Myron Samsin who wrote an e-book titled In from the Cold: The Life and Chess of Magnus Smith says he was born in Raudhamel, Iceland as Magnus Magnusson in and immigrated to Manitoba in 1885 then moved to British Columbia in the fall of 1889. He eventually moved to Titusville, Pennasylvania which is about 45 miles south of Erie. He passed away on September 12, 1934.It's my understanding that members of Chess Cafe can download the book HERE.
In 1899, Harry Nelson Pillsbury came to Winnipeg to play a simultaneous exhibition and Smith defeated him in 56 moves. In 1907, Smith defeated Emmanuel Lasker in a simultaneous exhibition in Winnipeg.
At some point Smith was living in the United States because he joined the staff of Lasker’s Chess Magazine in New York. He joined the Brooklyn Chess Club and won the club’s championship in 1908. Also, in 1908, Smith, W.E. Napier and Charles Nugent started a publication, The Chess Weekly.
In 1911, in the National Masters Tournament in New York (won by Marshall ahead of Capablanca, Smith finished 7th-8th with a 5-7 score. In 1912m he switched to the Manhattan Chess Club in and won its championship in 1912 and 1913.
He is probably the most famous for The Magnus Smith Trap, trap in the Sicilian Defense, but chess historian Edward Winter was unable to locate any games or analysis to justify naming the trap after Smith.
Magnus Smith–Roy G Fitzgerald1–0C016th Western Championship2Excelsior, MN USA21.08.1905Stockfish 16
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834,693,1011,866,3633,1517,29996,29997] C01: French: Exchange Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Simple and clear cut, this variation makes no atteptt at
gaining any advantage. exd5 4.d3 d6 5.f3 f6 6.c3 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.g5 g4 9.h1 9.xd5 is met by xh2+ 10.xh2 xd5 11.xf6 gxf6 12.c3 e7 12...xf3 13.xf3 xf3 14.gxf3 and the ending favors black. 13.h1
The idea ia toi attack h7m but there is really no way to take advantage of
black's weakened K-side. fe8 14.d2 g6 14...xf3 15.gxf3 xf3 16.ag1+ g6 17.g3 c6 18.h6 with the advantage. 15.e1 15.h6 xf3 16.gxf3 xf3 17.g1 xd3 wins 15...g5 equals 9...e8 This is a tactical
error. Both 9...Ne7 and 9...Bd6 re satisfactory. 10.e2 10.xd5 e7 11.xe7+ xe7 12.c3 and white has won a P. 10...b4 11.c3 xd3 12.xd3 c6 13.g3 c7 Instead of this passive move, black should have played 13...h6 13...h6 14.e3 e4 with an active position. 14.ae1 14.e5 was better.
xe5 15.dxe5 xe5 16.f4 with good play. 14...d6 15.e5 e6 The losing move. mith now gets a winning attack. 15...e4 results in
complete equality. 16.xe4 dxe4 17.xe4 e6 18.f4 xa2 is equal as there
is no way white can take advantage of a discovery on the Q/ 15...e4 16.f4 is a bit more complicated, but it, too, leads to equal chances after f6 17.f3 fxe5 18.dxe5 xg3+ 19.xg3 d7 20.fxg4 xg4 16.xf6 This works
now because white is in a position to whip up a decisive attack on black's K. gxf6 17.h5 fxe5 18.dxe5 c5 18...f5 was not much better. 19.exd6 19.xf5 is less effective. xe5 20.xe5 xe5 White can keepo a slight
advantage with... 21.g4+ f8 22.f4 e6 23.g7+ e7 24.xh7 19...xd3 20.f6+ 19.f4 f8 20.f5 c8 21.g3 e7 22.g5+ d7 23.f6+
This is plenty good enough, but he missed a mate. 23.e6+ fxe6 24.fxe6+ xe6 25.f6+ d6 26.g3+ e7 27.xc7+ d7 28.xd7+ f8 29.xe6 h6 30.h5+ g8 31.g7# 23...d8 24.xe8+ xe8 25.e6 f8 26.h5 e7 27.exf7+ f6 28.e8 28.xh7 e5 29.h4+ xf7 30.xe5 g8 31.f6 f5 32.fxf5 f7 33.g5+ g6 34.xg6+ f8 35.h8+ f7 36.g7# 28...xf7 29.h6+ Black resigned. 29.h6+ g6 30.fxg6+ f5 31.g7+ f7 32.g8# 1–0
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