Sven Elias Almgren, 1930

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March 13 1930

Snappy Game 13 Mar 1930, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com

Here in Brooklyn the Scandinavian Chess Club has a problem composer in Sven Almgren, who is likewise one of the most resourceful players on its league teams. A snappy game of his from the match with the Staten Island Chess Club follows.

Sven Elias Almgren (white) vs. Quackenbos (black)
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 P-KB4 4. PxKP BPxP 5. N-N5 P-Q4 6. N-QB3 B-QN5 7. P-K6 BxNch 8. PxB N-KR3 9. Q-R5ch K-K2 10. B-R3ch K-B3 11. N-B7 NxN 12. QxNch K-K4 13. P-KB4ch PxPe.p. 14. K-B2 Q-B3 15. R-Kch K-B4 16. B-Q3ch K-N4 17. P-R4ch K-N5 18. PxPch K-B5 19. B-Bmate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nh6 9. Qh5+ Ke7 10. Ba3+ Kf6 11. Nf7 Nxf7 12. Qxf7+ Ke5 13. f4+ exf3 14. Kf2 Qf6 15. Re1 Kf5 16. Bd3 Kg5 17. h4+ Kg4 18. gxf3+ Kf4 19. Bc1#

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November 23, 1930

Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday, November 23, 1930

Almgren Wins Two Chess Tilts
Sven Almgren, representing the Pittsburgh Chess Club and engaging in his first tournament, was the pace-setter in the Western Pennsylvania chess championship yesterday, winning both matches against Charles Ow and Joseph Firestone.
Stephen Emery, present title-holder, won his lone match, downing R. W. Cuthbert.
H. L. Dolde, perennial champion, met defeat at the hands of Kalman Erdeky, who copped the title in 1912.
Gunnar Wakenius defeated E. Opsahl in a long-drawn-out match.

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