Samuel Warren Bampton, 1943

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September 26 1943

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, September 26, 1943

We pay tribute to a native-born Philadelphia who has been active in chess circles since 1887, and the winner of many tournaments and championships, that lovable young gentleman, S. Warren Bampton, who has his 80th birthday this month. Mr. Bampton on the other hand pays tribute to chess as the hobby which keeps him young and happy. He sent us for publication the last game he played in competitive chess and also two original problems specially composed for this issue.

Samuel Warren Bampton (white) vs. Philip Brognard Driver (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-KB4 P-Q4 3. P-K5 P-QB4 4. N-KB3 N-QB3 5. B-K2 N-R3 6. O-O N-B4 7. P-B3 Q-N3 8. K-R B-Q2 9. N-R3 P-QR3 10. N-B2 R-B 11. P-Q4 PxP 12. P-KN4 PxP 13. PxN PxP 14. PxP QxB 15. PxP PxP 16. R-QN Q-B6 17. R-N3 Q-R4 18. RxP QxP 19. B-Q3 B-K2 20. N-N5 BxN 21. Q-R5ch K-Q 22. QxBch N-K2 23. N-Q4 R-K 24. P-B5 R-K 25. PxP 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Nh6 6. 0-0 Nf5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Kh1 Bd7 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. d4 cxd4 12. g4 dxc3 13. gxf5 exf5 14. bxc3