 dxe4 22.f6 Bh8 23.b4 Rc4 24.Nxe4 Qd5 25.Qe1 Rxd4 26.Rf4 Bxf6 27.Ra5 ½-½

66. Game 74 / 7395 Horowitz, Israel Albert - Winkelman, Barnie
Philadelphia -- Queens CC Match Lakewood NJ (1.1), 27.05.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 70.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.Re1 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.a4 b4 12.cxb4 cxb4 13.h3 0-0 14.Nbd2 Bd7 15.Nf1 Rfc8 16.Ne3 Nc6 17.b3 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Qxd4 d5 20.e5 Bc5 21.Qf4 Re8 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.Bxf5 g6 24.Bb2 Nh5 25.Qf3 Ng7 26.Bd3 Qa7 27.Rad1 Ne6 28.Rd2 Rad8 29.Bf1 Ng5 30.Qf6 Ne6 31.Qh4 Be7 32.Qg4 Bc5 33.Qe2 a5 34.Qg4 h5 ½-½

67. Game 75 / 7396 Denker, Arnold - `, George
Manhattan CC Speed tournament New York, NY, 29.05.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 71.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Qa4 c6 8.Qxc4 Be6 9.Qd3 h6 10.e4 Nbd7 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Rd1 a5 13.h3 Qc8 14.Kh2 a4 15.Bf4 Rd8 16.Qe3 Nc4 17.Qc1 Kh7 18.Ne5 Nh5 19.Nxc4 Bxc4 20.Be3 Nf6 21.Qc2 a3 22.b3 Be6 23.Na4 Nd7 24.Rac1 Qc7 25.Bf4 Qa5 26.Bd2 Qa7 27.Be3 Qa5 28.Bd2 Qa7 29.Be3 Qa5 30.g4 Rac8 31.Qe2 b5 32.Nc5 Nxc5 33.Rxc5 f6 34.f4 Bf7 35.f5 e5 36.Qf2 g5 37.Rdc1 Qa6 38.Bf1 Bf8 39.dxe5 fxe5 40.h4 gxh4 41.Qxh4 Bxb3 42.Rxe5 Re8 43.Bxh6 Bxh6 44.Rxe8 Rxe8 45.g5 c5 46.axb3 a2 47.Bxb5 Qd6+ 48.Kh3 Ra8 49.e5 Qf8 50.g6+ Kh8 51.f6 Qc8+ 52.Kh2 1-0

68. Game 76 / 7397 Deane, Charles H - Trull, Edgar V
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 94 Correspondence, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1945, p. 71.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 5.Qxd4 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 c6 11.Rad1 b5 12.Be2 c5 13.Qe3 b4 14.Nb1 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.f3 Be6 18.b3 a5 19.c4 a4 20.Nd2 axb3 21.axb3 Ra2 22.Rf2 Rfa8 23.Nf1 f6 24.Rxa2 Rxa2 25.Qd3 Ra6 26.Ne3 Kf7 27.Qf1 Bc8 28.Ra1 Qe5 29.Rxa6 Bxa6 30.Qd1 g6 31.Qd5+ Qxd5 32.Nxd5 g5 33.Kf2 h5 34.Ke3 Bc8 35.Nc7 ½-½

69. Game 157 / 7478 Herzberger, Max J - Kramer, George
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (8), 25.08.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1945, p. 138.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.exd6 cxd6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c4 Nb6 7.d5 Ne5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 exd5 11.cxd5 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Nxd5 13.Bxb4 Nxb4 14.Qa4+ Nc6 15.Bxc6+ bxc6 16.Qxc6+ Bd7 17.Qd6 Qe7 18.Qxe7+ Kxe7 19.Nd2 Rab8 20.b3 Rhc8 21.Nc4 f6 22.Kd2 Be6 23.Ne3 f5 24.Rhc1 f4 25.Ng2 g5 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rc1 Kf6 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.f3 h5 30.a4 a5 31.Ne1 Be6 32.Kc3 fxg3 33.hxg3 h4 34.gxh4 gxh4 35.Nd3 h3 36.Nf2 h2 37.b4 axb4+ 38.Kxb4 Kf5 39.Kc3 Kf4 40.Kd2 Kxf3 41.Ke1 Kg2 42.Ke2 h1Q 43.Nxh1 Kxh1 44.Ke3 Bd5 0-1

70. Game 158 / 7479 Kramer, George - Santasiere, Anthony
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (7), 24.08.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1945, p. 138.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Be3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.b3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 c5 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 cxd4 17.exd4 exd4 18.Rxd4 d5 19.Kh1 Bc5 20.Rd1 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Re8 23.Qc2 Qc6 24.c4 Re3 25.Qf5 Rae8 26.Rf1 f6 27.cxb5 axb5 28.a4 R8e5 29.Qg4 Rg5 30.axb5 Qb7 31.Qc4+ Kh8 0-1

71. Game 159 / 7480 Lasker, Edward - Byrne, Donald
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (7), 24.08.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1945, p. 139.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Ng6 6.Be3 Bb4+ 7.Nd2 0-0 8.g3 Qe7 9.Bg2 f5 10.Ne2 d6 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Nb3 Be6 13.a3 Ba5 14.Nxa5 Nxa5 15.b3 Nc6 16.Nc3 Rae8 17.Qd2 Kh8 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.c5 dxc5 20.Qxd7 Bxd7 21.Bxc5 Rf7 22.exf5 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Rxf5 24.b4 Rf7 25.b5 Nd8 26.Bh3 Kg8 27.Rd1 Bxh3 28.Rxd8+ Nf8 29.Nd5 g5 30.f5 c6 31.bxc6 bxc6 32.Bxf8 Rxf8 33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Nxc6 Bxf5 36.Nxa7 Bd7 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Ke3 Kd6 39.Kd4 h5 40.Kc4 h4 41.Nb5+ Ke5 42.a4 hxg3 43.hxg3 Ke4 44.a5 Kf3 45.a6 Kxg3 46.Kc5 Bc8 47.a7 Bb7 48.Kb6 Ba8 49.Kc7 Kf2 50.Kb8 g4 51.Kxa8 g3 52.Kb7 g2 53.a8Q g1Q 54.Qf8+ Kg3 55.Qg7+ Kh2 56.Qh6+ Kg3 57.Qg5+ Kh2 58.Qh4+ Kg2 59.Nc3 Qe3 60.Ne4 Qb3+ 61.Kc6 Qc4+ 62.Kd6 Qd4+ 63.Ke6 Qc4+ 64.Kf6 Qc6+ 65.Kf5 Qc8+ 66.Kg5 Qg8+ 67.Kf4 Qf7+ 68.Ke3 Qb3+ 69.Kd4 Qa4+ 70.Kd3 Qb5+ 71.Kc3 Qa5+ 72.Kd4 ½-½

72. Game 160 / 7481 Phillips, Harold Meyer - Santasiere, Anthony
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (6), 23.08.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1945, p. 140.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.Nc3 d6 11.h3 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.d3 h6 14.Be3 Qe8 15.Nh2 Qg6 16.Ra6 Nd4 17.Nb1 b4 18.c3 bxc3 19.bxc3 Nb5 20.Bd2 Nd7 21.Ra5 Bh4 22.Rf1 Nc5 23.Be1 c6 24.f3 Bg5 25.Bf2 Bf4 26.Kh1 Rb7 27.d4 exd4 28.cxd4 Nd7 29.g3 Bg5 30.f4 Qxe4+ 31.Qf3 Qxf3+ 32.Nxf3 Bd8 33.Ra2 Nf6 34.Re2 Kf7 35.Rfe1 Ba5 36.Rc1 Rc8 37.Ra2 Ne4 38.Bg1 Bd8 39.Kg2 Ra7 40.Re2 d5 41.Ne5+ Kf6 42.Rxc6 Rxc6 43.Nxc6 Ra8 44.Rb2 Nbd6 45.g4 Bc7 46.Ne5 Ra4 47.Nd2 Nxd2 48.Rxd2 Nc4 49.Rc2 Bxe5 50.fxe5+ Kg5 51.Rf2 h5 52.gxh5 Ne3+ 53.Kh2 Nf5 54.Rd2 Kf4 55.Rg2 Ra3 56.Rg4+ Kf3 57.Rg2 Rd3 58.Rf2+ Ke4 59.Re2+ Kf4 60.Rf2+ Kg5 61.Rg2+ Kxh5 62.Rg4 Rd2+ 63.Kh1 g5 64.Rg2 Rd3 65.Ra2 Rxh3+ 66.Kg2 Rd3 67.Ra6 Kg4 68.Rxe6 Rd2+ 69.Kf1 Kf3 70.Ke1 Re2+ 71.Kd1 Rg2 72.Rf6 Rxg1+ 73.Kd2 Kg4 74.e6 Ra1 75.Rf7 Ra8 76.Rd7 Nxd4 77.e7 Re8 78.Rxd5 Nf3+ 79.Ke3 Rxe7+ 80.Kf2 Rf7 81.Kg2 Nh4+ 82.Kg1 Rf5 83.Rd8 Kg3 84.Rh8 Ra5 85.Kf1 Ra2 86.Rh5 Rf2+ 87.Ke1 Nf3+ 88.Kd1 Rd2+ 89.Kc1 Ra2 0-1

73. Game 161 / 7482 Santasiere, Anthony - Byrne, Donald
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (5), 22.08.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1945, p. 141.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.d3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Nde7 8.0-0 Bg7 9.a3 0-0 10.Qc2 h6 11.b4 Bg4 12.e3 Rc8 13.Bb2 Qd7 14.Ne4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 b6 16.Nd2 Rfd8 17.Be2 Nb8 18.Nc4 Qe6 19.f4 Nd7 20.e4 c5 21.b5 exf4 22.Rxf4 Ne5 23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.Bg4 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Qe2 Ng6 27.Re4 Rd4 28.Bh3 Qf6 29.Re3 Rd5 30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 Qxe5 32.Qxe5 Nxe5 33.Bxf5 Rd8 34.Rc1 Rd4 35.Rc3 Kf7 36.h3 Kf6 ½-½

74. Game 162 / 7483 Byrne, Robert - Santasiere, Anthony
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (4), 21.08.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1945, p. 141.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bc4 e6 8.0-0 Qc7 9.Qe2 0-0-0 10.a4 Ngf6 11.a5 a6 12.c3 h5 13.Bg5 Bd6 14.Rfe1 Bf4 15.Bxf4 Qxf4 16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Qxa6+ Kc7 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Qb6+ Kd7 20.dxe5 Nd5 21.Qb7+ Ke8 22.a6 h4 23.a7 hxg3 24.fxg3 Qd2 25.a8Q Nb6 26.Qxc6+ Nd7 27.Qxd8+ Kxd8 28.Ra8+ Ke7 29.Qd6+ Qxd6 30.exd6+ Kxd6 31.Rxh8 e5 32.Rg8 e4 33.Rxg7 Nf6 34.g4 Kd5 35.h4 Nxg4 36.h5 Bf5 37.Rxf7 1-0

75. Game 163 / 7484 Marchand, Erich - Byrne, Donald
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (9), 26.08.1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1945, p. 142.

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 a6 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Rd8 14.Ne5 g6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qf3 f5 17.Rac1 Bb7 18.Rfd1 Rac8 19.Rc5 Rc7 20.b4 g5 21.Qh5 Rg7 22.Qh6 Kh8 23.Rd3 Qe7 24.a3 Qe8 25.Qf6 Rd5 26.Rg3 Qh5 27.Qf8+ 1-0

77. Game 114 / 7495 Van Sweden, Elias J - Palmer, Marvin C
Michigan State-ch Jackson, MI, 1945
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1945, p. 144.

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Bf5 4.Bb2 e6 5.g3 Nd7 6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.0-0 Bd6 8.d3 h6 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Re1 e5 11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh4 Bh7 16.Nf5 Bc5 17.Nf3 Qc7 18.Qc2 Rfe8 19.Rad1 Bxf5 20.gxf5 Rad8 21.a3 a5 22.Re2 Nh5 23.Red2 Nhf6 24.Ne1 Be7 25.Nd3 c5 26.Qc3 Nh7 27.Ne1 Nhf8 28.Qg3 Bg5 29.Rd5 Bf4 30.Qd3 Bg5 31.Qg3 Bf6 32.h4 b6 33.Nf3 Re7 34.Rd6 Rde8 35.R1d5 Nh7 36.Nh2 Kh8 37.Ng4 Nb8 38.f4 exf4 39.Qf2 Bxb2 40.Qxb2 f6 41.Qd2 Nc6 42.Qxf4 Nd4 43.Kf2 Nxb3 44.e5 fxe5 45.Nxe5 Nf8 46.f6 g5 47.fxe7 gxf4 48.exf8Q+ Rxf8 49.Ng6+ Kg7 50.Nxf8 Kxf8 51.Rd7 1-0

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