Carroll Mather Capps, 1951

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August 26 1951

The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Sunday, August 26, 1951

Carroll Capps: A Double Champion!
Winning the championship of the Barton Chess Club and the Championship of Northern California almost in one breath, demands some doing and proves without a shadow of doubt that Carroll Capps, of Oakland, is one of the strongest players in California today. A native of Woodland, California, he learned the game from his brother in 1930 at the age of 17, and studied hard to improve his game during the 1936-40 period. Was champion of the Castle Chess Club of Berkeley in 1936, 1941 and 1942. Won the Mechanics Institute championship in 1946 and 1949. In 1950 he won the first Bay Area Open championship and was second in the California Open in Santa Monica that year. During the war years he was a Navy photographer. His game has improved by leaps and bounds lately and he feels a much better insight to the game right now. We would like to see Carroll participate in either a master tournament or championship of the United States. He would surprise some of the eastern masters!

Jim Schmitt (white) vs. Carroll Mather Capps (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-K3 O-O 5. B-Q3 P-Q4 6. P-QR3 BxNch 7. PxB N-B3 8. N-B3 R-K1 9. O-O P-K4 10. PxQP QxP 11. P-B4 Q-Q3 12. P-Q5 P-K5 13. PxN PxN 14. PxNP BxP 15. Q-N3 N-N5 16. P-N3 B-B3 17. B-B5 N-K4 18. Q-B2 P-N3 19. B-K4 Q-K3 20. B-B5 PxB 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Re8 9. 0-0 e5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd6 12. d5 e4 13. dxc6 exf3 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. g3 Bc6 17. Bf5 Ne5 18. Qc2 g6 19. Be4 Qe6 20. Bf5 gxf5 0-1

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