Arthur William Dake, 1931

Back to Home Index

---

January 15 1931

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, January 15, 1931

Title for Arthur Dake
Having gained much of what he had come to seek, Arthur Dake, the youthful expert from Portland, Oregon, is ready now to turn his steps toward the setting sun.. After a comparatively short sojourn in the East, he has succeeded in making the folks around here sit up and take notice.
Last summer, at Utica, Dake made a close finish in the State championship, which went to A. E. Santasiere after a tie with Norman Lessing. Next he finished first in a field of juniors at the Rice Progressive Chess Club, not to mention numerous prizes in lightning tourneys.
Now, to cap the climax, he is champion of the Marshall Chess Club, after surviving the preliminaries and finals without the loss of a game. Sensibly, he has decided upon a long rest and will seek it in his home on the Pacific Coast.
By June he expects to be back in Chicago to compete in the tournament of the National Chess Federation. The good wishes of the friends he has made here will go with him.

Appended is the score of Dake's victory over Bentz in the last round.

David Bentz (white) vs. Arthur William Dake (black)
Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation

Descriptive 1. N-QB3 N-KB3 2. P-K4 P-Q4 3. PxP NxP 4. B-B4 N-N3 5. B-N3 N-B3 6. N-B3 B-B4 7. Q-K2 P-K3 8. P-Q3 B-K2 9. N-K4 N-R4 10. B-K3 NxB 11. PxN O-O 12. O-O N-Q4 13. B-Q2 P-QR3 14. N-N3 B-KN5 15. P-R3 BxN 16. QxB P-QB3 17. N-K4 P-K4 18. Q-N3 P-KB4 19. B-R6 R-B2 20. N-N5 BxN 21. BxB Q-Q3 22. B-Q2 R-K 23. P-Q4 P-B5 24. Q-Q3 P-K5 25. Q-B4 P-B6 26. Q-B5 Q-N3 27. P-KN4 P-KR4 28. K-R2 P-N3 29. Q-R3 PxP 30. R-KN P-K6 31. QR-K QxP 32. B-B3 QxPch 0-1

Algebraic 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Qe2 e6 8. d3 Be7 9. Ne4 Na5 10. Be3 Nxb3 11. axb3 0-0 12. 0-0 Nd5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Ng3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 c6 17. Ne4 e5 18. Qg3 f5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Qd6 22. Bd2 Re8 23. d4 f4 24. Qd3 e4 25. Qc4 f3 26. Qc5 Qg6 27. g4 h5 28. Kh2 b6 29. Qa3 hxg4 30. Rg1 e3 31. Re1 Qxc2 32. Bc3 Qxf2+ 0-1

White resigns, for if 33. K-R then P-N6, etc.