Charles Severo Martinez, 1889

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June 30 1889

The Philadelphia Times, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, June 30, 1889

A DOUBLE BLINDFOLD SEANCE.
The other evening two bright particular Juniors, Charles Martinez, Jr., and S. Warren Bampton, enlivened the proceedings of the home club by a seance of three games without the use of board or men, each player conducting his game from his mind's eye alone. The result was that the junior Martinez won two and Bampton scored the third. The following are two of the parties:

9. After these many exchanges white retains the position by virtue of his pawn phalanx.
11. Here the blindfold player of the second part trips.

Charles S. Martinez (white) vs. Samuel Warren Bampton (black)
King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. PxKP P-Q5 4. KN-B3 QN-B3 5. B-QN5 B-KN5 6. BxNch PxB 7. QxP BxN 8. QxQch RxQ 9. PxB B-B4 10. B-N5 P-B3 11. PxP P-KR3 12. P-B7ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qxd4 Bxf3 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. gxf3 Bc5 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 h6 12. f7+ 1-0

Charles S. Martinez (white) vs. Samuel Warren Bampton (black)
King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. PxKP P-Q5 4. KN-B3 P-QB4 5. P-B3 QN-B3 6. B-N5 B-N5 7. Q-R4 Q-N3 8. PxP BxN 9. PxP BxP 10. PxB BxPch 11. K-B N-K2 12. B-KB4 O-O 13. B-N3 B-Q5 14. N-Q2 NxP 15. BxN BxB 16. N-B4 Q-KB3 17. NxB QxN 18. R-KN N-N3 19. B-B4 QR-B 20. R-Q P-QR3 21. Q-B2 P-QN4 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. Qa4 Qb6 8. cxd4 Bxf3 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. gxf3 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 Ne7 12. Bf4 0-0 13. Bg3 Bd4 14. Nd2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc4 Qf6 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rg1 Ng6 19. Bc4 Rfc8 20. Rd1 a6 21. Qc2 b5 0-1

9. Black now gets the bulge.
21. Losing outright, but black anyway had the better game.

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