Hans Jack Berliner, 1951

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December 02 1951

Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia, Sunday, December 02, 1951

Pvt. Hans Berliner of the Army of the United States, as the former chess champion of the District and of the Washington Chess Divan is now called, reports that he is stationed at Bad Kreuznach in Germany, and well pleased with his situation. “We really live like kings,” he says. He had not, at last accounts, matched wits with the natives, but had demonstrated his kill at the expense of the captain in charge of his section, who is evidently what is called a strong natural player. We can certainly admire Pvt. Berliner's tactics as evidenced in the following brilliant game:

Hans Jack Berliner (white) vs. Capt. E. W. Dodge (black)
King's Gambit Declined

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-KB4 P-Q3 3. N-KB3 Q-B3 4. N-B3 P-B3 5. P-Q4 B-N5 6. BPxP PxP 7. PxP Q-K3 8. B-KN5 N-Q2 9. Q-Q2 P-KR3 10. B-KB4 R-Q 11. O-O-O B-K2 12. N-Q4 Q-N3 13. B-K2 N-B4 14. BxB QxB 15. P-KR3 Q-N3 16. Q-K2 B-R5 17. N-B5 B-K2 18. Q-B4 N-K3 19. RxRch NxR 20. R-Q N-K3 21. N-N5! NxB 22. N-B7ch K-B 23. Q-B5! N-K3 24. NxNch PxN 25. R-Q8ch K-B2 26. QxBch! NxQ 27. N-Q6mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Qf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 Bg4 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Qe6 8. Bg5 Nd7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bf4 Rd8 11. 0-0-0 Be7 12. Nd4 Qg6 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. h3 Qg6 16. Qe2 Bh4 17. Nf5 Be7 18. Qc4 Ne6 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Rd1 Ne6 21. Nb5! Nxf4 22. Nc7+ Kf8 23. Qc5! Ne6 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Qxe7+! Nxe7 27. Nd6#

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