This collection contains the games printed in Chess Review (CHR), volume 7, 1939.

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 15 / 1218 Rogosin, Hyman - Collins, John W Marshall CC ch (1938/39). Minor New York, NY, 12.1938 Source: Chess Review, January 1939, p. 14.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qc2 Qb6 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Neg5 Nf6 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Rfd1 Nb4 15.Qb1 Nbd5 16.Bd4 h6 17.Ne4 Rd8 18.Ne5 Rb8 19.Nc4 Qa6 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Be5 Ra8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Qd3 Be7 24.a4 Ne8 25.b3 f6 26.Bf4 e5 27.Qg6 Be6 28.Be3 Bf7 29.Qg4 Rd8 30.Rc1 Be6 31.Qg6 Bf7 32.Qf5 b5 33.axb5 Qxb5 34.Be4 g6 35.Qh3 Qxb3 36.Qxh6 Bf8 37.Qh3 Rd1+ 38.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39.Kg2 Bxc4 40.Bxg6 Bd5+ 0-1

2. Game 16 / 1219 Heitner, Irving - Willman, Robert
Manhattan CC Championship (1938/39) New York, NY, 1938
Source: Chess Review, January 1939, p. 14.

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.c4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Nb3 Ne4 9.0-0 Nxd2 10.N1xd2 Nc6 11.e4 f4 12.c5 Qc7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qh6 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 Qe5 16.gxf4 Qxc5 17.f5 gxf5 18.Qh5+ Kd8 19.Rac1 Qf8 20.Rfe1 Qf6 21.Nc4 fxe4 22.Nd6 Rf8 23.Nxe4 Qg6 24.Qh4+ Kc7 25.b4 b5 26.Rxc6+ Kxc6 27.Qe7 Kb6 28.Qd6+ 1-0

3. Game 17 / 1220 Seidman, Herbert - Soudakoff, Jack
Intercollegiate Chess League New York, NY, 12.1938
Source: Chess Review, January 1939, p. 15.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Be3 Na5 11.Nd4 0-0 12.Nd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 c5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.f4 Nxb3 16.axb3 Ra7 17.b4 d4 18.cxd4 Rd7 19.bxc5 Bxc5 20.Rfd1 Rxf4 21.dxc5 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Qf8 23.Bxf4 Qxf4 24.Rd8+ Kf7 25.Rf1 1-0

4. Game 18 / 1221 Murphy, J C - Anderson, G A
Texas State Championship Waco, TX, 09.1938
Source: Chess Review, January 1939, p. 15.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 Nh5 6.d4 d5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qa4 Bf8 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Be3 Ng7 11.Nbd2 a6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Qc2 e6 14.0-0 h5 15.b4 Be7 16.Rfd1 g5 17.Ne4 g4 18.Nf6+ Bxf6 19.exf6 Qxf6 20.Bd4 Qh6 21.Ne5 Qh7 22.Qd2 Rg8 23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.Qf4 Rc8 25.Re1 Nf5 26.Re5 Kd7 27.a4 Ra8 28.Rae1 Rg6 29.Qxf5 Re8 30.Qd3 f6 31.Qxa6 Rg7 32.Qb7+ Kd8 33.Qb8+ Kd7 34.Qd6+ Kc8 35.Qxc6+ Kd8 36.Rxd5+ Rd7 37.Bxf6+ Ree7 38.Qxd7# 1-0

5. Game 19 1222 Kahn, M - Little, Paul Hugo
Kahn vs. Little Blindfold Match Chicago, IL (1), 29.11.1938
Source: Chess Review, January 1939, p. 15.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bxc4 a6 8.a4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Bd3 Nbd5 12.Rc1 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qa5 14.e4 Bd7 15.e5 Nd5 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Ng5 h6 18.Re3 Nd5 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Rh3 Qd8 21.Rh5 f6 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.Ne4 Qf4 24.g3 Qf7 25.Rh4 c4 26.Qc2 Qe7 27.Re1 Bxa4 28.Qxa4 Kxh7 29.Qc2 Kg8 30.f4 b6 31.Rh5 Rf5 32.Qe2 Rxh5 33.Qxh5 Nf6 34.Qe5 Nxe4 35.Qxe4 Re8 36.d5 Kf7 37.Qxc4 Qc5+ 38.Qxc5 bxc5 39.Ra1 exd5 40.Rxa6 ½-½

6. Game 24 / 1227 Soudakoff, Jack - Fulop, J
Manhattan CC Championship (1938/39) New York, NY, 1938
Source: Chess Review, January 1939, p. 28.

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.c4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.0-0 d5 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Bd6 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.Bf4 e5 13.Rfd1 Bd7 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.Rxd7 Kxd7 16.Qf7+ Kd8 17.Rd1+ 1-0

7. Game 26 / 1229 Goodman, D - Amateur
Casual game New York, NY, 06.1938
Source: Chess Review, February 1939, p. 30.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e5 7.Nf3 exd4 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nxd4 0-0 10.Ndf5 Bc5 11.Nxg7 Kxg7 12.b4 Bxb4 13.Bb2 Kh8 14.Nf5 Rg8 15.Qh5 Rg6 16.Nh6 Qf8 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Qg5 Qg7 19.Rad1 Bf8 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Qxf6+ Bg7 22.Qf8# 1-0

8. Game 30 / 1233 Cohen, S S - Moskowitz, Jack
Manhattan CC Championship (1938/39) New York, NY, 11.12.1938
Source: Chess Review, February 1939, p. 33.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 0-0 7.c3 Nxe4 8.d5 Nb8 9.Bc2 f5 10.Nxe5 d6 11.Nd3 Nd7 12.Nf4 Ne5 13.Qe2 Nf6 14.c4 Re8 15.b3 Bf8 16.Bb2 Nfg4 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Qh4 19.h3 f4 20.Nd2 Nf6 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.Qxe5 Bd6 23.Qe2 Re7 24.Ne4 Rxe6 25.c5 Be5 26.Qc4 Rae8 27.Rae1 f3 28.Re3 fxg2 29.Rfe1 Kh8 30.Nxf6 Qxf6 31.Qd3 g6 32.Rf3 Qg5 33.Rfe3 Qf4 34.Kxg2 Qh2+ 35.Kf1 Rf8 36.Qd2 Ref6 0-1

9. Game 31 / 1234 Cohen, S S - Adams, Weaver
Manhattan CC Championship (1938/39) New York, NY, 25.01.1939
Source: Chess Review, February 1939, p. 34.

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 0-0 9.Qb3 Nh5 10.Bg3 Qd7 11.Rc1 Nd8 12.Bh4 c6 13.Be2 Nf6 14.g4 Nxg4 15.e4 dxe4 16.Rg1 Nh6 17.Bf6 Bg6 18.Nxe4 Kh8 19.Qh3 Nf5 20.Be5 f6 21.Rxg6 fxe5 22.dxe5 Qd4 23.Ng5 Qh4 24.Qxh4 Nxh4 25.Rxe6 h6 26.Re7 hxg5 27.Bh5 g6 28.Bg4 Ng2+ 29.Ke2 Nf7 30.Bd7 Nf4+ 31.Ke3 Nh6 32.Rd1 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Nxf7 34.e6 Nxe6 35.Bxe6 Re8 36.Rd7 Rxe6+ 37.Kd4 Nd6 38.f3 Nf5+ 39.Kc5 b6+ 40.Kb4 Re7 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.c5 Kf6 43.Rb8 Ne3 44.Rc8 Re6 45.Ra8 Re5 46.Rxa7 Rxc5 47.a4 Ke5 48.Rg7 Nd5+ 49.Ka3 Kf6 50.Rg8 Rc1 51.Rd8 Ke5 52.Rg8 c5 53.Rxg6 c4 54.b4 Rb1 55.Rxg5+ Kd4 56.Rg4+ Kd3 0-1

10. Game 32 / 1235 Shainswit, George - Adams, Weaver
Manhattan CC Championship (1938/39) New York, NY, 25.01.1939
Source: Chess Review, February 1939, p. 36.

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d4 d5 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.dxe5 d4 6.g3 Be6 7.Nd2 Bxc4 8.Bg2 Bd5 9.Ne4 Bxe4 10.Bxe4 c6 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qf3 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 Rd8 14.a3 Be7 15.h4 Qb5 16.Bf4 f6 17.a4 Qa5 18.Qh5+ Kf8 19.Qf5 g6 20.Qe6 Re8 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Bd6+ Be7 23.h5 gxh5 24.Ra3 Kg7 25.Rf3 Rf8 26.Bxe7 Rxf3 27.Bxf3 Qc7 28.Bc5 1-0

11. Game 33 / 1236 Platz, Joseph - Cohen, S S
Manhattan CC Championship (1938/39) New York, NY, 25.01.1939
Source: Chess Review, February 1939, p. 36.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.e4 Bg4 8.d5 Bxf3 9.dxc6 b5 10.Qd3 Qxd3 11.Bxd3 Bxg2 12.Rg1 b4 13.Nb5 0-0-0 14.Rxg2 Rxd3 15.Nxa7+ Kb8 16.Nb5 Nxe4 17.Bf4 Nd6 18.a4 bxa3 19.Nxa3 Rb3 20.Rg3 Rb6 21.Rc1 Bxb2 22.Rc2 e5 23.Be3 Bxa3 24.Bxb6 Bb4+ 25.Kf1 cxb6 26.Rb3 Ba5 27.c7+ Kc8 28.Re3 Re8 29.Rc6 Kd7 30.Rc2 b5 31.Ra3 Bxc7 32.Ra7 Nc4 33.Rc1 Kc6 34.Ra2 e4 35.h3 e3 36.fxe3 Rxe3 37.Kg2 Rg3+ 0-1

12. Game 54 / 1237 Halpern,L - Cohen,S A38
Manhattan CC Championship (1938/39) New York, NY, 26.01.1939

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 c5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Nd2 Qh5 11.Ne4 Bg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Be3 b6 14.g4 Qe5 15.Bc1 Rad8 16.f4 Qc7 17.f5 Ne5 18.h3 gxf5 19.gxf5 Qc8 20.Ng3 Bc6 21.Ne4 c4 22.Qe1 cxd3 23.exd3 Nxd3 24.Qh4 f6 25.Be3 Kh8 26.b3 Rg8 27.Kh1 Qb7 28.Kh2 Qc7+ 29.Bf4 Nxf4 30.Qxf4 e5 31.fxe6 Qxf4+ 32.Rxf4 Bxe4 33.Bxe4 f5 34.Raf1 Be5 35.e7 Rd2+ 36.Kh1 fxe4 37.Rg4 Bg7 38.Rf7 Rd1+ 39.Kg2 Rd2+ 40.Kh1 Rd1+ 41.Kg2 Rd2+ 42.Kg3 Rd3+ 43.Kh4 h5 44.Rgxg7 1-0

13. Game 35 / 1238 Platz, Joseph - Halpern, L
Manhattan CC Championship (1938/39) New York, NY, 01.01.1939
Source: Chess Review, February 1939, p. 37.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Ng6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Nc3 0-0 8.h4 Re8 9.h5 Nf8 10.Be2 d6 11.f5 Nc6 12.h6 g6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Qd5+ Kh8 15.Qf7 1-0

14. Game 45 / 1249 Horowitz, Israel Albert - Lee, Frank Edwin
Blindfold Exhibition Oklahoma City, OK, 14.01.1939
Source: Chess Review, March 1939, p. 55.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Bd3 c5 6.dxc5 Nbc6 7.Nf3 Ng6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.Bxg6 hxg6 10.0-0 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne7 12.Be3 Bd7 13.Bd4 Nf5 14.Ng5 Bc6 15.f4 0-0-0 16.a4 Rh4 17.h3 Rdh8 18.Qf2 Qe7 19.Rfe1 Qf8 20.a5 a6 21.Rab1 Kd7 22.Rb6 Qe7 23.Reb1 Kc8 24.Rxc6+ bxc6 25.Qf1 Qa7 26.Nxf7 Rf8 27.Nd6+ Nxd6 28.cxd6 c5 29.Be3 d4 30.Qf3 Rf7 31.Qc6+ Kd8 32.Bd2 c4 33.cxd4 Rd7 34.Be3 Rh8 35.Rb6 Ke8 36.Rxa6 Qxa6 37.Qxa6 Kf7 38.Qxc4 1-0

15. Game 47 / 1250 Horowitz, Israel Albert - Reinhardt, Gottfried
Simul Los Angeles, CA, 26.01.1939
Source: Chess Review, March 1939, p. 56.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nb3 b6 9.f4 d6 10.Bf3 Bb7 11.Qe2 a6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qf2 Nd7 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.g4 f6 16.f5 Nd8 17.Rd2 Ne5 18.Be2 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Bxb6 Qc6 21.Be3 Ba8 22.Nd4 Qc4 23.fxe6 Nxe6 24.Nf5 Rfe8 25.Nxe7+ Rxe7 26.Rxd6 Bxe4 27.h3 Bb7 28.Rfd1 Qb4 29.Bc1 Rc4 30.a3 Rxg4+ 31.hxg4 Qxg4+ 32.Kh2 Qh5+ 33.Kg3 Ng5 34.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 35.Kh2 Qh6+ 36.Kg3 Re3+ 37.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 38.Kh2 Qf2+ 39.Kh3 Qf3+ 0-1

16. Game 50 / 1253 Marshall, Frank James - Schlesinger, Philip
Marshall CC ch (1938/39) New York, NY, 01.1939
Source: Chess Review, March 1939, p. 58.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qc7 8.Bc4 e6 9.0-0 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.c4 Be7 12.Qe2 bxc4 13.Bxc4 0-0 14.Rb1 c5 15.Bf4 Qxf4 16.Rxb7 Qd6 17.Rd1 Rfd8 18.Bb5 Bf6 19.Rxd7 Rxd7 20.e5 Bxe5 21.Bxd7 Bxd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Qe4 Rb8 24.Ba4 e5 25.f4 f6 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Re1 d3 28.Bb3+ Kh8 29.Qxe5 d2 30.Qe8+ 1-0

17. Game 51 / 1254 Marshall, Frank James - Hanauer, Milton Loeb
Marshall CC ch (1938/39) New York, NY, 11.1938
Source: Chess Review, March 1939, p. 58.

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0-0 Be7 8.d3 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Rc1 f5 11.Na4 Nd5 12.Bc5 Bd6 13.e4 Nb6 14.Bxd6 cxd6 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.d4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Be4 18.Qb3+ Kh8 19.d5 Rxf3 20.Qxb7 Nd4 21.Rc7 Qg8 22.Rxg7 Qxg7 23.Qxa8+ Rf8 0-1

18. Game 52 / 1255 Seidman, Herbert - Santasiere, Anthony
Marshall CC ch (1938/39) New York, NY, 01.1939
Source: Chess Review, March 1939, p. 58.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 b6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bf4 Qc7 8.0-0 Bb7 9.Qe2 a6 10.a4 Nc6 11.Rad1 Be7 12.Rd2 0-0 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Rxd7 Qxd7 17.Rxd7 Rxd7 18.Qh5+ g6 19.Bxe6+ Kxe6 20.Qxg6+ Bf6 21.Qxf6+ Kd5 22.Qf5 1-0

19. Game 53 / 1256 Seidman, Herbert - Marshall, Frank James
Marshall CC ch (1938/39) New York, NY, 01.1939
Source: Chess Review, March 1939, p. 59.

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.exd5 e4 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.f3 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Ne5 13.fxg4 Nfxg4 14.Nxe4 Nxh2 15.Rf4 Ng6 16.d4 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Bd6 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Bxh2 Qh4 20.Nd2 Rae8 21.Qf3 f5 22.Qf4 Re1+ 23.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 24.Nf1 Re8 25.Bg3 Qb1 26.Kg1 a5 27.Qxd6 a4 28.Qd7 Rf8 29.Be5 Rf7 30.Qe8+ Rf8 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Qe7 Rg8 33.d6 axb3 34.d7 1-0

20. Game 68 / 1271 Schlesinger, Philip T - Platz, Joseph
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York (5.13), 25.03.1939
Source: Chess Review, April 1939, p. 80.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Nge2 Re8 10.0-0-0 Nf8 11.h4 b5 12.Ng3 a5 13.Kb1 a4 14.Nce2 Bd7 15.Nf5 b4 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.h5 b3 18.axb3 axb3 19.Qxb3 Reb8 20.Qc3 Ne6 21.Bf4 Nxf4 22.Nxf4 Ne4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 24.Nd3 Bf5 25.f3 Qxe3 26.Rhe1 Qf2 27.g4 Rxb2+ 28.Qxb2 Bxd3+ 29.Rxd3 Qxe1+ 30.Kc2 Re8 31.Rd2 Qf1 32.Qc3 Re1 0-1

21. Game 69 / 1272 Reshevsky, Samuel - Moskowitz, Jack
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York (5.2), 25.03.1939
Source: Chess Review, April 1939, p. 80.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Rc1 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Nf3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.h3 Ng6 14.0-0 Qe7 15.Rb1 Ne4 16.b4 a6 17.a4 f5 18.Ne2 Bd7 19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 Ra5 21.bxc6 Bxc6 22.Nf4 Nxf4 23.exf4 Rea8 24.Ne5 Ba4 25.Qb2 Bc6 26.Rbc1 Ra2 27.Qb6 Qh4 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Qb3+ 1-0

22. Game 83 / 1286 Yatron, Michael - Houck, David E
Reading City Championship. Class B Reading, PA, 03.1938
Source: Chess Review, April 1939, p. 95.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Bb2 Nf8 8.Nc3 Ng6 9.d4 0-0 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rac1 Bd6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Rad8 16.Ne5 f5 17.Qe2 Bxe5 18.dxe5 c5 19.Rd6 Bc8 20.Rcd1 Rxd6 21.Rxd6 Rd8 22.Qd2 Rxd6 23.exd6 Qd8 24.f4 Nf8 25.Be5 b6 26.Bc6 Bd7 27.Qg2 Bxc6 28.Qxc6 Qd7 29.Qc7 g6 30.a3 Kf7 31.b4 cxb4 32.axb4 Ke8 33.Bg7 1-0

23. Game 84 / 1987 Lindquist, Sture - Osterlund, F
Masters tournament Stockholm SWE, 1939
Source: Chess Review, April 1939, p. 95.

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rad1 Re8 12.c4 Nd7 13.Bd2 c5 14.Bc3 Qc7 15.Ne5 Nf8 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Rd7 Nxd7 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Qxf7+ Kh7 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Qxd7 Re7 23.Qd3+ Kg8 24.b4 1-0

24. Game 87 / 1290 Morris, Harry R - Winkleman, Barnie Frank
Mercantile Library Championship Philadelphia, PA, 1939
Source: Chess Review, May 1939, p. 105.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Be6 6.Qb5+ Nc6 7.Nf3 Nd5 8.a3 a6 9.Qd3 Nb6 10.e4 Bc4 11.Qd1 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 Bg7 13.d5 Ne5 14.Be3 Ned7 15.Qb3 0-0 16.Rd1 Rb8 17.h4 h5 18.Ng5 Ne5 19.Bd4 Nc8 20.f4 Ng4 21.e5 Qd7 22.e6 Qd6 23.Ne2 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 f5 25.Nf7 Qb6 26.Rh3 Qxb3 27.Rxb3 Nd6 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.fxe5 Ne4 30.Nf4 Kg7 31.Ke2 Rfd8 32.Rbd3 Kh6 33.b4 Rbc8 34.Nh3 Ra8 35.Nf2 Nxf2 36.Kxf2 b5 37.Rc3 Ra7 38.Rdd3 Rb7 39.Ke3 Ra8 40.Rc6 a5 41.Rdc3 axb4 42.axb4 Raa7 43.Kd4 Ra1 44.Kc5 Re1 45.Ra6 Rxe5 46.Kc6 Rb8 47.Kxc7 Rg8 48.Rc5 Re4 49.Kd7 Rg7 50.Rxb5 Rxh4 51.Ra8 g5 52.Re8 1-0

25. Game 88 / 1291 Di Camillo, Attilio - Shainswit, George
Manhattan CC vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA, 30.04.1939
Source: Chess Review, May 1939, p. 105.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Qf3 Ra5 14.Qg3 Bb7 15.0-0 Qd5 16.Nf3 Bd6 17.Qxg7 Rg8 18.Qxf6 Be5 19.Qxe5 Rxg2+ 20.Kh1 Qxf3 21.Bxb5+ Rxb5 22.Qxb5+ Kf8 23.Qb4+ Kg8 0-1

26. Game 97 / 1300 Morgan, Dale L - Taylor, Irvin W
Utah State Championship Salt Lake City UT, 1938
Source: Chess Review, May 1939, p. 115.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 b6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.e4 0-0 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.e5 Nbc6 11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.Ng5+ Kh6 13.Qd2 Qxd4 14.Qc1 Qxe5+ 15.Nce4 Kg6 16.h4 Rh8 17.g4 Rxh4 18.Rxh4 Nd4 19.f4 Qa5+ 20.Kf2 Qb5 21.Nc3 Qd3 22.Rh3 Qc4 23.Qb1+ f5 24.Qg1 Qc5 25.b4 Qxb4 26.gxf5+ Nexf5 27.Nxe6+ Kf7 28.Rb1 Qd6 29.Ng5+ Kg8 30.Rh8+ Kxh8 31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.Nxd6 Nxd6 33.Qg6 Rf8 34.Rg1 Rxf4+ 35.Ke3 Rf3+ 36.Kxd4 c5+ 37.Ke5 Nf7+ 38.Ke6 Re3+ 39.Ne4 Rxe4+ 40.Kf5 Re5+ 41.Kf4 Re4+ 42.Kg3 Nh6 43.Kf2 Rf4+ 44.Ke3 Rf3+ 45.Ke2 Nf5 46.Rg5 Ba6+ ½-½

27. Game 99 / 1302 Adams, Weaver - Morton, Harold
New England Championship Boston, MA, 1937
Source: Chess Review, May 1939, p. 117.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bg5 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.0-0 Nxd4 9.Na4 Nc6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.c3 Ba5 13.Nxc5 Bb6 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Ne5 Bb7 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Ng4 h6 18.Bxf6+ gxf6 19.Ngxf6 c5 20.c4 Rd4 21.Rxd4 cxd4 22.f3 Rc8 23.Kf1 Rxc4 24.Ng8+ Kf8 25.Nxh6 Rc2 26.Nd6 Ba6+ 0-1

28. Game 100 / 1303 Adams, Weaver - Morton, Harold
New England Championship Boston, MA 1937
Source: Chess Review, May 1939, p. 118.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3 Nb4 10.Rc1 c5 11.a3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc6 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Qf3 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Qh4+ 16.Kd2 Qxc4 17.Nd5 Qxd5+ 18.Qxd5 Rd8 19.Qxd8+ Kxd8 20.Rhd1 Kd7 21.Ke2+ Ke6 22.Rd3 Be7 23.Rb3 f4 24.Bf2 Na5 25.Rb5 b6 26.b4 Nb7 27.Rc7 Rb8 28.Bxb6 a6 29.Ba7 1-0

29. Game 101 / 1304 Stolk, J l - Voorvinde, F j
Holland Holland, 1938
Source: Chess Review, May 1939, p. 119.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Qxd4 6.Nf3 Qd8 7.Qe2 Bxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6 9.Bd3 e6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Rad1 Qa5 13.Rfe1 h6 14.Bg6 0-0 15.Rxd7 Nxd7 16.Bxe7 fxg6 17.Qxe6+ Kh7 18.Qxd7 Rxf3 19.b4 Qf5 20.Qxb7 Rxf2 21.Qxa8 Rxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Qg4+ ½-½

30. Game 106 / 1309 Steiner, Herman - Fink, Adolf J
Northern CA vs. Southern CA San Luis Obispo, CA (2.1), 21.05.1939
Source: Chess Review, June 1939, p. 130.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Bc5 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.Nce4 Bf8 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.Nxe6 Re8 15.Nxc7 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 gxf6 17.f4 Kg7 18.Bd2 Be7 19.Qe6 Qxe6 20.Nxe6+ Kf7 21.f5 Bd6 22.Re1 Be5 23.Re4 b5 24.Rg4 Rg8 25.Rh4 Rh8 ½-½

31. Game 107 / 1310 Marchand, Erich Watkinson - Lew, Harry
St. Louis Championship St. Louis, MO (5), 26.02.1939
Source: Chess Review, June 1939, p. 130.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 b6 8.h3 Bb7 9.Qc2 Rc8 10.Be3 c5 11.d5 a6 12.Nd2 Re8 13.f4 Nf8 14.Nf3 e6 15.Rad1 exd5 16.cxd5 Qe7 17.e5 Nh5 18.Ne4 dxe5 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Nfg5 f5 21.Bxh5 fxe4 22.d6 Bxd6 23.Qc4+ Ne6 24.Bg4 b5 25.Qxe6+ 1-0

32. Game 110 / 1313 Spielmann, Rudolf - Pelikan, Jiri
Prague PRague CZE, 1938
Source: Chess Review, June 1939, p. 137.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b4 cxb4 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 bxa3 10.Bxa3 Nc6 11.c3 Nd7 12.Nc4 Na7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Re1 b5 15.Ncxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qc7 17.Bc5 Be6 18.f4 Rfd8 19.f5 Bxf5 20.Nxf7 Bxd3 21.Nxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxe7 Qf4 23.Qxd3 Nc6 24.Rf1 Qg5 25.Qe2 h5 26.Qe6+ 1-0

33. Game 111 / 1314 Reiile, Ben X - Bonaz, A
Correspondence Correspondence, 1938
Source: Chess Review, June 1939, p. 138.

1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Nd2 Nbd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 Bd6 8.g3 0-0 9.Ngf3 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Ne5 Qe7 12.0-0 Rfc8 13.g4 Nf8 14.g5 Ne8 15.Ndf3 Rc7 16.Qg2 a5 17.h4 Ba6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Nh2 f6 20.Nd3 Ng6 21.Qh3 Qf7 22.Bd2 Ne7 23.Rae1 Nf5 24.Rf2 Re7 25.Rfe2 Nc7 26.Ng4 Kh8 27.h5 h6 28.Ne3 Nxe3 29.Bxe3 f5 30.gxh6 gxh6 31.Rg2 Ra8 32.Kh1 Rg8 33.Reg1 Rxg2 34.Rxg2 Qh7 35.Qh4 Ne8 36.Rg6 Rg7 37.Rxe6 Be7 38.Qh3 Rg4 39.Ne5 Rh4 40.Qxh4 Bxh4 41.Rxe8+ Kg7 42.Rb8 Kf6 43.Rxb6+ 1-0

34. Game 113 / 1316 Nielsen, Svend - Armlaugesson, Gudundur
Danish Masters Tournament Naestved (2), 04.1939
Source: Chess Review, June 1939, p. 141.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 exd5 6.cxd5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qc2 d6 9.e4 a6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.0-0 g6 12.Nc3 Bg7 13.Rae1 0-0 14.Nd2 Re8 15.f4 Qd4+ 16.Kh1 c4 17.Bg4 Nc5 18.Bxc8 Raxc8 19.Nf3 Qd3 20.Qxd3 Nxd3 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Nxe1 23.Rxe1 b4 24.Na4 Rcd8 25.Nb6 c3 26.bxc3 bxc3 27.d6 c2 28.Rc1 Rb8 29.d7 Red8 30.Rxc2 Rxb6 31.Rc8 Rb8 0-1

35. Game 124 / 1327 Neckermann, Michael - Almgren, Sven Elias
Almgran vs. Neckermann New York, NY, 07.1939
Source: Chess Review, July / August 1939, p. 161.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 c4 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bg2 Be6 8.Nge2 Ne7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nf4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qc2 Nbc6 13.Rb1 b6 14.a4 a6 15.Ba3 dxe4 16.d5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.Bxe4 Qd7 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Rxb6 Ne5 21.Rd1 Qe7 22.Rxa6 Bg4 23.Rb1 Rd8 24.Ra8 g6 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.f4 Nd3 27.Qd2 Qd6 28.Qe3 h5 29.Qd4 Qc7 30.a5 Bc8 31.Bd5 Ba6 32.Rb6 1-0

36. Game 125 / 1328 Euwe, Max - Alexander, Conel Hugh O'Donel
England vs Holland Hague NED (1.1), 28.05.1939
Source: Chess Review, July / August 1939, p. 161.

Euwe: Holland Alexander: England. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 g4 9.Nh4 Nxd4 10.Qd3 e5 11.0-0-0 Ne6 12.Nb1 Ba5 13.Qa3 Bb6 14.Bxe5 Ne4 15.Bxh8 Qxh4 16.c5 Qg5+ 17.Nd2 N6xc5 18.h4 gxh3 19.gxh3 Nxf2 20.Rh2 Nxd1 21.Rg2 Qe3 22.Rg8+ Ke7 23.Kxd1 Qxa3 24.bxa3 Ne6 25.h4 Bf2 26.h5 d5 27.Bh3 b6 28.Bxe6 Kxe6 29.Re8+ Kd7 30.Re5 Bb7 31.Bg7 Bd4 Source: Chess Review, July / August 1939, p. 161. 0-1

37. Game 149 / 1352 Malzberg, Norman - Cohen, D
Jersey City CC Championship Jersey City, NJ, 1939
Source: Chess Review, September 1939, p. 188.

1.c4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 Nf6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.f4 exd5 7.cxd5 0-0 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 a6 13.g4 Nb6 14.b3 Nfd7 15.g5 Rc8 16.Bb2 c4 17.Bc2 Bf8 18.h4 cxb3 19.axb3 Qc7 20.Rac1 Qd8 21.Ne2 Qe7 22.Ng3 Nc5 23.Nf5 Qd8 24.Rf2 Rc7 25.Rg2 Qc8 26.h5 Nxe4 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.Nxf7+ Rxf7 29.Bxe4 Rc7 30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.h6 Qe7 32.Re2 Nd7 33.Qh5 Rc8 34.hxg7+ 1-0

38. Game 150 / 1353 Woodbury, William Nicoll - Muir, Walter
Southern Championship. Final Atlanta, GA, 07.1939
Source: Chess Review, September 1939, p. 189.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.b3 Bg4 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 e5 9.Be2 e4 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 0-0 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.0-0 a6 14.f3 exf3 15.gxf3 Re8 16.Rae1 Nh5 17.Qg2 Nb6 18.Re2 Rc8 19.Kh1 Rc6 20.a4 Rce6 21.Qf2 Nc8 22.f4 Nd6 23.Qf3 Nf5 24.Rfe1 Qh4 25.Nf1 Bxd4 26.exd4 Nxd4 27.Qd3 Nxe2 28.Rxe2 Rxe2 29.Nxe2 Qf2 30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.Nxd4 Re1 32.Kg1 Nxf4 33.Bc3 Rd1 34.Kf2 Rd3 35.Bb2 Ne6 36.Nxe6 fxe6 37.a5 Rxb3 38.Bd4 Kf7 39.Bb6 Ke7 40.Nd2 Rb2 41.Ke3 Kd6 42.Bd4 Ra2 43.Bb6 e5 44.Nf3 d4+ 45.Kd3 Kd5 46.Nd2 e4+ 0-1

39. Game 151 / 1354 Concessionaire - Stockman, W P
Casual game New York, NY, 1939
Source: Chess Review, September 1939, p. 189.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.Re1 Bg4 7.Be2 h5 8.d3 Qd7 9.Ng5 0-0-0 10.h3 Rh6 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.Nxf7 Qxf7 13.Bxh6 Qh5 14.Bxg7 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Qh4+ 16.Ke3 Qg5+ 17.Kf2 g3+ 18.Kg1 Qh4 19.Bf3 Nd4 20.Ne2 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Qh2+ 22.Kf1 Qf2# 0-1

40. Game 162 / 1365 Manney, Oscar W - Thompson, John Charles
Texas State Championship Houston, TX, 09.1938
Source: Chess Review, October 1939, p. 204.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Qe2 0-0 11.Nbd2 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxb3 13.Nxc6 Nxc1 14.Raxc1 Qd7 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.f4 f5 17.b4 c5 18.bxc5 Qxc5+ 19.Kh1 Rac8 20.Nb3 Qb6 21.Nd4 Rc4 22.g4 b4 23.gxf5 Bxf5 24.Nxf5 Rxf5 25.Qd3 Rcxf4 26.Qxd5+ Kf8 27.Rxf4 Rxf4 28.cxb4 Ke7 29.Qg2 Rf7 30.Qe4 g6 31.Qa8 Qd8 32.Qxd8+ Kxd8 33.Kg2 Rd7 34.Kf3 Rd2 35.a4 Ra2 36.a5 Rxh2 37.Rc6 Rb2 38.Rb6 Ke7 39.Ke4 h5 40.Kd5 g5 41.Rb7+ Kd8 42.e6 Rd2+ 43.Ke5 g4 44.b5 axb5 45.a6 Kc8 46.e7 Re2+ 47.Kf4 b4 48.Ra7 Kb8 49.Rd7 Ka8 50.Rd8+ Ka7 51.e8Q Rxe8 52.Rxe8 Kxa6 53.Re5 1-0

41. Game 163 / 1366 Katz, Gerald - Sturgis, George
Boston CC Championship Boston, MA, 1939
Source: Chess Review, October 1939, p. 205.

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.d4 0-0 6.c4 c5 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.exd4 Qa5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.0-0 Rd8 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qe1 Qc7 15.f4 f5 16.Qc3 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Be6 18.Rad1 Rxd1 19.Bxd1 b5 20.Be2 bxc4 21.Bxc4 Bxc4 22.Qxc4+ Qxc4 23.bxc4 Rd8 24.Ba3 Kf7 25.Bc5 Rc8 26.Bxa7 Rxc4 27.Ra1 g5 28.g3 gxf4 29.gxf4 Bh6 30.Be3 Rc3 31.Re1 Rc2 32.a3 Ra2 33.Bc5 Rc2 34.Be3 Ra2 35.Bc5 Bxf4 36.Rf1 Rxh2+ 37.Kg1 Rh4 0-1

42. Game 164 / 1367 Girard, George F - Durham, Richards
Utah State Championship Salt Lake City UT, 09.1939
Source: Chess Review, October 1939, p. 205.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Qe2 Be7 11.c3 0-0 12.Nd4 Qd7 13.h3 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Nb7 15.Bc2 c5 16.Qd3 g6 17.dxc5 Bf5 18.Qc3 Bxc5 19.Bxf5 Qxf5 20.Nf3 Rac8 21.Qd2 Rfd8 22.b4 Bb6 23.Qh6 Qh5 24.Qxh5 gxh5 25.Bg5 Rd7 26.Bf6 Rc4 27.a3 Bd8 28.Nd2 Rc8 29.Rfd1 Bxf6 30.exf6 Nd6 31.Rdc1 Rxc1+ 32.Rxc1 Nc4 33.Nf3 d4 34.Re1 Kf8 35.Ng5 h6 36.Ne4 d3 37.Nc5 Rd6 38.Re7 Rd8 39.Nd7+ Kg8 40.Kf1 d2 41.Ke2 Nb6 0-1

43. Game 170 / 1373 Plavcan, Peter - Hall, Walter
Pennsylvania State Champ. Class A York, PA, 09.1939
Source: Chess Review, October 1939, p. 215.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.g3 c5 9.Bg2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 c4 11.f4 Na6 12.Nf3 Nc7 13.0-0 Bd7 14.Nh4 g5 15.Nf3 gxf4 16.Qxf4 Qe7 17.Nd2 Rh7 18.Rfb1 0-0-0 19.Nxc4 Nb5 20.Nd6+ Nxd6 21.exd6 Qf8 22.c4 Ba4 23.c5 Bxc2 24.Rb2 Ba4 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Qf5+ Rd7 27.Qxh7 1-0

44. Game 172 / 1375 Denker, Arnold - Willman, Robert
NYSCA Championship Hamilton, NY, 08.1939
Source: Chess Review, October 1939, p. 215.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Qa4+ c6 7.Qxc4 Be6 8.Qd3 Nd5 9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.e4 Be6 11.Ne2 Nd7 12.0-0 Nb6 13.b3 0-0 14.Ba3 f5 15.Bh3 Kh8 16.Qc2 Bd7 17.e5 Be6 18.Nf4 Bg8 19.Bg2 Qxd4 20.Rfe1 Bxe5 21.Rad1 Qc3 22.Qb1 Bg7 23.Rxe7 Rf7 24.Re3 Qf6 25.Ne6 Nd5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Nxg7 Rxg7 28.Bb2 Qf8 29.Rde1 Rd8 30.Bd4 Bf7 31.Qb2 Kg8 32.Re7 g5 33.Bxg7 Qxg7 34.Qxg7+ Kxg7 35.Rxb7 Kf6 36.Ree7 Bh5 37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4 Rg8+ 39.Kf2 Rg4 40.Ke3 d4+ 41.Kxd4 1-0

45. Game 181 / 1384 Amateur - Newman, Louis R
Casual game Chicago, IL, 1939
Source: Chess Review, November 1939, p. 231.

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.h3 h5 8.hxg4 hxg4 9.Nh2 g3 10.Nf3 Ng4 11.Bxd8 Bxf2+ 12.Rxf2 gxf2+ 13.Kf1 Rh1+ 14.Ke2 Rxd1 15.Nfd2 Nd4+ 16.Kxd1 Ne3+ 17.Kc1 Ne2# 0-1

46. Game 187 / 1390 Cortlever, Nichlas - De Groot, Adrianus Dingeman
Maasbokal Rotterdam NED, 1939
Source: Chess Review, November 1939, p. 237.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nge7 7.Bf4 Qb6 8.0-0 Qxb2 9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.Bg3 0-0 11.Rb1 Qxa2 12.h4 f6 13.Nb3 b6 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.Qd2 Bb4 16.Qe3 Bd7 17.h5 Nge7 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Qa4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qh6 f5 22.Nd4 Bd2 23.Qf6 Bc3 24.Bb5 Qxd4 25.Qxe7 Bc8 26.Qe8+ Kg7 27.Qc6 1-0

47. {Game 189 / 1392] van Scheltinga, Theo D - Van Doesburgh, Geert R D
NED Championship (12th). Challengers Amsterdam NED, 07.1939
Source: Chess Review, December 1939, p. 250.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6 9.e4 b5 10.Bd3 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.0-0 c4 15.Bc2 f6 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Rae1 fxe5 18.dxe5 Nc5 19.Nd4 Ne4 20.Qe3 g6 21.f3 Nc5 22.g3 Rae8 23.h4 Ne6 24.Rf2 Ng7 25.f4 Bc8 26.Bd1 Nf5 27.Nxf5 Bxf5 28.Bf3 Qe6 29.Qd4 Rd8 30.h5 Rf7 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Rh2 Rh7 33.Rxh7 Kxh7 34.Rd1 Bg4 35.Kf2 Bxf3 36.Kxf3 Qh3 37.Re1 Qe6 38.g4 Kg7 39.Rh1 Rd7 40.Kg3 Rf7 41.Rd1 b4 42.Qxd5 Qxd5 43.Rxd5 Rc7 44.Rd2 c3 45.bxc3 bxc3 46.Rc2 Rc4 47.f5 gxf5 48.gxf5 Kh6 49.e6 Kg7 50.e7 Kf7 51.f6 Rc8 52.Kf4 Kxf6 53.Rxc3 Re8 54.Rc6+ ½-½

48. Game 198 / 1401 Platz, Joseph - Ekstrom, Harry
Manhattan CC vs. West Side YMCA New York, NY (1.14), 25.11.1939
Source: Chess Review, December 1939, p. 258.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Be3 0-0 9.f4 a6 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.Bf3 Bd7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qc4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd2 Bf5 17.Rfe1 Rfe8 18.g4 Bxc2 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.b3 Qc3 21.Qf2 Qb2 22.Kg1 Rc7 23.Be4 Rec8 24.h4 b5 25.f5 a5 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Rf1 f6 28.g5 f5 29.h5 a4 30.bxa4 bxa4 31.hxg6 a3 32.Qxf5 Qd4+ 33.Rf2 e6 34.Qf6+ Qxf6 35.gxf6+ 1-0

49. Game 199 / 1402 Neuss, John D - Leede, Horst Edward
Staten Island CC vs. Pert Amboy CC New York, NY (1.1), 11.1939
Source: Chess Review, December 1939, p. 259.

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Qxe5 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.c4 Be6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 a6 14.a4 Bd6 15.Bd2 0-0 16.Bc3 b5 17.Qh4 Be7 18.Qg5 h6 19.Qf5 b4 20.Be5 Qc6 21.Qc2 Qe6 22.b3 Rac8 23.Rc1 Nd7 24.Bb2 c4 25.bxc4 Nb6 26.Nd2 Qc6 27.0-0 Nxa4 28.Bd4 Nc5 29.Ra1 Ra8 30.Nb3 Nxb3 31.Qxb3 a5 32.Ra4 Rfc8 33.Rc1 Qe6 34.h3 Ra6 35.Qd3 Bd8 36.c5 Rac6 37.Rca1 Qd7 38.Qb5 Qd5 39.Qb7 Rxc5 40.Qa6 Rc1+ 41.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 42.Kh2 Bc7+ 43.f4 Rc2 44.Qc8+ Kh7 45.Qg4 g5 46.Ra1 f5 47.Qg3 b3 48.Rb1 a4 0-1

50. Game 200 / 1403 Laneberg - Nielsen, Julius
KSU Student CC Winter Tournament Copenhagen DEN, 20.01.1939
Source: Chess Review, December 1939, p. 261.

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 Bg4 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 a5 11.Nd4 Bxd4 12.Bxg4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxg4 14.Qxg4 Re8 15.Rb1 Re4 16.Qg3 Qe7 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Rb5 d4 19.Rg5 f6 20.Rg4 dxe3 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Rxg7+ Kh8 23.fxe3 Qd1+ 24.Kf2 Qc2+ 0-1

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