Louis Russell Chauvenet, 1940

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September 29 1940

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, September 29, 1940

Correspondence chess frequently is more lively than over-the-board play. This fact may puzzle the person who doesn't play chess or the player who has never engaged an opponent by mail. In correspondence chess a person has an opportunity for thorough analysis of various continuations offered by each move. A gambit or a sacrifice move which might be discarded in an over-the-board game because the time element prohibits study might be found playable with proper analysis. In this game played in the Continental Jubilee Correspondence Tournament sponsored by the veteran Herman Helms of New York the dreaded Muzio Gambit was played with success.

Louis Russell Chauvenet (white) vs. Steele (black)
King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Sarratt Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-KB4 PxP 3. N-KB3 P-KN4 4. B-B4 P-N5 5. O-O PxN 6. QxP Q-B3 7. P-K5 QxP 8. P-Q3 B-R3 9. N-B3 N-K2 10. B-Q2 P-QB3 11. QR-K Q-B4ch 12. K-R P-Q4 13. Q-R5 Q-Q3 14. BxQP PxB 15. N-N5 Q-QN3 16. B-N4 QN-QB3 17. N-Q6ch K-Q2 18. B-R3 N-N5 19. NxBP R-K 20. NxB NxBP 21. QxRch KxQ 22. RxNch 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. 0-0 gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. d3 Bh6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bd2 c6 11. Rfe1 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 d5 13. Qh5 Qd6 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Bb4 Nc6 17. Nd6+ Kd7 18. Ba3 Nb4 19. Nxf7 Re8 20. Nxh6 Nxc2 21. Qxe8+ Kxe8 22. Rxe7+ 1-0

Because white will mate with his next move—23. N-KB7mate.

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