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1913 Western Open Games

White Scrivener
Black Jefferson
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c6 7. Bg5 d5 8. exd5
cxd5 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nc6 13. d4 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
f4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be7 17. f5 Bh7 18. Nd2 Bc5+ 19. Kg2 g6 20. f6 d4 21. Ne4 Bb6
22. Qc1 g5 23. Nxg5 dxc3 24. Nxh7 Qd3 25. Qc2 Qxc2+ 26. Bxc2 Rfd8 27. Rad1
cxb2 28. e6 Rdc8 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Rd7+ Ke6 (Scrivener announced mate in
four.) 1-0
White Morrison
Black Jefferson
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Be6 11. Qd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
Nb8 15. Bd3 b5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf6 18. Rae1 Nd7 19. Bd3 Rb8 20. b3 Rb4
21. Bxa6 Nb6 22. Rc1 Qa8 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Qa6 26. Qc2 Rb8
27. Rb1 Ra8 28. Nd2 h6 29. Ne4 Bd4 30. a4 f5 31. Nd2 Qxa4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33.
Qxf5+ g6 34. Qf7+ (White mates next move.) 1-0
White Beckner
Black Hahlbohm
1. e4 e5 2.
8. dxe5 Nc4
Nd7 15. Qe3
21. Bc3 Rd7
Ne4 Rd8 28.

Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Re1 Nd6 7. Bxc6 dxc6
9. Qe2 Be6 10. b3 Nb6 11. c4 O-O 12. Bb2 Qc8 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Ne4
Nf8 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Bb4 18. Qg3 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Rd2 20. Nh5 Ng6
22. f4 Qf8 23. f5 Bxf5 24. Nxg7 Rd3 25. Nxf5 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Kg8 27.
Kf2 Qa3 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rh1 Nf8 31. e6 Rd3 1-0

White Beckner
Black Elliott
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 Bd6 6. Bd3 f5 7. Qe2 Qe7 8.
Ne5 Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qe8 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. c3 h6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6
15. O-O Rg6 16. Rae1 Rg4 17. Nbxd6 cxd6 18. d5 Ne7 19. dxe6 Rg6 20. Qf3 Bxe6
21. Rf2 Qc7 22. Qh5 Bf7 23. Qh4 Re8 24. Rfe2 Rg4 25. Qf2 Bxc4 26. Bxc4+ Qxc4
27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Rxf4 29. b3 Rxf2 30. bxc4 Rxa2 31. Rxb7 Ra3 32. Kf2
Rxc3 33. Rxa7 Rxc4 34. Rd7 Rd4 35. Ke3 Re4+ 36. Kf3 Re6 37. Kf4 g6 0-1

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