A Miniature by Karpinski

Karpinski

    The 1900 annual New York State Chess Association meeting in Clayton, New York commanded the attention of the chess public during the entire week ot was in session. Besides the usual bussiness there were three tournaments, including a Master event that was won by Frank Marshall who won the handsome sum of $40, or about $1,550 in today’s purchasing power. All the players were required to bring their own sets and boards. 

    The winner of this game was the strong amateur Louis C. Karpinski (1878-1956) who was born in Rochester, New York. His father was from Warsaw, Poland and his mother from France.[ 

    He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Cornell University in 1901 and his Ph.D. at the University of Strasbourg, a public research university located in Strasbourg, France. 

    At Columbia University, Karpinski became a fellow (a designated researcher, scholar, or student receiving funding and support for specialized work, typically lasting one to four years) and a university extension lecturer. He taught at Berea College and at the Normal School in Oswego, New York, now SUNY Oswego. He then accepted a position at the University of Michigan where he became a full professor of mathematics by 1919. He also authored several books on mathematics.

 

 

 

 

[Event "NY State Master Tmt, Clayton, NY"] [Site ""] [Date "1900.07.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Dunham W. Waller"] [Black "Louis C. Karpinski"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A80"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1900.07.17"] [Source "(New York) Sun, "] {[%evp 9,39,45,45,31,29,33,44,16,70,39,35,-31,-24,-31,-17,-52,5,-53,28,-99, -113,-176,-116,-211,-206,-543,-518,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999] A80: Dutch Defense} 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. h3 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bd6 { This is unusual, but not bad because black's mass of center Ps offers adequate compensation for the doubled Ps. Usual is 6...Be7} 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8. Nbd2 Ne4 { This is premature. He should play either 8...O-O or 8....Nc6} 9. c3 O-O 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qc2 Nd8 13. Kh2 Rf6 {An imaginative R lift. The other option was 13...g4} 14. Qb3 {After this things get interesting as Karpinski starts turning his promising position into a strong attack. 14.Ncd2 jept things even.} Rh6 15. Rad1 {After this white gets destroyed. His only hope was eliminating the N on e4} (15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Ng1 d5 17. Ne5 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Nc6 { White's position is difficult, but he is still in the game. In Shootouts white scored +0 -2 =3.}) 15... Nf7 {After this black still has an advantage, but he missed the best move.} (15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxf3 17. Rh1 {Black has rwo ways to win: 17...Qh4 or 17...Bxd1} (17. gxf3 Qh4 {mates in 3.} 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Kg1 Qxh3 {mate next move.})) 16. Ne1 Nfg5 {...Nxh3 is the strong threat.} 17. f3 {This leads to an instant loss, but the better 17.Bxr5 would not have saved the game.} Nxh3 {[%mdl 512] Absolutrly crushing.} 18. gxh3 (18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Be2 Nf4+ 20. Kg1 Rh1+ 21. Kxh1 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Nxe2#) 18... Qh4 19. fxe4 Qxh3+ 20. Kg1 Qh2# {A fine attacking game by Karpinski/} 0-1