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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