John William Brunnemer, 1939

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January 27 1939

The Standard-Star, New Rochelle, New York, Friday, January 27, 1939

John W. Brunnemer, veteran expert, has favored us with a number of choice examples of his end game play from his long experience as a correspondence and tournament player. We append one of the endings.

1. BxN BxB; 2. N-B5 K-R2! 3. N-N5ch BxN; 4. RxB R-R; 5. Q-R5ch!! K-N; 6. RxPch. As Black must decline the offer of the queen, so must he accept this sacrifice of the rook.
6. … PxR; 7. QxPch K-B; 8. Q-B6ch K-K; 9. N-N7mate

Brunnemer (white) Harpet (black)

1. Bxf6 Bxf6
2. Nf5 Kh7
3. Ng5+ Bxg5
4. Rxg5 Rh8
5. Qh5+ Kg8
6. Rxg6+ fxg6
7. Qxg6+ Kf8
8. Qf6+ Ke8
9. Ng7#

FEN r1n1r1k1/2qb1pb1/p2p1np1/1p1Pp1B1/2p1P3/2P2NNP/PPB2p1K/R2Q2R1 w - - 0 1

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November 03 1939

The Standard-Star, New Rochelle, New York, Friday, November 03, 1939

John W. Brunnemer is one of the finest chess-players in the country. In fact, if he had chosen to follow the game professionally, he might have been one of the country's leading masters.
It is, therefore, praiseworthy that Dr. Royal S. Davis, president of the New Rochelle Chess Club, effected his downfall in the following game, worthy of the closest scrutiny.

(a)22. P-N5! B-N2(a) If 22. … PxN, not the obvious PxB, but PxP!
(b)23. K-K2 Q-K(b) The only move to hold everything for a time.
(c)28. PxQP N-K2(c) Again the only move. If N-N, 29. RxN QxR; 30. BxP, RxB; 31. QxRch, etc.
(d)35. P-Q5! R-QN(d) Better than BxP.
(e)45. K-B5 Resigns(e) The final position should be studied carefully until the student assures himself that Black cannot avert defeat. It is an excellent example of zugzwang.

Royal Stanton Davis (white) vs. John William Brunnemer (black)
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack, Castling Line

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. O-O B-K2 6. Q-K2 P-QN4 7. B-N3 O-O 8. P-QR4 P-N5 9. P-Q4 P-Q3 10. P-B3 NPxP 11. NPxP B-N5 12. R-Q Q-B 13. B-K3 P-R3 14. QN-Q2 BxN 15. QxB R-N 16. QR-N N-N5 17. N-B NxB 18. NxN B-N4 19. N-B5 K-R2 20. P-KR4 B-B3 21. P-N4 P-N3 22. P-N5! B-N2 23. K-N2 Q-K 24. NxB KxN 25. Q-B6ch K-R2 26. B-Q5 RxR 27. RxR PxQP 28. PxQP N-K2 29. PxRP KxP 30. B-N3 N-B3 31. B-Q5 N-K2 32. B-B4 N-B3 33. P-B3 Q-Q 34. QxQ RxQ 35. P-Q5! R-QN 36. RxR NxR 37. P-QR5! P-KB4 38. PxP P-N4 39. K-R3 P-B3 40. P-B6 PxRP 41. KxP K-N3 42. P-B7 K-N2 43. K-N5 PxP 44. BxQP N-Q2 45. K-B5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. c3 bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Be3 h6 14. Nd2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rb8 16. Rb1 Ng4 17. Nf1 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bg5 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. h4 Bf6 21. g4 g6 22. g5! Bg7 23. Kg2 Qe8 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Qf6+ Kh7 26. Bd5 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 exd4 28. cxd4 Ne7 29. gxh6 Kxh6 30. Bb3 Nc6 31. Bd5 Ne7 32. Bc4 Nc6 33. f3 Qd8 34. Qxd8 Rxd8 35. d5! Rb8 36. Rxb8 Nxb8 37. a5! f5 38. exf5 g5 39. Kh3 c6 40. f6 gxh4 41. Kxh4 Kg6 42. f7 Kg7 43. Kg5 cxd5 44. Bxd5 Nd7 45. Kf5 1-0

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