Jean Defuse: ...
C.N. 7528 Edward Winter:
<The matter hinges on whether Kostić’s game against S. Kishanlal, who finished third, was a win for Kostić, as he claimed, or only a draw. Can the game-score be found?>
Two 'Chail tournament' games played by S. Kishanlal (Kishan Lal Sharda of Mathura) I found in my database:
[Event "1st International All India Tournament"]
[Site "Chail"]
[Date "1925.06.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kishanlal, Sharda"]
[Black "Kostic, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
1. d4 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 c4
9. Bc2 b5 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Nd2 a5 12. Ndf3 Qe7 13. Bd2 Rfb8 14. Qe1 Ne4 15. Ng5
f5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ngf7 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Be8 19. h3 g5 20. g4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Bg6
22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Kh1 a4 24. Rg1 Rg8 25. Raf1 Raf8 26. Be1 h5 27. Qh2 Rf7 28.
gxf5 Bxf5 29. Bg3 h4 30. Be1 Rg6 31. Rg2 Kg8 32. Rfg1 Rfg7 33. Bf2 Qf7 34. Rf1
g4 35. Bxh4 gxh3 36. Rxg6 Qxg6 37. Rg1 Bg4 38. Qg3 Qf5 39. Kh2 Rg6 40. Qf4
Qxf4+ 41. exf4 e3 42. Bg5 e2 43. Kg3 Bf5 44. Re1 Bd3 45. Kxh3 Kf7 46. Kg4 Rg7
47. d5 Bf5+ 48. Kg3 exd5 49. Rxe2 Rh7 50. Kf3 Rh1 51. Kg3 Ke6 52. Kf2 Bd3 53.
Re1 Rh2+ 54. Ke3 Rxb2 55. Rh1 b4 56. cxb4 Bg6 57. Kd4 Rb3 58. b5 Rxb5 59. Rh6
Kf5 60. Rh8 Rb3 61. Rf8+ Kg4 62. e6 Rd3+ 63. Ke5 c3 64. Kf6 Bf5 65. e7 Re3 66.
e8=Q Rxe8 67. Rxe8 d4 68. Re1 d3 69. Rg1+ Kf3 70. Kxf5 d2 71. Bh4 c2 72. Rg3+
Ke2 73. Ke4 d1=Q 0-1
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[Event "1st International All India Tournament"]
[Site "Chail"]
[Date "1925.06.??"]
[White "Joshi, Narayan Rao"]
[Black "Kishanlal, Sharda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "107"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6
4. c3 g6 5. d4 Qe7 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 Nf6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nd8 11.
h3 Bd7 12. Ng3 Kh8 13. Nh2 Ng8 14. Bd3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Qh4 17. Nh5 e4
18. g3 Qe7 19. Be2 Nf6 20. Nxg7 Qxg7 21. Nf1 Nf7 22. Be3 c5 23. c4 h6 24. Kh2
Kh7 25. Bd2 b5 26. b3 a5 27. Qc2 a4 28. cxb5 Nxd5 29. bxa4 Qd4 30. Kg2 Qxa4 31.
Qxa4 Rxa4 32. Reb1 Nb6 33. Bd1 Ra3 34. Bc1 Ra7 35. a4 Rfa8 36. Ne3 d5 37. Ba3
Rc8 38. Rc1 c4 39. Bb2 Nd6 40. Bd4 Rb7 41. a5 Na8 42. b6 Bc6 43. Ba4 Nb5 44.
Bxb5 Bxb5 45. a6 Rxb6 46. Bxb6 Nxb6 47. Rcb1 c3 48. Rxb5 c2 49. Rc1 d4 50. Rxc2
dxe3 51. Rxc8 Nxc8 52. Rc5 e2 53. Kf2 Nb6 54. Kxe2 1-0
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