This collection contains the games printed in the American Chess Bulletin (ACB), volume 25, 1928.

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 20 / 4998 Pinkus, Albert - Schmidt, Louis
Brooklyn City CC - City College New York, NY, 04.12.1926
Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1928, p. 39.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 b6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 0-0 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.0-0 h6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Bf5 Ne8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bg5 15.Rad1 g6 16.Be4 c6 17.Bf3 Qc8 18.Na4 Qd8 19.Qb3 b5 20.Nc5 Bc8 21.Qc3 Qe7 22.Bxg5 hxg5 23.e4 g4 24.exd5 gxf3 25.d6 Qg5 26.Qxf3 Bf5 27.d7 Ng7 28.Qxc6 Ne6 29.Nxe6 Bxe6 30.f4 Qe7 31.Rd4 Rfd8 32.Rfd1 Ra7 33.Rd6 Rdxd7 34.b4 Qd8 35.Rxd7 Rxd7 0-1

2. Game 21 / 4999 St. Louis - New Orleans
Radio game Radio, 01.01.1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1928, p. 40.

1.Nf3 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nc3 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb4 9.Rc1 Qxa2 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxc2 12.Rxc2 f5 13.0-0 h6 14.Bg3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 g5 16.Ra1 Rf8 17.Rca2 a6 18.c5 g4 19.Nd2 e5 20.Rb2 Game adjourned due to bad weather. ♖esult not known.

3. Game 30 / 5008 Palmer, Marvin C / Reshevsky, Samuel - Bishop, C E / Perkins, Nelson Secor
Detroit - Washington Radio Match Radio (1.1), 12.02.1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March 1928, p. 62.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.h3 0-0 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rad1 c6 13.Rfe1 Qa5 14.Nb3 Qh5 15.Bf4 d5 16.exd5 Bf5 17.Qd2 Bb4 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.a3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Qg6 21.Nd4 Be4 22.Qg3 Nd5 23.Qxg6 hxg6 24.Bd6 Nb6 25.b3 Rac8 26.f3 Bf5 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Bc5 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Rd8 30.c4 1-0

4. Game 32 / 2010 Baker, E - Dobble, E V K
Columbia University CC New York, NY, 1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, April 1928, p. 69.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nbd2 c6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Nxc4 0-0 9.0-0 c5 10.Rc1 h6 11.Bh4 Nd5 12.Bg3 b6 13.Re1 Bb7 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bb1 Nf6 16.Qc2 Be4 17.Qc3 Bxb1 18.Rxb1 Nfe4 19.Qc2 Qd3 20.Qxd3 Nxd3 21.Red1 Rfd8 22.Nfe5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Nxg3 25.hxg3 Bf6 26.Nc4 Rc8 27.b3 g5 28.Rd7 Ra8 29.Nd6 Rd8 30.Ne4 1-0

5. Game 37 / 5915 Adams, Weaver - Marshall, Frank James
Exhibition game Boston, MA, 24.02.1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, April 1928, p. 74.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Bc4 Nb6 4.Bb3 c5 5.Qe2 Qc7 6.Na3 a6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c3 e6 9.0-0 Be7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 0-0 12.Bd2 d5 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Rac1 Bf6 15.Be3 Bd7 16.d5 Nxd5 17.Bc5 Nf4 18.Qe3 Qc7 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Rc2 e5 21.Rd1 Bg4 22.Rc5 Qe7 23.Rcc1 Bg5 24.Kh1 Nxg2 25.Qxg5 Bxf3 26.Qxe7 Nf4+ 27.Kg1 Nxe7 28.Rc7 Bxd1 29.Bxd1 Rd8 30.Bb3 Rc8 31.Rxc8+ Nxc8 32.Nc4 Ng6 33.Bc2 b5 0-1

6. Game 39 / 5017 Becker, Albert - Tartakower, Savielly
Sportklub Hakoah Vienna AUT, 1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, April 1928, p. 75.

1.e4 c5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Ne2 Bd7 5.c3 Qc8 6.h3 e5 7.Na3 Nf6 8.d4 Be7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Nc4 0-0 13.g4 Kh7 14.Ng3 Rd8 15.Qf3 Rg8 16.Ne3 Rg6 17.Nd5 Be6 18.Bf1 Qh8 19.0-0-0 Rd8 20.Bb5 Rd7 21.Nf5 Bd8 22.h4 a6 23.Ba4 b5 24.Bc2 Na5 25.Rdg1 Qf8 26.Nfe3 Qh8 27.Qe2 Rg8 28.f4 Qg7 29.g5 Kh8 30.Rg2 exf4 31.gxf6 Qf8 32.Rhg1 Rxg2 33.Qxg2 f3 34.Qxf3 Nc4 35.Nxc4 bxc4 36.e5 Rxd5 37.Qe4 Rd3 38.Bxd3 cxd3 39.Rg7 Qxg7 40.fxg7+ Kxg7 41.Qxd3 Bxh4 42.Qxa6 h5 43.Qe2 Bg5+ 44.Kc2 h4 45.a4 c4 46.Kb1 h3 47.Qf3 Bd8 48.Qf4 Kf8 49.Qe4 Bc7 50.a5 h2 51.Qa8+ Ke7 52.a6 Bb6 53.Qb7+ Kf8 54.Ka2 Bg1 55.Qg2 Ke7 56.a7 Bxa7 57.Qxh2 Bc5 58.Qh1 Kf8 59.Qh8+ Ke7 60.Qa8 Kd7 61.Qb7+ Kd8 62.Qb8+ Bc8 63.e6 fxe6 64.Qb5 Bd6 65.Qxc4 e5 66.b4 Bb7 67.Qe6 Kc7 68.Kb3 Bc8 69.Qf7+ Kb8 70.c4 Bc7 71.Qe7 Bb7 72.b5 e4 73.c5 Bd5+ 74.Kb4 Kc8 75.Qe8+ Bd8 76.c6 Kc7 77.Qd7+ Kb8 78.Qb7# 1-0

7. Game 41 / 5019 Borochow, Harry - Palmi, Andrew Hansen
CCLA Masters Correspondence, 1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, April 1928, p. 82.

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 f6 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.d4 0-0 10.Be2 fxe5 11.Bxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bh4+ 13.g3 Be7 14.Bd3 Qe8 15.Rf1 Bf6 16.Qe2 c5 17.Qg2 Be6 18.g4 c4 19.Bf5 g6 20.0-0-0 Bg7 21.Bxe6+ Qxe6 22.Rfe1 Rad8 23.Kb2 Qb6+ 24.Ka1 Rd6 25.Rb1 Qa5 26.Qg3 Bh6 27.Rb2 Bf4 28.Qh3 Bd2 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Qxf1 Qc7 31.Qf3 Kg7 32.Rb5 Rf6 33.Qh3 a6 34.g5 Rf5 35.Rxd5 Qb6 36.Rd7+ Kf8 37.a4 Ke8 38.Re7+ Kd8 39.Rf7 1-0

8. Game 42 / 5020 Marshall, Frank James - Huszar, Joseph
Metropolitan Chess League New York, NY (3), 25.02.1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, April 1928, p. 84.

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 cxd4 6.exd4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Nc4 d6 11.b3 Nd5 12.Qe1 b5 13.Ne3 Nxf4 14.Bxb5 Qb6 15.a4 Nh5 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Ba3 Rd8 18.Ng5 Nf6 19.Qh4 Ne7 20.Rxf6 Bxf6 21.Qxh7+ Kf8 22.Qxf7# 1-0

9.Game 43 / 5021 Steiner, Endre - Reti, Richard
Trenhlanske-Teplice Trenhlanske-Teplice CZE, 05.1928 Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1928, p. 89.

1.e4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.f4 Nd4 5.Nce2 e5 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Qf3 d6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Qg3 f6 10.Nf3 Be6 11.d3 Bb4+ 12.Nd2 Qd7 13.Be2 Qf7 14.0-0 Ne7 15.Nf3 Qg6 16.Qh4 h5 17.a3 Bd6 18.Bd2 Qh7 19.Bb4 Bxb4 20.axb4 Ng6 21.Qf2 a6 22.Ra5 Rd8 23.b5 axb5 24.Rxb5 Rd7 25.Rb6 Nf4 26.Ra1 0-0 27.Bf1 Qh6 28.Qd2 Bg4 29.Qf2 Bxf3 30.Qxf3 Qg5 31.Qg3 Qh6 32.h4 Re8 33.Qf2 Re6 34.Rb5 Rc6 35.Ra7 Rcc7 36.Ra8+ Kf7 37.g3 Ng6 38.Be2 Qe3 39.Bxh5 Qxd3 40.Bxg6+ Kxg6 41.Qf5+ Kf7 42.Qh5+ g6 43.Qh7+ Ke6 44.Qg8+ Rf7 45.Qe8+ Rfe7 46.Qg8+ Rf7 47.Re8+ Rce7 48.Rxe7+ 1-0

10. Game 50 / 5028 Richard, Louis - Falconer, George
Montreal championship Montreal CAN, 1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1928, p. 101.

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bd6 9.f4 0-0 10.Ng3 exf4 11.Bxf4 Bxf4 12.Rxf4 Ne5 13.Bb3 c5 14.Qh5 Ng6 15.Rf2 b6 16.Raf1 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Rxf8+ Nxf8 19.Qf7+ Kh8 20.Nh5 1-0

11. Game 51 / 5029 Blanchard, J L - Sharp, Charles
Montreal championship Montreal CAN, 1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1928, p. 101.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.0-0 Ne7 8.Bg5 0-0 9.Qh5 h6 10.Bh4 Be6 11.Nd2 Qd7 12.Nb3 Bd6 13.Qe2 Ng6 14.Bg3 Rfe8 15.Qd2 Rad8 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Qd4 Re4 19.Qxa7 h5 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Rfe1 Rg4 22.g3 Qf6 23.Qe3 Qh4 24.f4 Qh3 25.Re2 h4 26.c4 Bxc4 27.Nd2 Bxe2 28.Qxe2 hxg3 29.Nf3 gxh2+ 30.Kh1 Rxf4 31.Nxh2 Rdf8 32.Qg2 Qh4 33.Rg1 Rf2 0-1

12. Game 52 / 5030 Wilson, Stanley Becket - Fox, Maurice/ Montreal championship Montreal CAN, 1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1928, p. 101.

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Bd3 a6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Rc1 c6 10.0-0 h6 11.Bh4 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qc2 f5 14.Rfe1 Rf6 15.Ne2 g5 16.Nd2 Nf8 17.f3 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Bd7 19.Ng3 Kh8 20.Qc2 Qf7 21.e4 dxe4 22.fxe4 f4 23.e5 fxg3 24.exf6 gxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Qxf6 26.Qc5 Be6 27.Rf1 Qg7 28.Rcd1 Qc7+ 29.Kg1 b6 30.Rxf8+ Kg7 31.Qc3 Rxf8 32.d5+ Kg8 33.dxe6 1-0

13. Game 54 / 5032 Thomas, George Alan - Saunders, Harold
City of London CC Championship (30th) London ENG, 1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1928, p. 102.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Ne2 g6 7.Ng3 Qc7 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Qb3 Bg7 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.Re1 0-0 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.Nd2 Rac8 14.Qa4 Qc7 15.h3 Be6 16.Nf3 Nd7 17.Qd1 Nf6 18.Nh4 Qb6 19.Qd2 Ng8 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Rxe6 Kh7 22.Re2 e5 23.dxe5 d4 24.Nf3 dxc3 25.bxc3 Qa5 26.Re4 Nge7 27.Rh4+ Kg8 28.Bf6 Nxe5 29.Qh6 1-0

14. Game 57 / 5035 Ransom, A W - Otis, R A
South Dakota Correspondence Tournament Correspondence, 1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, July / August 1928, p. 11.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e5 Be7 7.Nh3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qg4 0-0 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.f4 Nb4 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Qh5+ Kg8 14.Ng5 Nxc2+ 15.Kd2 Qxg5 16.Qxg5 Nxa1 17.Rxa1 Bd7 18.h4 Rac8 19.h5 Bb4 20.h6 1-0

15. Game 58 / 5036 Yates, Fred Dewhirst - Winter, William
Scarborough Scarborough ENG, 1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, July / August 1928, p. 112.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Qe1 0-0 10.f3 Rb8 11.Kh1 Nd7 12.b3 Nc5 13.Bb2 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Ba6 15.Rd1 Qd7 16.f4 f5 17.Rf3 e5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Ne4 Rbf8 20.fxe5 Rxf3 21.gxf3 dxe5 22.Qe3 Qh3 23.Ng5 Qf5 24.Qxa7 Bxd3 25.Qe3 Ba6 26.Ba3 Bh6 27.Rg1 Rd8 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Nxe4 Be2 30.Kg2 Rd3 31.Nc5 Bxf3+ 32.Kf2 Be3+ 33.Kxf3 Bxc5+ 34.Ke2 Re3+ 35.Kd2 Bxa3 36.Rg4 0-1

16. Game 60 / 5038 Bernstein, Ossip - Dubois
Simul Paris FRA (1), 1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, July / August 1928, p. 120.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Bg5 d6 8.f4 Qe7 9.Nc3 c6 10.Ne2 Bg4 11.Nxd4 Bxd1 12.Nf5 Qf8 13.fxe5 Nxe4 14.Nxd6+ Nxd6 15.exd6 Kd7 16.Raxd1 f6 17.Bf4 h5 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.Re7+ Kd8 20.Rxb7 1-0

17. Game 64 / 5042 Lasker, Edward - Horowitz, Israel Albert
NCF Championship (2nd) Bradley Beach, NJ (5), 10.09.1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, September / October 1928, p. 130.

1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.exd4 d5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Be2 h6 9.0-0 Be6 10.Ne5 dxc4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 Rb8 13.Qxc6 Rxb2 14.Rab1 Qb8 15.Bxc4 Bd7 16.Qf3 Qb4 17.Rxb2 Qxb2 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Bd6 20.Bb3 Be6 21.d5 Bd7 22.Qe4 f5 23.Qd4 Qe2 24.Bc4 Qh5 25.f4 a5 26.Bd2 a4 27.Bc3 Qf7 28.Rf3 Re8 29.Rg3 Re7 30.Bd3 Qf8 31.Kf1 Kh7 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.Qxe3 Qf7 34.Qd4 Kg8 35.Bb4 Qh5 36.Bc3 Qg4 37.g3 Qf3+ 38.Ke1 Bf8 39.d6 cxd6 40.Bc4+ Kh7 41.Bd5 Qh5 42.h4 Qe8+ 43.Kd2 Bb5 44.Qe3 Qxe3+ 45.Kxe3 Bd7 46.Kd3 g5 47.hxg5 hxg5 48.Kc4 gxf4 49.gxf4 Bh6 50.Bd2 Kg6 51.a3 Kf6 52.Kb4 Ke7 53.Bc4 Kd8 54.Bb5 Bxb5 55.Kxb5 Kc7 56.Kxa4 ½-½

18. Game 65 / 5043 Factor, Samuel D - Mlotkowski, Stasch
NCF Championship (2nd) Bradley Beach, NJ (4), 08.09.1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, September / October 1928, p. 131.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.Qc2 Ne4 10.Rc1 Ndxc5 11.Be2 Bf5 12.Nh4 Nxc3 13.Nxf5 Nxa2+ 14.Kf1 Nxc1 15.Nxg7+ Kf8 16.Bh6 Nxe2 17.Nf5+ Ke8 18.Kxe2 Qa6+ 19.Kf3 Qd3 20.Qxd3 Nxd3 21.Bg7 Rg8 22.Rd1 Ne1+ 23.Ke2 Nxg2 24.Rxd5 Nh4 25.Re5+ Kd7 26.Rb5 Nxf5 0-1

19. [Game 70 5048 Brunnemer, John William - O'Hanlon
Casual game Correspondence, 1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, September / October 1928, p. 147.

1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Bg4 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qe1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bh5 11.Qh4 Bg6 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.N2f3 Ne4 14.Qh3 Re8 15.b3 e5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.fxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.Bb2 Qb6 20.Rae1 Rae8 21.c4 Nc3 22.Bxc3 Rxe3 23.Kh1 Rxh3 24.Rxe8+ Kh7 25.gxh3 d4 26.Rf4 g5 27.Rxd4 1-0

20. [Game 77/ 5055 Pinkus, Albert - Tholfsen, Erling
Dimock Tournament New York, NY, 1926
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November 1928, p. 160.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.0-0 Nf6 6.c3 Be7 7.d4 d6 8.Bb5 0-0 9.Re1 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Nd5 f5 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.e5 Kh8 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Ba3 c5 17.exd6 Qxd6 18.dxc5 Qa6 19.Qxd7 Qxa3 20.Ne5 Qxc5 21.Qe6 Bh5 22.Nd7 Qa5 23.Nxf8 Rxf8 24.Qe5 Qb6 25.Rac1 Qg6 26.Rxc7 f4 27.Qxf4 1-0

21. [Game 88/ 5066 Mlotkowski, Stasch - Yates, Fred Dewhirst\ London - Washington, DC Match Cable (1.1), 1928
Source: American Chess Bulletin, December 1928, p. 182.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Qe2+ Be6 7.Ngf3 c4 8.c3 Be7 9.Ne5 Qb6 10.Ba4 Nf6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Ndf3 Ne4 13.Nxc4 Qa6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Re1 Nxc3 16.bxc3 dxc4 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Rfe8 19.Qf3 Bd5 20.Qg3 Qa3 21.Bf6 Qf8 22.Rab1 h6 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Be5 ½-½

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