ADecember 09 1923
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, December 09, 1923
On Saturday, November 24, the Franklin Chess Club contested its first match in the Philadelphia Chess League, meeting a strong team from the University of Pennsylvania. The veterans proved too much for the University men. The score at the adjournment stood 3 to 2 in favor of the Franklin, with one game unfinished, viz.: Between F. Casciato, of the University, and Walter P. Shipley, of the Franklin Chess Club. The game will be played out later, but the veteran has the edge on his younger opponent, the Franklin man having two bishops and six pawns against rook and four pawns for the University champion. The score in detail follows:
W. P. Shipley... * F. Casciato... *
S. W. Bampton... 1 G. O. Petty... 0
J. F. Magee, Jr. 1 J. Levin ..... 0
F. L. Kimball... 0 S. Gehman .... 1
J. S. McConnell. 1 F. Holt....... 0
H. J. Staab..... 0 G. Blizard.... 1
Total 3 Total 2
The following game was played in the Chess League in the recent match between the Franklin Chess Club and the University Chess Club.
(a) An old-time defense, but one that does not yield white as strong an attack as P-4. Bampton, however, prefers taking his opponent out of the books.
(b) So far black has obtained a good game, but yields latter to the temptation of winning a couple of Pawns, thereby exposing his King to a powerful attack.
(c) Black now captures the Pawn that he might have captured on his sixteenth move, but in the present case with the disadvantage of being a move behind.
(d) White has now obtained a powerful attack and we doubt if black can save the game.
(e) All very pretty. R-Rsq. probably won the Queen, but the text move brings about a quicker conclusion.
(f) The natural move would have been B-B3. White however will then mate in a few moves.
S. W. Bampton (white) vs. G. O. Petty (black)
French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation
