Samuel Cohen, 1925

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June 17 1925

The Standard Union, Brooklyn, New York, Wednesday, June 17, 1925

Cohen Wins Second Prize In Chess Tournament
M. Fischmann, of Morris High School, won his adjourned game with N. Grossman, of New Utrecht, at the Rice Progressive Chess Club yesterday, and tied with Samuel S. Cohen of the Alexander Hamilton High School of Brooklyn, for second place in the annual tournament for the championship of the Interborough High School Chess League.
It was won by Max Schleifer of Boys' High School, on Saturday.
The tie was played off at once and resulted in victory for Cohen, who thereby became the second prize winner, Fischman taking third. William Alpern, of Manuel Training, finished fourth, the other two prize winners being A. Bernstein, of De Witt Clinton, and N. Grossman, of New Utrecht.

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Samuel Cohen, 1937

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August 25 1937

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, Wednesday, August 25, 1937

Two New York Men Tied For Lead In Chess Tourney
Samuel S. Cohen and G. M. Treysman Win Three Straight Victories Each.
By the Associated Press.
Chicago, Aug. 25.—Two New Yorkers, Samuel S. Cohen and G. N. Treysman, were tied for first place with three straight victories last night after three rounds of play in the American Chess Federation's championship tournament.
Each won his second and third round assignments, Cohen defeating H. Steiner of Los Angeles, in the afternoon, and following up with a victory over L. Zalucha of Chicago, last night, while Treysman defeated W. B. Suesman of Cranston, R. I. and W. W. Gregorieff of Chicago. Harold Morton of Providence, R. I., was in third place with a 2½-½ standing.
E. Woody of St. Louis and Gregorieff adjourned their match in the second round and Woody lost to A. B. Guild, Glen Ellyn, Ill., in the third round. E. W. Marchand, St. Louis, was defeated by W. P. McHale, Philadelphia, in the second round, but Marchand won from W. L. Murdock, Cazenovia, N. Y., in the third round.

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Charles Edwin Bauder, 1910

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December 04 1910

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, December 04, 1910

The following interesting game was played recently by correspondence between C. E. Bauder, of Philadelphia, and the Washington Chess Club, of Washington, D. C. The notes are by Mr. Bauder:

(a) All book so far. This move for Black is said to give the defense the best game.
(b) Here Marshall vs. Tarrasch played 12. NxQB and won. He and Capablanca are now analyzing the move.
(c) If 12. … QxPch, QxQ, BxQ, NxKB and wins.
(d) 18. N-KB3 gives Black the opportunity to make a strong bid for a win by sacrificing his KR.
(e) 17. B-N3. The Columbia Chess Club had played the game to this move. Here the boys gave it up and the president, C. E. Bauder, was forced to continue. It looks like a win for Black.
(f) 17. …N-K4 threatens annihilation.
(g) 18. NxN. An attempt, by giving up the Q, to force a draw.
(h) 19. … RxBch, forced.
(i) 21. … BxP, best.
(j) 23. QR-B, Black must exchange or lose something.
(k) 25. … P-KB3, P-Q6 I think better.
(l) 26. … K-Q2. Fatal; K-N2 or P-Q6 was better.
(m) 28. N-QB. This move forces a win for White and was entirely unexpected by Black. White had it in mind at move 26. N-N7 is threatened. If K moves, the Q is lost.
(n) 29. P-R3, KR-K6, KR-K7ch, all win for White.

Charles Edwin Bauder (white) vs. Max Lange (black)
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Long Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 N-B3 4. P-Q4 PxP 5. O-O B-B4 6. P-K5 P-Q4 7. PxN PxB 8. R-Kch B-K3 9. N-N5 Q-Q4 10. QN-B3 Q-B4 11. QN-K4 O-O-O 12. P-KN4 Q-K4 13. N-KB3 Q-Q4 14. PxP BxP 15. PxR(Q) RxQ 16. B-B4 R-KN 17. B-N3 N-K4 18. NxN BxQ 19. N-KB6 RxBch 20. PxR Q-Q 21. N-Q7 BxP 22. NxB Q-Q3 23. QR-B QxN 24. RxB P-N4 25. QR-K2 P-KB3 26. N-B7 K-Q2 27. R-K8 P-B3 28. N-Q8 Q-N5 29. P-R3 QxRch 30. RxQ KxN 31. R-K6 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Ne4 0-0-0 12. g4 Qe5 13. Nf3 Qd5 14. fxg7 Bxg4 15. gxh8=Q Rxh8 16. Bf4 Rg8 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxd1 19. Nf6 Rxg3+ 20. fxg3 Qd8 21. Nfd7 Bxc2 22. Nxc5 Qd6 23. Rc1 Qxc5 24. Rxc2 b5 25. Rce2 f6 26. Nf7 Kd7 27. Re8 c6 28. Nd8 Qb4 29. h3 Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Kxd8 31. Re6 1-0

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Charles Edwin Bauder, 1909

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May 02 1909

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, May 02, 1909

Below will be found a brilliant game played in the recent Junior-Mercantile Match. Bampton introduces a new attack against the Sicilian Defense, and one which, so far as we know, originated with him. White with the line of play obtains a good game, and at the same time deprives Black of all book knowledge that he may hae of the opening.

(a) This is Bampton's new attack in the opening.
(b) We believe that Black would have done better to have continued with BPxP.
(c) Beautifully played White. The sacrifice is thoroughly sound and wins the game.

Samuel Warren Bampton (white) vs. Charles Edwin Bauder (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. P-KB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 N-KB3 4. P-Q3 N-B3 5. P-B3 P-QN3 6. B-K2 B-N2 7. N-R3 B-K2 8. N-B2 QR-B 9. O-O P-Q3 10. N-R3 Q-B2 11. P-B5 O-O 12. B-Q2 P-KR3 13. K-R QR-Q 14. N-N P-Q4 15. PxKP QPxP 16. PxPch K-R 17. N-B5 PxP 18. B-R5 B-Q3 19. BxP PxB 20. Q-Q2 RxP 21. QxPch N-R2 22. BxR B-K4 23. N-R4 N-K2 24. B-N6 NxB 25. N-Nch K-N 26. NxB QxN 27. QR-K Q-Q4 28. Q-N6ch K-R 29. R-K8ch RxR 30. QxRch Q-N 31. Q-K5ch Q-N2 32. Q-N8ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc2 Rc8 9. 0-0 d6 10. Na3 Qc7 11. f5 0-0 12. Bd2 h6 13. Kh1 Rd8 14. Ng1 d5 15. fxe6 dxe4 16. exf7+ Kh8 17. Nc4 exd3 18. Bh5 Bd6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qd2 Rxf7 21. Qxh6+ Nh7 22. Bxf7 Be5 23. Na5 Ne7 24. Bg6 Nxg6

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Charles Edwin Bauder, 1908

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February 02 1908

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, February 02, 1908

The Columbia Chess Club, composed of able young players of this city, held its annual meeting January 7, and the following officers were elected:
President, C. E. Bauder.
Vice President, L. W. Flaccus.
Secretary, L. R. Smith.
Treasurer, C. F. Bauder.
Executive Committee, N. T. Whitaker, W. A. Ruth, D. A. Mitchell.

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July 05 1908

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, July 05, 1908

The Columbia Chess Club, of this city, has just started an interesting correspondence match of two games with the Meriden Chess Club, of Connecticut. The Columbia Chess Club is represented by some of the ablest of the young players in this city. Among these may be mentioned C. E. Bauder, C. F. Bauder, H. L. Bauder, Dr. Flaccus, W. H. Hughes, D. A. Mitchell, W. A. Ruth, L. R. Smith and N. T. Whitaker. We are not acquainted with the leading members of the Meridan Chess Club. Mr. F. Yokel is the secretary.

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Charles Edwin Bauder, 1905

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August 27 1905

The Standard Union, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, August 27, 1905

An unusual mate in the centre of the board was brought about in a clever manner by C. E. Bauder, of Philadelphia, in one of the games contested in the “Digest” Correspondence Tournament, being conducted by The Standard Union. His opponent was E. Hausleiter, of Brooklyn, who, after losing a pawn in the opening, sought to recover lost ground by following Steinitz's well known maxim, “play your king.” Accordingly the white king was made to do duty on the firing line, with the result that he was gradually hemmed in and finally subjected to a checkmate administered most ingeniously by the Philadelphian. It proved what is known as a mate “by decoy.” The score follows:

E. Hausleiter (white) vs. Charles Edwin Bauder (black)
English Opening: The Whale

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-QB4 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 B-B4 4. N-B3 N-N5 5. P-Q4 PxP 6. NxP Q-B3 7. QxN BxN 8. Q-N3 BxNch 9. QxB QxQch 10. PxQ P-Q3 11. B-K3 P-QN3 12. B-Q3 N-B3 13. P-B4 N-R4 14. P-KB5 B-R3 15. K-Q2 BxP 16. BxB NxBch 17. K-Q3 N-K4ch 18. K-Q4 P-B4ch 19. K-Q5 O-O-O 20. B-B4 KR-K 21. P-KR3 K-B2 22. P-N4 N-Q6 23. B-N3 P-QN4 24. QR-QN R-K4ch 25. BxR PxBmate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Qf6 7. Qxg4 Bxd4 8. Qg3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Be3 b6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. f4 Na5 14. f5 Ba6 15. Kd2 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 17. Kd3 Ne5+ 18. Kd4 c5+ 19. Kd5 0-0-0 20. Bf4 Rhe8 21. h3 Kc7 22. g4 Nd3 23. Bg3 b5 24. Rhb1 Re5+ 25. Bxe5 dxe5#

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George Albert Becker, 1936

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July 18 1936

Albert Becker plays the black pieces in his game with Paul Keres, 1st round, Zandvoort International Chess Championship, July - August 1936. Original b/w photo from the Max Euwe Centrum Collection, Amsterdam. Original photographer unknown. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/p/paul-keres.html Paul Keres vs Albert Becker Zandvoort (1936), Zandvoort NED, rd 1, Jul-18 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Double Fianchetto Attack (E64) 1-0 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1004503

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George Albert Becker, 1929

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July 31 1929

Karlsbad International Chess Tournament, July 31-August 26, 1929, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. Seated from left: Miss Menchik, Rudolf Spielmann, Milan Vidmar, Jose Raoul Capablanca, (tournament director) Tietz, Efim Bogolyubov, Aaron Nimzowitcsh, Akiba Rubinstein, Geza Maroczy. 1st row from left: Paul Johner, Ernst Gruenfeld, Max Euwe, Mattison, Sir George A. Thomas, Brinkmann, Friedrich Saemisch, Gilg. 2nd row from left: Frederick Yates, Dr. Saviely Tartakower, Frank J. Marshall, Dr. Karel Treybal, Esteban Canal, Prof. Becker, Edgar Colle. Original b/w photo via Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/2001/01/jose-capablanca-1906.html https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-chess-players-48335371.html

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Harold Foster Brownlee, 1912

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January 12 1912

Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Friday, January 12, 1912

Judging from his phenomenal record as a chess player, a second Paul Morphy has been ushered into the chess world in the person of Harold Brownlee, the fifteen-years-old wonder of Philadelphia. Brownlee was first taught the moves of chess by his father, A. A. Brownlee, the noted automobile man, when he was nine years of age. The boy took to the game so readily that his father soon discovered his son was possessed of unusual ability and it was not long before the youth could administer defeat to his father and an elder brother, both of whom are considered excellent players. Brownlee attends the Central High School in Philadelphia, an institution with an enrollment of two thousand students, where he is considered the best chess and checker player in the school. Exerienced players who have played against him say that his knowledge of chess and checkers is remarkable. Intricate positions and combinations that baffle the most expert of players are solved by this youthful protege with a rapidity and ease that is truly marvelous. Experts say the depth and beauty of his combinations are quite on par with those of the great Morphy and it is said that Brownlee has in him the making of a champion.
Mrs. Brownlee, the mother of this youthful expert, has relatives in Hartford, and frequently visits this city with her son. Brownlee has expressed his willingness to visit the Hartford Chess Club on his next trip and encounter any number of the local players that may care to test his skill over the board.

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The only Harold Brownlee whose father's name matches the A. A. Brownlee description is a 20 year old, not living in Philadelphia. A “G. G. Brownlee,” is noted to deal in automobiles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the year 1912.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, October 06, 1912

October 06 1912

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, September 06, 1914

George Gabriel Brownlee

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Harold Foster Brownlee, 1914

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1914

1914, Marjorie Luden-Brownlee, future wife to chess prodigy, Harold Foster Brownlee. Reading High School for Girls, Pennsylvania School Yearbook.

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Harold Foster Brownlee, 1920

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March 20 1920

1920, Harold Foster Brownlee, Passport Application

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Harold Foster Brownlee, 1988

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July 08 1988

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday, July 08, 1988

Brownlee On July 6, 1988, Marjorie (nee Luden), wife of Harold F. Brownlee, of 1176 Lafayette Rd., Wayne, Pa.; age 91 years. Services from The Henninger Funeral Home, 229 N. 5th St., Reading, Pa., Saturday 10 A.M. Int. Charles Evans Cem.

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Harold Foster Brownlee, 1938

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June 18 1938

Reading Times, Reading, Pennsylvania, Saturday, June 18, 1938

Home of Ludens At Villa Nova Wedding Scene
Mrs. James K. Roland, Former Marjorie Luden, Bride of Harold Brownlee
JUNE weddings filling the social columns include an out-of-town one today that is of particular interest to Reading. The bride is Mrs. James K. Roland, the former Marjorie Luden, and the bridegroom is Mr. Harold Brownlee, of Philadelphia.
The wedding will take place late this afternoon at the Villa Nova home of Mrs. Roland's father, Mr. William H. Luden, and will be followed by a dinner for the family and guests.
Guests will include friends and relatives from Reading, Philadelphia and Colonial Village where the couple will live after their return from a month's honeymoon in Asheville, N. C.
Miss Wilma Luden, of Baltimore, sister of Mrs. Roland will be her only attendant, while Mr. Brownlee's brother will be his best man.
Guests from Reading will be Mr. and Mrs. Bertram J. Murphy, of Wyomissing Park, brother-in-law and sister of the bride; Mrs. Murphy's sons, Frederick and Harry Luden; Mrs. Paul Ancona, Mrs. John Hawley Swan, Miss Ellen Frescoln, Miss Florence Spang, Mr. and Mrs. C. Wilson Austin and Mr. Lester Powers.

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