This collection contains the games printed in the American Chess Bulletin (ACB), volume 45, 1948.

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 8 / 7768 Evans, Larry - Quesada, Juan A
Havana - New York Telegraph match (11.6), 15.02.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1948, p. 10.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qc2 Nf8 9.Nge2 Ne6 10.Bh4 Qe7 11.0-0-0 g5 12.Bg3 Ng7 13.Kb1 Be6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.h4 gxh4 16.Rxh4 0-0-0 17.Nf4 Bd7 18.Rh6 Kb8 19.g3 Qe7 20.a3 Bg4 21.Rc1 Bc8 22.Ka1 Ng4 23.Rh4 f5 24.Rch1 Qg5 25.Rxh7 Rxh7 26.Rxh7 Nh6 27.Be2 Ne6 28.Nxe6 Bxe6 29.Qb3 Bf7 30.Qb4 Qg6 31.Ba6 Rd7 32.Qf8+ 1-0

2. Game 9 / 7769 Garcia, Gilberto - Reshevsky, Samuel
Havana - New York Telegraph match (11.1), 15.02.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1948, p. 11.

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 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.Bd5 Bb7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Qxa4 Nb6 13.Qb3 a5 14.d4 a4 15.Qd1 exd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd5 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.exd5 Bd7 19.b3 Bf6 20.bxa4 Ra5 21.Ra3 Qa8 22.c4 ½-½

3. Game 10 / 7770) Meylan, Alejandro - Pilnick, Carl
Havana - New York Telegraph match (11.6), 15.02.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1948, p. 1.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ng5 Qe8 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bxd5+ Kh8 13.Nf7+ Rxf7 14.Bxf7 Qe7 15.Be6 f4 16.Bh3 fxg3 17.hxg3 Qxe2 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.Rfe1 Qh5 20.gxf4 Nc5 21.dxc5 Bxh3 22.Re5 Bf5 23.Qxb7 Rg8 24.Qg2 Ng4 25.Rd5 Re8 26.Rad1 h6 27.c6 Nf6 28.Rd6 Bh3 29.Qg3 Bg4 30.Qh2 Bxd1 31.Qxh5 Bxh5 32.c7 Bg4 33.Rd8 Kg8 34.f3 Bc8 0-1

4. Game 11 / 7771 Muller, W C A L - Menkes, Jacob
Amsterdam Stock Exchange - NYSE Radio match (11.4), 14.02.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1948, p. 12.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Ne5 a6 13.f4 Bd6 14.Qf3 Nf8 15.g4 N6d7 16.g5 Bxe5 17.fxe5 Qxg5+ 18.Kh1 f5 19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Rg1 Qh6 21.Rg3 N6d7 22.Rf1 g6 23.e4 Qg7 24.e5 Re7 25.Qg2 Rf7 26.Rg1 Rc8 27.Ne2 b5 28.Ba3 a5 29.Bd6 b4 30.Rg4 Qh6 31.Rg5 Kh8 32.Qg3 Nc5 33.Bxc5 Rxc5 34.Qg4 Rc8 35.Rg3 Rf2 36.h4 Rc7 37.Nf4 Rf7 38.Nxg6+ hxg6 39.Bxg6 R7f4 40.Rh5 Rxg4 0-1

5. Game 12 / 7772 Kashdan, Isaac - Van Scheltinga, Theo D
Amsterdam Stock Exchange - NYSE Radio match (11.1), 14.02.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1948, p. 13.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Bf4 d5 9.exd6 Nxd6 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Qf6 12.Bg5 Qxg5 13.Nxg5 Bxd1 14.Raxd1 h6 15.Nge4 Ne5 16.Bc2 ½-½

6. Game 15 / 7775 Shipman, Walter - Kevitz, Alexander
Manhattan CC-ch (1947/48). Prelim A New York, 1947
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1948, p. 16.

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 d6 9.Qd2 Nh7 10.h4 g4 11.Nh2 Kg7 12.0-0-0 Na5 13.f4 Nxc4 14.dxc4 Nf6 15.fxe5 Nh5 16.Bf4 Nxf4 17.Qxf4 Qxh4 18.Nf3 dxe5 19.Qxe5+ Qf6 20.Qxc5 gxf3 21.gxf3 Qg5+ 22.Qxg5+ hxg5 23.Rdg1 f6 24.f4 Be6 25.b3 Rh8 26.fxg5 f5 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.Nb5 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 Re8 30.Kb2 Re7 31.Kc3 a6 32.Nd4 Bd7 33.Kd2 Re4 34.Nf3 Rg4 35.Rg1 Rxg1 36.Nxg1 Kg6 37.Nf3 Bg4 38.Ne5+ Kxg5 39.Nxg4 Kxg4 40.Ke3 Kf5 41.Kd4 Ke6 42.b4 Kd6 43.a4 b6 44.c5+ bxc5+ 45.bxc5+ Kc6 46.Kc4 Kd7 47.Kb4 Kc6 48.Ka5 Kxc5 49.c3 Kc4 50.Kxa6 Kxc3 51.Kb5 Kd4 52.Kc6 1-0

7. Game 16 / 7776 Pilnick, Carl - Moskowitz, Jack
Manhattan CC-ch (1947/48) New York, NY, 1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1948, p. 16.

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qd3 Bd6 7.Nh3 0-0 8.Bf4 Bxf4 9.Nxf4 Qe8 10.f3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nfxd5 exd5 13.0-0-0 Nf6 14.Rhf1 Qh5 15.Rh1 Bd7 16.Qd2 Qg6 17.Qf4 Rae8 18.e3 Re7 19.Rde1 Rfe8 20.Kd2 b6 21.Qc7 Bc8 22.Qd6 Ba6 23.f4 Bb7 24.Qa3 a5 25.Qb3 b5 26.Nd1 Ng4 27.Bf3 a4 28.Qb4 Nf6 29.Nf2 Nd7 30.Nd3 Qe6 31.Ne5 Nxe5 32.fxe5 Qh6 33.Qc5 Bc8 34.Kc2 Qg6 35.Kc1 Rb7 36.a3 Be6 37.Re2 b4 38.axb4 Reb8 39.Rc2 Rxb4 40.Qxc6 Rc8 41.Qd6 Rxc2+ 42.Kxc2 f4+ 43.e4 Rc4+ 44.Kd3 Rc8 45.gxf4 Qe8 46.f5 dxe4+ 47.Bxe4 Qb5+ 48.Ke3 Qb3+ 49.Kf4 g5+ 50.Kxg5 Qe3+ 51.Kf6 Qh6+ 1-0

8. Game 17 / 7777 Bakos, Nicholas - Santasiere, Anthony
Marshall CC Championship (1947/48) New York, NY, 1947
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1948, p. 18.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 0-0 10.e3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be2 Qe7 13.0-0 e4 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.c5 Bd7 16.Rac1 Kh7 17.b4 a6 18.Qb3 f5 19.a4 g5 20.b5 axb5 21.axb5 Bc8 22.c6 b6 23.Ra1 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 f4 25.Qd5 Ng6 26.Bh5 Nh4 27.exf4 gxf4 28.Ra8 Rd8 29.Qb3 Qg7 30.g3 Qxd4 31.Qf7+ Kh8 32.gxh4 f3 33.Bxf3 exf3 34.Qxf3 Rg8+ 35.Kh1 Be6 36.Rxg8+ Bxg8 37.Qg3 Bd5+ 38.f3 Qd1+ 39.Kg2 Qe2+ 40.Kg1 Qxf3 41.Qe5+ Kg8 0-1

9. Game 18 / 7778 Pilnick, Carl - Mengarini, Ariel
Marshall CC Championship (1947/48) New York, NY, 1947
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1948, p. 18.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.Be3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Na5 15.Bb2 Nc6 16.d5 Nb4 17.Nbd2 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Nd7 19.h3 Bh5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nf1 h5 22.Ng3 hxg4 23.hxg4 Nf6 24.Nh2 Nxd5 25.Qd2 Nb4 26.f4 Bf6 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.g5 Qd4+ 29.Qxd4 cxd4 30.Red1 f5 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.f5 Bf7 33.Rd2 Rfc8 34.Rad1 Nxa2 35.Rxd4 Bxb3 36.R1d2 Rc2 37.Rxd6 Rxd2 38.Rxd2 Rf8 39.Ng4 Nc3 40.Rd6 a5 41.Nxf6+ Rxf6 42.Rxf6 a4 43.Ra6 b4 44.e5 a3 45.e6 a2 46.Ra8+ Kh7 47.e7 Bf7 48.Ne4 Nxe4 49.Rxa2 Kg7 50.Ra4 Nd6 ½-½

10. Game 6 / 7825 Kramer, George - Soudakoff, Jack
USA-ch. Prelim, Area 7 New York, NY (2), 1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1948, p. 66.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.d4 exd4 9.e5 Ne8 10.Bd5 Rb8 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 d6 13.Nc3 dxe5 14.Qxe5 Bd6 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Qe4 Qf5 17.Qxe8 Qxg5 18.Bxf7+ Kh8 19.Ne4 Qg4 20.Nxd6 Bb7 21.Qxf8+ Rxf8 22.Nxb7 Qd7 23.Be6 Qc6 24.Na5 Qxc2 25.b4 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 c5 27.a3 c4 28.Nb7 h6 29.Bd7 Qd2 30.Nc5 a5 31.Rad1 Qc3 32.Ne6 Rf2 33.Bc6 Rd2 34.bxa5 Qe5 35.Nd8 Kh7 36.a6 c3 37.Rc1 Qc5 38.Be4+ g6 39.Nc6 Qxa3 40.a7 b4 41.Na5 Rd8 42.Ra1 Qb2 43.a8Q Rxa8 44.Bxa8 c2 45.Nc4 Qd4 46.Ne3 b3 47.Nxc2 bxc2 48.Be4 Qd2 49.Bxc2 h5 50.Rac1 Kh6 51.Red1 Qe3 52.Bb1 h4 53.Rc6 h3 54.Rxg6+ 0-1

11. Game 66 / 7826 Bisguier, Arthur - Siff, Boris
Manhattan CC-ch (1947/48) New York, NY, 1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1948, p. 66.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Qd7 7.d3 Nge7 8.Nd5 Ng6 9.b4 Kd8 10.Be3 Qe6 11.b5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nd4 13.b6 cxb6 14.Nxb6 Rb8 15.Bd7 Qf6 16.Bg4 h5 17.Qa4 Nc6 18.Nd7 Qh4 19.Nxb8 Nxb8 20.Qa5+ Ke7 21.Qc7+ Kf6 22.Bf5 Be7 23.Rb1 Nf4 24.Rxb7 1-0

12. Game 67 / 7827 Santasiere, Anthony - Platz, Joseph
USA-ch. Prelim, Area 7 New York, NY (2), 1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1948, p. 67.

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Qe2 f5 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Be3 Nxc3 10.Bxc5 Nxe2 11.Bxe7 Nxf4 12.d6 Nc6 13.0-0-0 Nxe7 14.dxe7 Kxe7 15.g3 Ne6 16.Bc4 Rd8 17.Rxd8 Kxd8 18.Re1 Nc5 19.Ng5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Rxe4 Bf5 22.Rf4 Bg6 23.Rf8+ Be8 24.Rg8 g6 25.Rh8 Ke7 26.Rxh7+ Kd6 27.Rh8 Ke7 28.Bb5 c6 29.Bd3 Kf6 30.Rg8 Kf7 31.Rxg6 Rd8 32.Rh6 Bd7 33.Bc4+ Ke7 34.Rh7+ Kd6 35.b4 Rf8 36.Rf7 Re8 37.Rf6+ Ke5 38.Rf2 Kd4 39.Bf7 Re7 40.Kd2 Be6 41.Rf4+ Ke5 42.Bxe6 Rxe6 43.Ke3 Kd5+ 44.Kf2 Re7 45.c4+ Ke5 46.h4 Rd7 47.Ke2 Rg7 48.Kf3 Rd7 49.Re4+ Kf6 50.Ke2 Kf5 51.Rf4+ Ke5 52.h5 Rh7 53.Rh4 Rh6 54.Kf3 Kf5 55.Rf4+ Kg5 56.Rg4+ Kxh5 57.Rh4+ Kg5 58.Rxh6 Kxh6 59.Kf4 Kh5 60.Kf5 1-0

13. Game 68 / 7828] Shipman, Walter - Ross, Bert
USA-ch. Prelim, Area 7 New York, NY (2), 1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1948, p. 67.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.0-0 Bg4 7.Nc3 c6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Be2 Ne6 10.Nd4 Bxe2 11.Ncxe2 Bc5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Nf4 0-0 14.Qg4 Nd7 15.Nxe6 Bxf2+ 16.Kh1 Qe7 17.Nxf8 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 Qxe5 19.Bf4 Qxb2 20.Qe6+ Kh8 21.Be5 d4 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.Qe7+ Kg8 24.Qxh7+ Kxf8 25.Rf1 Qb5 26.Rxf2+ Ke8 27.Qe4+ Kd8 28.Qxd4+ Ke8 29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qg7+ Ke6 31.Qf7+ 1-0

14. Game 70 / 7830 Schneider, Louis - Keilson, Julian
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (7), 17.04.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1948, p. 68.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c4 Nb6 6.e6 fxe6 7.Ng5 e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Be3 e6 10.Bd3 g6 11.Nc3 Nf5 12.Nxe6 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bxe6 14.dxe6 Qg5 15.Qf3 0-0-0 16.h4 Qe7 17.Qf7 Re8 18.h5 Qxe6 19.Qxe6+ Rxe6 20.hxg6 Rf6 21.gxh7 Bh6 22.Ne4 Rg6 23.c5 dxc5 24.Nxc5 Rc6 25.Nxb7 Bxe3 26.Na5 Rd6 27.Bf5+ Kb8 28.Ke2 Bd4 29.Rab1 Nd5 30.g3 Rf6 31.g4 Ra6 32.Nb3 Rxa2 33.Nxd4 Nc3+ 34.Kf3 Nxb1 35.Bxb1 Ra1 36.Nc6+ Kb7 37.Nxe5 Rxb1 38.Rxb1 Rxh7 39.g5 Re7 40.Kf4 1-0

15. Game 71 / 7831 Horowitz, Israel Albert - Bisguier, Arthur
New York New York, NY (7), 17.04.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1948, p. 68.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.Re1 b5 8.e5 Nd5 9.c4 bxc4 10.Nxd4 Bb7 11.Nf5 Nb6 12.Nxg7+ Kf8 13.Bh6 Kg8 14.Qg4 1-0

16. Game 80 / 7840 Fink, Adolf Jay - Almgren, Sven Elias
North California - South California Atascadero, CA (1.2), 30.05.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, July / August, 1948, p. 83.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nd4 6.c3 Nf5 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Bb5 Nd6 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxd7+ Kxd7 11.c4 h6 12.Nf3 Re8 13.b3 Nf5 14.Bb2 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4+ 16.Kd1 Bc5 17.b4 Ng4 18.Kc2 d3+ 19.Kb3 Bxf2 20.Bxg7 Rhg8 21.Bc3 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.g3 b5 24.cxb5 Rxd5 25.Nc3 Rf5 26.Rhf1 Re8 27.Kc4 Rf3 28.a3 Re5 29.Nd1 Re4+ 30.Kb3 Re2 31.Rxf2 Rfxf2 32.Nxf2 Rxf2 33.Kc3 Rxh2 34.Rf1 Ke6 35.Kxd3 Rh3 36.Rf3 Rh5 37.Kc4 Rf5 38.Re3+ Kd6 39.d4 h5 40.Rc3 Rg5 41.Rf3 Ke6 42.d5+ Kd6 43.Rf6+ Ke7 44.Ra6 Rg4+ 45.Kc5 Rxg3 46.Rxa7 Rc3+ 47.Kd4 Rc1 48.b6 Kd6 49.b7 c5+ 50.dxc6 1-0

17. Game 95 / 7855 Calero, Carlos - Gonzalez de Vega, Juan
Havana Havana, CUB (4), 01.07.1947
Source: American Chess Bulletin, July / August, 1948, p. 92.
Score incomplete

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne5 Re8 12.0-0 Ba6 13.f4 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Bxe5 15.dxe5 d4 16.Nb5 Nc6 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Nd6 Re6 19.Qc4 Na5 20.Qd5 1-0

18. Game 97 / 7857 Adams, Weaver - Saxer, Alvin
New Jersey Open Ventnor City, NJ (4), 01.07.1947
Source: American Chess Bulletin, July / August, 1948, p. 92.

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 d6 6.f5 Nc6 7.d3 h6 8.g4 Nh7 9.g5 Ne7 10.Qh5 Kd7 11.Qxf7 Qf8 12.gxh6 Qxf7 13.Bxf7 gxh6 14.Bxh6 Nf8 15.Bg7 Rh7 16.h4 1-0

19. Game 98 / 7858 Koltanowski, Georges - Simpson
USA USA, 01.07.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, July / August, 1948, p. 96.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Qb3 e6 7.Bd2 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Rc1 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qa4 Nb8 13.Bb4 Re8 14.Rxc7 Na6 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.0-0 Nxb4 17.Qxb4 Qd7 18.Qd2 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Qxc8 21.Qc3 Qxc3 22.bxc3 f6 23.Nd2 Bf8 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.Ke2 Ke6 26.f3 f5 27.e4 fxe4 28.fxe4 b5 29.Ke3 dxe4 30.Kxe4 Bd6 31.Nf3 h6 32.Ne5 g5 33.g4 a6 34.h3 a5 35.Nd3 Ba3 36.Nc5+ Kf7 37.Kd5 b4 38.cxb4 Bxb4 39.Kc6 Ke7 40.d5 Bxc5 41.Kxc5 a4 42.Kc6 Kd8 43.d6 Kc8 44.d7+ Kd8 45.a3 1-0

20. Game 115 / 7875 Evans, Larry - Rothman, Aaron
NYSCA-ch Endicott, NY (5), 08.09.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, September / October, 1948, p. 115.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 b5 9.a4 b4 10.Nd5 Bb7 11.Nxe7 Qxe7 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Na5 Nc5 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Bxb4 Qb6 16.Nc4 Qxb4 17.c3 Qb3 18.Qxd6 Nfd7 19.Ra3 Qc2 20.Bd1 Qc1 21.b4 Ne6 22.a5 Qg5 23.Ba4 Rd8 24.Nxe5 Qe7 25.Qxe7+ Kxe7 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.Bxd7 Kxd7 28.Rd1+ Ke7 29.c4 Rc8 30.Rad3 Bc6 31.Kf2 Rb8 32.Rb1 Nc5 33.Rdd1 Nd7 34.Ke3 Ne5 35.Kd4 f6 36.Rdc1 g5 37.Ke3 Ba4 38.b5 Ra8 39.Rb4 axb5 40.cxb5 Rxa5 41.Ra1 Rxb5 42.Raxa4 Rc5 43.Rb7+ 1-0

21. Game 117 / 7877 Byrne, Robert - Evans, Larry
USA-ch Speed. Finals West Orange, NJ, 28.11.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December, 1948, p. 123.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.0-0 Qc8 8.a3 Be7 9.Re1 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.b4 d6 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Nd2 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nd7 17.Rad1 e5 18.d5 Bg5 19.e3 Nf6 20.f4 exf4 21.exf4 Bh6 22.Re6 Qd8 23.Rde1 Kg8 24.Qd3 Nd7 25.Nf3 a5 26.Nd4 Rf7 27.Nxf5 Bxf4 28.gxf4 axb4 29.Qg3 Qf8 30.Nh6+ Kh8 31.Nxf7+ 1-0

22. Game 118 / 7878 Howard, Franklin Sandford - Byrne, Robert
USA-ch Speed. Finals West Orange, NJ, 28.11.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December, 1948, p. 123.

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Qc7 6.d3 Be7 7.0-0 a6 8.Bxc6 Qxc6 9.Ne2 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Ng3 0-0 12.c3 b6 13.f5 f6 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 fxe5 16.fxe6 Qxe6 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nd4 Rxf1+ 19.Nxf1 Bc5 20.Be3 Qg4 21.Qb3 Nc4 22.Re1 Be6 23.Nc2 Nxe3 24.Nfxe3 Qc4 25.Qxc4 dxc4 26.g3 Rd8 27.Kf2 Bf5 28.Re2 Bg4 29.Re1 Rd2+ 0-1

23. Game 119 / 7879 Perez Perez, Francisco Jose - Sanz Aguado, Jose
ESP-ch. Final Murcia ESP, 06.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December, 1948, p. 123.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Be2 Be7 7.Nf1 f6 8.exf6 Bxf6 9.Ne3 0-0 10.c3 b6 11.Qc2 Re8 12.0-0 Bb7 13.Bd3 Nf8 14.b3 Rc8 15.Ng4 a6 16.Re1 Nb8 17.Nfe5 c5 18.Bxh7+ Nxh7 19.Nh6+ 0-1

24. Game 125 / 7885 Rossolimo, Nicolas - Rometti, Barbato Ncola] FRA-ch (Cancelled game) Paris FRA, 09.1948
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December, 1948, p. 130.

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Be7 5.c4 0-0 6.Nc3 d5 7.d4 c6 8.Qc2 Qe8 9.Rb1 Nbd7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bf4 Bd8 13.Rbc1 h6 14.Bd6 Rf7 15.Qa4 Nf6 16.Qb3 Rd7 17.Ba3 Rc7 18.Ne5 b6 19.Rxc7 Bxc7 20.Rc1 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Ne4 22.Rc7 Bd7 23.Qd1 a5 24.f3 Ng5 25.Qd4 Ra6 26.f4 Nf7 27.Bf3 b5 28.Bc5 Rc6 29.Rb7 b4 30.Ra7 Qd8 31.Kg2 Be8 32.Be7 Qc8 33.Rxa5 Ra6 34.Qxb4 Kh7 35.b3 g5 36.h3 Kg6 37.Rxa6 Qxa6 38.a4 h5 39.Bxg5 Nxg5 40.fxg5 Qa7 41.Qf8 1-0

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