This collection contains the games printed in the American Chess Bulletin (ACB), volume 41, 1944.

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 / 7146 Denker, Arnold - Pinkus, Albert
Manhattan CC Championship (1943/44) New York, NY, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 6.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 d6 5.h3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Nb5 c5 8.d3 a6 9.Na3 Be7 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Ne8 12.f4 f5 13.Nc2 b5 14.b3 g6 15.Ne1 Ng7 16.g4 Ra7 17.Bf3 Be6 18.Qe2 Kh8 19.Bd2 Qc8 20.Ng2 Bd8 21.a4 b4 22.exf5 gxf5 23.g5 Re8 24.Qf2 Bf7 25.Rae1 Rae7 26.Qh4 Kg8 27.Qh6 Re6 28.Qh4 Qd7 29.Bd5 Re2 30.Bxf7+ Qxf7 31.Rxe2 Rxe2 32.Rf2 Qe6 33.Qg3 Rxf2 34.Kxf2 d5 35.Qf3 dxc4 36.Qa8 Qd6 37.dxc4 Kf7 38.Ne1 Bc7 39.Nd3 Ne6 40.Qh8 Nf8 41.h4 Qe7 42.h5 Bd6 43.Ne1 Ke6 44.Nf3 Kd7 45.g6 hxg6 46.h6 Nh7 47.Qg8 Nf6 48.Qxg6 Ng4+ 49.Kg3 Nxh6 50.Qxh6 Qe4 51.Qg7+ Kc6 52.Qa7 Qd3 53.Qxa6+ Kc7 54.Qa7+ Kc6 55.a5 Qxb3 56.a6 1-0

2.2. Game 2 / 7147 Platz, Joseph - Pinkus, Albert
Manhattan CC Championship (1943/44) New York, NY (2), 02.11.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 7.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Nd5 8.0-0 Nb6 9.Bb3 d5 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Rd1 Bg4 12.c3 0-0-0 13.Qe4 Qg6 14.Qf4 Nd5 15.Bxd5 Rxd5 16.Qg3 Bd6 17.Bf4 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Rf5 19.Qh3 Bxf4 20.cxd4 Qh5 21.Qxh5 Rxh5 22.g3 Bd6 23.Nc3 Rd8 24.Kg2 Bb4 25.Ne2 Rhd5 26.a3 Be7 0-1

3. Game 3 / 7148 Willman, Robert - Moskowitz, Jack
Manhattan CC Championship (1943/44) New York, NY, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 7.

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 0-0 8.d4 c5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Be3 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.dxc5 Qe7 14.Qd2 Bxc3 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qd3+ Bf5 17.Qxc3 Kg8 18.Qd2 Be4 19.Ng5 Rae8 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Re1 Qe5 22.Bf2 Qf5 23.c4 Ne5 24.cxd5 Nc4 25.Qd4 Bxd5 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.h4 Ne5 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Nxe4 Nc6 30.Nc3 Bc4 31.Rxd8+ Nxd8 32.Be3 Kf7 33.Kf2 Nc6 34.a3 Ne5 35.Bd4 Ke6 36.c6 bxc6 37.Bxa7 Kf5 38.Ke3 Bf1 39.g3 Nc4+ 40.Kf2 Bd3 41.a4 Kg4 42.Bb8 Na5 43.Bc7 Nb3 44.Ke3 Ba6 45.Ne4 c5 46.Nf2+ Kf5 47.g4+ Ke6 48.h5 c4 49.Ne4 Bb7 50.Nc3 Ba6 51.Bb6 Ke5 52.a5 Bb7 53.Nb5 Bc8 54.Kf3 Bb7+ 55.Kg3 Bc6 56.Bc7+ Ke6 57.Nc3 Bb7 58.Kf4 Ba6 59.Be5 Kf7 60.Bc7 Nd4 61.Bb6 Nb5 62.Nxb5 Bxb5 63.Bd4 Kg8 64.Ke5 Kh7 65.Kd6 g6 66.Be3 c3 67.Kc5 Be2 68.hxg6+ Kxg6 69.g5 0-1

4. Game 4 / 7149 Willman, Robert - Phillips, Harold Meyer\] Manhattan CC Championship (1943/44) New York, NY (9), 14.01.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 7.

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nc3 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qc1 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Bb4 Re8 14.d3 Bd7 15.Qa3 Bc6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rac1 a5 18.Bc5 e5 19.Qa4 Re6 20.Ba3 Rc8 21.Rc5 e4 22.Qxa5 Qe8 23.Qa4 exd3 24.exd3 Re2 25.Bc1 h5 26.Bf4 Qe6 27.Qa6 Bf8 28.Re5 Rxe5 29.Bxe5 Re8 30.Bxd4 Qd5 31.Qc4 Rd8 32.Bf6 Qxc4 33.dxc4 Rd2 34.a4 Bc5 35.a5 Ra2 36.Rd1 g5 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Rh8+ Kg6 39.Bd8 Rxf2 40.Bb6 Rf5+ 41.Bxc5 Rxc5 42.a6 Ra5 43.Ra8 c5 44.a7 Kf5 45.h3 h4 46.gxh4 gxh4 47.Kf2 Kf4 48.Ke2 f5 49.Kd3 Kf3 50.Rf8 Rxa7 51.Rxf5+ Kg2 52.Rxc5 Kxh3 53.b4 Rh7 54.Rg5 Kh2 55.c5 h3 56.c6 Kh1 57.b5 h2 58.Re5 Kg2 59.Re2+ Kf3 60.Rxh2 Rxh2 61.c7 Rh8 62.b6 1-0

5. Game 5 / 7150 Pinkus, Albert - Willman, Robert
Manhattan CC Championship (1943/44) New York, NY, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 7.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qh5 12.Bc3 0-0 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Rb1 b6 15.0-0 Rac8 16.Ba6 Rcd8 17.Rfd1 Bc8 18.Bb5 Bb7 19.Ng3 Qh4 20.Bxc6 Bxc6 21.d5 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Ba4 23.Rd4 Qf6 24.Qe3 b5 25.e5 Qa6 26.Qh6 f5 27.Rh4 Rf7 28.e6 Rg7 29.Qd2 Qd6 30.Rc1 Kh8 31.Rd4 Rgg8 32.h4 Qe5 33.Re1 Qf6 34.d6 Rxd6 35.Rxd6 exd6 36.Qxd6 Re8 37.h5 f4 38.Ne4 Qxe6 39.Qd4+ Qe5 40.Qxa7 Qxh5 41.Qf7 Qe5 42.f3 Rc8 43.Qd7 Qc7 44.Qd4+ Qg7 45.Qd6 Re8 46.Rc1 Qe5 47.Rc8 Qa1+ 0-1

6. Game 6 / 7151 Willman, Robert - Jackson, Edward S
Manhattan CC Championship (1943/44) New York, NY, 02.01.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 8.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.b3 0-0 12.Bb2 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qb7+ 14.f3 Ne8 15.Qd2 d6 16.h4 Nc7 17.h5 Rad8 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.e4 e6 20.Rad1 Rd7 21.Rh1 Rdf7 22.Qxd6 Rxf3 23.Rhf1 Rxf1 24.Rxf1 Rxf1 25.Kxf1 Qc8 26.Ke2 Ne8 27.Qe7 a6 28.Na4 Bf8 29.Qg5 Qc6 30.Kd3 Qd6+ 31.Bd4 Bg7 32.e5 Qc6 33.Nxb6 Bf8 34.Qg4 Ng7 35.Qe4 Qc7 36.g4 Qe7 37.c5 Ne8 38.Qc6 h5 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.Qd7 h4 41.Qxe7 Bxe7 42.Ke4 Kf7 43.Nc8 Bd8 44.Nd6+ Ke7 45.Nxe8 Kxe8 46.c6 Bg5 47.Bc5 Kd8 48.Bd6 Bd2 49.b4 Be1 50.a4 Bf2 51.Kf3 Be1 52.b5 axb5 53.axb5 0-1

7. Game 7 / 7152 Denker, Arnold - Willman, Robert
Manhattan CC Championship (1943/44) New York, NY, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 8.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.Rd1 Qc7 9.a4 Bd6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.h3 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.Rac1 Ne7 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.e4 Ng6 16.Be3 Qc7 17.Bd3 Bc5 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Qe3 Rfd8 20.Ne2 Qa5 21.b3 Rac8 22.Ng3 Qb4 23.Bc4 Nd7 24.h4 h6 25.Nf5 exf5 26.exf5 Bxf3 27.Bxf7+ Kh8 28.fxg6 Qg4 29.Qxf3 Qxf3 30.gxf3 1-0

8. Game 8 / 7153 Phillips, Harold Meyer - Chauvenet, Louis
Manhattan CC Championship (1943/44) New York, NY, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 8.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Nb5 Nb6 10.Nbd4 h6 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.0-0-0 0-0-0 13.Re1 Qxe2 14.Bxe2 g5 15.h4 g4 16.Nh2 Rg8 17.Nf1 c5 18.Nb3 d5 19.Ng3 Be6 20.Bf4 d4 21.Bd1 Nfd5 22.Bd2 Nc7 23.Nh5 c4 24.dxc4 Nxc4 25.Bf4 Nd5 26.Re4 Nb4 27.Rxd4 Be7 28.Be2 Nb6 29.a3 Nc6 30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.Ng3 Bf8 32.Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.Kxd1 Nd5 34.Bd2 f5 35.Bd3 f4 36.Nh5 Ne5 37.Nd4 Nxd3 38.cxd3 Bd7 39.Nxf4 Nxf4 40.Bxf4 Bg7 41.Be3 h5 42.Kd2 1-0

9. Gam e9 / 7154) Stephens, Llewellyn Walter - Denker, Arnold
Manhattan CC Championship (1943/44) New York, NY (3), 07.11.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 8.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Nd2 f5 13.f3 Bb7 14.e4 Qg5 15.Qe2 Rf6 16.Rad1 Raf8 17.Bc1 e5 18.Rf1 f4 19.Rf2 Qh5 20.Nf1 Ba6 21.h3 Qf7 22.Nd2 Rg6 23.Ba3 Rg5 24.Kh2 Ndenb8 25.d5 Bc8 26.Rh1 Qh5 27.Qf1 Rf6 28.Kg1 Bxh3 29.Rh2 Rh6 30.Kh1 Bc8 31.Rxh5 Rgxh5+ 0-1

10. [Game 10 / 7155 Turover, Isador Samuel - Adams, Weaver
Washington Chess Divan Rapid Transit Washington, DC, 30.10.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 9.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Nxe4 8.d3 Nd6 9.Qh5 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Be3 Bf6 12.f4 Re8 13.Bd4 Bg6 14.Qf3 c5 15.Bxc5 Bxe5 16.fxe5 Rxe5 17.Bd4 Re6 18.Rae1 Qd7 19.Rxe6 Qxe6 20.Nd5 Qd7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qf6+ Kg8 23.Ne7+ Kf8 24.Re1 Ne4 25.Nxg6+ hxg6 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Rxe4+ 1-0

11. Game 11 / 7156 Sussman, Harold - Robinson, T T
Queens CC Championship New York, NY, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 9.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nxd5 Nxd5 8.Qxd5 e6 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Qb3 a6 11.Bxc6+ Qxc6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Bd2 Bc2 14.Qc3 Qd7 15.Qa5 Bd6 16.Ne2 Bd3 17.Nc3 0-0 18.Kf2 f5 19.Rac1 b5 20.Ne2 Bc4 21.b3 Bd5 22.Bb4 Bc7 23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Qa3+ Kf7 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 Qc6 28.Qxc6 Bxc6 29.b4 Bd5 30.Nc3 Bc6 31.e4 Ke7 32.Ke3 g5 33.exf5 exf5 34.d5 Bd7 35.Kd4 Kd6 36.g4 h6 37.gxf5 Bxf5 38.Ne4+ Kc7 39.Ke5 Bh3 40.f4 gxf4 41.Kxf4 Bc8 42.Ke5 h5 43.h4 Bg4 44.Nf6 Bf3 45.Ke6 Bg4+ 46.Ke7 1-0

12. Game 12 / 7157 Bank, A - Ruberl, Charles A
Marshall CC Handicap Match New York, NY, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 12.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.c4 Nf6 10.Be3 0-0 11.Nc3 c6 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Rd3 Na6 14.a3 Nc5 15.dxc5 Qxe5 16.f4 Qf5 17.b4 Rfd8 18.Bd4 a5 19.Rf1 axb4 20.axb4 Ra3 21.Rff3 Ra1+ 22.Nd1 Rb1 23.h3 h5 24.Kh2 Rxb4 25.Ne3 Qe4 26.Qd2 Ra4 27.Nf1 h4 28.Qe3 Rxc4 29.Bxf6 Bxf6 30.Rxd8+ Bxd8 31.Qd2 Rd4 32.Qc3 Bc7 33.Qe3 Bxf4+ 0-1

13. Game 15 / 7160 Koltanowski, George - Rubinow, Sol / Levine, David
Blindfold consultation New York, NY, 1942
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 13.

1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Qc7 6.f4 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 Nge7 9.0-0 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf5 11.Bd2 bxa3 12.Nxa3 Nfxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Be3 Bxa3 15.Bxd4 Be7 16.f5 exf5 17.Qxf5 Bc5 18.Rad1 0-0 19.e6 fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Qxd5 Bxd4+ 22.Qxd4 Qxc2 23.Rc1 Qe2 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Qxa7 h6 26.h3 b5 27.Qc5 Rf6 28.Rc2 Qe1+ 29.Kh2 Rf1 0-1

14. Game 17 / 7162 Seidman, Herbert - Santasiere, Anthony
Marshall CC-ch (43-44) New York, NY (4), 26.12.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 14.

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.d3 d4 10.h3 Bc5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qd6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nbd2 dxc3 15.bxc3 Be6 16.Bd5 Bd7 17.Nb3 Bb6 18.d4 exd4 19.e5 Qg6 20.cxd4 Rad8 21.Be4 Qh5 22.e6 Bxe6 23.Bxc6 Bxh3 24.gxh3 Rd6 25.Bb7 c6 26.Kh1 Re6 27.Qd1 Rg6 28.Ng1 Qd5+ 29.f3 Re8 30.Qd2 a5 31.Rac1 Qd7 32.Bxc6 Rxc6 33.Rxc6 Qxc6 34.Nxa5 Qd6 35.Nb3 Bc7 36.Rf2 Re6 37.Rg2 Rf6 38.Nc5 Qd5 39.Qe2 Qh5 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Nd7 1-0

15. Game 18 / 7163 Santasiere, Anthony - Pinkus, Albert
Marshall CC-ch (43-44) New York, NY (4), 23.01.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 15.

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.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.a4 b4 14.d5 Na5 15.Nf1 Bd7 16.cxb4 cxb4 17.Bd3 Rfb8 18.Be3 Be8 19.g4 Nd7 20.N1d2 Nc5 21.Rc1 Nab7 22.b3 Rc8 23.Qe2 Qd8 24.Bc2 Na5 25.Rf1 f6 26.Nh2 Ra7 27.f4 exf4 28.Bxf4 Rac7 29.Nhf3 Bd7 30.Nd4 Bf8 31.N2f3 Nab7 32.Bd2 a5 33.Bf4 Qe8 34.Nd2 g6 35.Nc4 Nxa4 36.Qh2 Nc3 37.Bxd6 Rxc4 38.Bxf8 Qxf8 39.bxc4 Qc5 40.Qf2 Qxd4 41.Qxd4 Ne2+ 42.Kf2 Nxd4 43.Bd1 Nc5 44.Ke3 Ndb3 45.Rb1 a4 46.Rxf6 Nxe4 47.Kxe4 Nd2+ 48.Kd4 Nxb1 49.c5 Nc3 50.c6 Nxd1 51.cxd7 Rd8 52.Kc5 b3 53.Rf1 b2 54.Rxd1 a3 55.Kc6 a2 56.Kc7 Rxd7+ 57.Kxd7 b1Q 58.Rxb1 axb1Q 59.d6 Qb7+ 60.Kd8 Kf7 0-1

16. Game 19 / 7164 Fajans, Harry - Santasiere, Anthon Marshall CC-ch (43-44) New York, NY (9), 30.01.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 16.

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qe4+ 9.Qxe4 dxe4 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Bf4 Be7 12.0-0-0 0-0 13.Re1 f6 14.Ne2 Bh3 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Bxc7 g5 17.Rhg1 Rae8 18.g4 Be5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Ng3 Rf4 21.Nh5 Rf3 22.Rg3 Rxg3 23.Nxg3 Bg2 24.Kd2 Kf7 25.Ke3 Bf3 26.Nf5 c5 27.h3 Ke6 28.c4 Kd7 29.Rf1 h5 30.Ng3 hxg4 31.hxg4 Ke6 32.Rf2 Bxg4 33.Rf8 Ke7 34.Ra8 Bf3 35.Rxa7+ Kd6 36.Ra6+ Kd7 37.Rf6 Ke7 38.Rf5 Re6 39.Rxg5 Kd6 40.Nf5+ Kd7 41.Rg7+ Kd8 42.a4 Bd1 43.Rg2 Kc7 44.Rd2 Bf3 45.Rd5 Kc6 46.c3 Re8 47.b4 cxb4 48.cxb4 Rh8 49.a5 Rh3 50.b5+ Kc7 51.Rc5+ Kb8 52.Nd6 Bh1+ 53.Kd4 Rd3+ 54.Ke5 e3 55.Rc8+ Ka7 56.Rc7+ Ka8 57.b6 Bb7 58.Re7 Bc6 59.Rh7 Rxd6 60.Kxd6 e2 61.Re7 1-0

17. Game 20 / 7165 Barzin, Marcel - Santasiere, Anthony
Marshall CC-ch (43-44) New York, NY (13), 27.02.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 17.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 0-0 9.0-0 f5 10.Rd1 d6 11.Ne1 Bxg2 12.Nxg2 Qe8 13.Nf4 Bf6 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.d5 Nc5 16.dxe6 Kh8 17.Nd5 Nxe6 18.Nxf6 Rxf6 19.b3 Rf8 20.Rd5 Qg6 21.Kh1 Rae8 22.Bb2 f4 23.Rg1 fxg3 24.Qxg3 Qxg3 25.fxg3 h6 26.Kg2 Ng5 27.Re1 Nf3 28.Rf1 Rxe2+ 29.Rf2 Ne1+ 0-1

18. Game 21 / 7166 Clarke, Ernest JE - Eliacheff, Boris
Mechanics Institute CC Tournament San Francisco, CA, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 17.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.fxe5 Ng4 11.Bf4 Bg7 12.0-0-0+ Ke8 13.Nb5 Bd7 14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.e6 Bxb2+ 16.Kxb2 Rb8+ 17.Kc1 1-0

19. Game 22 / 7167 Clarke, Ernest J - Dake, Arthur William
Mechanics Institute San Francisco, CA, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 17.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.fxe5 Ng4 11.Bf4 Bg7 12.0-0-0+ Ke8 13.Nb5 cxb5 14.Bxb5+ Bd7 15.Bxd7+ Kf8 16.Bxg4 1-0

20. [Game 23 / 7168 Grieshaber, Otto - Deane, Charles H
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 88 Correspondence, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 18.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Nd4 Bc5 11.Rd1 Bxd4 12.Rxd4 d5 13.exd6 cxd6 14.b4 Re8 15.Be3 Bf5 16.h4 d5 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.g4 Be6 19.Bf4 Qe7 20.Bg3 Nd6 21.f3 Nc4 22.b5 c5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Rxd5 Ne3 26.Rd8+ 1-0

21. Game 24 / 1769 Burt, Gilbert L - Turner, Calhoun
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 85 Correspondence, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 18.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nge2 b6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 Qg5 10.Ne4 Qg6 11.Qf3 Ke7 12.Nxf6 c6 13.Ng4 Bb7 14.Ne5 Qf6 15.Qxf6+ Kxf6 16.0-0-0 Rd8 17.Ng4+ Ke7 18.f3 Nd7 19.Nh6 c5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Bc4 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rc8 23.Re1 b5 24.Bxb5 Nb3+ 25.Kd1 Rd8+ 26.Bd3 Nc5 27.Re3 Nxd3 28.Rxd3 Rxd3+ 29.cxd3 f5 30.Ke2 Kf6 31.g4 f4 32.d4 Kg7 33.g5 Kg6 34.Kf2 Kxg5 35.Ng4 h5 36.Ne5 Bd5 37.h3 Bb3 38.Nc6 a6 39.Na5 Bc2 40.b4 Kf5 41.Nc6 Ba4 42.Ne5 Bb5 43.h4 Kf6 44.Ke1 Kf5 45.Kd1 Ba4+ 46.Kd2 Bb3 47.Kd3 Bd5 48.a4 1-0

22. Game 25 / 7170 Deane, Charles - Besse, A
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 87 Correspondence, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 18.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Ne5 10.bxc3 Nxc4 11.Qd4 Ncd6 12.Qxg7 Qf6 13.Qxf6 Nxf6 14.Re1+ Kf8 15.Bh6+ Kg8 16.Re5 Nfe4 17.Re1 f6 18.Re7 1-0

23. Game 26 / 7171 Winkelman, Barnie - Dreher
Mercantile Library Championship Philadelphia, PA, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January / February 1944, p. 19.

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d5 7.Qc2 Ne4 8.e3 Bd7 9.Bd3 f5 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Bc6 13.b4 Qe7 14.f3 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Ng5 16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Bd4 b6 18.Rac1 Ba8 19.Be2 c6 20.Qb2 Rd7 21.a4 Rc7 22.Rc2 Bb7 23.a5 c5 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Rfc1 Rfc8 26.Qa3 h6 27.Bxc5 1-0

24. Gaame 34 / 7179 Dend, Arnold - Weinstock, Solomon
US Championship (1944) New York, NY (1), 16.04.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 30.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Bd2 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nge2 Re8 9.a3 Bf8 10.Qc2 Ne7 11.0-0 Be6 12.b4 a6 13.Na4 Nc8 14.Nc5 Nd6 15.Rac1 c6 16.Ng3 Qc8 17.a4 Re7 18.f3 h6 19.e4 Nd7 20.e5 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Nxc5 22.Ba2 Nd7 23.f4 Nb6 24.f5 Bd7 25.f6 Re8 26.fxg7 Bxg7 27.Bb1 Be6 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Nh5 1-0

25. Game 37 / 7182 Altman, Benjamin - Chernev, Irving
US Championship (1944) New York, NY (2), 16.04.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 31.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Qc8 6.0-0 c5 7.b3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.e4 Nf6 12.f3 Be7 13.Bb2 0-0 14.Qe2 Nbd7 15.Nd2 Qb7 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.a3 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Nc4 h6 20.Nb5 Rc5 21.Nbd6 Bxd6 22.Nxd6 Qc6 23.Qd1 Rxc1 24.Bxc1 b5 25.Bb2 Kf8 26.Qd2 Ke7 27.e5 Ng4 28.Qc3 Qxc3 29.Bxc3 Ne3+ 30.Kg1 Nd5 31.Bd4 a6 32.Kf2 f6 33.f4 f5 34.h4 h5 35.Ke2 Nc7 36.Bc3 Ne8 37.Nb7 Nb6 38.Bb4+ Kf7 39.Nd8+ Kg6 40.Nxe6 Nd5 41.Ba5 Kf7 42.Nc5 Nec7 43.Kd3 Ne6 44.Nxe6 Kxe6 45.Kd4 Ne7 46.Kc5 Kd7 47.Kb6 Nd5+ 48.Kxa6 Kc6 49.Bd2 Nb6 50.Bb4 Na8 51.Ba5 0-1

26. Game 38 / 7183 Almgren, Sven Elias - Di Camillo, Attilio
US Championship (1944) New York, NY (1), 15.04.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 31.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 0-0 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.d5 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.f3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qf6 12.Qd2 d6 13.e3 Nd7 14.Nh3 exd5 15.cxd5 Ne5 16.Nf2 Bf5 17.e4 Bd7 18.Be2 Kg7 19.f4 gxf4 20.gxf4 Ng6 21.Qe3 Qxf4 22.Kd2 Rae8 23.Rab1 b6 24.g4 f5 25.Rbg1 fxe4 26.Qxf4 Nxf4 27.g5 e3+ 0-1

27. Game 40 / 1785 Di Camillo, Attilio - Winkelman, Barnie
Pennsylvania State Championship Philadelphia, PA (7), 21.03.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 33.

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 Re8 9.a3 Nf8 10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.0-0 Nf6 13.e4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Ng6 15.e5 Nd5 16.Ne4 Rf8 17.Rfe1 Kh8 18.b4 a6 19.Bd3 Ndf4 20.g3 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Rd8 22.Nd6 f6 23.Rcd1 fxe5 24.dxe5 Rf8 25.h4 Kg8 26.Ng5 a5 27.Nxh7 Kxh7 28.h5 Qg5 29.Qxg6+ Qxg6 30.hxg6+ Kxg6 31.f4 axb4 32.axb4 b6 33.Nxc8 Rfxc8 34.Rd6 Kf5 35.Re3 Ra4 36.Kf2 Rxb4 37.Kf3 Kg6 38.Rxe6+ Kf7 39.f5 c5 40.Rd6 Ke7 41.Red3 Rc7 42.e6 Rb3 43.Rxb3 Kxd6 44.Rxb6+ Ke5 45.Kg4 c4 46.Kg5 c3 47.Rb1 c2 48.Rc1 Rc3 49.g4 Rc8 50.Kg6 Rc7 51.g5 Kd6 52.f6 1-0

28. Game 41 / 7186 Winkelman, Barnie - Blumin, Boris
Pennsylvania State Championship Philadelphia, PA (5), 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 33.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 c6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.Bf4 N8d7 10.Qd3 Nf6 11.Rfd1 Be6 12.e4 Rc8 13.h3 Nc4 14.Qe2 Nh5 15.Bc1 Nb6 16.Be3 Re8 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.g4 Nf6 19.f4 Rcd8 20.f5 Bc8 21.Bf4 gxf5 22.gxf5 Nbd7 23.Rf1 Qb6 24.Rad1 e6 25.Nc4 Qa6 26.Bc7 b5 27.Bxd8 Rxd8 28.fxe6 fxe6 29.Nd6 Nf8 30.Nxc8 Qxc8 31.e5 Nd5 32.Ne4 Ng6 33.Nd6 Qc7 34.Bxd5 exd5 35.Rf7 Qb6 36.Qf2 Rf8 37.Rxf8+ Bxf8 38.Rf1 Qd8 39.Qf7+ Kh8 40.Qxg6 Bxd6 41.Qxd6 1-0

29. Game 42 / 7187 Morris, Harry R - Winkelman, Barnie
Pennsylvania State Championship Philadelphia, PA (4), 02.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 33.

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Qb3 Ne4 10.Rd1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Na5 12.Qb4 Nc4 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Bh6 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rxd5 Qc7 18.Rc5 Qd6 19.Qd4+ Qf6 20.Rc7 e5 21.Qc5 Rd8 22.Bd5 Rf8 23.Rb1 Be6 24.Rbxb7 Rfc8 25.c4 Rxc7 26.Rxc7 Rb8 27.Rxa7 Bh3 28.Rb7 e4 0-1

30. Game 43 / 7188 Fox, Albert Whiting - Fine, Reuben / Helms, Herann
Consultation game Washington, DC (4), 02.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 34.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.Qe2 0-0 9.Bg5 dxe4 10.dxe4 h6 11.Bh4 Qe7 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.0-0 g5 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.Bd5 Bd7 16.Rfe1 Rae8 17.Nf1 Nf4 18.Qc2 Nd8 19.Rad1 Kg7 20.Bb3 Nb7 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Rxd7 Bd6 23.Ne3 Nc5 24.Ng4 Qf5 25.Rxd6 cxd6 26.f3 Qg6 27.Ne3 Kh7 28.Rd1 Re5 29.Nf5 Rd8 30.Qd2 Nxb3 31.axb3 Rxf5 32.exf5 Qxf5 33.Bxf4 gxf4 34.Qd3 Kg6 35.Qxf5+ Kxf5 36.Rd5+ Ke6 37.Rd4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

31. Gzame 48 / 7193 Schwartz, N - Platz, Joseph
Bronx-Emppire City CC Championship New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 37.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 cxd4 6.exd4 Nc6 7.Nbd2 Bb4 8.Bb2 Ne4 9.0-0 f5 10.a3 Bd6 11.c4 Qf6 12.Re1 0-0 13.Rc1 g5 14.c5 Bc7 15.b4 g4 16.b5 gxf3 17.bxc6 Bxh2+ 18.Kxh2 Qh4+ 19.Kg1 Qxf2+ 20.Kh1 Qxg2# 0-1

32. Game 49 / 7194 Platz, Joseph - Rivise, Irving
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.11), 04.03.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 37.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.e5 Nd5 9.Qg4 Bb4+ 10.c3 dxc3 11.bxc3 Qe7 12.cxb4 Qxe5+ 13.Qe2 Qxe2+ 14.Kxe2 Nxb4 15.Nc3 0-0 16.Be3 b5 17.Bb3 Bb7 18.a3 Nc6 19.Nd5 Na5 20.Ba2 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 c6 22.Ba2 Rfe8 23.Kd3 d5 24.Rhe1 f5 25.Bd4 Kf7 26.Re5 g6 27.Rae1 Nb7 28.Rc1 Nd8 29.Bxd5+ Ne6 30.Rxc6 1-0

33. Game 51 / 7196 Denker, Arnold - Santasiere, Anthony
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.1), 04.03.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 40.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nxc3 5.bxc3 c5 6.f4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Rxf3 c4 13.Rb1 b5 14.a4 a6 15.Ba3 Qa5 16.Bc5 Rfb8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Kh2 Qc7 19.Qg1 Ra2 20.Qe3 Bh6 21.e5 Nd8 22.Bd4 Ne6 23.Rff1 Nxd4 24.cxd4 b4 25.Rfc1 c3 26.dxc3 Rxe2 27.Qxe2 Bxf4+ 28.Kh1 Bxc1 29.Rxc1 bxc3 30.Qc2 Rc8 31.Rb1 Qd7 32.Rd1 e6 33.Kh2 Qd5 34.h4 Rc4 35.Qf2 c2 36.Rf1 Rc7 37.Rc1 Qe4 38.Qf6 Qf5 39.Qxf5 gxf5 40.Kg3 Rc4 41.Kf3 Kg7 42.Ke3 Kh6 43.Kd3 Rc8 44.Ke3 Kh5 45.d5 exd5 46.Kf4 d4 47.Kxf5 d3 48.g4+ Kh6 49.Kf6 d2 50.Rf1 d1Q 51.Rf5 0-1

34. Game 52 / 7197 Seidman, Herbert - Moskowitz, Jack
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.2), 04.03.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 40.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 0-0 9.Nf5 d5 10.exd6 Bxf5 11.dxe7 Nxe7 12.Qf3 Qd4 13.Bb3 Rad8 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qg4 16.Qxb7 Be4 17.f3 Qxg2+ 18.Kxg2 Bxb7 19.Bg5 Rd7 20.Ba4 Nc6 21.Rab1 Ba8 22.Bf4 f6 23.Rfe1 g5 24.Bc1 Rdd8 25.Kg3 Rfe8 26.Ba3 Kf7 27.h4 gxh4+ 28.Kxh4 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Ne5 30.Bb3+ Kg7 31.Rg1+ Ng6+ 32.Kg3 Rd2 33.Re1 h5 34.Re8 Bc6 35.Rg8+ Kh7 36.Bf8 h4+ 37.Kg4 Bd7+ 38.Kh5 Rg2 39.Rg7+ Kh8 40.Kh6 1-0

35. Game 53 / 7198 Schwartz, Edward - Khotimlansky, Joseph
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 41.Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.9), 04.03.1944

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bc4 Be7 6.0-0 Ngf6 7.a4 0-0 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Bb3 a6 12.Bg5 Rb8 13.Rad1 b5 14.f4 Ng6 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Qxe5 17.Qxe5 Nxe5 18.Bf4 Nfd7 19.Nf5 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 bxa4 21.Bxa4 Rxb2 22.Ne4 Rb4 23.Nxc5 Nxc5 24.Bxe5 Nxa4 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Rxf7 1-0

36. Game 54 / 7199 Helms, Hermann - Mochet, L
Gordon Chess Center New York, NY, 25.03.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 42.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.d3 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.e5 Ng8 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qf3 d5 10.exd6 Bf6 11.Re1+ Kf8 12.dxc7 Qd6 13.Bf4 Qc6 14.Bd5 Qxc2 15.Bh6+ Nxh6 16.Qxf6 Rg8 17.Re8+ Kxe8 18.Qd8# 1-0

37. Game 55 / 7200 Santasiere, Anthony - Helms, Hermann
Casual game New York, NY, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 42.

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Bg4 5.fxe5 dxe5 6.Qa4+ Qd7 7.Bb5 c6 8.Be2 f6 9.Rf1 Ne7 10.d4 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 exd4 12.Rd3 Qe6 13.cxd4 Bb6 14.Nc3 0-0 15.Rg3 Kh8 16.Be3 Nd7 17.0-0-0 Rfd8 18.Bg4 Qg8 19.Rh3 a5 20.Qc2 f5 21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.exf5 Nf6 23.Kb1 Rd7 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 Re8 26.Rxh7+ 1-0

38. Game 56 / 7201 Marshall, Frank - Kahn, Leo
Simul New York, NY, 23.03.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 42.

1.e4 e6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3 5.dxc3 Ne7 6.c5 0-0 7.Nf3 b6 8.Be3 bxc5 9.Bxc5 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Bd3 f6 12.Qc2 h6 13.Bh7+ Kf7 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Nh4 Rf7 16.Bg6 Rf8 17.0-0-0 Nc6 18.Rhe1 e5 19.Be4 Be6 20.Ng6+ Kf7 21.Nxf8 Kxf8 22.f4 Nd4 23.cxd4 Rc8 24.dxe5 Rxc2+ 25.Bxc2 fxe5 26.fxe5 Qc7 27.Kb1 Qc4 1/2-1/2

39. Game 57 / 7202 Platz, Joseph - Robbins, J
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (4), 25.02.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 48.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Qd3 Ne5 8.Qe2 c6 9.Ba4 Be7 10.Bf4 Ng6 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.0-0-0 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qc7 14.Bb3 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Nd4 Qd7 17.Qh5 Rf8 18.f3 0-0-0 19.g4 Nf4 20.Qh2 Bg6 21.g3 c5 22.Ba4 Qc7 23.Ndb5 Qa5 24.gxf4 a6 25.Nd5 Bf6 26.Nbc7 b5 27.b4 cxb4 28.Qf2 bxa4 29.Qa7 Rf7 30.Nb6+ Qxb6 31.Qxb6 Rxc7 32.f5 Be8 33.Rxd6 Bg5+ 34.Kb1 Rxd6 35.Qxd6 Kb7 36.Re1 b3 37.axb3 axb3 38.cxb3 Bb5 39.f4 Rd7 40.Qb4 Bf6 41.g5 Bd8 42.Re5 Bc7 43.Re7 Rxe7 44.Qxe7 Bd3+ 45.Ka2 Bxf5 46.Qxg7 a5 47.Qf6 Be4 48.Qd4 Bc6 49.f5 Bb6 50.Qc4 Be3 51.g6 hxg6 52.fxg6 a4 53.g7 1-0

40. Game 58 / 7203 Bernstein, Neil - Fish, Morris
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) B New York, NY (3), 26.02.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, March / April 1944, p. 48.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 0-0 7.Nf3 e6 8.0-0 d5 9.d3 Bd7 10.Nd2 Ne7 11.Ncb1 Bc6 12.Na3 d4 13.Nc2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 e5 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.dxe4 f5 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Qd3 Nd6 19.Ne1 e4 20.Qc2 Qe7 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.f3 Bh6 23.fxe4 Rxf1 24.Kxf1 Rf8+ 25.Kg2 Nxe4 26.Nf3 Nd6 27.Bc1 Bxc1 28.Rxc1 Nf5 29.Qd3 g5 30.Nd2 Ne3+ 31.Kg1 Qf6 32.Kh1 Ng4 33.Qf3 Nf2+ 34.Kg2 Qe7 35.Qd5+ Kg7 36.Re1 Nd3 37.exd3 Qxe1 38.Qxg5+ Kh8 39.Kh3 Qe3 40.Qxc5 Qh6+ 41.Kg2 Qxd2+ 42.Kh3 Qh6+ 43.Kg2 Qc6+ 44.Qd5 Rd8 45.Kf3 Rxd5 0-1

41. Game 65 / 7210 Steiner, Herman - Horowitz, Israel Albert
US Championship (1944) New York, NY (7), 22.04.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1944, p. 60.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Qf3 Ne8 11.Qh3 f5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.f4 Nef6 14.Ndf3 c4 15.Bc2 b5 16.Kh1 Ne4 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Ne5 Qe7 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.g4 a5 21.g5 Rf5 22.Rg1 Bc8 23.Rg4 g6 24.Rh4 Qg7 25.Rg1 b4 26.Ng4 Ra7 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.Nxf5 exf5 29.Rh6 Rb7 30.Qg2 Bd7 31.Qd2 Be8 32.Rh3 Qc7 33.Rhg3 Qc6 34.Qc2 a4 35.cxb4 Rxb4 36.Qc3 Qb6 37.R3g2 Kg7 38.Rc1 Kf7 39.Qa3 Ke6 40.Rgc2 Kf7 41.Kg2 Qb8 42.h4 Ke6 43.Kg3 Qb6 44.Rf2 Qb8 45.Rc3 Qb5 46.Rfc2 Kf7 47.Kf2 Qb6 48.Rd2 Ke6 49.Kg2 Kf7 50.Kh2 Ke6 51.Kh3 Kf7 52.Rh2 Ke6 53.Kg3 Qb7 54.Re2 Qb5 55.Kf2 Qb7 56.Rcc2 Bd7 57.Re1 Qb6 58.Rb1 Be8 59.Rc3 Bd7 60.Kg3 Be8 61.Rc2 Bd7 62.Rh1 Be8 63.Rhh2 Qb5 64.Qc3 Qb6 65.Rh3 Qb7 66.Rch2 Qb5 67.Rf2 Qb6 68.Rhh2 Qb5 69.Rh1 Qb6 70.Rg2 Qb7 71.Rgh2 Qb5 72.Qc2 Qb8 73.h5 gxh5 74.Rxh5 Bxh5 75.Rxh5 Kd7 76.Rxh7+ Kc6 77.Rh6+ Kb5 78.Qh2 Ka5 79.Qd2 Kb5 80.Qh2 Ka5 81.Rh8 Qb7 82.Qd2 Ka6 83.Rh6+ Rb6 84.Qb4 Rxh6 85.Qxa4+ 1-0

42. Game 70 / 7215 Porat, Yosed- dn, Yosef
Lasker CC Jubilee Tournament Tel Aviv ISR, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1944, p. 63.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Nf3 0-0 12.Bd2 b5 13.a4 b4 14.b3 Rc8 15.Qb1 Qb6 16.Rc1 Nab8 17.Qd3 Nc6 18.Ra2 Rc7 19.Rac2 Rfc8 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Nxg5 Nf8 22.Qb5 Nd7 23.Qd3 Nf8 24.Qb5 Nd7 25.Kf1 a6 26.Qxb6 Nxb6 27.Nf4 Nd7 28.Nfxe6 fxe6 29.Nxe6 Ndb8 30.Nxc7 Rxc7 31.Rc5 Kf7 32.Rxd5 Re7 33.f4 g6 34.Ke2 Ke8 35.Rd6 Na7 36.Rb6 Nd7 37.Rb7 1-0

43. Game 72 / 7217 Koltanowski, Georges - Gleason, J
Blindfold simul, 3b Springfield, MA, 03.11.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1944, p. 65.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.e5 Ng8 8.c3 dxc3 9.Nxc3 Nge7 10.Bg5 Nxe5 11.Re1 d6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.f4 Bg4 14.Qb3 0-0-0 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.h3 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 h5 18.Bxf7 Rd2 19.Ne4 Qd4 20.Nxd2 Qxd2 21.Rxe5 1-0

44. Game 73 / 7218 Green, Matthew - Jackson, Edward S
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.6), 04.03.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1944, p. 66.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 a6 11.0-0 c4 12.Bf5 b5 13.Ne5 Nb6 14.f3 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Rc8 16.a3 Ne8 17.Bf2 Nd6 18.Qh5 a5 19.Ng4 g6 20.Qxh6 Nf5 21.Qh3 Kg7 22.g3 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Ne2 Rh8 25.Qg2 c3 26.b3 Ra8 27.e4 Nd6 28.Ne3 Nb5 29.e5 Ra3 30.Rxa3 bxa3 31.Nc1 Nxd4 32.f4 Nf5 33.Nxf5+ gxf5 34.Bd4 Qc7 35.Qf2 Rb8 36.Na2 Na4 37.e6+ f6 38.bxa4 Rb2 39.Qf3 Rxa2 40.Qh5 Bc5 41.Qg5+ Kf8 42.Qxf6+ Ke8 43.Qg6+ Ke7 44.Qf7+ Kd8 45.e7+ Bxe7 46.Qxd5+ Qd7 47.Bb6+ Ke8 48.Qg8+ 1-0

45. Game 74 / 7219 Shainswit, George - Donovan, Jeremiah F
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.5), 04.03.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, May / June 1944, p. 66.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Qc2 a6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.0-0 Re8 11.h3 Qc7 12.Rab1 Bd6 13.b4 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.a4 Bd7 16.Nh4 Qc8 17.Bf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.Qxc8+ Rxc8 21.Nf3 f5 22.Rfc1 f4 23.exf4 Bxf4 24.Rc2 Ree8 25.g3 Bd6 26.Ra2 Ra8 27.Rc2 Rac8 28.Ra2 Ra8 29.Rc2 ½-½

46. Game 121 / 7266 Karff, Mona May - Bailey, Leonard W
Simul, 12b Brooklyn, NY, 18.02.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, July / August 1944, p. 96.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bf5 7.0-0 Ne4 8.c4 Bd6 9.Bxd6 cxd6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qb3 Ne7 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Rfd1 Ng6 15.Bd3 Nh4 16.Nxh4 Qxh4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Qxb7 Re8 19.Nxe4 Bc8 20.Qc6 Qxe4 21.Qxd6+ Kg8 22.Rac1 h5 23.Rc7 Rh6 24.Qc5 Rg6 25.Kf1 Qxg2+ 26.Ke1 Bxh3 27.Qc4 Qg1+ 28.Kd2 Qxf2+ 29.Kc1 Be6 30.d5 Rg2 31.Qc3 Bxd5 0-1

47. Game 122 / 7267 Marshall, Frank - Andina, Peter T
Simul New York, NY, 16.02.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, July / August 1944, p. 96.

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.e5 Ng4 7.Re1 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.h3 Nf6 10.b3 0-0 11.Ba3 Qd8 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Ng6 15.Nc3 a6 16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 c6 19.Be4 Rfe8 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.c4 c5 23.Nc2 Bc6 24.Ne3 f6 25.Kf1 Re7 26.Nd5 Rd7 27.Ne3 Rxd1+ 28.Nxd1 Kf7 29.f3 f5 30.h4 Kf6 31.f4 b5 32.g3 Bf3 33.Nc3 Bc6 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Kd2 Kf6 36.cxb5 axb5 37.a4 bxa4 38.Nxa4 c4 39.Nc5 cxb3 40.Nxb3 Bd5 41.Nc5 Bc6 42.Ke3 Bb5 43.Kd4 Bc6 44.Nd3 Be4 45.Ne5 Bb1 46.Kd5 Ba2+ 47.Kd6 Bb3 48.Nd7+ Kf7 49.Nc5 Ba2 50.Ke5 Bb1 51.Ne6 Ba2 52.Ng5+ Kg8 53.h5 Bf7 54.Nxf7 Kxf7 55.hxg6+ Kxg6 56.Ke6 Kh5 57.Kxf5 g6+ 58.Kf6 Kg4 59.Kxg6 1-0

48. Game 143 / 7288 Mills, A - Persinger, Louis
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (4.5), 25.02.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, September / October 1944, p. 115.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Bd3 g6 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.h4 Nf6 14.Ne5 Ng4 15.Nxg4 Bxg4 16.Be2 Bf5 17.Qc5 Qe6 18.h5 Bg4 19.f3 Bxh5 20.g4 Bxg4 21.fxg4 Qxe3 22.Rc3 Qe4 23.Rch3 Rfe8 24.R1h2 Qb1+ 25.Kf2 Qxb2 26.Kf3 Qd2 27.Qa3 Re4 28.Qd3 Qf4+ 29.Kg2 Rae8 30.Bf3 Rxd4 31.Qc3 Rd2+ 32.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 33.Kg3 Qe1+ 34.Kg2 Re2+ 35.Bxe2 Qxe2+ 36.Kg1 Qxg4+ 37.Kf2 h5 38.Rg3 Qf4+ 39.Kg2 h4 40.Rf3 Qe4 41.Rhh3 g5 42.Kf1 g4 43.Re3 Qf4+ 0-1

49. Game 144 / 7289 Kashdan, Isaac - Platz, Joseph
Manhattan CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY (3), 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 129.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.Qc2 c6 9.Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11.Rab1 Bg4 12.Ne5 Bh5 13.b4 N6d7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.b5 Bg6 17.bxc6 Qxc6 18.Bxg6 Nxg6 19.Qb3 Red8 20.Rfc1 b6 21.Nb5 Qd7 22.Rc7 Qg4 23.f3 Qg5 24.f4 Qg4 25.Nxa7 Nh4 26.Rb2 Nf3+ 27.Kf2 Nxd4 28.Qxb6 Qh4+ 29.Kf1 Ne6 30.Rcc2 Qxh2 31.Nc6 Re8 32.Rd2 d4 33.Nxd4 Nxf4 34.Nf3 Qh1+ 35.Ng1 Rac8 36.Rdc2 Rcd8 37.Rd2 Rc8 38.Rdc2 Rxc2 39.Rxc2 Nd5 1-0

50. Game 145 / 7290 Kraner, George - Kevitz, Alexander
Manhattan CC Championship (1944/45) New York, NY (3), 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 129.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Ng6 6.Be3 Bb4+ 7.Nd2 Qe7 8.Bd3 Qd6 9.Qe2 Nxf4 10.Bxf4 Qxf4 11.Ngf3 Nc6 12.0-0 d6 13.Nb3 Bg4 14.Qc2 0-0 15.a3 Bc5+ 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.e5 Qh6 18.Be4 Rad8 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Rad1 h6 21.Qb3 b6 22.Rd3 Qe4 23.Re3 Qg6 24.Rd1 Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Qe4 26.Rfd3 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Qxe5 28.b4 cxb4 29.axb4 a5 30.bxa5 Qxa5 0-1

51. Game 146 / 7291 Finkelstein, Milton - Santasiere, Anthony
Marshall CC-ch (44-45) New York, NY (1), 19.11.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 131.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Be2 Bxd4 8.cxd4 d5 9.e5 Qg6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nc3 f5 12.f4 Rd8 13.Rf3 Bd7 14.Rg3 Qe6 15.Rc1 Be8 16.a3 Rac8 17.Qc2 Ng6 18.Bd3 Nce7 19.Qf2 Nf8 20.Nb1 Qf7 21.Nd2 Ne6 22.Rh3 Ng6 23.Qf3 Ngf8 24.g4 fxg4 25.Qxg4 c5 26.f5 Nxd4 27.e6 Qf6 28.Bg5 h5 29.Qg2 Qe5 30.Re3 Qxe3+ 31.Bxe3 Nh7 32.e7 Rd7 33.Bxd4 Rxe7 34.f6 Rec7 35.Be5 1-0

52. Game 148 / 7293 Bernstein, Sidney Norman - Bruzza, Severin
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5.7), 04.03.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 132.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 0-0 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bg3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 c5 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.0-0 Bf6 14.Qc2 cxd4 15.exd4 Qc6 16.Qe2 Nb6 17.Bb5 Qd5 18.Rc1 Bd7 19.Rc5 Qa2 20.Bd3 Bc6 21.Ne5 Rad8 22.Bb1 Qb3 23.Bc2 Qa2 24.Bb1 Qb3 25.Bc2 Qa2 26.Rd1 g6 27.Bb1 Qb3 28.Ra5 Bxe5 29.Bxe5 Nc4 30.Bc2 Qb6 31.Rc5 Nxe5 32.Qxe5 Qxb2 33.h4 Rd5 34.Rxd5 Qxc2 35.Re1 Bxd5 36.Re3 Qd1+ 37.Kh2 Qg4 0-1

53. Game 149 / 7294 Santasiere, Anthony - Hanauer, M ilton Loeb
Marshall CC-ch (1942/43) New York, NY, 1942
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 132.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.0-0 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Qh4 h6 10.Nd5 e6 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Qxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd2 Na5 14.Bxb7 Nxb7 15.Rb1 0-0 16.Ne4 Bg7 17.Rd1 Rfd8 18.Nd6 Nxd6 19.Rxd6 Rac8 20.b3 Bf8 ½-½

54. Game 150 / 7295 Seidman, Herbert - Finkelstein, Milton
Marshall CC-ch (1943/44) New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 132.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Be7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.h3 Nbd7 9.0-0 Nb6 10.Bb3 Nbd5 11.Re1 c6 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Bc2 h6 14.Bh4 Qc8 15.Ne5 Re8 16.Qf3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nd5 18.Bg3 Bf6 19.Qd3 Ne7 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Ng4 Bf5 22.Qh8+ Ng8 23.Nxf6 1-0

55. Game 151 / 7296 Barzin, Marcel - Seidman, Herbert
Marshall CC-ch (1943/44) New York, NY (9), 16.01.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 132.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Na5 11.f5 Bc4 12.Bd3 Nxb3 13.axb3 Bxd3 14.cxd3 a6 15.d4 b5 16.b4 a5 17.Qf3 axb4 18.Nxb5 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Qb6 20.Na7 Ra8 21.d5 Qb7 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Bd4 Nd7 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qf2 f6 26.Ra5 Qc7 27.Ra2 Nb6 0-1

56. Game 152 / 7297 Santasiere, Anthony - Gresser, Gisela Kahn
Marshall CC-ch (1943/44) New York, NY (9), 01.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 132.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 e6 3.a3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.c4 a5 7.Qb3 axb4 8.axb4 Rxa1 9.Bxa1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nc6 11.Bc3 Ne4 12.b5 Nb8 13.0-0 Nd7 14.d4 Nb6 15.Bd3 Nxc3 16.Nxc3 Nd5 17.Rc1 b6 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qc2 Bd6 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Bf5 Qf6 22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.Qc6 g6 24.Qxd5 Kg7 25.Ne5 Rh8 26.Qf3 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qxe5 28.Qg3 Qxg3 29.hxg3 Rc8 30.g4 Kf6 31.f4 Ke6 32.g5 Kd5 33.Rc6 Ke4 34.Kf2 Rd8 35.Rc4+ Kd3 36.Rxc7 Rd5 37.Rxf7 Rxb5 38.f5 Re5 39.g4 b5 40.f6 Re8 41.Rb7 Kc4 42.Kf3 b4 43.e4 b3 44.Kf4 Kc3 45.e5 b2 46.f7 Rf8 47.e6 Kc2 48.Ke5 b1Q 49.Rxb1 Kxb1 50.Kf6 1-0

57. Game 153 / 7298 Lovejoy, Frank - Deane, Charles H
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 88 Correspondence, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 133.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.dxe5 Bb6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Qa4 Nge7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Ba3 axb5 13.Qxa8 Ba7 14.Bb4 b6 15.Nd4 Ba6 16.Qxf8+ Kxf8 17.exd6 cxd6 18.Nd2 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Nc6 20.a3 Nxb4 21.axb4 Bc8 22.d5 Bb8 23.Rfc1 Bb7 24.Rc3 Qg4 25.f3 Qg5 26.Nb3 Qe5 27.Rac1 Ke7 28.R1c2 g5 29.Rd3 f5 30.Nd4 fxe4 31.fxe4 Bxd5 0-1

58. Game 154 / 7299 Larsson, C A - Bender, George
Illinois Correspondence Chess Associati Correspondence, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 133.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Qg4 0-0 11.0-0-0 Nc5 12.a3 Bd7 13.Bb5 Bxb5 14.Ndxb5 a6 15.Nd4 Qc7 16.Rhe1 Rac8 17.Re2 Rfd8 18.f5 Nd7 19.fxe6 Nxe5 20.exf7+ Kh8 21.Qxg7+ Kxg7 22.Ne6+ Kxf7 23.Nxc7 1-0

59. Game 155 / 7300 Rush, Marvin M - Clayton, Cranston
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section 89 Correspondence, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 133.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Bb2 d6 7.c3 Ba5 8.d4 0-0 9.Re1 Nxe4 10.d5 Nxf2 11.Kxf2 Bb6+ 12.Kf1 Na5 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.h3 f5 15.Nbd2 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Qg5 17.Re3 Qxe3 18.Kg2 Qxd3 0-1

60. Gane 156 / 7301 Steuer, John - Bain, Mary
Continental Jubilee Tourn. Section Correspondence, 1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 133.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 e6 6.Bxd5 exd5 7.Nf3 Bxc5 8.d4 Be7 9.Nc3 c6 10.Qe2 d6 11.Bf4 0-0 12.0-0-0 Bf5 13.h4 dxe5 14.Qxe5 Qd7 15.Rde1 Bb4 16.Nh2 c5 17.Nxd5 Nc6 18.Nf6+ gxf6 19.Qxf6 Bxe1 20.Ng4 Bxg4 21.Qg5+ Kh8 22.Qf6+ Kg8 23.Qg5+ ½-½

61. Game 157 / 7302 Van Duyne, J R - Kempf, L A
Tyler CC Tournament Newark, NJ, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 133.

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.d4 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 e4 7.Qc2 d6 8.Be2 Bf5 9.h3 Qe7 10.Qb2 Rb8 11.f3 Nh5 12.h4 Ng3 13.Rh2 0-0 14.Bd2 Na5 15.Qb5 Nc6 16.f4 Qf6 17.0-0-0 a6 18.Qb2 b5 19.c5 dxc5 20.Be1 Nxe2+ 21.Nxe2 Na5 22.Kb1 Nc4 23.Qc1 Bg4 24.g3 Rfd8 25.Rf2 Qf5 26.Bd2 a5 27.Kc2 Rd7 28.Qa1 Rbd8 29.Bc1 Ne5 30.Qb1 c6 31.Qa1 Nd3 32.Rh2 a4 33.Bd2 Qd5 34.Rb1 Qh5 35.Ng1 Be6 36.c4 Bxc4 37.Kc3 Bb3 38.Rxb3 axb3 39.Kxb3 Qd5+ 40.Kc2 Qc4+ 41.Kd1 cxd4 42.exd4 Rxd4 43.Re2 Qb3# 0-1

62. Game 158 / 7303 Rothman, Aaron - Stephens, Llewellyn Walter
US Amateur Championship. Final New York, NY (5), 22.11.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 134.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 g6 4.d4 d5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Ba3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bb5 Qa5 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.Bxc5 b6 12.Bd6 Bb5 13.Qc1 Kd7 14.a4 Rhc8 15.Qb2 Bd3 16.b4 Qa6 17.a5 Kxd6 18.e4 Nf4 19.Rg1 Rc2 20.axb6 Rac8 21.Nb3 Rxb2 22.Rxa6 Bxa6 23.e5+ Kd5 24.b7 Bxb7 25.Nc5 Rb1+ 26.Kd2 Rxg1 27.b5 Rb1 28.g3 Nh3 29.Nh4 Rxc5 30.f4 0-1

63. Game 159 / 7304 Heitner, Irving - Chauvenet, Louis
US Amateur- Championship New York, NY (9), 02.11.1942
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 134.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Qb3 c6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 c5 9.Bc4 Nh5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Qb4 Bxd4 14.exd4 Nf4 15.0-0 g5 16.dxc5 gxh4 17.Bb3 e5 18.dxe6 Qg5 19.exf7+ Rxf7 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.g3 Nh3+ 22.Kh1 Qf5 23.Qe4 Nxf2+ 24.Rxf2 Qxf2 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Qxh6+ Kg8 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Qg5+ Kf7 30.Qh5+ Kg7 31.Qe5+ Kf8 32.Qe2 Qxc5 33.Rf1+ Kg8 34.Qe8+ 1-0

64. Game 160 / 7305 Saperstein, Henry - Chauvenet, Louis
US Amateur- Championship New York, NY, 03.11.1942
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 134.

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 e6 6.c4 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 Ne4 9.cxd5 Qf6 10.Qd3 g5 11.Nxf5 Qxf5 12.Bxe4 Qf6 13.Bd2 Bg7 14.Bc3 Qe7 15.Bf3 d6 16.Bh5+ Kd8 17.Nd2 Nd7 18.f4 Nf6 19.Bf3 g4 20.Bg2 a5 21.Rae1 Ba6 22.Nc4 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Ne8 25.Qe4 Qxe4 26.Bxe4 Bxc3 27.bxc3 h5 28.Bc2 b5 29.e4 h4 30.Kg2 Ra7 31.e5 Rd7 32.e6 Rg7 33.Rb1 b4 34.c4 h3+ 35.Kf2 Ra7 36.Ba4 Nf6 37.Rbe1 Ke7 38.Re3 Rh5 39.Ke1 Ng8 40.Kd2 Kf6 41.e7 Rxe7 42.Rxe7 Nxe7 43.Bd1 Nf5 44.Bxg4 Rh6 45.Bd1 Nd4 46.g4 Rh4 47.Ke3 a4 48.g5+ Kf5 49.Bxa4 Rg4 50.Bd7+ 1-0

65. Game 161 / 7306 McCready, Ben W - Chauvenet, Louis
US Amateur- Championship New York, NY (3), 31.10.1942
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 134.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.c4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Nxd2 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.f4 Qb6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Qe2 Qxb2 14.0-0 0-0 15.Kh1 Nc5 16.Nf3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 h6 18.Nd4 a5 19.Rfb1 Qf2 20.Rf1 Qh4 21.Rf3 a4 22.Qe3 Bd7 23.Raf1 Rab8 24.Rh3 Qg4 25.Rg3 Qh5 26.h3 Rb2 27.Rff3 f5 28.exf6 Rxf6 29.Qc3 Rb1+ 30.Kh2 e5 31.fxe5 Qxe5 32.Rxf6 Qxf6 33.Qc2 Qf1 34.Re3 Qh1+ 35.Kg3 Rg1 36.Kf3 Bxh3 37.Re8+ Kf7 38.Re2 Bxg2+ 39.Ke3 Qh3+ 40.Kd2 Be4 41.Qc7+ Kg8 42.Qb8+ Kh7 43.Qb5 Qf1 44.Qb2 Qd1+ 45.Ke3 Qd3+ 0-

66. Game 162 / 7307 Heirner, Irving - Ferryman, Frank F
US Amateur- Championship New York, NY, 03.11.1942
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 134.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 Ne4 9.Ndxe4 dxe4 10.Bh4 e5 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 f5 15.c5 exd4 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.cxd4 Nf6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Rab1 Rb8 20.a4 Be6 21.Bxe6 Rxe6 22.a5 g5 23.Rb3 Re7 24.Rfb1 a6 25.Rb6 Kg7 26.Rxc6 Rd8 27.Rcb6 Rdd7 28.Kf1 f4 29.Ke2 g4 30.exf4 Rxd4 31.Rxb7 Kf6 32.R1b6+ Re6 33.Rxh7 Rxb6 34.axb6 Rb4 35.c6 Kg6 36.c7 Kxh7 37.c8Q Rb2+ 38.Ke3 1-0

67. Game 163 / 7308 Steiner, Herman - Adams, Weaver
US Championship (1944) New York, NY (11), 29.04.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 135.

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bg5 f6 4.Bh4 g5 5.Bg3 h5 6.h3 Nh6 7.e3 Nf5 8.Bh2 g4 9.hxg4 hxg4 10.Bxc7 Rxh1 11.Bxd8 gxf3 12.Qxf3 Nb4 13.Na3 Nh4 14.Qh5+ Kxd8 15.Kd2 Bf5 16.c3 Bg6 17.Qg4 f5 18.Qd1 e5 19.cxb4 Bxb4+ 20.Kc2 f4+ 21.Kb3 a5 22.Qg4 Rxf1 23.Qxh4+ Be7 24.Qh8+ Be8 25.Rxf1 Rc8 26.Nb5 a4+ 27.Kxa4 Rc4+ 28.Kb3 Rb4+ 29.Kc2 Rxb5 30.Qxe5 fxe3 31.fxe3 Bg6+ 32.Kc1 Kd7 33.a4 Ra5 34.b4 Rxa4 35.Qxd5+ Kc7 36.Qe6 Ra1+ 37.Kb2 Rxf1 38.Qxe7+ 1-0

68. Game 164 / 7309 Coleman - Khotimlansky, J
New York New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 135.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 Be7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 c6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Ne2 b5 9.Bb3 Nc5 10.Ng3 a5 11.a4 Nxb3 12.cxb3 b4 13.Re1 c5 14.Be3 Be6 15.Ng5 Bd7 16.Qd2 h6 17.Nf3 Be6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Qd7 20.g4 Nh7 21.Kh2 Qb7 22.Ng1 d5 23.f4 d4 24.Bf2 exf4 25.Qxf4 Bg5 26.Qf3 Qd7 27.Re5 Be7 28.Bg3 Rad8 29.Rae1 Bd6 30.R5e2 Bxg3+ 31.Qxg3 Qd5 32.Qc7 Qxb3 33.Qxa5 c4 34.dxc4 d3 35.Rd2 Qxc4 36.Kg2 Rde8 37.Nf3 Rxe1 38.Nxe1 Qe4+ 39.Kf2 Re8 40.Ng2 Ng5 41.Kg3 Qf3+ 42.Kh2 Qxh3+ 43.Kg1 Nf3+ 44.Kf2 Nxd2 45.Qd5 Re2+ 46.Kg1 Nf3+ 0-1

69. Game 165 / 7310 Khotimlansky, Joseph - Grady
New York New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 135.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 Qb6 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Nf5 Qe6 13.Nxg7 Kxg7 14.Qd2 Neg4 15.Bd4 Kg8 16.h3 Ne5 17.Nb5 Ne8 18.Rae1 a6 19.Bg4 Qc6 20.Na7 Qd6 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Bxc8 Nc6 23.Be3 1-0

70. Game 167 / 7312 Weinstock, Solomon - Rubinow, Sol
Eastern Intercollegiate Individual New York, NY (7), 29.12.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 136.

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.a4 a5 11.Rc1 Nd5 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 c6 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.e4 Be6 17.f4 f6 18.Rf2 Bb4 19.Rf1 Rf7 20.Be3 Qxd1 21.Rfxd1 Bb3 22.Rd4 Bxa4 23.Ra1 c5 24.Rc4 Bb3 25.Bxc5 Bxc4 26.Bxb4 b6 27.e5 Rd8 28.Bc3 fxe5 29.fxe5 Bb3 30.Re1 Kf8 31.h3 Rd1 32.Rxd1 Bxd1 33.Bd4 Re7 34.Kf2 Bb3 35.Ke3 Re6 36.Be4 g6 37.Kf4 b5 38.h4 b4 39.g4 h6 40.Bc5+ Kf7 41.Bd6 Re8 42.h5 g5+ 43.Ke3 Rc8 44.Bg6+ Kg7 45.Bf5 Rc1 46.Kf2 Kf7 47.Bg6+ Ke6 48.Bf5+ Kd5 49.Bf8 Kxe5 50.Bxh6 Kf6 51.Bf8 Be6 52.Bxe6 Kxe6 53.Bg7 Kf7 54.Bd4 Rc4 55.Ke3 a4 56.Kd3 Rc1 57.Be3 Rc8 58.Bxg5 a3 59.bxa3 b3 0-1

71. Game 168 / 7313 Rubinow, Sol - Hays, Rhys W
Eastern Intercollegiate Individual New York, NY (2), 27.12.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 136.

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 Nc6 6.Ng5 Qf6 7.Bxf7+ Kd8 8.Ne6+ Ke7 9.Bg5 1-0

72. Game 169 / 7314 Rubinow, Sol - Schneider, L
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (4), 15.03.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 136.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.h3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Ne5 8.Bb3 Bd7 9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 0-0 11.0-0 h6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.fxe5 Qxd1 15.Raxd1 Nh7 16.Rf5 b6 17.Rdf1 Be8 18.Nd5 Bd8 19.Nf4 Bg5 20.h4 Bxf4 21.R5xf4 Bb5 22.R1f2 c5 23.Bxf7+ Kh8 24.e6 Be8 25.g4 Bxf7 26.exf7 Nf6 27.Bd2 Rad8 28.g5 Nh5 29.R4f3 hxg5 30.hxg5 g6 31.c4 Kh7 32.Bc3 Rd7 33.Be5 Rd1+ 34.Rf1 Rd7 35.Kg2 Ng7 36.Rf6 Nh5 37.Rh1 Rd2+ 38.Kf3 Rd3+ 39.Ke2 Rd7 40.Rxh5+ 1-

73. Game 170 / 7315 Steiger, L - Solfrey, William
Eastern Intercollegiate Chess League New York, NY, 12.1942
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 136.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.b3 Bb4+ 5.c3 Be7 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.Bd3 h6 9.e4 d6 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nfd7 12.Be4 Nc6 13.b4 Rb8 14.0-0 Qc8 15.Nc4 Re8 16.Qa4 a6 17.Bxc6 b5 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Qb3 bxc4 20.Qxc4 Nf8 21.Qg4 Ng6 22.Be3 Kh7 23.g3 Rbd8 24.Nh4 Bxh4 25.gxh4 Nxe5 26.Qf4 Nf3+ 27.Kh1 Nd2+ 28.f3 Nxf1 29.Rxf1 Rd7 30.Rg1 Rg8 31.Bd4 Qd5 32.Qg4 g6 33.Be3 Qf5 34.Qg2 Rd3 35.Qe2 Rgd8 36.Rc1 Qe5 37.Re1 Rxc3 38.Qb2 Qg7 39.Qf2 Rdd3 40.h3 Qf8 41.Bc5 Qd8 42.Be3 Rd1 43.Kg1 Rxe1+ 44.Qxe1 Qd3 45.Kf2 Rc2+ 46.Kg1 Re2 0-1

74. Game 171 / 7316 Hays, Rhys W - Baron, Samuel
Eastern Intercollegiate Individual New York, NY (5), 28.12.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 136.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 8.Bf4 Nd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 e5 11.Bg3 a6 12.c3 dxc3 13.Nxc3 b5 14.Bd5 Rb8 15.b4 Bb7 16.Qb3 Qb6 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Rac1 Bd8 19.f4 Bb6+ 20.Kf1 Bd4 21.Ne2 Qb6 22.Nxd4 Qxd4 23.Bf2 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 1-0

75. Game 172 / 7317 Solfrey, William - Rubinow, Sol
Eastern Intercollegiate Individual New York, NY (5), 28.12.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 137.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Nbd2 e6 5.Bd3 d5 6.0-0 c5 7.c3 Be7 8.Ne5 0-0 9.f4 Nc6 10.Ndf3 Nd7 11.Qe2 f5 12.Bd2 c4 13.Bc2 b5 14.b3 Ndxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.fxe5 a5 17.Rab1 cxb3 18.Bxb3 Qd7 19.a4 b4 20.Qe1 Rfb8 21.Rf3 Bc6 22.Qd1 bxc3 23.Bxc3 Bb4 24.Ba1 Bf8 25.Rb2 Rb4 26.Ra2 Rab8 27.Bc2 R4b7 28.Rf1 g6 29.Bc3 Bb4 30.Ba1 Qd8 31.Rf3 Bd7 32.Qe2 Rc7 33.Bb2 Rbc8 34.Bd1 Qe8 35.h3 Rb7 36.Bc2 Bc3 37.Bxc3 Rxc3 38.Qd2 Qc8 39.Kh2 Qc4 40.Bd1 Rb4 41.Be2 Qc7 42.Bd1 Rcc4 43.Be2 Rc1 44.Bd1 Qc3 45.Qe2 Qc4 46.Qd2 Rxd1 0-1

76 Game 173 / 7318 Baron, Samuel - Silverstein, David
Eastern Intercollegiate Individual New York, NY (6), 29.12.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 137.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qc2 h6 10.h4 c5 11.0-0-0 c4 12.Bf5 Nb6 13.Ne5 Bxf5 14.Qxf5 Nh7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.g4 Rac8 17.g5 g6 18.Qh3 h5 19.f4 Qb4 20.Rh2 Na4 21.Nxd5 Qd6 22.Qd7 Qxd7 23.Nxd7 Rfd8 24.N7f6+ Kg7 25.Nxh7 Kxh7 26.Nc3 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Re8 28.Re1 Re4 29.Rb2 Rce8 30.Kd2 b6 31.Rb5 Kg7 32.Re5 f5 33.gxf6+ Kxf6 34.Rxe8 Rxe8 35.e4 Ke6 36.f5+ Kf6 37.fxg6 Kxg6 38.Ke3 Rf8 39.d5 Re8 40.Kd4 b5 41.Rg1+ Kf6 42.Rg5 b4 43.e5+ Kf7 44.cxb4 Rb8 45.Kxc4 Rc8+ 46.Kd4 Rc2 47.Rxh5 Rd2+ 48.Kc5 Rxa2 49.Rh7+ Kg6 50.Rb7 1-0

77. Game 174 / 7319 Michael, Everett A - Baron, Samuel
Eastern Intercollegiate Individual New York, NY (7), 29.12.1943
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 137.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4 Bb6 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Re1 d6 8.h3 h6 9.a4 a6 10.d5 Nb8 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.a5 Ba7 13.b4 Nf8 14.Nh4 Ng4 15.hxg4 Qxh4 16.Be3 Bxg4 17.f3 Bxe3+ 18.Rxe3 Bd7 19.Nd2 Ng6 20.Nf1 Nf4 21.g3 Qg5 22.Kf2 Bh3 23.c4 Nh5 24.g4 Nf4 25.Ng3 Qh4 26.Bf1 Bxf1 27.Qxf1 Qh2+ 0-1

78. Game 175 / 7320 Keilson, Julian - Barron, Theodore
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (5), 04.03.1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 137.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ng8 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qe4 d6 7.exd6+ Be6 8.dxc7 Qxc7 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.Qe2 Qd7 11.0-0 0-0-0 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.Rd1 a6 15.Bf4 Qe7 16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.Rxd6 Qxd6 18.Rd1 Qe7 19.Qc4 Kb8 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Ka8 22.b4 Qc7 23.b5 Rc8 24.bxa6 Qxc3 25.axb7+ Kxb7 26.Rb1+ 1-0

79. Game 176 / 7321 Drebinger, John - Talmadge, Thomas
Comerical Chess League New York, NY, 1944
Source: American Chess Bulletin, November / December 1944, p. 137.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Nf3 Qe7 8.e3 e5 9.d5 Nb8 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.Nd2 a5 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 f5 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.h3 Bh5 16.Qxf5 Bg6 17.Qf3 Nf6 18.Qd1 0-0 19.Bd3 Ne4 20.0-0 Qh4 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.f3 Bf5 23.e4 Bxh3 24.gxh3 Qg3+ 25.Kh1 Qxh3+ 26.Kg1 Qg3+ 27.Kh1 Rf6 1-0

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