This collection contains the games printed in Chess Review (CHR), volume 13, 1945.

For a list of other collections in this series, see Game Collection: Chess Review: 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 database

1. Game 31 / 2295 Kevitz, Alexander - Byrne, Robert
Manhattan CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY, 1944
Source: Chess Review, February 1945, p. 6.

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Na3 0-0 7.Nxc4 c5 8.b3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bd7 10.Nfe5 Rc8 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.d3 Rfd8 13.Qd2 Nd5 14.Rac1 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Rfd1 h6 17.Qb2 Qe7 18.Qa3 Nd4 19.Rd2 b6 20.e3 Nc6 21.d4 Nb4 22.dxc5 Rxd2 23.Nxd2 Rxc5 24.Rxc5 Qxc5 25.Qxa7 Qc2 26.Qa8+ Kh7 27.Be4+ Nxe4 28.Qxe4+ Qxe4 29.Nxe4 Nxa2 30.Kf1 Nc1 31.b4 Nd3 32.b5 Nb4 33.Ke2 Kg6 34.f3 f5 35.Nd6 Kf6 36.e4 fxe4 37.Nxe4+ Ke5 38.Ke3 ½-½

2. Game 72 / 2336 Adams, Weaver - Gates, H
Boylston YMCU CC-ch Boston, MA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, March 1945, p. 16.

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.Qxe5 0-0 7.d4 Ne8 8.Nge2 c6 9.d5 d6 10.Qf4 Nf6 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Be3 Ne5 13.g4 h6 14.0-0-0 c5 15.Bxc5 Nfxg4 16.Kb1 Nf6 17.Bd4 Ng6 18.Qe3 Nh4 19.Ng3 b6 20.Rde1 Ng6 21.f4 Nh7 22.f5 Ne5 23.Nb5 Ba6 24.Nxa7 Bg5 25.Qf2 Qd7 26.Bxe5 Rxa7 27.Bd4 Bd8 28.Nh5 f6 29.Rhg1 Rf7 30.Re6 Rb7 31.Qf4 Kf8 32.Rxd6 Qc7 33.Re6 Qxf4 34.Nxf4 Ng5 35.Ng6+ Kg8 36.Re8+ Kh7 37.Rh8# 1-0

3. Game 73 / 2337 Soto Larrea, Manuel - Perez, Abel
Offhand game MEX, 1945
Source: Chess Review, March 1945, p. 16.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bg5 d6 7.e3 Qe7 8.Bd3 h6 9.h4 Re8 10.0-0-0 Bxc3 11.bxc3 e5 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.d5 e4 14.dxc6 exd3 15.Qxd3 bxc6 16.h5 Bf5 17.Qd4 Qd8 18.g4 Re4 19.Qd3 Bh7 20.Qe2 Rb8 21.Nd2 Qf6 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Rd3 Bxh1 0-1

4. Game 74 / 2338 Willman, Robert - Kramer, George
Manhattan CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY, 1944
Source: Chess Review, March 1945, p. 21.

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.d4 c5 5.0-0 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c4 Be6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ng5 Nc7 11.Nxe6 Nxe6 12.Qa4 Qb6 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Qg4 Nd4 15.Be3 f5 16.Qh3 g6 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Rac1 a5 20.Qh4 Bg7 21.Rfd1 Kf7 22.e4 fxe4 23.Rxc5 Qxc5 24.Qf4+ Ke8 25.Qxe4+ Kd7 26.Bh3+ Kc6 27.Qe6+ Kb5 28.Bf1+ 0-1

5. Game 75 / 2339 Denker, Arnold - Kevitz, Alexander\ Manhattan CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY (10), 07.01.1945
Source: Chess Review, March 1945, p. 21.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Qd5 f6 8.exf6 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxf6 10.Qd3 d6 11.g3 Ne4 12.Bg2 Nc5 13.Qd2 Na5 14.0-0 Nxc4 15.Qc2 0-0 16.Ng5 Bf5 17.Bd5+ Kh8 18.e4 Nb6 19.Bxb7 Nxb7 20.exf5 Nd5 21.Bd2 Nc5 22.Rae1 Qf6 23.g4 Rae8 24.f3 h6 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.fxe4 Ne7 27.Qa4 Ng8 28.Kg2 Qh4 29.h3 Nf6 30.Bf4 Re7 31.Bg3 Qg5 32.Bf4 Qh4 33.e5 dxe5 34.Bxe5 Rfe8 35.Bg3 Qg5 36.Rxe7 Rxe7 37.Qf4 Nd5 38.Qxg5 hxg5 39.Re1 Rd7 40.Re8+ Kh7 41.Be5 Ne3+ 42.Kf2 Nc4 43.Bd4 c5 44.Bxc5 Rd2+ 45.Re2 Rd3 46.Re7 Rxh3 47.Bd4 1-0

6. Game 77 / 2341 Letelier Martner, Rene - Castillo Larenas, Mariano
Chile-ch santiago CHI, 1944
Source: Chess Review, March 1945, p. 21.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Qb3 c6 7.Bd2 e6 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Rfd1 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.f4 Nxe5 14.fxe5 Bxe5 15.Be1 Qg5 16.Bf2 Rad8 17.Bf3 Kh8 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Qa4 Qe7 20.e4 d4 21.Bxd4 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 b5 23.Qxa7 Ra8 24.Qb6 Bc7 25.Qxb7 Bxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Qxb7 27.b3 Qc7+ 28.Kh1 Qe5 29.Rad1 Kg7 30.R4d3 h5 31.a4 bxa4 32.Nxa4 Rh8 33.Nb6 h4 34.Nc4 Qf4 35.e5 h3 36.g3 Qxg3 37.Bxc6 Qg4 38.Rf1 Qe2 39.Rdd1 Rd8 40.Bf3 Qxf3+ 41.Rxf3 Rxd1+ 42.Kh2 Re1 43.Kxh3 Kf8 44.Kg2 Ke7 45.Kf2 Rb1 46.Rd3 f6 47.exf6+ Kxf6 48.Nd2 Rb2 49.Kf3 Rc2 50.Ke4 g5 51.Rd6+ Ke7 52.Rd5 Ke6 53.Rd4 Rb2 54.Kd3 Kf5 55.Ra4 1-0

7. Game 79 / 2343 Telsey, Daniel - Barnhart, John W
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, March 1945, p. 25.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re1 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Be3 Bg4 17.Qd3 Rae8 18.Nd2 Re6 19.Nb3 f5 20.Qf1 Qh5 21.f4 g5 22.fxg5 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 f4 0-1

8. Game 80 / 2344 Fisher, E D - Rush, Marvin M
Correspondence Correspondence, 1944
Source: Chess Review, March 1945, p. 25.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 e6 6.Bxc4 Bb4 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Nh4 Be7 14.f4 f6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Qc2 Qe3+ 17.Kh1 Bxg5 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Ng6+ Kxh7 20.Nxf8+ Kg8 21.Qh7+ Kxf8 22.fxg5+ Ke8 23.Qg8+ Ke7 24.Rae1 1-0

9. Game 81 / 2345 Brantley, O L - Driscoll, C
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, March 1945, p. 25.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Nd5 6.Ne5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 b5 8.axb5 cxb5 9.e3 Be6 10.Qf3 Nd7 11.Qc6 a6 12.d5 Rc8 13.dxe6 1-0

10. Game 83 / 2347Davidson, Earl W - Van Dye Tiers, George
Cihicago City-ch Chicago, IL, 1945
Source: Chess Review, March 1945, p. 33.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.e3 d6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 c6 8.Bd2 h6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.0-0-0 Bf8 11.h3 e4 12.Nh2 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nb5 Nb6 15.Nc7 Bd7 16.Nxa8 Qxa8 17.Kb1 Rc8 18.Bc3 Ba4 19.Qe2 Bxd1 20.Rxd1 Na4 21.Bd2 a6 22.f4 b5 23.g4 Qb7 24.h4 b4 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Ne8 27.Bh3 Rc7 28.g6 Nc3+ 29.Bxc3 bxc3 30.gxf7+ Kxf7 31.Rc1 Ba3 32.Ng4 Bxb2 33.Ne5+ Ke7 34.Rc2 Qb4 35.Qg2 Kd6 36.f5 Rb7 37.Qg6+ Nf6 38.Nf7+ Ke7 0-1

11. Game 85 / 2349 Ludwig, Alfred Charles - McCabe, Edward
Nebraska NE, 1945
Source: Chess Review, March 1945, p. 34.

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 c6 5.Bd3 Be6 6.c3 Nd7 7.Ne2 Bd6 8.Nd2 f5 9.Qc2 g6 10.h4 Nf6 11.Nf3 Ng4 12.Nf4 h6 13.h5 g5 14.Bxf5 gxf4 15.Bxe6 Nxe3 16.Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.Qg6+ Ke7 18.fxe3 fxe3 19.Qg7+ Ke6 20.0-0 Be7 21.Ne5 Qg8 22.Rf6+ Bxf6 23.Qd7# 1-0

12. Game 87 / 2351 Dener,A - Clark, Frank Sheldon
Simu Washington, DC, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 4.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 h6 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 d5 7.0-0 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.c4 c6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.e4 Qc7 14.Qd2 N5f6 15.e5 Nd5 16.Be4 Nf8 17.Ba3 Be6 18.Bd6 Qd7 19.Qc2 f5 20.Bd3 a5 21.Nh4 Nb4 22.Bxb4 axb4 23.Bxf5 Qxd4 24.Nf3 Qf4 25.Bxe6+ Nxe6 26.Rfe1 Nd4 27.Qc4+ Ne6 28.Qxf4 Nxf4 29.g3 Nd5 30.Nd4 Nc3 31.f4 c5 32.Nf5 Rxa2 33.Nd6 Rea8 34.Rxa2 Rxa2 35.e6 Re2 36.Rxe2 Nxe2+ 37.Kf2 1-0

13. Game 89 / 2353 Levin, Jacob - Winkelman, Barnie
Pennsylvania State-ch (PSCA) Philadelphia, PA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 5.

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 Na6 7.Bxc4 Nb4 8.0-0 e6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.Bb3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.e4 h6 14.Bf4 Qa5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Ne5 Bh7 17.Kh2 c5 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Bd6 20.Qf3 Bc2 21.Nb5 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Qd8 24.Bd6 a6 25.Bxf8 axb5 26.Bxc5 Qc7+ 27.d6 Qxc5 28.Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.Qxb7+ Kg6 30.Qxa8 Nbd5 31.Kg1 Qxd6 32.axb5 Qc5 33.Qc6 Qe7 34.b6 Qe2 35.Rxd5 Qe1+ 36.Kg2 Qe4+ 37.Kg3 Kh7 38.Rd6 1-0

14. Game 90 / 2354 Regen, Adolph - Di Camillo, Attilio
Pennsylvania State-ch (PSCA) Philadelphia, PA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 5.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Qe2 Be7 10.a4 0-0 11.Rd1 b4 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.exd5 Na5 15.Bc2 Nxd5 16.Be4 Nb3 17.Ra2 f5 18.Bc2 Nxc1 19.Rxc1 Nf4 20.Qe3 Bd6 21.Re1 Qf6 22.Ne5 Qg5 23.Bb3+ Kh8 24.Bd5 Rae8 25.b3 h6 26.Bb7 Rb8 27.h4 Qxh4 28.Bxa6 Rb6 29.Bc4 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Nxg2 31.Kxg2 Rg6+ 32.Qg3 Rxg3+ 33.fxg3 Qg4 34.Rf2 f4 35.Re3 fxe3 36.Rxf8+ Kh7 37.Bg8+ Kg6 38.Bf7+ Kg5 0-1

15. Game 91 / 2355 Di Camillo, Attilio - Sklaroff, Sauel
Pennsylvania State-ch (PSCA) Philadelphia, PA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 5.

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4 Nc6 8.e4 Nb6 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.Bh6 Rd8 13.f4 Qc5+ 14.Kh1 Bg7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Rc1 Qb4 17.Rf2 c6 18.a3 Qc5 19.Rfc2 Qa5 20.Qd4+ f6 21.a4 c5 22.Qd3 Nd7 23.Nb5 a6 24.b4 Qb6 25.bxc5 Qa5 26.Nd4 Nf8 27.Qc4 Bd7 28.Ra2 Rac8 29.e5 Qc7 30.d6 exd6 31.exd6 Qb8 32.Rb2 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Qd5 Be8 35.Qb7+ Qxb7 36.Bxb7 Rb8 37.Bc6 Bf7 38.Rxb5 1-0

16. Game 92 / 2356 Levin, Jacob - Di Camillo, Attilio
Pennsylvania State-ch (PSCA) Philadelphia, PA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 5.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 e6 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 exd5 6.cxd5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qc2 d6 9.e4 a6 10.a4 b4 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nd7 13.Nc4 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 g6 15.0-0 Bg7 16.Be2 0-0 17.f4 Qe7 18.Rae1 g5 19.fxg5 hxg5 20.Rf5 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 Kg7 22.Qd2 f6 23.Bg4 Rh8 24.Qe2 Rh4 25.g3 Rh6 26.Kg2 Rah8 27.h3 Ra8 28.Ref1 Ne5 29.Nxe5 Bxe5 30.R5f3 Rhh8 31.Rc1 Rhe8 32.Bf5 Rh8 33.Rff1 Qe8 34.b3 Qh5 35.Qxh5 Rxh5 36.Rc4 Kf7 37.Rf3 Ke7 38.Rd3 Rhh8 39.Rf3 Ra7 40.Bg4 Raa8 41.Bf5 Ra7 42.Rd3 ½-½

17. Game 93 / 2357 Mott-Smith, Kenneth Ormsby - Denker, Arnold
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.1), \31.03.1945

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

18. Game 94 / 2358 Willman, Robert - Lasker, Edward
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.2), 31.03.1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 9.

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

19. Game 95 / 2359 Pinkus, Albert - Santasiere, Anthony
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.4), 31.03.1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 9.

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

20. Game 96 / 2360 Shainswit, George - Bruzza, Severin
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.6), 31.03.1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 9.

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

21. Game 97 / 23761 Fajans, Harry - Moskowitz, Jack
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.5), 31.03.1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 9.

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

22. Game 98 / 2362 Fine, Reuben - Kevitz, Alexander
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.3), 31.03.1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 10.

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

23. Game 100 / 2364 Adams, Weaver - Kagan, Milton
Adams - Kagan Thematic match Boston, MI, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 21.

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 c6 4.d4 Bb4 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Qd4 d5 7.exd6 0-0 8.Bf4 Re8 9.Nge2 c5 10.Qd3 Bf5 11.Qf3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bg4 13.Qxb7 Bxc3+ 14.Kf1 Bxe2+ 15.Bxe2 Bxa1 16.Qxa8 Be5 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 18.g3 Qxd6 19.Qxa7 g5 20.h4 Nc6 21.Qa8+ Kg7 22.hxg5 Rxe2 23.Kxe2 Qd5 24.Qa3 Nd4+ 25.Kd2 Ne6+ 26.Qd3 Qxh1 27.f4 Qa1 28.Qc3+ Qxc3+ 29.Kxc3 Kf8 30.Kc4 Ke7 31.Kd5 f6 32.gxf6+ Kxf6 33.a4 Nxf4+ 34.gxf4 h5 35.a5 h4 36.Ke4 h3 37.Kf3 1-0

24. Game 101 / 2365 Van Benten, John - Fine, Nelson
Indianapolis City-ch Indianapolis, IN, 01.1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 21.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e5 Be7 7.Bd3 c5 8.Qg4 g6 9.0-0-0 c4 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.h4 h5 13.Qf4 b5 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.hxg5 b4 16.Qf6 bxc3 17.Qxh8+ Kd7 18.Qf8 cxb2+ 19.Kb1 Nb4 20.Qxf7+ Kc6 21.Qe8+ Bd7 22.Qxa8+ Kc7 23.Kxb2 0-1

25. Game 102 / 2366 Kenyon, W - Martin, Robert Elmer
Toronto City-ch Toronto CAN, 01.1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 21.

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

26. Game 103 / 2367 Sanguinetti, Renato - Michel, Paul
La Plata La Plata ARG, 1944
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 21.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Be6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Rc1 c5 12.Bb1 Rc8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.Bg3 Bh4 16.Qd3 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Qh7+ Kf7 19.h3 Ne5 20.f4 Nc6 21.f5 Bd7 22.Nxd5 Ne7 23.Nxf6 Rh8 24.Qxh8 Qxh8 25.Nxd7 Rd8 26.f6 Nc6 27.Ne5+ Nxe5 28.fxg7+ 0-1

27. Game 104 / 2368 Bolbochan, Julio - Sanguinetti, Renato
La Plata La Plata ARG, 1944
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 21.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Qe2+ Kf8 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Bd2 Be6 11.0-0-0 Nbd7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Qf6 14.Bc4 Qf5 15.Bb4+ Kg8 16.Qxf5 Bxf5 17.Rhe1 Nf6 18.Re7 Nd5 19.Rxd5 cxd5 20.Bxd5 Be6 21.Rxe6 1-0

28. Game 109 / 2373 Ayers, Lew R - Arndt, G M
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 25/

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 Be7 8.cxd5 d6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Nf5 0-0 11.0-0 Ne5 12.f4 Ng6 13.e4 Bc8 14.b3 h5 15.h3 h4 16.g4 Nh7 17.e5 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Nh8 19.Qg4 f6 20.e6 Qe8 21.Be4 Rb8 22.Rf2 Rb7 23.Rg2 Bd8 24.Kh1 b5 25.Be3 a6 26.Rag1 Qe7 27.Bxc5 Ng5 28.fxg5 fxg5 29.Be3 Bb6 30.Bxg5 Rf6 31.Qxh4 Bd4 32.Ne2 Be5 33.Nf4 g6 34.Bxf6 Bxf6 35.Nxg6 1-0

29. Game 110 / 2374 Jackson, L F - Burkhalter, A
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 25/

1.e4 e5 2.d4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bb3 Nf6 7.Nc3 b4 8.Nd5 Nxe4 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.0-0 Qd7 11.Re1 f5 12.Ba4 Bb7 13.Nxe5 Qd6 14.Bf4 Rd8 15.Qd3 Be7 16.Rad1 g5 17.Qc4 gxf4 18.Nxc7+ 1-0

30. Game 111 / 2375 Stricker, K A - Quayle, E H
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 25/

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.b3 0-0 6.Bb2 a5 7.a4 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Qc2 Nb4 10.Qd1 d4 11.d3 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.Qe2 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Nxg4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.Nbd2 Ra6 18.Qe1 Nxd3 19.Qb1 Nf4 20.Nh2 Rg6 21.Kh1 Rh6 22.Rg1 Qd6 23.Ndf1 Qf6 24.Bc1 Be2 25.Bd2 Nd3 26.Be1 Qf4 27.Ng3 Rxh2+ 0-1

31. Game 122 / 2386 Oakes, G V - Hall, R X
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 33.

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 Ne5 10.bxc3 Nxc4 11.Qd4 f5 12.Qxc4 d6 13.Nd4 0-0 14.Rb1 b6 15.Re1 Bd7 16.f3 Nc5 17.Bf4 Kh8 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.dxe6 Qf6 20.Re2 Rfe8 21.Rbe1 Re7 22.Qd4 Qg6 23.h4 h6 24.g4 fxg4 25.fxg4 Qxg4+ 26.Rg2 Qxh4 27.Ree2 Rf8 0-1

32. Game 123 / 2387Boucher, D E - White, G D
USA USA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 33.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 Nbd7 6.e3 c5 7.Nb5 Qa5+ 8.Nd2 Bd8 9.Nd6+ Ke7 10.a3 Bc7 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.b4 Qc6 13.c5 Nxc5 14.bxc5 Qxc5 15.Rc1 Qa5 16.Rxc7+ Qxc7 17.Nf5+ exf5 18.Bxc7 Ne4 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.Qxd5 h5 21.Qd6+ Ke8 22.Qd8# 1-0

33. Game 124 / 2388 Steomberg, D - Wittemore, R
USA USA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 34.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 0-0 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.b3 Rac8 12.h4 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ng5 g6 15.Bxg6 hxg5 16.Bh7+ Kxh7 17.hxg5+ Kg7 18.Rh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.gxf6 Ne7 21.Qg5+ Ng6 22.Qh6 1-0

34. Game 125 / 2389 Cabot, Frank J - Ellenby, Milton Q
Chess Review Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, April 1945, p. 34.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Bd3 Nf8 9.Nf3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.h3 Ng7 12.g4 h5 13.0-0-0 hxg4 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.hxg4 Ne6 16.Rxh8+ Bxh8 17.Rh1 Bg7 18.Rh7 Nf8 19.Rxg7 Qf6 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Bb5+ Kd8 22.Rg8 Qe7 23.Ng5 Qb4 24.Nxf7+ Ke7 25.Qc7+ Bd7 26.Qe5+ Be6 27.Nd6 Nd7 28.Rg7+ 1-0

35. Game 128 / 2392 Book, Einar Eero - Kupferstich, Moises A
Stockholm Stockholm SWE, 1944
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 8.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be3 a6 9.Be2 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Rac1 Re8 13.Rfd1 h5 14.Bf1 Kh7 15.Nde2 Ne5 16.b3 b5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.h3 Rf8 22.a4 bxa4 23.bxa4 Qe8 24.Bxa6 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bxa4 26.Ne6 Rg8 27.Ng5+ Kh8 28.f4 Nd7 29.Rc8 Qxc8 30.Bxc8 Rxc8 31.Qb4 Ra8 32.Qe4 Nf8 33.Qxe7 Re8 34.Qa7 1-0

36. Game 129 / 2393 Ekstrom, Folke - Vaitonis, Paul
Stockholm Stockholm SWE, 1944
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 8.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.c3 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Bb5 Bd6 9.Nf1 e5 10.Ne3 e4 11.Nxd5 Qe6 12.Ne5 Ndxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.0-0 Bd7 15.Bg5 0-0 16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Nb6 Qg6 18.Nxd7 Rf5 19.Bh4 Bd6 20.b4 Rh5 21.Bg3 Rd8 22.b5 Na5 23.Be2 Rg5 24.Ne5 Qe8 25.Qa4 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Qxa5 Rd6 28.Rad1 Rxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Qg5+ 30.Kh1 Rh6 31.Qxc7 1-0

37. Game 130 / 2394 Fine, Reuben - Mugridge, Donald Henry
Blindfold rapid transit exhibition Washington, DC, 25.04.1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 8.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 f5 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Qxd6 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qd5 13.Qxd5 cxd5 14.Bd3 0-0 15.Bb4 Re8 16.0-0-0 a5 17.Bc3 Ba6 18.Rhe1 Bxd3 19.cxd3 Rec8 20.Kd2 a4 21.Rc1 Rc6 22.Bd4 Rac8 23.Rxc6 Rxc6 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Kxc1 d6 26.Kd2 e5 27.Ba7 d4 28.Bb8 Ne8 29.b3 axb3 30.a4 Nf6 31.Bxd6 Nd7 32.Kc1 Kf7 33.Kb2 Ke6 34.Bb4 Kd5 35.f3 1-0

38. Game 131 / 2395 Platz, Joseph - Green, Matthew
Bronx CC-ch New York, NY, 1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 8.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g4 Nxe4 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.g5 Ng8 8.c4 Nc6 9.Nc3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Ne7 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Be7 13.0-0-0 Qa5 14.h4 Bb4 15.Bd6 Bxd6 16.Qxd6 Qe5 17.Nb5 Qxd6 18.Nxd6+ Ke7 19.f4 h6 20.c5 Rb8 21.f5 f6 22.gxf6+ gxf6 23.Rhg1 Ne5 24.Bh3 b6 25.fxe6 dxe6 26.Rg7+ Kf8 27.Rxa7 Bd7 28.Nc4 Nxc4 29.Rdxd7 Ne5 30.Rdc7 bxc5 31.Bxe6 h5 32.a4 Rh6 33.Bf5 Rh8 34.Bh7 c4 35.Kc2 Ke8 36.a5 Kd8 37.a6 Nd3 38.Rd7+ Ke8 39.Bg6+ Kf8 40.Rf7+ Kg8 41.Rg7+ Kf8 42.Raf7+ Ke8 43.Rb7+ Kf8 44.Rgf7+ Kg8 45.Rxb8# 1-0

39. Game 132 / 2396 Denker, Arnold - Reshevsky, Sauel
Manhattan CC Victory Spped-ch New York, NY, 1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 9.

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

40. Game 133 / 2397 Pinkus, Albert - Denker, Arnold
Manhattan CC Victory Spped-ch New York, NY, 1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 9.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 d5 5.Be3 Bf5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.cxd3 c5 9.0-0 Be7 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Qa4+ Nd7 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Rad1 Qc6 15.Qg4 0-0 16.Rfe1 Qb6 17.Rd2 Rac8 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.f3 Na4 20.Ree2 Rc7 21.h4 h6 22.Kh2 Qa6 23.f4 Nc5 24.a3 Ne4 25.Rd1 Rc4 26.Re3 Nf2 27.Qe2 Nxd1 28.Qxd1 Rfc8 29.Rg3 R4c7 30.Qg4 g6 31.h5 Kh8 32.hxg6 f5 33.exf6 1-0

41. Game 135 / 2399 Sandrin, Albert - Haller, Lewis W
Illinois - Missouri m Peoria, IL (1.3), 28.04.1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 9.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.d3 h6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Be3 c5 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.Ng3 g6 13.Qe2 0-0-0 14.Qd2 g5 15.Nf5 Qd7 16.Qc3 b6 17.a3 a5 18.f3 Nh5 19.Qc4 Kb7 20.b4 cxb4 21.Nxd6+ Qxd6 22.axb4 Qxb4 23.Qxf7 Nf4 24.Rab1 Rhf8 25.Qg7 Ne6 26.Qxe5 Qd6 27.Qxa5 Ra8 28.Qd5+ Qxd5 29.exd5 Nf4 30.d6 Ra6 31.dxc7 Kxc7 32.Ra1 Rxa1 33.Rxa1 Nd5 34.Kf2 Re8 35.Bd2 Re6 36.c4 Nf4 37.Bxf4+ gxf4 38.Re1 Rxe1 39.Kxe1 h5 40.d4 Kd6 41.h4 1-0

42. Game 136 / 2400 Lasker, Edward - Seidman, Herbert
Marshall CC Intraclub m New York, NY, 21.02.1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 9.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Nc3 a6 7.0-0 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 cxb2 12.Bxb2 Qxf6 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Qa4+ Kf8 15.Rab1 Qg5 16.f3 Qe3+ 17.Kh1 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Bc6 19.Qa3 Nd7 20.Rbe1 Qd2 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.fxe4 Ra7 23.Qf3 f6 24.exf6 g6 25.Bc1 Qd6 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.f7 h5 28.Rxd7 Qxd7 29.Qf6 Rh7 30.Qxg6 Qxf7 31.Bh6+ Ke8 32.Rxf7 Raxf7 33.Qxe6+ 1-0

43. Game 138 / 2402 Schuette, C H L - Rozsa, Bela
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 25.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.c3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxe5 Nf4 13.Qe4 Nxe5 14.d4 Bb7 15.Qxf4 Nd3 16.Qe3 Nxc1 17.Rxc1 Bg5 18.f4 Bf6 19.Nd2 Re8 20.Qf2 Qd7 21.Nf3 Re4 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.fxe5 c5 24.Rf1 c4 25.Bd1 g5 26.Qg3 Qe7 27.Ra7 Rh4 28.e6 1-0

44. Game 139 / 2403 Bornholz, Rorbert L - Cantwell, Richard S
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 25.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 0-0 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.h4 Rb8 12.h5 b5 13.Bb3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Bh6 Bb7 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.e5 Bxh6 20.Rxh6 Qg7 21.Qg5 e6 22.Bxe6 1-0

45. Game 140 / 2404 Wilson, R W - Reel, R U
Pittsburgh City-ch Pittsburgh, PA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 29.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Qb3 d5 11.Bxd5 0-0 12.Bxf7+ Kh8 13.Qxc3 Rxf7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 b6 16.Bg5 Qxg5 17.Qc6 Bb7 18.Qxb7 Raf8 19.Rae1 c5 20.Qc6 Qd2 21.e6 Rxf2 22.Qe4 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Qc1+ 25.Kf2 Qd2+ 26.Kf3 Qc3+ 27.Kg4 h5+ 28.Kxh5 Qf6 29.e7 Qf7+ 30.Kg5 Qe8 31.Qe6 Kh7 32.h4 c4 33.h5 Kh8 34.h6 c3 35.hxg7+ Kxg7 36.Qh6+ Kf7 37.Qf6+ 1-0

46. Gamee 141 / 2405 Winters, Robert - Bullockus, Theodore
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 30.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.c3 Nxe4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.d5 Nb8 9.Re1 Nd6 10.Bd3 0-0 11.Nc3 Bf6 12.Bf4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ne8 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Bc2 Qf6 16.Qd3 Qg6 17.Qe2 f5 18.Nh4 Qf7 19.Bxf5 Nf6 20.Ng6+ Kg8 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Bg6 1-0

47. Game 142 / 2406 Moore, C H - Yelton, E
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, May 1945, p. 31.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Qb3 e6 7.Bd2 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Rfd1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Ne8 12.Rac1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qg5+ 14.Kh1 Nd6 15.Be2 c5 16.e4 Qh4 17.Be3 Rac8 18.Nb5 cxd4 19.Rxc8 dxe3 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.fxe3 Nxe4 22.Rg1 Ndc5 23.Qc4 Be5 24.f4 Nf2+ 25.Kg2 Nce4 26.Qc8+ Kg7 27.Kf1 Nh3 0-1

48. Game 144 / 2408 Fine, Reuben - Shainswit, George
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 5.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 e6 5.c4 c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bxg2 8.Kxg2 Nc6 9.Nb5 d5 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.Rd1 Be7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bg5 0-0 14.N5c3 d4 15.Nb5 Qb7 16.f3 Nd5 17.Bc1 Bf6 18.e4 Nc7 19.Nd6 Qa6 20.Qxa6 Nxa6 21.Na3 Nab4 22.f4 d3 23.e5 Be7 24.Nf5 Bc5 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.Nxe3 Nd4 27.Nac4 Rac8 28.Nd6 Nbc2 29.Nxc8 Nxe3+ 30.Kh1 Rxc8 31.Rxd3 Ndc2 32.Rc1 Ra8 33.Rc3 g5 34.R3xc2 Nxc2 35.Rxc2 gxf4 36.gxf4 Rd8 37.Kg2 Rd3 38.Kf2 Kg7 39.f5 Rd5 40.Re2 f6 41.exf6+ Kxf6 42.Re6+ Kxf5 43.Re7 Rd2+ 44.Kg3 Rxb2 45.Rxa7 h5 46.a4 Rb4 ½-½

49. Game 145 / 2409 Byrne, Robert - Mugridge, Donald Henry
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 5.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.c3 e6 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Ne5 Qb6 8.a4 Bd6 9.Qe2 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.f4 h6 12.Ndf3 0-0 13.0-0 Rad8 14.h3 Ne4 15.Qe1 f6 16.Ng4 Kh7 17.a5 Qb5 18.Kh2 Qd3 19.Nf2 Nxf2 20.Qxf2 Be4 21.Ne1 Qb5 22.g4 e5 23.dxe5 fxe5 24.f5 Bc7 25.Nf3 Bxf3 26.Qxf3 e4+ 0-1

50. Game 146 / 2410 Kashdan, Isaac - Fine, Reuben
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 5.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d5 6.c4 e6 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.f4 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e3 Rc8 13.Qa4 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.Nf3 f6 16.h3 Nh6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.Bc3 Rf7 20.Bxg7 Rxg7 21.Ng5 Nf5 22.Ne6 Qd7 23.Qxd7 Rxd7 24.Kf2 Re8 25.Ng5 Nxe3 26.Rfe1 Rde7 27.Bf3 h6 0-1

51. Game 147 / 2411 Mugridge, Donald Henry - Shainswit, George
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 5.

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bb4 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qd4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be7 10.Bd3 0-0 11.Qe4 g6 12.Bh6 Re8 13.0-0 d6 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.Qf3 Qh4 16.g3 Qxh6 0-1

52. Game 149 / 2413 Pinkus, Albert - Lasker, Edward
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 6.

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 d5 9.d3 dxe4 10.dxe4 h6 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Na5 13.Bc2 Be6 14.Nf1 Qe7 15.Ne3 Rad8 16.Bd2 Nc4 17.Nxc4 Bxc4 18.Qe1 Bc5 19.h3 Bd3 20.Bxd3 Rxd3 21.Be3 Rfd8 22.Rxd3 Rxd3 23.Bxc5 Qxc5 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 Nxe4 26.Qe2 f5 27.Ne1 Nf6 28.Nd3 Qc4 29.Nc1 Qxe2 30.Nxe2 Kf7 31.Kf1 g5 32.Ke1 Ke6 33.f3 Kd5 34.Kd2 c5 35.b3 c4 36.b4 Nh5 37.Ke3 Nf4 38.Nxf4+ gxf4+ 39.Ke2 e4 40.h4 Ke5 41.Kf2 e3+ 42.Ke2 Kf6 43.g4 fxg3 44.Kxe3 f4+ 45.Ke2 Kg6 0-1

53. Game 150 / 2414 Mugridge, Donald Henry - Fine, Reuben
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 6.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 c5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Qd1 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.exf3 Rc8 14.f4 Qd7 15.Ne4 f5 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nf3 Nd5 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.fxe5 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Nc6 21.Bxc6 Rxc6 22.Qb3+ Kg7 23.Rad1 Qc7 24.d4 cxd4 25.exd4 Rd8 26.Rf2 e6 27.Rfd2 Rd5 28.Kf2 Qe7 29.Qe3 Rc7 30.Rd3 Qb4 31.Qd2 Qb5 32.Rc3 Rcd7 33.Rd3 Qb6 34.Kf3 Qd8 35.Qe3 g5 36.Kg2 Rf7 37.Rf1 Qa5 38.a3 Rd8 39.Rc3 Qd5+ 40.Kh2 Qxd4 41.Qxd4 Rxd4 42.Rf2 Re4 43.Rc5 Rd7 44.Rfc2 Kg6 45.Kg2 h5 46.Kf2 h4 47.gxh4 Rxh4 48.Rc7 Rhd4 49.Rc8 Rd2+ 50.Ke3 R7d3# 0-1

54. Game 151 / 2415 Pavey, Max - Horowitz, Israel Albert
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 6.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nh5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Kh7 11.0-0 Bf5 12.e4 Bg4 13.d5 Nd4 14.Bg3 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Bh3 16.Re1 Nxg3 17.hxg3 h5 18.e5 e6 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Ne4 Qe7 21.Qd2 Rad8 22.Qg5 Qf7 23.Qxd8 Rxd8 24.Ng5+ Kg8 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Re2 Bf5 27.Kg2 g5 28.Bb3 g4 29.Rxc7+ Kg6 30.f4 h4 31.gxh4 Bh6 32.Bc2 1-0

55. Game 152 / 2416 Byrne, Donald - Fine, Reuben
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 7.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Bg2 Bd5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nxd4 11.Qa4+ b5 12.Qa5 Nxf3+ 13.exf3 c6 14.Qc3 Qd7 15.0-0 Be7 16.Be3 0-0 17.Nd2 Nd5 18.Qc2 Nxe3 19.fxe3 c5 20.Rac1 Qc6 21.Nb3 c4 22.Nd4 Qb6 23.Rfd1 Bc5 24.b3 Bxa3 25.Ra1 cxb3 26.Qxb3 Bc5 27.Nxb5 a6 28.Rac1 Bxe3+ 0-1

56. Game 153 / 2417 Shainswit, George - Byrne, Donald
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 7.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.Qe2 b4 15.0-0 0-0 16.Qe4 f5 17.Qxa8 Nc5 18.Bc4 Bb7 19.Qxf8+ Kxf8 20.Ng5 h6 21.Nh3 Qc6 22.f3 e5 23.Bd2 e4 24.Bxb4 e3 25.Nf4 Ke8 26.Rac1 Bf8 27.a4 Qb6 28.Bb5+ Bc6 29.Nd5 Qb7 30.Bxc5 Bxb5 31.axb5 Qxd5 32.Bxf8 Kxf8 33.b6 Qb5 34.Rc8+ Ke7 35.Rc7+ Kd8 36.Rfc1 Qxb6 37.R7c6 Qxb2 38.Rc8+ Ke7 39.R8c7+ Ke6 40.f4 Qf2+ 41.Kh1 e2 42.R7c6+ Kd5 43.R6c5+ Ke4 0-1

57. Game 154 / 2418 Moskowitz, Jack - Kashdan, Isaac
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 7.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Nge2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.g4 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Ng3 Be6 15.Ngxe4 Bd5 16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Nc3 Rac8 18.Qb3 Qh4 19.Qxd5 Rxe3+ 20.Kf1 Re7 21.Qf3 Ne6 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.d5 Ng5 24.Qg3 Qh6 25.h4 Ne4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Kg2 Qg6 28.f3 Re2+ 29.Kh3 Rxb2 30.Qc7 Qf6 31.Rhf1 Qd6 32.Qxd6 Rxd6 33.Rc1 g6 34.Rfd1 Rxa2 35.Rc8+ Kg7 36.Rc7 Rb2 37.Re1 Rb3 38.Kg3 Rf6 39.Rf1 a5 40.g5 Rd6 41.Re1 Rxd5 42.Kg4 Rf5 43.f4 Rb4 44.Rf1 h5+ 45.gxh6+ Kxh6 46.Re7 a4 47.Re8 Kg7 48.Ra8 b5 49.Rf3 Rb1 50.Kg3 Rg1+ 51.Kf2 Rg4 0-1

58. Game 155 / 2419 Fine, Reuben - Horowitz, Israel Albert
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 7.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Be6 6.Qa4+ c6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.e4 0-0 9.Be2 Bc8 10.0-0 b6 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Nbd7 13.Rac1 Nh5 14.Be3 Qe8 15.Ba6 Qc8 16.Be2 e5 17.d5 c5 18.b4 Qd8 19.Nb5 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Nd6 Qc7 22.Nxb7 Qxb7 23.Ba6 Qc7 24.d6 Qd8 25.Bb5 a6 26.Bxd7 b5 27.Qc2 Qxd7 28.bxc5 Qc6 29.e5 Rfd8 30.Qd2 Bh6 31.Qd5 Rac8 32.Qxc6 Rxc6 33.Nd4 Rcc8 34.e6 fxe6 35.Nxe6 1-0

59. Game 156 / 2420 Mugridge, Donald Henry - Horowitz, Israel Albert
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945\] Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 8.

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.g3 Ne7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 d6 10.Bg5 Rb8 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.Rad1 f6 13.Be3 a5 14.b3 Nf5 15.Bf4 g5 16.Be3 Re8 17.Be4 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Qe7 19.Qd3 h6 20.Rf2 Rf8 21.Bf5 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Rfe8 23.e4 Qe6 24.Rxa5 Rbd8 25.Rf5 Ra8 26.Rdf1 Qe7 27.Kg2 Kh8 28.g4 Rad8 29.h4 Rf8 30.h5 Ra8 31.R1f3 Rfe8 32.Qd4 Red8 33.Rd3 Rd7 34.c5 Rad8 35.Qa4 dxc5 36.Qxc6 Rxd3 37.exd3 Rxd3 38.Rxc5 f5 39.Qxc7 Qxc7 40.Rxc7 Bxc3 41.exf5 Be5 42.Re7 Bf4 43.f6 Kg8 44.Rg7+ Kf8 45.Rh7 Rg3+ 46.Kf2 Rxg4 47.Kf3 Rh4 48.Ke4 Bc1+ 49.Kf5 Rf4+ 50.Kg6 Ke8 51.Rxh6 g4 52.Rh8+ Kd7 53.f7 g3 54.f8Q Rxf8 55.Rxf8 g2 56.Rf7+ Ke8 57.Kf6 g1Q 0-1

60. Game 157 / 2421 Horowitz, Israel Albert- Rothman, Aaron
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 8.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.0-0 Bg4 8.b4 Qd7 9.a4 0-0 10.h3 Bf5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Rae8 13.Na3 Ng6 14.Nb5 Bf4 15.Qd2 Bxe3 16.fxe3 a6 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.Nxc7 Rc8 19.Ne5 Qg5 20.Ne6 Qh4 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.Nxf8 Rxf8 1-0

61. Game 158 / 2422 Tenner, Oscar - Kashdan, Isaac
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 8.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc5 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Nd5 Nxa4 12.Qxa4 d6 13.Bf4 dxe5 14.Rad1 Bd6 15.Bg3 Be6 16.Ne3 Qe7 17.c4 c6 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Qc2 f5 20.c5 Bc7 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.Nc4 f4 23.Rd1 Qf6 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 0-1

62. Game 159 / 2423 Fine, Reuben - Pavey, Max
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 8.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Qd5 f6 8.exf6 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxf6 10.Qd3 d6 11.e3 0-0 12.Be2 Ne4 13.0-0 Nc5 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Nd4 Rae8 16.Rfe1 Ne5 17.Nb3 Ne6 18.Bg3 Bc6 19.f3 Nd7 20.Nd4 Nec5 21.Bf1 Qf7 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.e4 Nf6 24.e5 dxe5 25.Rxe5 Rxe5 26.Bxe5 Re8 27.Bd4 Ne6 28.Re1 Nh5 29.Qf2 Nhf4 30.g3 Ng6 31.c5 Ng5 32.Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.h4 Nf7 34.Qe3 Qf8 35.Bc4 Kh8 36.h5 Ne7 37.Qf4 Nd5 38.Bxd5 cxd5 39.h6 Qe7 40.Kf2 Nd8 41.Bxg7+ Kg8 42.Bd4 Ne6 43.Qe5 Kf7 44.Qxd5 Kg6 45.Be3 Qf6 46.Qe4+ Qf5 47.Qxf5+ Kxf5 48.g4+ Ke5 49.Ke2 c6 50.Kd3 Nc7 51.f4+ Ke6 52.Ke4 Nd5 53.f5+ Ke7 54.Bd4 Nc7 55.g5 Kf7 56.g6+ Kg8 57.Ke5 Nd5 58.Kd6 Nf4 59.Kxc6 hxg6 60.fxg6 Nxg6 61.Kd5 0-1

63. Game 160 / 2424 Shapiro, Samuel - Shapiro, Oscar
US Speed Championship New York, NY, 24.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 8.

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 d5 6.Bxd5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nxf7 Rxf7 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.Qf3 Bg4 14.Qg3 Bd6 15.Qh4 Be6 16.Rad1 Qe8 17.f4 Kg8 18.e5 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Ng4 20.f5 Ne3 21.fxe6 Nxd1 22.Rxd1 Qxe6 23.Ne4 Be7 24.Qg3 Rf8 25.a3 Qd5 26.Nf6+ Rxf6 27.Qxg7+ Kxg7 28.exf6+ Bxf6 29.Bxf6+ Kxf6 30.Rxd5 Ne5 31.Kg1 Ke6 32.Rd4 c5 33.Rh4 c4 34.Rxh6+ Kd5 35.Kf1 c3 ½-½

64. Game 169 / 2433 Jenkines, Bertram - Van Benten, John
Indiana State-ch IN, 1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 19.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.f4 c5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 cxd4 11.e5 Nc6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.cxd4 0-0 14.0-0 Rb8 15.Be3 Qd5 16.Qf3 Rb2 17.Qxd5 cxd5 18.Rf2 Rfb8 19.Rxb2 Rxb2 20.Kf1 e6 21.a4 a5 22.h4 h5 23.g3 Bf8 24.Bc1 Rb3 25.Kf2 Bb4 26.Ra2 Bc3 27.Be3 Rb4 28.Bd2 Bxd2 29.Rxd2 Rxa4 30.Ke3 Rb4 31.Rc2 Rb3+ 32.Kf2 a4 33.Rc8+ Kg7 34.Ra8 a3 35.Kg2 Rb2+ 36.Kh3 a2 37.Ra7 Kf8 38.g4 Rb3+ 39.Kg2 hxg4 40.Rxa2 Rf3 41.Ra4 Rxf4 42.Kg3 Re4 43.Kf2 Kg7 44.Kg3 Kh6 45.Ra7 Rxd4 46.Rxf7 Re4 47.Rf6 Rxe5 48.Kxg4 Re4+ 49.Kg3 d4 50.Kf3 Re3+ 51.Kf4 e5+ 52.Kg4 Kg7 53.Re6 d3 54.h5 gxh5+ 55.Kxh5 e4 56.Kg5 Re2 57.Kf5 d2 58.Re7+ Kf8 59.Rd7 e3 60.Kf4 Re1 0-1

65. Game 170 / 2434 Burdge, Harold - Nash, Edund
District of Columbia-ch Washington, DC, 1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 19.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nd2 Nc5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.g3 Qe7 7.Bg2 g6 8.Nb1 Nxe5 9.0-0 d6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bc1 f5 15.h4 Be6 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Nf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 Rf8 19.Bg5 Bxc4 20.Qd4 Qe6 21.Rfc1 Ba6 22.Bd5 Qd7 23.Rxc5 1-0

66. Game 171 / 2435 Rossetto, Hector Decio - Luckis, Marcps
Mar del Plata Mar del Plata ARG (1.7), 12.03.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 19.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.Nbd2 e6 6.0-0 Be7 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 d5 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.f4 Ne4 11.c4 f6 12.cxd5 fxe5 13.Nxe4 exd5 14.Ng3 e4 15.Be2 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Bc5 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Bg4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Nf6 21.Be6+ Kh8 22.Qe5 d4 23.exd4 Re8 24.Nf5 Bd5 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.Rc7+ 1-0

67. Game 172 / 2436 Powers, Averill - Sandrin, Albert
Illinois - Wisconsi m Chicago, IL (1.1), 27.05.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 19.

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

68. Game 173 / 2437 Fine, Reuben - Finkelstein, Milton
Blindfold rapid transit simul, 2b New York, NY, 23.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 19.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 e6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Qe2 0-0 11.c4 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Bc3 Qc7 15.Ne5 c5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.f4 g6 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Qc6 20.f5 exf5 21.Bxf5 Rcd8 22.Bc2 Qc8 23.Qg3 Rfe8 24.Qe5 f6 25.Rxf6 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 Bxf6 27.Qxf6 Qd7 28.Qh8+ Kf7 29.Qxh7+ 1-0

69. Game 174 / 2438 Fine, Reuben - Robey, Paul
Blindfold rapid transit simul, 2b New York, NY, 23.06.1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 19.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxc5 8.Qc2 f5 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 0-0 11.g3 b6 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.0-0 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Rac1 Ne4 16.Be1 Ne7 17.Nd4 a6 18.f3 Nd6 19.Bb4 a5 20.Nxe6 dxe6 21.Bxd6 Qd7 22.b4 Qe8 23.Qb3 a4 24.Qe3 Qf7 25.Qxb6 Ba8 26.b5 Rfe8 27.Qa7 Qf6 28.Qd4 Qf7 29.Bb4 Ng6 30.c5 Bd5 31.c6 Bb3 32.Rd2 e5 33.Qd7 Qf6 34.b6 1-0

70. Game 176 / 2440 Farnsworth, Roy E - Hildebrand, J W
Chess Review Correspondence 44-C Correspondence, 1944
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 25.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qc2 g6 10.h3 Qc7 11.Bh6 Re8 12.g4 Bf8 13.g5 Bxh6 14.gxh6 Kh8 15.h4 Nh5 16.0-0-0 Qa5 17.Ng5 Re7 18.Nxf7+ Rxf7 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Qxg6 Rf6 21.Qxh5 Qd8 22.Rdg1 Nf8 23.Rg7 Rf5 24.Qg4 Be6 25.Rh7+ 1-0

71. Game 177 / 2441 Wildermann, Walter J - Posert, Henry P
Chess Review Correspondence Class C Correspondence, 1944
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 25.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.d4 Ne6 9.dxe5 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.h3 Be7 12.Nd2 0-0 13.Kh1 Qd5 14.Nf3 Bf5 15.b3 Rfe8 16.Bb2 f6 17.Rfe1 fxe5 18.Rad1 Qc5 19.Nxe5 Qxc2 20.Rd2 Qc5 21.Nd7 Qb5 22.Qxe7 Rxe7 23.Rxe7 g6 24.Rg7+ 1-0

72. Game 178 / 2442Abel, H T - Marschner, A W
Chess Review Correspondence-ch. SF Correspondence, 1944
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 25.

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.0-0 c6 9.a3 Nd7 10.Re1 Qa5 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qxc3 13.Bd2 Qb2 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.Bh3 Rf8 16.Bxe6+ 1-0

73. Game 179 / 2443 Mow, P G - Ehlers, Otto
Offhand game St. Louis, O, 1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 28.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Qg4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ncxe5 9.Qg3 Ng6 10.h4 h5 11.Be3 Qf6 12.0-0-0 a6 13.Bg5 Qe5 14.f4 Qd6 15.Nf5 Qb6 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Rhe1+ Be7 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Rxe7+ Kd8 20.Qxg7 Qxb5 21.Qxh8+ Kc7 22.Qe5+ Kb6 23.Qd6+ Ka7 24.Rxd5 Qf1+ 25.Rd1 Qf2 26.Nd4 Qxg2 27.Rxf7 Nb6 28.Nc6+ 1-0

74. Game 180 / 2444 Weaks, Leslie H - Moorfield, W
Offhand game Ludgate ENG, 1945
Source: Chess Review, June / July 1945, p. 30.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 b6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Nf3 0-0 10.Bd3 Qb4+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 f5 13.Rc1 Rf7 14.0-0 Na6 15.a3 Bb7 16.b4 Rc8 17.b5 Nb8 18.Rc3 c6 19.Rfc1 g6 20.a4 Rfc7 21.f4 Nd7 22.Nf3 c5 23.Ng5 Re8 24.Kf2 h6 25.Nf3 Nf6 26.h3 c4 27.Bb1 Rce7 28.Ne5 Kg7 29.g4 Ne4+ 30.Bxe4 fxe4 31.g5 hxg5 32.fxg5 Rf8+ 33.Ke2 Rh8 34.Rh1 Rh4 35.Rcc1 Bc8 36.Kd2 Rxh3 37.Rxh3 Bxh3 38.Kc3 Be6 39.Ra1 Bd7 40.Kb4 Bc8 41.a5 Rb7 42.axb6 axb6 43.Kc3 Bd7 44.Nxd7 Rxd7 45.Ra6 Rb7 46.Kd2 Kf7 47.Ra8 Rd7 48.Rb8 Rd6 49.Kc3 Ke7 50.Rg8 Kf7 51.Rb8 Ke6 52.Rf8 Ke7 ½-½

75. Game 199 / 2463 Morrison, G L - Brice-Nash, Bert
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, August / September 1945, p. 23.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Nec6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Nc3 0-0 8.a3 a5 9.Bd3 d6 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Qf2 Nb3 13.Rd1 Nc6 14.Bc2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Qh4+ 17.Ke2 Nc5 18.Rdg1 Ne6 19.f5 Ned4+ 20.Kd1 Nxc2 21.Kxc2 Ne5 22.b3 c6 23.Rg3 a4 24.Rhg1 axb3+ 25.Kb1 g6 26.Qd4 Rxa3 27.Qxd6 Nxc4 28.Qd4 Qxh2 29.R3g2 Rfa8 30.Qxc4 Ra1+ 31.Kb2 R1a2+ 32.Nxa2 Rxa2+ 33.Kxb3 Rxg2 34.Rd1 Qe5 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Rd4 c5 37.Rd7 Qb2+ 38.Ka4 b5+ 39.Qxb5 Qa2# 0-1

76. Game 200 / 2464 MacGrady, J P - Wolfe, P
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, August / September 1945, p. 23.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 c4 6.Bc2 Bd7 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.f4 0-0 10.0-0 b5 11.Rf3 a5 12.Rh3 b4 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Bg6+ Kg8 15.Bxf7+ Rxf7 16.Rh8+ Kxh8 17.Nxf7+ Kg8 18.Nxd8 1-0

77. Game 201 / 2465 NN - Raschen, Lewis
Gersthofen Gersthofen GER, 05.1945
Source: Chess Review, August / September 1945, p. 28.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Qd3 c5 5.Bxb8 Rxb8 6.Ne5 cxd4 7.Qxd4 b6 8.Nc6 Bc5 9.Qe5 Bxf2+ 10.Kd1 Ng4 11.Qxb8 Ne3+ 12.Kc1 Qd7 13.Nd2 0-0 14.Ne5 Qa4 15.Qc7 Ba6 16.b3 Qa3+ 17.Kb1 Nd1 18.Nec4 dxc4 19.Nxc4 Bxc4 20.Qe5 f6 0-1

78. Game 202 / 2666 Rothman, Aaron - Sarason, Leonard
Connecticut League vs Queens CC New Haven, CT (1.5), 29.04.1945
Source: Chess Review, August / September 1945, p. 29.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 a5 8.b3 0-0 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.g3 Re8 11.Bg2 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.0-0 Bg4 14.Qe3 Nh5 15.Rad1 f5 16.h3 f4 17.gxf4 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Nxf4 19.e3 Ng6 20.Qh5 e4 21.Rd5 Nce5 22.Bxe4 Nxc4 23.Qxh7+ Kxh7 24.Rh5+ Kg8 25.Bd5+ Kf8 26.Rf5+ Qf6 27.Bxf6 Nd6 28.Rg5 gxf6 29.Rxg6 c6 30.Rxf6+ 1-0

79. Game 203 / 2467 Beland, M - Mercier, C
Friendly match game USA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, August / September 1945, p. 29.

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nxc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.e5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Bxd1 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Nd5# 1-0

80. Game 204 / 2468 Jones, Kenneth R - Poschel, Paul
Austin CC - Chicago CC Chicago, IL, 17.05.1945
Source: Chess Review, August / September 1945, p.. 30.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.e3 0-0 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bd3 b6 10.h4 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.Qc2 h6 13.0-0-0 Na5 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nbd4 d5 16.Ne5 b5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Ng6+ Kxh7 21.Nxf8+ Kg8 22.Nxe6 Qe7 23.Qf5 Rxc4+ 24.Kb1 Bc8 25.Qxd5 Bxe6 26.Qa8+ Kf7 27.Qxa6 Bf5+ 28.Ka2 Qxa3+ 29.bxa3 Rc2+ 30.Kb1 Rb2+ 31.Kc1 Nb3# 0-1

81. Game 205 / 2469 Kibbey, G - Peters, W O
USA USA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, August / September 1945, p.. 31.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.c3 h6 12.Bh4 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Bc2 Rad8 15.Qd3 f5 16.Qc4 Bxf3 17.Rxe6 Qf7 18.gxf3 Kh8 19.Rae1 Rde8 20.Bb3 Nf6 21.Rxe8 Qg6+ 22.Kh1 Nxe8 23.Ba4 Nd6 24.Qxc7 f4 25.Rg1 Qf6 26.Bc2 Re8 27.Rg6 1-0

82. Game 234 / 2498 Kramer, George - Phillips, Harold eyer
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (5), 22.08.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 3.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.e3 d5 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Rc8 11.f4 dxc4 12.Ndxc4 cxd4 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.exd4 Qd5 15.Ne3 Qd7 16.f5 Rcd8 17.Ng4 Qd5 18.Rf2 Rfe8 19.Bc4 Qd7 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Ne5 Qd6 22.Ba3 Qxa3 23.Bxe6+ Kf8 24.Qh5 1-0

83. Game 235 / 2699 Kramer, George - Santasiere, Anthony
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (7), 24.08.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 3.

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

84. Game 236 / 2500 Regem, Adolph - Huntsberger, R E
Pennsylvania State-ch (PSCF) Philadelphia, PA, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 4.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Qc7 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qh6 f5 14.Qg7 Rf8 15.Nd2 Rb8 16.Nc4 h6 17.h4 Rb5 18.Qxh6 Rd5 19.Be2 Bb7 20.Qg7 Qd8 21.Qxe5 Rxe5 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Nxe5 Rh8 24.g3 Bc7 25.Nc4 c5 26.Rd1 Ke7 27.f4 Rg8 28.Rd3 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.Kd2 Bc7 31.Ke3 Kf6 32.a3 a5 33.Bh5 Bd5 34.Ne5 Be4 35.c3 Bxe5 36.fxe5+ Kxe5 37.Bxf7 Kf6 38.Be8 Bd5 39.b4 axb4 40.axb4 Ke7 41.Bb5 cxb4 42.cxb4 Kf6 43.Be8 e5 44.b5 Ke7 45.Bc6 Bc4 46.b6 1-0

85. Game 237 / 2501 Price, Byron B - Sandrin, Albert
Illinois State-ch Chicago, IL, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 4.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Bd2 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.e3 Bb7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Rc8 11.Rac1 Qe7 12.Rfd1 Bd6 13.Nb5 Bb8 14.Nbd4 Nxd4 15.exd4 Ne4 16.Bb4 d6 17.d5 a5 18.Ba3 b5 19.Qxb5 Ba7 20.Rf1 exd5 21.Qxa5 Ba8 22.b3 Rfe8 23.Qe1 Nxf2 24.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Qa7+ 26.Kf1 Qxa3 27.Qd2 dxc4 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Bxc4 Qc5 30.Qf4 Bd5 31.Bxd5 Qxd5 32.Qc1 h6 33.Qc2 g5 34.h3 Qb5+ 35.Qc4 Qxc4+ 36.bxc4 Ra8 37.Nd4 Ra4 38.Nf5 Rxc4 39.Nxh6+ Kh7 40.Nxf7 Rf4+ 0-1

86. Game 238 / 2502 Spear, H - Isaacs, Lewis
Illinois State-ch Chicago, IL, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 4.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 c6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Qb6 14.Rc2 h5 15.Rfc1 Bf6 16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qe6 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Rc7 Qxe5 20.f3 Bf5 21.Rxb7 d4 22.Rcc7 Rfe8 23.e4 a6 24.Qf2 Bc8 25.Ra7 Rxa7 26.Rxa7 Qc5 27.Ra8 Qb6 28.Bc3 e5 29.Bd2 Qb7 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Bg5 Kg7 32.Qh4 Rc6 33.f4 f6 0-1

87. Game 239 / 2503 Friedmann, Larry - Somlo, E
Ohio State-ch Celveland, OH, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 5.

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Ne7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Bd3 Ng6 10.h4 Re8 11.h5 Nf8 12.c3 f5 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Bg5 Qf7 15.Ne5 Qc7 16.Qf3 Qxc3+ 17.Bd2 Qxa1+ 18.Ke2 Qxh1 19.Qf7+ Kh8 20.Qxe8 Nbd7 21.Bb4 Kg8 22.Qf7+ Kh8 23.Bxf8 Qxg2 24.Bd6 g6 25.h6 1-0

88. Game 240 / 2504 Miller, Harold - Ellenby, Milton Q
Ohio State-ch Cleveland, OH, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 5.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 0-0 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Qd2 Nxe3 10.Qxe3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.0-0 Rb8 13.Rab1 Qa5 14.a3 Ba6 15.Rfd1 Bc4 16.e5 Bxe5 17.Bxc6 Rfc8 18.Bd5 e6 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Ne4 Rxc2 21.b4 Qb6 22.Qxb6 Rxb6 23.f4 d5 24.fxe5 dxe4 25.Rd4 e3 26.Rd3 e2 27.Re3 Ra6 28.Ra1 Rd2 29.Kf2 e1Q+ 30.Kxe1 Rxh2 31.Rc3 Rh1+ 0-1

89. Game 241 / 2505 Liggett, Harold W - Werthammer, Siegried
West Virginia-ch Morgantown, WV, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 5.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bg4 7.Be2 dxe5 8.dxe5 Qd7 9.b3 0-0-0 10.Bb2 e6 11.0-0 Bb4 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Qc1 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd4 15.Qe3 Nc2 16.Qg5 Nxa1 17.Bxa1 Qxg5 18.Nxg5 Rd7 19.Bh5 g6 20.Bg4 Kd8 21.Bb2 Be7 22.Nxf7+ Ke8 23.Nxh8 Rd2 24.Bc1 Rxa2 25.Bxe6 Ra5 26.Nf7 Nd7 27.Bxd7+ Kxd7 28.f4 Bc5+ 29.Kh1 Ra2 30.g3 Ke7 31.Ng5 h6 32.Ne4 Bd4 33.Bd2 c5 34.Rd1 Ke6 35.Bc3 Kf5 36.Bxd4 cxd4 37.Rxd4 Kg4 38.Nd2 Kh3 39.Nf1 Rf2 40.Rd1 Re2 41.Rd2 Re1 42.Kg1 g5 43.Kf2 Re4 44.Re2 1-0

90. Game 242 / 2506 Martin, Albert - Adams, Weaver
New England-ch Attleboro, MA, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 6.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 a5 6.Nbd2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 Bc5 9.g3 Nge7 10.Bg2 0-0 11.b3 Ng6 12.Bb2 Ngxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxb7 Rb8 15.Bd5 c6 16.Be4 Nxc4 17.Qc2 Nxb2 18.Qxc5 Rxb3 19.Qxc6 d3 20.0-0 dxe2 21.Rfe1 Qd4 22.Qc2 Rxg3+ 23.Bg2 Nd3 24.Rxe2 Qxa1+ 0-1

91. Game 243 / 2507 Adams, Weaver - Mitchell, R
New England-ch Attleboro, MA, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 6.

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 Nf5 8.Qd5 Qf6 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 Nfd4 11.d3 Nb4 12.Qc4 Bd6 13.Nf3 b5 14.Qxd4 exd4 15.Bg5 Qe7+ 16.Bxe7+ Kxe7 17.Nxd4 Ba6 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 Rxa8 20.Kd2 Bb7 21.Nb5 1-0

92. Game 244 / Thompson, John Charles - Faber, H
Southwestern Open-ch Corpus Christi, TX, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 6.

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qc2 0-0 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 d6 9.0-0 Qe7 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Ne8 12.d4 f5 13.Qe3 Nef6 14.d5 Rae8 15.dxe6 Qxe6 16.Qxe6+ Rxe6 17.Nd4 Bxg2 18.Nxe6 Bxf1 19.Nxf8 Bxe2 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.Re1 Bxc4 22.Re7 Nf6 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Rxc7 b5 25.Rxa7 Bb3 26.Kf1 d5 27.Rd7 h6 28.Ke2 Kf8 29.Ke3 Ke8 30.Rh7 1-0

93. [Game 245 / 2509 Stapp, Jesse William - Webb, Jamers
Southwestern Open-ch Corpus Christi, TX, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 6.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Bd6 7.Nc3 b5 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0-0 a6 10.e4 Be7 11.Qe2 0-0 12.h3 Re8 13.Bf4 Bb7 14.Rfd1 c5 15.Bc2 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Qb6 17.Rad1 Nf8 18.e5 Nd5 19.Bg3 f5 20.Bb3 Bc5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 exd5 23.Bxd5+ Ne6 24.Ng5 Rad8 25.Bxe6+ Rxe6 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Nxe6 1-0

94. Game 264 / 2528 Dunst, Theodore Alexander - Abel, H T
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 38.

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.0-0 d6 7.e3 0-0 8.d4 Ba7 9.h3 h6 10.b3 Bf5 11.Ba3 Re8 12.d5 Nb8 13.g4 Bh7 14.g5 hxg5 15.Nxg5 Bg6 16.Kh2 e4 17.Bb2 Nbd7 18.Rg1 Qe7 19.Ncxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxe4 22.Bxg7 Nf8 23.Bf6+ 1-0

95. Game 265 / 2529 Halper, Nate - Weiss, Albert
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 38.

1.e4 Nh6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 d6 8.h3 f6 9.Be2 Bd7 10.Ndb5 a6 11.Nd5 axb5 12.Bb6 Qb8 13.Nc7+ Kf8 14.cxb5 Nd8 15.Qb3 Be8 16.a4 Bf7 17.Bc4 f5 18.a5 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Bxb2 20.Ra2 Bf6 21.0-0 Kg7 22.Rc1 f4 23.Qd5 Nhf7 24.Nxa8 Ne5 25.Nc7 Nd7 26.Rac2 1-0

96. Game 266 / 2530 Harness, C - Reisach, T
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 38.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5 6.Bf1 h6 7.Nxf7 Qxd5 8.Nxh8 b4 9.Be2 Nd4 10.d3 Qxg2 11.Rf1 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.Be3 Be7 14.Rg1 Qxh2 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Rxg7 Nd5 17.Rg8+ Kd7 18.Rg7 Rg8 19.Rxe7+ Kxe7 20.Bf1 Qg3+ 21.Kd2 Qf4+ 22.Ke1 Ne3 23.Qd2 Qg3+ 0-1

97. Game 267 / 2531 Encinas, R - Glasser, R
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 38.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3 8.bxc3 Nge7 9.Re1 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Bb2 Ng6 12.e5 Qe7 13.Ba3 b4 14.Bb2 0-0 15.cxb4 Bxb4 16.Nc3 Rad8 17.Nd5 Qc5 18.Rc1 Qa5 19.Ng5 Bxe1 20.Qh5 h6 21.Qxg6 Bxf2+ 22.Kh1 hxg5 23.Nf6+ Kh8 24.Qh7# 1-0

98. Game 269 / 2533 Collins, S A - Huizar, J
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 38.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 d5 6.Ne5 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Ng5 Nf8 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Bd2 h6 16.Nf3 Ne6 17.Nh4 Ng4 18.Nf5 Qc7 19.Ng3 Ng5 20.Rac1 d4 21.Nb5 dxe3 22.Nxc7 Nh3+ 0-1

99. Game 270 / 2534 Scaravella, Carlo - Gurley, J
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 38.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Qe2 0-0 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.c3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxe5 Nf4 13.Qe4 Nxe5 14.Qxf4 Bd6 15.Qe4 Bb7 16.Qf5 Nf3+ 17.gxf3 Qh4 18.h3 Bc8 19.Qe4 Qg5+ 20.Kh1 Bxh3 0-1

100. Game 271 / 2535 Marchand, Erich - Charles, A C
USA USA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 42.

1.e4 e6 2.a3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 d4 5.bxc5 Qd5 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.f4 Bxc5 8.Nf3 Nge7 9.d3 0-0 10.Nbd2 f6 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Qe4 Bb6 13.Ng5 Ng6 14.Qxd5 exd5 15.g3 h6 16.Ngf3 Nge7 17.Bg2 Re6+ 18.Kf2 Nf5 19.Bh3 Nce7 20.Ne5 Rf6 21.Ra2 Ne3 22.Bd7 Bxd7 23.Nxd7 Rc6 24.Nxb6 axb6 25.Nb3 Nxc2 26.Bd2 Nf5 27.h3 Nd6 28.Rc1 Rxa3 29.Rxa3 Nxa3 30.Nxd4 Rxc1 31.Bxc1 Nab5 32.Be3 Nc7 33.f5 Kf7 34.Bf4 Ncb5 35.Nxb5 Nxb5 36.Be5 Na7 37.Bd4 Nc8 38.Ke3 b5 39.g4 Ne7 40.h4 h5 41.Kf4 hxg4 42.Kxg4 Nc6 43.Bb2 Nb4 0-1

101 Game 272 / 2536 Kagan, Z - Jcaobs
USA USA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 43.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nxd5 Nxd4 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxd4 e6 9.e4 Bg6 10.Bb5 Qxb5 11.Nc7+ 1-0

102. Game 273 / 2537 Tears, Claude Fred - Crofut, F
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 43.

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 e6 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 bxc4 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.e4 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Qa5 10.Be5 Be7 11.Bxc4 d6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.0-0 exd5 15.Bxd5 Nc6 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Qb3+ c4 19.Qxb7 Nd4 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Nd6+ Kf6 22.Qf3+ Ke6 23.Nxc4 Qf5 24.Rfe1+ Kf6 25.Qc6+ Kf7 26.Rxe7+ Kxe7 27.Re1+ Kf7 28.Qb7+ Kg6 29.Ne5+ 1-0

103. Game 274 / 2538 Grande, F D - March, F C
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, November 1945, p. 44.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ne5 Bb4 7.f4 Ne4 8.Qb3 Qh4+ 9.Ke2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qf2+ 11.Kd1 Nd7 12.Qb2 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Nxc3+ 14.Qxc3 Bg4+ 15.Be2 Qxe2# 0-1

104. Game 276 / 2540 Tears, Claude Fred - Bisguier, Arthur
US Amateur New York, NY (3), 24.10.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 6.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Neg5 0-0-0 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Rxe6 Bd6 13.Qe2 Qh5 14.h3 Rde8 15.Bd2 Ne5 16.Nxd4 Qxe2 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Nxe2 Nc4 19.Be3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Bc5 21.Nc1 Bxe3+ 22.Kf1 c5 23.Nd3 c4 24.Ne1 g5 25.b3 Re4 26.Rd1 h5 27.Rd5 Kc7 28.Nf3 cxb3 29.cxb3 Kc6 30.Rf5 Rf4 31.Re5 Bc1 32.Ke2 g4 33.hxg4 hxg4 34.Nh2 Rd4 35.Re6+ Kc5 36.Re7 Rd2+ 37.Kf1 g3 38.Nf3 Rf2+ 39.Ke1 Bb2 40.Rxb7 Bc3+ 41.Kd1 Rxf3 42.b4+ Kc4 43.a4 Rf2 44.b5 Rxg2 45.b6 Rd2+ 46.Kc1 g2 47.Rc7+ Kb3 0-1

105. Game 277 / 2541 Jackson, Edward S - Schwartz, Nathan
US Amateur New York, NY (9), 03.11.1945
And wins. Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 6.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nb3 0-0 9.f4 Be6 10.g4 Na5 11.g5 Nd7 12.Bd4 a6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.h4 Rc8 15.h5 Bc4 16.Qd4+ e5 17.Qxd6 Rc6 18.Qd2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Nxb3 20.axb3 exf4 21.0-0-0 Qc7 22.Qh2 Rh8 23.h6+ Kf8 24.Qd2 Ke8 25.Nd5 Qc8 26.c4 f6 27.Qxf4 fxg5 28.Qxg5 Qd8 29.Qg3 Rf8 30.e5 Rf5 31.Nf6+ Rcxf6 32.exf6 Qxf6 33.Rhe1+ Re5 34.Rxe5+ Qxe5 35.Re1 1-0

106. Game 2788 / 2542 Hanft, Marcy - Ellis, Paul R
US Amateur New York, NY (11), 05.11.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 6.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Qc2 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.a3 Re8 12.Rd1 N5b6 13.Ba2 e5 14.Ne4 Nd5 15.Bb1 f5 16.Ng3 e4 17.Nd2 Qg5 18.0-0 N7f6 19.Rfe1 Ng4 20.h3 Ngxe3 21.fxe3 Qxg3 22.Nf1 Qg5 23.Ba2 Be6 24.Bc4 Rad8 25.b4 a6 26.Rb1 Rd6 27.a4 b5 28.Ba2 Qd8 29.a5 Nc7 30.Nd2 Kh8 31.Bxe6 Nxe6 32.Nb3 Qc7 33.Rbc1 Rc8 34.Red1 Rd5 35.Qb1 Qg3 36.Re1 Ng5 37.Kf1 f4 38.exf4 e3 39.Qc2 Rf8 40.Ke2 Rxf4 41.Qxc6 Qf2+ 42.Kd3 Rfxd4+ 43.Nxd4 Qd2# 0-1

107. Game 279 / 2543 Hanft, Marcy - Schneider, Louis
US Amateur New York, NY (10), 04.11.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 6.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Nc6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Ncxe7 12.Qb3 Qa5 13.0-0 Nxc3 14.bxc3 b5 15.a4 Nd5 16.Rfc1 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Qc7 18.Qc2 Bb7 19.Rh4 Nf6 20.c4 Qc5 21.Rd4 e5 22.Rdd1 Rfe8 23.Nd2 e4 24.Nb3 Qg5 25.Nd4 h5 26.Bf1 h4 27.h3 Bc8 28.Kh1 Bd7 29.c5 Rec8 30.c6 Rc7 31.Qb3 Be8 32.Qb6 Nd5 33.Qa5 Qd8 34.Nf5 Bxc6 35.Rxd5 Bxd5 36.Qxc7 Qxc7 37.Rxc7 Kf8 38.Bc4 Bxc4 39.Rxc4 g6 40.Nd6 f5 41.Ra4 Ke7 42.Nc4 Ke6 43.Kh2 Ra7 44.Ra5 g5 45.g3 Kf6 46.Nd6 hxg3+ 47.Kxg3 f4+ 48.exf4 gxf4+ 49.Kxf4 Ke6 50.Nxe4 1-0

108. Game 280 / 2544 Jackson, Edward S - Ellis, Paul R
US Amateur New York, NY (6), 28.10.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 6.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.f4 Be6 10.g4 Na5 11.g5 Nd7 12.Qd2 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.0-0-0 Bxb3 15.axb3 Qa5 16.Kb1 Rfc8 17.Bd4 e5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Rhf1 Rc6 20.Nd5 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Re8 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.Rxf6 b6 24.h3 Nd7 25.Rf4 Nf8 26.Rg4 Ne6 27.Bf6 Nc5 28.Rd4 Nd7 29.Rf4 Re6 30.b4 h6 31.h4 Nxf6 32.gxf6 Kh7 33.c3 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Rf5 Kg6 36.Rdd5 Rxe4 37.Rxg5+ Kxf6 38.Rg8 Ke6 39.Rh5 Rc7 40.Kc2 Re5 41.Rh4 d5 42.Kd3 Rf5 43.Rg3 Kd6 44.Re3 Rf2 45.b3 Rb2 46.Rh6+ Kd7 47.Rh7 Kd6 48.Rf3 Rxb3 49.Rfxf7 Rbxc3+ 50.Ke2 Rxf7 51.Rxf7 Rb3 52.Rf4 Ke5 53.Rh4 d4 0-1

109. Game 281 / 2545Ellenby, Milton Q - Werthammer, Siegfried
Tri-State-ch Pittsburgh, PA, 11.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 9.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 0-0 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Ba3 Rb8 12.Nf4 Re8 13.Nd3 c4 14.Nf4 b5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nb4 Qa5 17.Qc1 Bb7 18.Bc6 Qc7 19.Bxb5 Bf3 20.Ba4 Bb7 21.f3 e5 22.d5 e4 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.Bxc6 Re5 25.f4 Rh5 26.Rf2 Nf6 27.Rb1 Rxb1 28.Qxb1 Nxd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.Qxe4 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Qc8 32.Bb4 Rd3 33.Rc2 f5 34.Qe7 Qc6+ 35.Kh3 h5 36.Qxa7 Qh1 37.Qc5 Qf1+ 38.Rg2 Rd2 39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.Qa8 h4 41.gxh4 Rf2 42.Kg3 Qd1 43.Kxf2 Qd2+ 44.Kg3 Qd1 45.Kh3 Bf6 46.Qb7+ Kg8 47.Rxg6+ 1-0

110. Game 282 / 2546 Werthammer, Siegfried - Petrick, M W
Tri-State-ch Pittsburgh, PA, 11.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 9.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.0-0 Be7 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Nf8 9.Rd1 Qa5 10.e4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.d5 b4 13.dxc6 Bxc6 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Nb3 Qd8 16.Nb5 Ng6 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bc4 Bc6 19.N5d4 Bb7 20.Bb5+ Kf8 21.Qf3 Qb6 22.Qg3 h5 23.Bg5 Bd8 24.h4 Bxg5 25.Qxg5 Ndf4 26.Bf1 Kg8 27.Rac1 Rf8 28.Nc5 Bc8 29.g3 f6 30.exf6 gxf6 31.Na4 fxg5 32.Nxb6 axb6 33.gxf4 gxf4 34.Rc7 e5 35.Bc4+ Rf7 36.Bxf7+ Kg7 37.Ne6+ Bxe6 38.Bxe6+ Kf6 39.Rd6 Nxh4 40.Bh3+ 1-0

111. Game 283 / 2547 Cohen, Leonard - Byland, William M
Tri-State-ch Pittsburgh, PA, 11.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 9.

1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Bf5 4.Ng3 Bg6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.d4 e6 8.0-0 c6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.c3 Qc7 11.Qe2 0-0-0 12.Rae1 Rde8 13.Ne5 Nd5 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Rc1 Kb8 17.b3 Bf4 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Qe3 Qd6 20.h3 Nf6 21.Ne2 Ne4 22.f3 Ng3 23.Nxg3 Qxg3 24.Qe5+ Qxe5 25.dxe5 Rc8 26.Rfd1 Rc6 27.Rd4 Rhc8 28.Rf4 R8c7 29.h4 b5 30.Rg4 Kb7 31.h5 gxh5 32.Rxg7 a5 33.a3 Kb6 34.Rh7 b4 35.axb4 axb4 36.c4 dxc4 37.Rxc4 Rxc4 38.bxc4 b3 39.Rh8 Kc5 0-1

112. Game 284 / 2548 Byland, William M - Petrick, M W
Tri-State-ch Pittsburgh, PA, 11.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 9.

1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.d4 Bxf3 4.exf3 c5 5.d5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Qc2 Nf6 9.0-0 0-0 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Rfe1 Nf8 13.f5 Ng4 14.fxg6 hxg6 15.h3 Ne5 16.Bf1 e6 17.f4 Ned7 18.dxe6 Rxe6 19.Nd5 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Qh4 21.Rxe6 fxe6 22.Nc3 e5 23.f5 Nf6 24.Be2 g5 25.Be1 Qf4 26.Bd2 Qh4 27.Be1 Qh6 28.Bd2 Rd8 29.Bf3 Qh4 30.Be1 Qh8 31.Nd5 Rd7 32.Nxf6+ Qxf6 33.Bd5+ Kh8 34.g4 Rh7 35.Bg2 Qe7 36.Bc3 Nd7 37.Re1 Nf6 38.Qe2 Rh4 39.Bxd4 cxd4 40.Kg1 Qc7 41.Qd3 Qc5 42.Re2 Kg7 43.Kf2 Rh8 44.Be4 Rxh3 45.Qxh3 d3+ 46.Re3 Nxe4+ 47.Kg2 d2 48.f6+ Nxf6 49.Rd3 Ne4 50.Qf3 Qxc4 51.Qe2 d5 52.Rxd2 Nxd2 53.Qxd2 Qxg4+ 54.Kh1 Qe4+ 55.Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1

113. [Game 289 / 2553 Bisguier, Arthur - Byrne, Donald
Manhattan CC Junior Tournament New York, NY, 1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 14.

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 d5 9.d3 dxe4 10.dxe4 h6 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Re8 14.Ng3 Ne7 15.Nh4 g5 16.Nh5 Nh7 17.Qf3 Rf8 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Nxh7 Kxh7 20.Qh5 Ng6 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Nh8 23.Rd3 Qf6 24.Rh3 Be7 25.Bc2 Rg8 26.a4 b4 27.Be3 Rad8 28.Be4 bxc3 29.bxc3 c5 30.Rb1 Rd7 31.Kf1 Kg7 32.a5 Bd8 33.Rb8 Qd6 34.Bxc5 Qd1+ 35.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 36.Ke2 Ra1 37.Bb6 Bxb6 38.Rxg8+ Kxg8 39.axb6 Ra2+ 40.Kd1 Rb2 41.b7 f6 42.Kc1 Rb6 43.c4 Nf7 44.c5 Rb4 45.Bd5 1-0

114. Game 292 / 2556 Ratner, Boris Yakolevich - Flohr, Salomon
Bolshevik Society-ch Kiev URS, 09.1943
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 26.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.Bf4 Nd7 9.0-0 Nb6 10.Qd2 Nd5 11.h3 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 Bf5 13.c3 Bd6 14.Qe3 Bg6 15.Nh4 f5 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Bf3 Bc7 18.Rfd1 Qd6 19.Qg5 Kf8 20.Qf6 Rh7 21.Re1 Qh2+ 22.Kf1 Re8 23.Rad1 e5 24.g3 e4 25.Bg2 Rh5 26.d5 Be5 0-1

115. Game 295 / 2559 Gresser, Gisela Kahn - Kramer, George
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (9), 26.08.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 28.

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.0-0 g6 8.c4 Bg7 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Re1 0-0 11.Bg5 Ne8 12.Qd2 f5 13.Bh6 fxe4 14.Bxg7 exf3 15.Bh6 Qg4 16.Qg5 Qxg5 17.Bxg5 Nf5 18.Rad1 Nd4 19.Ne4 Ng7 20.Bh6 fxg2 21.Kxg2 Rf5 22.f4 Raf8 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Rf1 Nf3 25.Nc5 Nh4+ 26.Kg1 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Nhf5 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Kf2 Nd6 31.b3 b5 32.Ne6+ Kf6 33.c5 Ne8 34.c6 Ke7 35.Ke3 Kd6 36.Ng5 Nf6 37.Ne4+ Nxe4 38.Kxe4 g5 0-1

116. Game 296 / 2560 Byrne, Robert - Santasiere, Anthony
NYSCA Championship Saratoga Springs, NY (4), 21.08.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 28.

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

117. Game 297 / 2561 Pritchard, W L - Axelrod, A
Pennsylvania State-ch (PSCF) Philadelphia, PA, 09.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 28.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.f4 0-0 12.0-0 Qc7 13.d4 exd3 14.Bxd3 Bxe5 15.fxe5 Qxe5 16.Nc3 Ng4 17.g3 Re8 18.Qf3 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Qh5 20.Qg2 Bb7 21.Be4 Rxe4 22.Nxe4 c5 23.Rf4 Re8 24.h4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Bf4 g5 27.Bc7 Nc4 28.Rd1 Nf2+ 29.Kh2 Qxd1 0-1

118. Game 298 / 2562 Byland, Willia M - Wilson, R W
Pittsburgh Downtown YMCA CC-ch Pittsburgh, PA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 28.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.e4 e5 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 0-0 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nxe5 Qc7 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.b3 Rfe8 20.f3 Bc5+ 21.Kg2 Nd7 22.Be3 Nb6 23.Rac1 Nxc4 24.Rxc4 Qb6 25.Rdc1 1-0

119. Game 299 / 2563 Hoover, Conrad - Heath, C M
Corpus Christi City-ch Corpus Christi, TX, 1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 28.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nbd2 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 cxd4 9.exd4 Bd6 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Ndf3 Kh8 12.Qc2 g6 13.Bh6 Rg8 14.Qd2 Bf8 15.Qf4 Qe7 16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Qh4 Nb8 18.Ng4 Nbd7 19.Bb5 Rf8 20.Bxd7 Bxd7 21.Nxf6 1-0

120. Game 305 / 2569 Van Essen, John - Duff
Long Beach Long Beach, CA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 30.

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 b6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Qg3 g6 7.Nd5 d6 8.Bg5 f6 9.Qc3 Ne5 10.b4 fxg5 11.bxc5 bxc5 12.Nf3 Nf7 13.Nxg5 Ngh6 14.Bb5+ Bd7 15.Ne6 Qc8 16.Qf6 Ng8 17.Qe7+ Nxe7 18.Nf6# 1-0

121. Game 306 / 2570 NN - Vogel, R
USA USA, 1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 30.

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.e3 a6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.a3 Nh5 12.Be5 f6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Nxh7 fxe5 15.Nxf8 Qxf8 16.Bxg6 Ng7 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Bb1 Qf7 19.h3 Bd6 20.e4 Qf4 21.g3 Qh6 22.Kg2 Kf7 23.f4 Nc4 24.Qe2 Rh8 25.h4 Nh5 26.e5 Nxg3 27.Kxg3 Qxh4+ 28.Kf3 Qh3+ 29.Kf2 Bc5+ 30.Ke1 Qg3+ 31.Kd1 Rh2 32.Ne4 Ne3+ 0-1

122. Game 308 / 2572 Paul, Bernard - Sigmond, I
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 33.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Ne2 b6 10.0-0 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qd3 Qc8 13.f3 Re8 14.Ng3 Qb7 15.Re1 Rad8 16.Ra2 Nc7 17.Rae2 Qa6 18.Qxa6 Nxa6 19.Bb2 Nc7 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 Ne6 22.Rd2 b5 23.e5 Nd7 24.Ne4 Nb6 25.Nd6 Nc4 26.Nxc4 bxc4 27.Re4 Rd5 28.Bc1 Red8 29.Kf2 cxd4 30.cxd4 Nxd4 31.Bb2 Ne6 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.Ke2 Rc5 34.Kd2 Kf8 35.Kc3 Ke7 36.a4 Ra5 37.Ba3+ Kd7 38.Kb4 Rd5 39.Kxc4 Rd2 40.Rg4 Kc6 41.Rg3 Re2 42.Bd6 g6 43.Rf3 f5 44.Rh3 h5 0-1

123. Game 309 / 2573 Marschner, A W - Brunnemer, John
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 33.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.Re1 f5 9.dxe5 d5 10.Nd4 Qh4 11.g3 Qh3 12.Nc3 Bc5 13.Nce2 g5 14.f3 f4 15.Nxf4 gxf4 16.Bxf4 0-0 17.c3 Rxf4 18.gxf4 Kh8 19.Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1

124. Game 310 / 2574 Kelly,V F- Kahn, L
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
‚Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 35.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.exd6 exd6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.b3 d5 10.c5 Nc8 11.0-0 Bf6 12.Re1 0-0 13.Ne5 Bxe2 14.Rxe2 Bxe5 15.dxe5 N6e7 16.Bg5 c6 17.Qd2 Qa5 18.Qd4 b6 19.b4 bxc5 20.bxc5 Nf5 21.Qd3 Qxc5 22.Qxf5 Qxc3 23.Rc1 Qd4 24.Be3 Qa4 25.Bc5 Re8 26.e6 f6 27.e7 Nb6 28.Re3 Qxa2 29.Rh3 d4 30.Qxh7+ Kf7 31.Re1 Qd2 32.Qe4 Qa2 33.Rg3 Kg8 34.Bxd4 Qf7 35.Rh3 Qd5 1-0

125. Game 311 / 2575 Bush, F L - Gleasser, E A
Correspondence Correspondence, 1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1945, p. 35.

1.e3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 c5 10.e4 c6 11.b3 Bd6 12.Qe1 Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kg3 Qd6+ 15.Bf4 Qg6 16.exd5 f5 17.Kf3 Re8 18.Qd2 Nh2+ 19.Bxh2 Qg4# 0-1

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