But, there was more to him than being a salesman. He wrote poetry and was known as a philanthropist. Lynn was also a sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune newspaper. In that capacity he was the radio announcer for the 10-round boxing rematch between world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney and former champion Jack Dempsey, which Tunney won by a unanimous decision.
The famous fight, which took place on September 22, 1927, at Soldier Field in Chicago is known as "the long count fight" because when Tunney was knocked down in the seventh round the count was delayed due to Dempsey's failure to go to and remain in a neutral corner. Whether the long count actually affected the outcome remains a subject of debate.
While living in Chicago, at one time Lynn was the champion of Chicago Chess and Checkers Club. In 1908, Lynn and his family moved to Dallas, Texas where he formed his own company, Frank W. Lynn Company of Dallas, Texas. The company was a manufacturers representative.
Lynn's wife was better known in the chess world. Anna Belle (nee Barnes) Lynn was born in Wichita, Kansas on April 28, 1972 and passed away at the age of 87 in Manhattan Beach, California on December 6, 1959. She is buried in Dallas.
Known as Annie, she was long regarded as one of the best female players in US and she was expected to win the first American Women's Chess Congress in New York in 1906, but finished a surprising second.
She briefly edited the chess column of The Chicago Tribune from November 26, 1905 until January 28, 1906.
Lynn first came into prominence in 1902 when she defeated Emanuel Lasker in a simul game. What made that result so surprising was that up until that time she had only played casual games friends and family.
The only games by her that I could locate were three played against Lasker (two wins in 1902 and a draw in 1905) and a draw with Pillsbury in 1903.
Emanuel Lasker–Anna Belle Lynn0–1C31Simul, ChicagoChicago, IL USA15.11.1902Stockfish/Komodo
Falkbeer Counter Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 The Falkbeer Counter
Gambit is an attempt to open up the center and attack on the K-side. My
database base shows the wins about evenly divided between white and black with
less that 1 in 5 being drawn, so it is a crap shoot! 3.exd5 This is almost
always played, but white can try 3.Nf3 3.f3 exf4 This yields better
practical results than 3...dxe4 4.exd5 f6 with equal chances. 3...e4 4.c3 4.d3 is more common and it yields better results for white. f6 5.dxe4 xe4 6.f3 Black usually plays 6...Bc5, but that seems to work out well for
white. 6...Bf5 or even 6...c6 are worth a try. 4...f6 5.c4 c5 6.d4 exd3 7.xd3 0-0 8.ge2 e8 Black is slightly better. 9.d2 g4
So far this has been all book stuff. 10.e4 This takes measures
against ...Nf2, but it's also the losing move. 10.f1 e3 11.xe3 xe3
Black stands well. Pienkos,S (2064)-Dunne,P (1847) Rewal 2007 10.f3
is an interesting possibility, but black can successfully meet it. h4+ 10...f2 This turns out to be not very effective. 11.f1 g4 12.g3 xe2 13.xe2 e4 14.xe4 xe4 15.f3 xd5 and white's position is satisfactory. 11.g3 f6 White's best move is now 12.0-0-0 f2 with a clear advantage. 10...f5 There is no way out of this really nasty pin! 11.xc5 11.2g3 xe4 12.xe4 f2 wins 11.f1 xe4 wins a piece. 11...xd3 12.xd3
Obviously two Bs are hardly enough compensation for the Q, but it's a simul
and Lasker probably figured the level of competition was not too high. e3
This move is vital because it prevents white from castling. 12...e7
attacks the N, but after 13.0-0-0 xe2 14.de1 Black has to return the Q. xe1+ 15.xe1 xe1+ 16.xe1 Black is clearly better, but white can still
play on. 13.xe3 xe3 14.f2 14.f2 This defends the N and so enables
castling, but after e7 15.0-0-0 xe2 16.xe2 e3+ 17.b1 xf2 18.f3
Black, with a Q for a R, is winning. 14...e7 15.b3 c6 16.c3 b6+ 17.f1 d7 18.g4 e3 19.h3 ae8 Mrs. Lynn has played to complete
her development and now she finishes off her famous opponent with great
precision. 20.h2 f3+ 21.g1 g3+ 22.h1 c5 Bringing up
reinforcements. Winning a piece is of no importance. 23.d6 23.xc5 e1+ 24.xe1 xe1# 23...xd3 Excellent! 23...e1+ only muddies the water. 24.xe1 xe1+ 25.xe1 xe1+ 26.g2 Black should win, but white can still put
up a fight. 24.dxe7 f2+ 25.xf2 xf2 Lasker graciously resigned. 25...xf2 26.d1 g6 27.d8 e1+ 28.g2 xe7 29.xe8+ xe8 White is hopelessly
lost and chose not to force black to execute a rather tedious, but sure,
winning procedure. 30.f2 Here analysis by Komodo seemed to produce the
most reasonable play. e7 31.e2 31.g5 c5+ 32.f3 g1 33.e2 f1+ 34.e3 xh3+ 35.d2 d7+ 36.e3 g7 37.d4 e7+ 38.d2 g8 39.e2 e4 40.d1 g2 41.d2 e4 42.d1 g7 43.d2 f6 44.gxf6+ xf6 45.d1 h5 wins 31...h4+ 32.g2 e1 33.c4 b1 34.b3 xb2 35.f2 a1 36.g2 e1 37.c4 d2 38.d3 a5 39.g3 xa2 40.e4 e6 41.f2 a5 42.d2 a4 43.c4 b5 44.d2 a3 45.b3 f6 46.e3 a2 47.f3 a1 48.xa1 xa1 49.e3 e1+ 50.f3 h1+ 51.g3 g1+ 52.f3 h2 wins 0–1
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