The Archive · 1938

Queer Ending

Frank Marshall, for many years champion of the' United States, will shortly try to recover the title, snatched from him by Sammy Reshevsky. It Will be a fine contest, for Fine, Kashand, other stars, will all be there.

delicate touch is well shown lowing ending, which he won last year in the Marshall club championship. White (Bernstein): Kon KR3; Q on QRS: P's on QR2, KB4. KK, KR2. Black (Marshall): KKt: Q on KBT; P's on KB3, KKt3, KR&," Bernstein has just captured a P with his Q. thinking he could stand the racket on the K side.

White (a) To prevent P—Ktich, 5. K x P, Q—Hech, when 6. P—Kt would alow Q x RP mate. Anything else. however. also loses: for example. 4. P Kts, Q x P. 5. Q—Rich. K R3, and P—Kts follows.—"Observer.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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