This collection contains the games printed in the American Chess Bulletin (ACB), volume 24, 1927.

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 / 4893 Canal, Estaban - Colle, Edgar
Merano Merano ITA (2), 12.1926
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1927, p. 5

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.f4 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Bc4 c5 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.e6 f5 12.Be3 b6 13.h4 h5 14.Bd5 Bb7 15.Bxc6 Qxc6 16.Rad1 cxd4 17.cxd4 Rac8 18.Rd2 Qa4 19.Qf2 Qxa2 20.d5 Bxd5 21.Qg3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Qxe6 0-1

2. Game 2 / 4894 Bachman, Ludwig Ernst - Tarrasch, Siegbert
Casual game Nuremberg GER, 1887
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1927, p. 7.

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Ke2 d5 6.exd5 Bg4+ 7.Nf3 0-0-0 8.Kd3 Nb4+ 9.Kc4 Qh5 10.h3 Nxd5 11.hxg4 Nb6+ 12.Kb3 Qxh1 13.Bxf4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Rxd6 15.Nb5 Rd8 16.a4 a6 17.a5 Nd5 18.Ne5 axb5 19.a6 bxa6 20.Rxa6 Ngf6 21.Qa1 c6 22.Ra8+ Kc7 23.Qa7+ Kd6 24.Nxf7+ Ke6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Nxd8+ Kd6 27.Nf7+ Ke6 28.Bd3 g6 ½-½

3. Game 6 / 4698 Laue / Seburig - Nimzowitsch, Aron
Simul, 07.11.1926
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1927, p. 10.

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.b3 Bd6 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.d3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 Qc7 8.0-0 a5 9.c4 b5 10.cxb5 cxb5 11.Rc1 Qb8 12.Qc2 0-0 13.e4 Bb7 14.Nd4 Rc8 15.Qb1 Rxc1 16.Rxc1 b4 17.Nc6 Bxc6 18.Rxc6 a4 19.d4 Bf8 20.e5 Ne8 21.f4 Qb5 22.Qc2 a3 23.Bc1 Bc5 24.Rxc5 Nxc5 25.dxc5 Rc8 26.Nb1 Qxc5+ 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Bxa3 bxa3 29.Nxa3 Ra5 30.Nc2 Rxa2 31.Nd4 Rb2 32.f5 Nc7 33.fxe6 Nxe6 34.Nc6 d4 0-1

4. Game 7 / 4899 Frink, Orrin - Margolis, Albert
Cambridge Springs Test Tournament Chicago, IL, 1926
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1927, p. 11.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 e5 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.dxe5 Ne4 11.cxd5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxc3 13.Rb1 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 cxd5 16.Bb5+ Ke7 17.Ke2 a6 18.Bd3 b5 19.Rhc1 Bd7 20.Rc7 Rhc8 21.Rbc1 Rxc7 22.Rxc7 Kd8 23.Rc5 Ke7 24.a3 Ke6 25.f4 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Bxc8 27.Bxh7 g6 28.g4 Ke7 29.f5 Kf8 30.fxg6 Bxg4+ 31.Kd2 a5 32.Kc3 fxg6 33.Bxg6 Ke7 34.Kd4 Bf3 35.h4 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.h5 b3 38.h6 b2 39.h7 Be4 40.h8Q 1-0

5. {Game 8 / 4900] Margolis, Albert - Ellison, Charles F
Cambridge Springs Test Tournament Chicago, IL, 1926
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1927, p. 11.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Rc1 0-0 10.Bd3 e5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Be6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Bf4 Qxa2 15.0-0 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 a5 18.Bg3 b5 19.e4 Nb6 20.f4 Rfd8 21.Be2 Bb3 22.Rb2 a4 23.Bf2 Nc4 24.Bxc4 Bxc4 25.Ra1 a3 26.Rb4 Rd3 27.Bd4 a2 28.Kf2 Ra3 29.f5 Rd2+ 30.Kg1 Re2 31.f6 gxf6 32.exf6 Rxe4 33.Rb2 Re2 34.Rxe2 Bxe2 35.Kf2 Bd3 36.Ke3 Bb1 37.Kf4 c5 38.Bxc5 Rxc3 39.Bd4 b4 40.Bxc3 bxc3 41.Ke3 Kh7 0-1

6. Game 9 / 4901 Bornholz, Robert L - Santasiere, Anthony
Manhattan cc - Marshall CC Match New York, .NY 22.12.1926
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1927, p. 14.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Qd3 Nb6 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Bd7 11.Qd2 Bc6 12.Be2 0-0-0 13.0-0-0 Qa2 14.Qb4 Nd5 15.Qc5 Rd6 16.Bc4 Qa1+ 17.Kd2 Qxb2 18.Bxd5 Rxd5 19.Qxa7 Rhd8 20.Ke3 Qxc2 21.Rd2 Qe4+ 22.Kxe4 Rxd4+ 0-1

7. Game 10 / 4902 Forsberg, Bruno - Pinkus, Albert
Marshall CC Championship New York, NY (1), 1926
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1927, p. 14.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Bd7 9.Nbc3 0-0-0 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 Bd6 12.0-0-0 Ne7 13.Bf4 Bxf4+ 14.Nxf4 Rde8 15.Rhe1 Ng6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.h3 Bc6 18.f3 Rh5 19.Rd2 Rhe5 20.Red1 g5 21.Nd5 b6 22.Ne3 a5 23.b3 a4 24.Rh1 axb3 25.axb3 Kb7 26.Kb2 g6 27.g4 Rh8 28.Rdh2 Re7 29.h4 Reh7 30.h5 Rh6 31.hxg6 Rxh2 32.Rxh2 Rxh2 33.g7 Re2 34.Nf5 Bd5 35.exd5 Re8 36.Nh6 1-0

8. Game 11 / 4903 Bornholz, Robert L / Samuels, Lester - Kashdan, Isaac / Horowitz, Israel Albert
Consultation game New York, NY, 1926
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1927, p. 15.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.exd6 cxd6 5.Nf3 g6 6.c4 Nb6 7.Bd2 Bg7 8.Bc3 N8d7 9.d5 Nf6 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 e5 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Nbd2 Rc8 14.Rc1 d5 15.Bb4 Re8 16.c5 Nbd7 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.Bb1 Bd7 19.Qb3 Nc6 20.Bc3 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Bc6 22.Rfe1 Nd7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qc3+ Qf6 25.Qxf6+ Kxf6 26.b4 Re6 27.Bd3 a6 28.f4 Rce8 29.Kf2 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Rxe1 31.Kxe1 a5 32.b5 Nxc5 33.bxc6 Nxd3+ 34.Ke2 Nxf4+ 35.Kf3 bxc6 36.Kxf4 a4 37.Nf3 c5 38.g4 h6 39.h4 Ke6 40.Ke3 f5 41.g5 hxg5 42.hxg5 d4+ 43.Kd3 Kd5 44.Nh4 c4+ 45.Ke2 d3+ 46.Kd1 f4 47.Nxg6 f3 48.Nf4+ Ke4 49.Nh3 Kf5 50.Kd2 1-0

9. Game 12 / 4904 Santasiere, Anthony - Bronstein, D
Marshall CC Championship New York, NY, 1926
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1927, p. 15.

1.Nc3 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qa4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 0-0 8.e3 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Qh4 h5 11.g4 Nb4 12.cxb4 Bxf3 13.Rg1 Re8 14.gxh5 Re6 15.h6 g6 16.Rg3 Bh5 17.f4 Qe7 18.f5 Re4 19.Bxf6 Qxb4+ 20.c3 Rxh4 21.cxb4 Rxh2 22.fxg6 Bxg6 23.Bxg6 fxg6 24.Rd1 1-0

10. Game 31 / 4923 Vance, Thomas R - Chevalier, Frederick Richmond
Intercollegiate Individual Championship New York, NY (5), 10.04.1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, April 1927, p. 89.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Be7 7.Rc1 0-0 8.Bd3 a6 9.0-0 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Bb1 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Qb6 16.b4 Na4 17.Nxa4 bxa4 18.e4 Rfd8 19.e5 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Nd5 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 22.Ng5 h6 23.Ne4 Qc6 24.Qg4 Nf5 25.Nf6+ Kh8 26.Nh5 g6 27.Nf4 Kg7 28.h4 Qb6 29.h5 g5 30.Bxf5 exf5 31.Qxf5 gxf4 32.Rd6 Qb5 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.e6 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Rh1+ 36.Kxh1 Qf1+ 37.Kh2 Qxg2# 0-1

11. Game 32 / 4294 Sack, S - Winkelman, Barnie
Pennsylvania State Championship Philadelphia, PA (2), 02.1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, April 1927, p. 92.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.0-0 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bc4 0-0 10.Re1 Re8 11.e5 dxe5 12.Rxe5 Bd6 13.Rxe8+ Qxe8 14.Qe2 Ng4 15.h3 Ne5 16.Ba6 Qe7 17.Ne4 Re8 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Be3 Qf6 20.Re1 h6 21.b3 Ng6 22.Qd2 Nh4 23.Bd3 c5 24.Kh2 Bc6 25.f3 Nxg2 26.Qxg2 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 Qf4+ 0-1

12. Game 33 / 4925 Weiner David G - Winkelman, Barnie
Pennsylvania State Championship Philadelphia, PA (6), 02.1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, April 1927, p. 92.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Qe2 d6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5 9.f4 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.0-0 0-0-0 13.d5 Nc5 14.a4 a5 15.Ba3 Nfd7 16.Nd2 Qe8 17.Bc2 f6 18.Nb3 Nxb3 19.Bxb3 Ba6 20.Bc2 h5 21.Bd3 Nc5 22.Bxc5 bxc5 23.Qf2 Qe7 24.Rab1 Kd7 25.Qf5+ Kd6 26.Rb2 Qd7 27.Qg6 Rdf8 28.Rbf2 Qe7 29.Be2 Rh6 30.Qf5 Bc8 31.Qf3 Bg4 32.Qe3 Bxe2 33.Qxe2 Rb8 34.Qa2 Qd7 35.Rb2 Rxb2 36.Qxb2 Qxa4 37.Qb8 Qd7 38.Ra1 Rg6 39.Qf8+ Qe7 40.Qxe7+ Kxe7 41.Rxa5 Rg4 42.Rxc5 Kd7 43.Rb5 Rxe4 44.Rb4 Re3 45.Rb3 Rd3 46.Kf2 e4 47.Ke2 h4 48.Ra3 g5 49.Ra6 Rxc3 50.Rxf6 Rxc4 51.Rg6 h3 52.gxh3 Rc2+ 53.Ke3 Rxh2 54.Rxg5 Rxh3+ 55.Kxe4 ½-½

13. Game 34 / 4926 Brinckmann, Alfred - Bogoljubov, Efim
Berlin Berlin GER, 05.1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1927, p. 100.

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nge2 d6 6.d3 Bd7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.h3 Rb8 9.Qd2 h6 10.0-0 Qc8 11.Kh2 h5 12.f4 b5 13.Rae1 b4 14.Nd1 Rb5 15.d4 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 0-0 18.Bxa7 Ra5 19.Bd4 Rxa2 20.e5 dxe5 21.fxe5 Nh7 22.Qxb4 Qxc2 23.Qxe7 Be6 24.Ne3 Qa4 25.Bc3 Re8 26.Qb7 Qa7 27.Qxa7 Rxa7 28.Ra1 Rc7 29.Ra5 Rd8 30.Nd5 Rcd7 31.Nf4 Bc4 32.Rfa1 Ng5 33.Bc6 Rd2+ 34.Bxd2 Rxd2+ 35.Kh1 Ne6 36.Nxe6 Bxe6 37.b4 Bxh3 38.Re1 Rb2 39.Bd5 Bf8 40.Ra7 Bxb4 41.Rc1 Bf5 42.Bxf7+ Kf8 43.Bd5 Bd2 44.Rcc7 1-0

14. {Game 42 / 4934] Schnitzler, Georg - Alexander
Casual game Berlin GER, 1879
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1927, p. 114.

The Commencement Exercises of 1927 at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio, included an exhibition of Living Chess for which this game was used as the model. Details about the original game were not given in AC♗. 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Qg5 6.Nf3 Qxg2 7.Bxf7+ Kd8 8.Rg1 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qh3 10.Rg3 Qh6 11.Qb3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 Nf6 13.Rg6 hxg6 14.Qxf6+ gxf6 15.Bxf6# 1-0

15. Game 56 / 4948 Gross, Henry - Borochow, Harry\] California Chess Championship Los Angeles, CA, 08.1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, September / October 1927, p. 155.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.e4 Bg6 7.Nge2 e5 8.h3 Be7 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Be3 0-0 11.f4 exf4 12.Nxf4 Rfe8 13.Qd3 Nb6 14.g4 Rad8 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Bf4 c5 17.Nb5 Qd7 18.d5 a6 19.Nc3 Qc7 20.Rae1 Nfd7 21.b3 g5 22.Be3 Ne5 23.Qd2 f6 24.Ne2 g6 25.Nc1 Nbd7 26.Nd3 Kg7 27.Bf2 Rh8 28.Nxe5 Nxe5 29.Bg3 Nf7 30.Re2 Rde8 31.Ref2 Bd8 32.Qb2 Ne5 33.Bxe5 Rxe5 34.b4 cxb4 35.Qxb4 Qb6 36.Rb1 Qxb4 37.Rxb4 b5 38.Kh1 Bb6 39.Rc2 Bc5 40.Rb1 b4 41.Kh2 Re7 42.Bf3 a5 43.Rcb2 Rc8 44.Rd1 Be3 45.Rc2 Ra8 46.Kg2 a4 47.Rb2 Bc5 48.Kg3 Rb8 49.Rd3 Rbe8 50.Rd1 f5 51.gxf5 gxf5 52.exf5 Re3 53.Rdd2 R8e4 54.Re2 Rxe2 55.Bxe2 b3 56.axb3 Bd4 57.Bf3 Re3 0-1

16. Game 58 / 4950 Kashdan, Isaac - Santasiere, Anthony
Metropolitan Chess League New York, NY, 1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, September / October 1927, p. 166.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bg2 h6 6.0-0 e6 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.d4 Bd6 9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.Nh4 Bh7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bh3 0-0 13.Nf5 Rfe8 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Nf3 Nf8 16.Ne5 Ne6 17.Rc1 Ng5 18.Bg2 Bf5 19.f3 Re7 20.Qd2 Rae8 21.Qa5 b6 22.Qa3 Qxa3 23.Bxa3 c5 24.f4 Nh3+ 25.Kh1 Ne4 26.Bf3 f6 27.Nd3 Nd2 28.Bxd5+ Kh7 29.Bg2 Nxf1 30.Bxf1 Rxe2 31.Bxh3 Bxh3 0-1

17. Game 72 / 4694 Lasker, Edward - Sergeant, Edward G
London - New York Cable Match Telegraph (1.3), 05.11.1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November 1927, p. 181.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Bd3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.0-0 b6 10.Qa4 c4 11.Bf5 Nc5 12.dxc5 Bxf5 13.Rfd1 bxc5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Rxd5 Be6 17.Rd2 Rfd8 18.Rad1 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Rd8 20.h3 Rd3 21.Kf1 h6 22.Ke2 Qb7 23.Qc2 ½-½

18. Game 73 / 4965 Winter, William - Kashdan, Isaac
London - New York Cable Match Telegraph (1.4), 05.11.1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November 1927, p. 181.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 Qa5 7.Bh4 Bb4 8.Nge2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qh5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qb3 Nxg3 12.Nxg3 Qa5 13.0-0 0-0 14.f4 Nb6 15.Be2 Nd5 16.Nce4 f5 17.Ng5 Bd2 18.Rf3 c5 19.Bc4 cxd4 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.exd4 h6 22.Nh3 b6 23.Nf1 Bb4 24.Nf2 Be6 ½-½

19. Game 74 / 4966 Santasiere, Anthony - Berger, Victor
London - New York Cable Match Telegraph (1.5), 05.11.1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November 1927, p. 181.

1.Nc3 c5 2.f4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d5 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 a6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.fxe5 Ne4 11.d4 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Qc7 13.Bd2 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.cxd3 cxd4 16.exd4 Qb6 17.Qg4 Bxe5 18.Be3 Bg7 19.Rac1 f5 20.Qh4 e5 21.Rc5 f4 22.Bd2 e4 23.Rxd5 e3 24.Bc3 Rac8 25.Qe1 Rf7 26.b4 Qe6 0-1

20. Game 75 / 4967 Goldstein, Maurice Edward - Schapiro, Morris A
London - New York Cable Match Telegraph (1.6), 05.11.1927
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November 1927, p. 182.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.d5 cxd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.0-0 Nc5 10.Be3 Nfe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Nd4 Nc5 13.b4 Nd7 14.Rc1 Nb6 15.a4 a5 16.Nb5 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Bd7 18.Rb1 Bf5 19.Rbd1 Bd7 20.Be4 Qe8 21.Bd3 b6 22.Rb1 e5 23.Bxb6 e4 24.Bc4 f5 25.bxa5 f4 26.Qa3 0-1

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