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Howard Dolde

Number of games in database: 8
Years covered: 1909 to 1924
Overall record: +5 -1 =2 (75.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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C12 French, McCutcheon (2 games)


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HOWARD DOLDE
(born Dec-24-1884, died Sep-04-1943, 58 years old) United States of America

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Howard Louis Dolde

Columnist for the Pittsburgh Gazette Times (1).

References: (1) http://www.chessarch.com/excavation...

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Pittsburgh Gazette / Leader vs H Dolde  0-1521909Postal ConsultationC03 French, Tarrasch
2. W Smith vs H Dolde ½-½281910Smith - DoldeD02 Queen's Pawn Game
3. W Smith vs H Dolde 0-1501910Smith - DoldeC11 French
4. Marshall vs H Dolde ½-½311910Marshall Simul 22b, PittsburghC12 French, McCutcheon
5. K Erdeky vs H Dolde 0-1381911Western Pennsylvania-Ch prelimC02 French, Advance
6. H Dolde vs Marshall  1-0361916Casual gameD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
7. Capablanca vs H Dolde 1-0261916Simul, 52bD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. Alekhine vs H Dolde  0-1291924Simul, 42bC12 French, McCutcheon
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Dec-24-13  DoctorD: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...
Apr-05-19  Jean Defuse: ...

Neil Brennen (Correspondence Chess News - Issue 86, 2003):

Dolde won the Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship in 1913 with 24 out of 26 points, with two draws the only blemishes on his record. He then won the Western Pennsylvania Championship in a match with former Chicagoan Kalman Erdeky by the score of 4-0. American Chess Bulletin wrote of Dolde, "The champion's play was careful in the openings, but he found three opportunities to sacrifice, producing situations which thoroughly aroused the gallery."

The game below is from the 1911-1912 preliminary to the Western Pennsylvania Championship. Dolde helped establish the tournament, partly because the "official" Pennsylvania Championship, organized by the Pennsylvania State Chess Association, was always held in far-off Philadelphia, and partly because of the retirement of the unofficial Western Pennsylvania Champion, B. F. Lutton. Although Dolde did not win the event, he did have the satisfaction of defeating the tournament winner.

[Event "Western Pennsylvania CA Champ. 1911/12"] [Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[White "Erdeky, Kalman"]
[Black "Dolde, Howard Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3
Nge7 6. Bd3 g6 7. h4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. h5 Bd7 10. hxg6 Nxg6 11. Bc2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. a3 f6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Be3 Nf4 17. Kf1 Na5 18. Rc1 Bb5+ 19. Bd3 Bxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Qxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Nxd3 22. Bd2 Nc4 23. Bc3 b5 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rdg8 27. Nd4 a6 28. Nxe6 Re8 29. Rh6 Re7 30. Nd4 Rhe8 31. Kg1 Kb7 32. Kh2 Rg8 33. Rh3 Ne5 34. f3 Nd3 35. Nf5 Rc7 36. Nd4 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rcg7 38. Rxh7 Nf2#

Source: Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, December 11, 1911.

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Apr-05-19  Jean Defuse: ...

Of course, the game above played in Pittsburgh (and not in Philadelphia)!

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Jan-22-25
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  MissScarlett: C.N. 12092:

<In ill health for several months, Howard Dolde, 60 [sic], of R. D. 2, Wexford, ended his life Saturday by inhaling carbon monoxide fumes from his automobile in the rear of his home, according to a coroner's report.> (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6th September 1943, p.17)

Jan-22-25  stone free or die: From <Missy>'s link:

<Nineteenth-century references to the duration of Steinitz’s tenure are always welcome, regardless of the view adopted.>

Mr. Winter is also an equal opportunity employer - provided your opportunity is from the 19th century.

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