Horace Ransom Bigelow, 1925

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March 05 1925

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, March 05, 1925

Champions Well Matched.
A. Kevitz and E. Tholfsen, respectively the champions of the Brooklyn and Marshall Chess Clubs, quite in accordance with the fitness of things, were paired together in the league match between these clubs. A lively game ensued in which Kevitz set the pace, with Tholfsen finding an adequate defense for his every plan.
The only visitor to win a game was Horace Ransom Bigelow, who, relieved of the burdens of the captaincy which formerly was more or less of a dead weight upon his all too willing shoulders, gave vent to his love for gambit play. Le Count countered with the full weight of his big knowledge and long experience, but the all-devouring energy of the one-time Oxonian simply would not be denied. In short it was a capital effort and it deserved to win.

Horace Ransom Bigelow (white) vs. Francis J. Le Count (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-KB3 3. P-B4 B-N5 4. PxP BxN 5. PxN BxBP 6. N-B3 P-Q3 7. P-Q4 O-O 8. B-Q3 N-B3 9. P-B3 B-N5 10. O-O R-K 11. B-K3 N-K2 12. P-KR3 BxN 13. QxB N-N3 14. QR-K Q-Q2 15. Q-R5 Q-K3 16. P-QN3 P-B3 17. B-Q2 P-N4 18. R-Q QR-Q 19. QR-KB P-QR3 20. P-KN4 N-B 21. KR-B3 P-N3 22. Q-R7 B-N2 23. Q-R4 R-Q2 24. B-R6 B-R 25. B-N5 P-QB4 26. R-B6 Q-K2 27. P-K5 PxKP 28. RxPch BPxR 29. BxQ KRxB 30. PxBP P-K5 31. P-B6 R-QB2 32. BxP RxB 33. RxNch KxR 34. Q-Q8ch R-K 35. QxR B-K4 36. QxP R-K2 37. QxP B-B2 38. Q-B5ch K-N2 39. K-N2 R-K7ch 40. K-B3 R-K2 41. Q-N5ch K-B 42. P-KR4 R-B2ch 43. K-K4 R-K2ch 44. K-Q5 R-N2 45. QxRch KxQ 46. K-K6 B-N6 47. K-Q7 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Bb4 4. fxe5 Bxc3 5. exf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3 d6 7. d4 0-0 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 Bg4 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Be3 Ne7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ng6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Qh5 Qe6 16. b3 c6 17. Bd2 b5 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Rf1 a6 20. g4 Nf8 21. Rf3 g6 22. Qxg6+ Bg7