Another wonderful addition from Walt. This, too, may be viewed in on our "Chess Viewer" page or you may click here to view.
I have refered to the Springfield Park Board Chess Club as, "the House that Fischer Built", being born from the early 70's chess boom, as a result of the historic Fischer - Spassky Match of the Century. I have selected a gem from "MY FIFTY MISERABLE GAMES" (*a fictitious work that I should write!) In this game we see the very young and impressionable Walter, taking on Arlis Snyder, in the last round of a tournament. Prof. Synder (as would later be a reoccurring theme ie. MT Smith, J.Baumlin, D. Jones) came to teach at the SMS English Dept. Upon his arrival he was racking up a number of successes and achieving a real wining streak. Occurring simultaneously with this, yours truly was at the beginning stages of climbing out of the primordial chess soup. My game fraught with positional gaps and countless errors, I was in my early teens and about one year into chess.
I think this might be the first tournament I went though without the loss of a game. Having drawn both Snyder and A. Vasilu I landed in 2nd place.
Prof. Arlis Snyder vs. Walter Ressmeyer
SPBCC Queen Pawn Tour (round four)
Nimzo Indian Defense July 23 1973
1) d4 ...Nf6
2) c4 ...e6
3) Nc3 ...Bb4
4) e3 ...B:c3+
5) bc ...Nc6
6) Nf3 ...d6
7) Bd3 ...e5
8) Ng5 ...h6
9) Ne4/g5 ...00
10) Qf3 ...N:e4
11) B:e4 ...Bd7
12) c5 ...Qe7*
13) Ba3 ...Re8/f
14) cd ...cd
15) d5 ...Na5
16) Qe2 ...Rc8/a
17) Bb4 ...Qd8
18) 00 ...Qc7
19) Rc1/a ...Qc4
20) Q:c4 ...N:c4
21) Bd3 ...Nb6
22) B:d6 ...N:d5
23) c4 ...Nf6
24) e4 ...b6
25) c5 ...bc
26) R:c5 ...R:c5
27) B:c5 ...Bc6
28) f3 ...a5
29) Rc1 ....Rc8
30) Bd6 ...Nd7
31) Bb5 ...Bb7
32) R:c8 ...B:c8
33) B:d7 ...B:d7
34) B:e5 ...a4
35) a3 ....f6
36) Bd6 ...Kf7
37) Kf2 ...Ke6
38) Bc7 ...Bb5
39) Ke3 ... Bc4
40) h4 ...Kf7
41) Kf4 ...g5
42) Kg4 ...Be6+
43) Kh5 ...Kg7
44) hg ...hg
45) e5 ...Bf7+
46) Kg4 ...Be6+
47) Kg3 ...fe
48) B:e5+ ...Kg6
49) f4 ...gf+
50) K:f4 ...Bd5
51) g4 ...Be6
52) g5 1/2-1/2
Beating a bishop of opposite colours ending to death, he was a pawn up?
Arlis is no longer with us, but I remember him, and this game fondly
