".. Walter got his IM title in 1982 at age 53 making him one of the oldest players ever to receive the title. He was IM strength for several decades but work, family and lack of opportunities delayed his becoming an IM. He made his debut in the US Championship at South Fallsberg, New York, in 1948, where at age 19 he tied for 8-10th places with 11.5 points in the 20 player round robin. He is a noted chess historian. IM John Walter Donaldson notes that "Walter is one of the great gentleman of American chess." ..."

<It began to feel as though you were playing against chess itself.> -- Walter Shipman (on Fischer)

< "It began to feel as though you were playing against chess itself." >

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5

<This move is the reason why modern players try to enter the Philidor by the move-order 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5, but of course this gives White the extra option of heading for a queenless middlegame with 4.dxe5.>

4...Nxe4 5.Bc4

<5.Qd5 Nc5 6.Bg5 Be7 (the less commonly played 6...Qd7 still leaves White in charge after 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.Nc3 0–0 9.0–0–0) 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Nc3 is the “official” reason why this move-order favors White, who has a small but annoying pull.>

5...c6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.0–0 0–0 8.Nbd2 Nxd2

<8...Nf6 was a reasonable alternative.>

9.Bxd2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5

<10...Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd7 12.Bb3 Qf6 13.Qxf6 Nxf6 14.Rad1 gives White the two-bishop edge in the ending.>

11.Bc3 Bc5

<White’s threatened Qd4 forces the bishop to move again.>

12.b4 Bb6 13.g4 Bg6 14.Ne5 Qh4?!

<14...Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Bxc2 16.Rd2 Bg6 (16...Be4 17.Nxf7) 17.Re1 offers White a strong initiative for the sacrificed pawn. The tricky 14...Qf6, intending ...Qf4, was best here. The text is skating on thin ice.>

15.Kh2

<15.Kg2 is more precise, meeting 15...a5 with 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Rb1, and Black is in serious trouble.>

15...Bxf2?

<This meets with a drastic refutation. 15...a5! was correct, with the point that on 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Rb1 Black has 17...Bc7+.>

16.Qf3 Bb6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Qxf7+! Rxf7 19.Rxf7 Na6 20.Raf1 1–0

Excerpts from the link provided by <FSR>:

<....Walter Shipman will be remembered as more than a player. His intelligence, wit, friendliness and sense of fair play will not be forgotten....>

From my contact with him, I can vouch for these qualities, though I did not know him well.

<....This was not the only piece of unwritten American chess history that Shipman had tucked away. Everyone remembers the U.S. team did not attend Buenos Aires 1939 after winning the previous four Olympiads, but why not? The answer is not to be found in the pages of Chess Review or the American Chess Bulletin.

Walter explained that George Emlen Roosevelt (yes, one of those Roosevelts), was willing to pay the travel for the U.S. team, but balked when the players asked for a modest honoraria (sic) to cover a month’s lost wages attending the event. Roosevelt, a banker and philanthropist who was one of the most prominent railroad financiers of his day, felt the players should be honored to play for the flag. The players, who had already demonstrated their patriotism countless times that decade, but had families to feed during the Depression, felt otherwise. Sadly, with Walter’s passing, much insider knowledge has been lost.>

This is most interesting; I had wondered why the American side did not travel to Buenos Aires.