The Leicester Chronicle

[Gerard Killoran]

Some historic photographs from the Leicester Chronicle, including Tartakower under a nom-de-guerre.

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Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 14 November 1942 p7a.png

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[John McKenna]

In the 2nd photo "Lieutenant Cartier" looks unsurprisingly like Savielly Tartakower.

[Gerard Killoran]

The Montgomerie - Cartier (Tartakower) game was given in the BCM.

Edward Winter found this, and others, which can be viewed at the following link.

https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/win ... .N.s_4331_


[Event "British Forces vs Allied Forces"] [Site "Leicester"] [Date "1942.11.07"] [White "John Montgomerie"] [Black " G. Cartier (Savielly Tartakower)"] [Result "0-1"] 1 d4 f5 2 g3 e6 3 Bg2 Nf6 4 Nd2 c5 5 c3 Nc6 6 e3 Be7 7 Ne2 O-O 8 O-O Qe8 9 e4 cxd4 10 cxd4 d5 11 exf5 exf5 12 Nf4 Qf7 13 Nf3 Ne4 14 Nd3 Bf6 15 Nde5 Qe7 16 Qb3 Rd8 17 Nxc6 bxc6 18 Bf4 g5 19 Be3 g4 20 Ne1 Ba6 21 Nd3 Rab8 22 Qc2 Bxd3 23 Qxd3 Rxb2 24 f3 Nd6 25 fxg4 fxg4 26 Rae1 Qg7 27 Bc1 Bxd4+ 28 Kh1 Rf2 29 Rxf2 Bxf2 30 Rf1 Bb6 31 Rf4 Rf8 32 Rxf8+ Qxf8 33 Bf4 Qf5 34 Qe2 Ne4 35 0-1