After ailing for six months, de Visser entered eternity at his country residence in Brentwood, Long Island and chess circles in the New York City area lost one of the outstanding figures who for nearly 30 years had been active both as a player and organizer of repute.
For the last few years he had been president of the Metropolitan Chess League for several terms. As an active member of the Brooklyn Chess Club he occasionally played on its teams until shortly before his death. He was also elected an honorary member of the Manhattan Chess Club with which he had been associated with in one way or another for nearly forty years.
As an organizer de Visser was instrumental in furthering the annual international matches between the Brooklyn Chess Club and the City of London Chess Club.
In the following game de Visser uses the adventurous Wing Gambit to defeat the redoubtable Walter Penn Shipley (1869-1942), a Philadelphia lawyer, player and organizer in an enjoyable tactics filled game.
William de Visser (Manhattan)–Walter Shipley (Franklin)1–0B20Manhattan CC - Franklin CC MatchNew York, NY30.05.1900Stockgiah 16
B20: Sicilian: Wing Gambit 1.e4 c5 2.b4 The deflection of the Pawn is an
attempt to gain control; of the center. Although rarely played, in my database
which contains 36 Wing Gambit games played by Masters white wins an
astonishing 23 games while losing only 6! cxb4 Almost always played, but
perhaps the safer 2...e6 is advisable. 3.a3 e5 4.f3 c6 5.axb4 xb4 6.c4 6.c3 e7 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 d5 9.e5 g4 Black is better. Tiarks,J (2231)
-Jaskolka,T (2238) chess.com INT 2023 6...f6 7.e2 7.c3 e7 8.d4 8.b3 0-0 9.g5 e8 10.0-0 Whute dies nit have enough play to compensate for
the P. Gorovykh,E (2447)-Yemelin,V (2571) St Petersburg RUS 2010 8...0-0 9.d5 a5 10.xa5 xa5 11.d6 Technically black is better, but in Nanu,C (2325)
-Bernat,R (2140) Szeged 1998, white went on to win. 7...0-0 8.0-0
Thoreticall white can boast of no compensation for the P. Practice is another
matter! d5 9.exd5 xd5 10.xe5 Now black should not take the N. d4 10...xe5 11.xe5 f6 12.a3 xa3 13.xa3 White appears to have sufficient play.
10...f4 immediately was his best reply. Then after 11.e4 h4 12.d3 h3+ 13.gxh3 xe4 14.dxe4 xe5 Black is clearly better. 11.d3 f4 12.e4 fe2+ This is a tactical error. 12...h4 is much less
effective now. 13.h1 d6 14.xf7 e6 15.xe6 ae8 with head spinning
complications. Practically speaking the chances are equal In Shootouts from
this position white scored +1 -1 =3 12...e6 stymies the attack on f7 and
after 13.xe6 fxe6 black has just a smidgen of an advantage. 13...fxe6
is also playable, but it invites unclear complications after 14.b2 14.c3 b3 15.xb4 15.d4 xc1 15...xa1 16.xf4 d5 17.e3 c2 18.c1 xd4 19.cxd4 xd4 Black is winning. 16.cxb4 fe2+ 17.h1 f4 18.e3 xd4
Black is winning. 15...d5 is decisive. 14...d5 15.xd5 exd5 16.xd4 e2+ 17.h1 xd4 with a slight advantage. 13.xe2 f5 14.e3 xc2 15.f4 xa1 The capture of the R has been a distraction that has cost black the
game. 16.xf5 16.xb4 would be quite wrong because after c2 17.f4 d4 the chances have swung back ti even. 16...c7 17.b2 17.d3 g6 18.e4 fe8 19.xb4 c2 20.xc2 xc2 21.g4 also wins. 17...b3 18.d3 g6 19.g4 This does not lead to a forced mate as does 19.Qf6, but it's more
spectacular! 19.f6 c3 20.xc3 xc3 21.xc3 xd2 22.g4 h5 23.d5 ae8 24.xg6 hxg4 25.f5 f3+ 26.gxf3 e6 27.e7+ xe7 28.g5+ h8 29.h6+ g8 30.h7# 19...c3 19...gxf5 20.h6# 20.f6 A temporary Q
sacridice, but it's a spectacular one! xf6 21.xf6+ g7 21...h8 22.e8+ 22.e8+ g8 23.xc7 ad8 24.e4 Materially white has 2Bs + N
vs a R+P which is more than enough compensation. xd2 25.xd2 xd2 26.c3 e2 27.d5 A nice little move. f5 27...xe4 28.f6+ g7 29.xe4+ 28.d3 a2 29.c4 a4 29...c8 avoids the mate, but still loses. 30.xa2
is hopeless for black 30.e7# An impressive win by de Visser! 1–0
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