This collection contains the games printed in Chess Life (CHL), volume 1, 1946.

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 4 / 4 Friedman, Larry - Kujoth, Richard
US Junior-ch Chicago, IL, 07.1946
Source: Chess Life, September 20, 1946, p. 4.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2c3 Nc6 8.Be3 0-0 9.Bd3 Nxd4 10.Qd2 c5 11.0-0-0 a6 12.h4 e5 13.Bg5 b6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Ne4 Bxg5 16.hxg5 Bf5 17.Rh2 c4 18.Rdh1 cxd3 19.Qxd3 Bxe4 20.Rxh7 Qxg5+ 21.Kb1 g6 22.Qxe4 Qf5 23.Qh4 f6 24.Rg7+ 1-0

2. Game 5 / 5 Berliner, Hans Jack - Miller, Harold
US Junior-ch Chicago il, 07.1946
Source: Chess Life, October 5, 1946, p. 4.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 h6 6.0-0 Be7 7.Be3 c6 8.a4 0-0 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Bb3 a6 11.Nh4 exd4 12.Bxd4 Nc5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bxd5 Bxh4 16.Bc4 Bd7 17.Qh5 Be7 18.Ne4 Rae8 19.Rad1 b5 20.Ba2 c4 21.f4 f5 22.Nd6 Bxd6 23.Rxd6 Re6 24.Rfd1 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qb6+ 26.Kf1 Be8 27.Qe2 Qc7 28.Qd2 Qe7 29.b3 Bf7 30.bxc4 bxc4 31.Rxc6 Rd8 32.Rd6 Rxd6 33.Qxd6 Qxd6 34.exd6 Kf8 35.a5 Ke8 36.Ke2 g5 37.g3 Kd7 38.Ke3 gxf4+ 39.gxf4 Kxd6 40.Kd4 h5 41.Bxc4 Bxc4 42.Kxc4 Kc6 43.h4 1-0

3. Game 7 / 7 Le Corunu, Phil - Kujoth, Richard
US Junior-ch Chicago, IL, 07.1946
Source: Chess Life, October 5, 1946, p. 4.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 cxd4 6.axb4 dxc3 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.Qg4 Ne7 9.Nf3 cxb2 10.Bxb2 Nd7 11.0-0 Ng6 12.h4 h5 13.Qg5 Ndf8 14.b5 Bd7 15.Bd4 Qd8 16.Qg3 b6 17.Ng5 Qc7 18.f4 Ne7 19.Qe3 Rb8 20.f5 Nxf5 21.Bxf5 exf5 22.e6 Nxe6 23.Nxe6 Bxe6 24.Bxg7 Rg8 25.Be5 Qxc2 26.Rf2 Qc8 27.Bxb8 Qxb8 28.Rxf5 Kd7 29.Rxh5 Rg3 30.Qd2 Qc7 31.Rc1 Qd6 32.Rc6 Qa3 33.Rxd5+ 1-0

4. Game 8 / 8 Berliner, Hans Jack - Colon Romero, Miguel
Yankton Yankton SD (7), 22.09.1946
Source: Chess Life, October 20, 1946, p. 4.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.h3 Bd7 8.Qd2 Bc6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bh6 0-0 11.0-0-0 Nh5 12.g4 Ng3 13.Rh2 Nxf1 14.Rxf1 Nc5 15.h4 Qb6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.h5 Na4 18.Nxa4 Bxa4 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Ne6+ Kg8 21.Qh6 Rf7 22.Rfh1 Rc8 23.Qxg6+ 1-0

5. Game 9 / 9 Marchand, Erich - Stern, Adolph
NYSCA-ch. Group A Cazenovia, NY USA (2), 18.08.1946
Source: Chess Life, October 20, 1946, p. 4.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.d5 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Nd4 0-0 8.f4 Nbd7 9.g4 e5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Be2 a5 14.0-0 Nc5 15.Qd2 Rae8 16.Rf2 Ned7 17.Bf3 f5 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.Bg5 Nfxe4 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 21.Bxe7 Nxd2 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Ne6 Re8 24.Bd8 Rxe6 25.Nb5 Re2 26.Bxc7 Nf3+ 27.Kf1 Rxh2 28.Nxd6 Rh1+ 29.Kf2 Rxa1 30.Nxb7 Ne5 31.d6 Rxa2 32.c5 Rxb2+ 33.Ke3 bxc5 34.Nxc5 Nc4+ 35.Kd3 Nxd6 36.Bxd6 Bf8 0-1

6. Game 10 / 10 Marchand, Erich - Shaw, Steven J
NYSCA-ch. Consolation Cazenovia, NY USA, 08.1946
Source: Chess Life, October 20, 1946, p. 4.

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Qa4+ Qd7 4.Qxc4 Qc6 5.b3 Be6 6.Qc3 Nf6 7.Nd4 Qxc3 8.Nxc3 Bd7 9.Bb2 c6 10.g3 g6 11.Bg2 Bg7 12.0-0 0-0 13.b4 Ne8 14.Nb3 Nd6 15.d3 Na6 16.a3 Rad8 17.Rab1 Bg4 18.h3 Bc8 19.Rfc1 f5 20.Na5 f4 21.gxf4 Rxf4 22.b5 Nb8 23.bxc6 Nxc6 24.Nd5 Ra4 25.Nxc6 bxc6 26.Nxe7+ Kf8 27.Nxc8 Rxc8 28.Rxc6 Rxc6 29.Bxc6 Ra6 30.Bb7 Nxb7 31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.Rxb7+ Kh6 33.Rb3 Kg5 34.Kg2 h5 35.e3 Ra5 36.d4 Kh4 37.f4 Rf5 38.Rc3 Rf7 39.d5 g5 40.Rc4 Re7 41.fxg5+ Kxg5 42.Kf3 Kf5 43.Rf4+ 1-0

7. Game 14 / 14 Gabor, Nicholas - Hoy, John Q
Ohio State-ch Columbus, OH (7), 09.1946
Source: Chess Life, November 5, 1946, p. 4.

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.c3 d5 5.e5 Qb6 6.a4 Nh6 7.Na3 Bd7 8.Nb5 a6 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.exd6 Nf5 11.Ne5 Nxd6 12.Nxd7 Kxd7 13.Rb1 Ne4 14.Bd3 Nf6 15.b4 cxb4 16.Ba3 Qc7 17.Bxb4 Qxf4 18.Qe2 Rac8 19.g3 Qe5 20.Bc5 Qxe2+ 21.Kxe2 Ne5 22.Rxb7+ Kc6 23.Bxa6 Ra8 24.Ra7 Kxc5 25.d4+ Kb6 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.dxe5 Ne4 28.Bb5 Nxc3+ 29.Kd3 Nxb5 30.axb5 Kxb5 31.Rc1 Ra3+ 32.Kd4 Ra4+ 33.Kd3 Rc4 34.Rb1+ Rb4 35.Rc1 Rb2 36.Rf1 Rb3+ 37.Kd4 Rb4+ 38.Kd3 f5 39.exf6 gxf6 40.Rxf6 e5 41.Rh6 e4+ 42.Kd2 Kc4 43.Rxh7 Kd4 44.Rh4 Rb2+ 45.Kc1 Rf2 46.Rh5 e3 47.h4 Kc3 48.Rxd5 Rf1+ 49.Rd1 e2 0-1

8. Game 16 / 6 Di Camillo, Attilio - Patrick, Malcolm W
USA-ch. Prelim Area3 Cleveland, OH, 08.1946
Source: Chess Life, November 5, 1946, p. 4.

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.b4 e5 5.b5 e4 6.bxc6 exf3 7.Qxf3 bxc6 8.Qxc6+ Bd7 9.Qe4+ Be7 10.Qxd4 Bf6 11.Qe4+ Ne7 12.Nc3 Bc6 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.d3 0-0 15.Rb1 Nf5 16.Ne2 h6 17.e4 Ba4 18.Qd2 Nh4 19.Qe3 Rfe8 20.g3 Rxe4 21.Qxe4 Re8 22.Qd5 Qxd5 0-1

9. Game 24 / 24 Levin, Jacob - Schmidt, Bruno
USA-ch. Prelim Area3 Cleveland, OH, 08.1946
Source: Chess Life, November 20, 1946, p. 4.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4 10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.Be2 Bd6 12.Ne4 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 Qf5 14.Qc2 Ke7 15.Bg4 Qh7 16.Bh5 c5 17.Bf3 cxd4 18.a4 Bd6 19.Nxf7 Qxf7 20.Nxd6 Kxd6 21.Bxa8 Bb7 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Qd2 Nc6 24.Qf4+ Kc5 25.Re1 h3 26.gxh3 e5 27.Qf6 Qh7 28.Qf3 bxa4 29.Rg1 Qd3+ 30.Qxd3 cxd3 31.Rg3 Rb8 32.Rc1+ Kd5 33.Rxd3 Rxb2 34.Ra3 e4 35.Rxa4 d3 36.Rd1 a5 37.f3 Rb4 38.Ra3 Rd4 39.Kf2 exf3 40.Rdxd3 Rxd3 41.Rxd3+ Kc4 42.Rxf3 a4 43.Rf6 Kd5 44.Rxh6 a3 45.Rh8 a2 46.Ra8 Nb4 47.Kg3 Ke5 48.Kg4 Kf6 49.h4 Kg6 50.h5+ Kh6 51.Kh4 Kh7 52.Kg5 Kg7 53.h6+ Kh7 54.Ra7+ 1-0

10. Game 26 / 26 Werthammer, Siegfried - Duvall, Allen
West Virginia-ch Clarksburg WV, 1946
Source: Chess Life, November 20, 1946, p. 4.

1.d4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.c4 c6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nfd2 f5 9.f3 Nef6 10.e4 0-0 11.cxd5 Nb6 12.Nb3 cxd5 13.e5 Ne8 14.Be3 Bd7 15.Nc5 Rc8 16.Qf2 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Nc4 18.Bd4 Nc7 19.Nc3 Qe7 20.b3 Na5 21.f4 Na6 22.Qd2 Nc6 23.Be3 Rfd8 24.Nb5 Be8 25.Nd6 Rc7 26.Rac1 Bh5 27.a3 Rcd7 28.b4 Ncb8 29.a4 h6 30.b5 Nc7 31.c6 bxc6 32.bxc6 Rxd6 33.Bc5 Nxc6 34.Bxd6 1-0

11. Game 28 / 28 Koltanowski, Georges - Livezey, E
Blindfold simul, 8b Chicago, IL, 1946
Source: Chess Life, November 20, 1946, p. 4.

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be2 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bg5 Nd7 9.Nd2 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 h6 11.Be3 Ng6 12.0-0 Be7 13.a4 Bg5 14.Nc4 0-0 15.g3 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 Nc5 17.b4 Nd7 18.Kh2 a6 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 Qf6 21.Qd2 Qh4 22.Nf5 Qf6 23.Ne2 Rae8 24.Neg3 Nh4 25.Nxh4 Qxh4 26.Rg1 Qf6 27.Nh5 Qh4 28.Nxg7 Kh7 29.Nxe8 Rxe8 30.Raf1 Nf6 31.e5 dxe5 32.fxe5 Rxe5 33.Qd3+ Kh8 34.Qf3 Nxd5 35.Rg8+ Kxg8 36.Qxf7+ Kh8 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Rf7+ Kg6 39.Qg7+ Kh5 40.Qxe5+ Qg5 41.Rf5 1-0

12. Game 29 / 29 Morrell, Philip W - Wesenberg, H W
Missouri State-ch St. Louis, MO, 1946
Source: Chess Life, November 20, 1946, p. 4.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d4 Bb4 6.0-0 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Nxe4 8.Bb2 exd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qd4 0-0 12.Rad1 Bb7 13.Bb3 Qg5 14.f4 Qg4 15.c4 c5 16.Qe5 d4 17.h3 Qe6 18.Qxc7 Rab8 19.f5 Qf6 20.Qf4 Qg5 21.Qxg5 hxg5 22.Ba3 Rbc8 23.Rfe1 Rfe8 24.Ba4 Re5 25.Re2 Rc7 26.Rde1 f6 27.g4 Kf7 28.Bb3 Ke7 29.Bc1 Kd6 30.h4 Rce7 31.hxg5 fxg5 32.Rh2 Nf6 33.Rxe5 Rxe5 34.Bxg5 Nxg4 35.Bf4 Nxh2 36.Kxh2 Be4 37.Kg3 Bxf5 38.Kh4 Ke6 39.Bxe5 Kxe5 40.Kg5 a5 41.Ba4 d3 42.cxd3 Bxd3 43.Bb5 Kd4 44.a4 Bxc4 45.Kg6 Bxb5 46.axb5 Kd5 1-0

13. Game 34 / 34 Hurt, John Franklin - Werthammer, Siegfried
West Virginia-ch Clarksburg WV, 1946
Source: Chess Life, December 5, 1946, p. 4.

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.b3 d5 5.Bb2 dxc4 6.bxc4 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bf5 9.0-0 e6 10.Na3 Be7 11.Re1 0-0 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Rad1 Rfd8 14.d4 Na5 15.Qc3 Na4 16.Qxa5 Nxb2 17.Rd2 Qa4 18.Qc3 cxd4 19.Qxb2 Bxa3 20.Qxb7 Bb4 21.Rxd4 Bxe1 22.Nxe1 Qa5 23.Nf3 Rab8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Qxa7 Rb1+ 26.Bf1 Bd3 27.h3 Rxf1+ 28.Kh2 Rc1 29.c5 h6 30.Qa3 Rc4 31.Nd2 Rc2 32.Nf3 Qd5 33.c6 Rxc6 34.Qe7 Be4 35.Qe8+ Kh7 36.Qxf7 Bxf3 37.Qxf3 Qxf3 38.gxf3 Rc2 39.Kg2 Rxa2 40.f4 Kg6 41.Kf3 Kf5 42.h4 Ra4 0-1

14. Game 35 / 35 Cropper, W - Long, W B
Louisville Louisville KY, 1946
Source: Chess Life, December 5, 1946, p. 4.

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nf3 Qe7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nxe4 8.Re1 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Qf6 10.Be3 c6 11.a4 d5 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.a5 a6 14.Qh5 h6 15.f4 c5 16.Ra4 Bd7 17.Ra2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Qxf4 19.Rf1 Qg5 20.Qf3 Nc6 21.Be3 Qg4 22.Qxd5 Bc7 23.h3 Qg3 24.Qxd7 Qh2+ 25.Kf2 Bg3+ 26.Ke2 Qxg2+ 27.Kd1 Rad8 28.Qf5 Rxd3+ 29.Qxd3 Rd8 30.Bd4 Nxd4 31.cxd4 Rxd4 32.Qxd4 Qxf1+ 33.Kd2 Be1+ 34.Kc1 Bh4+ 35.Kd2 Qe1+ 36.Kd3 Qf1+ 37.Ke4 Qe2+ 38.Kd5 Qe6+ 39.Kc5 Be7+ 1-0

15. Game 38 / 38 Ulvestad, Olaf - Isaacs, Lewis
USA-ch New York (3), 1946
Source: Chess Life, December 20, 1946, p. 4.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nde2 Ne5 9.Bb3 c6 10.f4 Qb6+ 11.Kh1 Ng6 12.h3 Be6 13.Qd3 Bxb3 14.axb3 a6 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Nd4 Rfd8 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Bd4 Ne8 19.Qg3 f6 20.Qf2 Qf7 21.Bb6 Rd7 22.Rad1 Ne7 23.Ne3 Nc8 24.Nc4 Re7 25.Rd3 Rd7 26.Rfd1 Nc7 27.f5 Rd8 28.Ne2 Re8 29.Bxc7 Qxc7 30.Qf3 b5 31.Nd2 Qf7 32.Nd4 d5 33.Nxc6 dxe4 34.Nxe4 Nb6 35.Nd8 Qc7 36.Ne6 Qxc2 37.R3d2 Qc8 38.Nd6 Bxd6 39.Rxd6 Rb8 40.Qg4 Re7 41.Rd8+ Qxd8 42.Nxd8 Nd7 43.Nc6 Rbe8 44.Qb4 Re4 45.Qd6 1-0

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