Category: Whole Chess Games

Posts containing complete chess games.

The Ohio Championship Games of James Schroeder – 1950 and 1985

James Schroeder won the Ohio Chess Championship in 1950. When he won again in 1985, as co-champion with Calvin Blocker, he became the two-time champion with the longest time before repeating — 35 years. He went without a loss in both championship tournaments, scoring 5-0-1 (W-L-D) in 1950, and 4-0-2 in 1985. Here are his games from those two tournaments.

The Shredder Schroeder Game

  by James Schroeder My first Brilliancy. Julius Goodman – James Schroeder; Ohio Championship 1949 Click on any move for game board. Al Horowitz published that game in Chess Review and called me Shredder Schroeder, which added a great amount…

Short Story: Beginner’s Luck

[Click HERE for floating game board.] Copyright © 2006 James Schroeder It was a beautiful spring morning about to turn into a sunny afternoon, for which Southern California was famous. Twenty years later Harry would remember it nostalgically as “the…

The Mind Reader

A short story by James Schroeder [Click for floating game board.] Spanish Joe, Fast Eddie, Harry the Horse, Little Bishop and Derby Don were enjoying the sights of nature at the Polski Weight-Lifting, Chess and Draughts Emporium when Johnny Double…