Lee Magee

** Furr Trophy to Magee Again **
   {Source: The Nebraska Chess Bulletin, March-April 1953, pg 12}

  Lee Magee retained the Archie Furr trophy, symbolic of the
Omaha-Lincoln intercity chmpionship by scoring four victories over
Lincolnites, A. Liepnieks, P. Wood, V. Pupols, and J. Warner. Pupols had
a very nice game against him with several missed "winning lines", while
Liepnieks with a superior game suffered from acute time clock trouble and
blundered badly. Liepnieks was second with 2-2, losing to Pupols and
Magee, while J. Warner equealed his score by beating Wood and Pupols.
Victor Pupols failed in most of the games but scored a nice victory over
his jinx - Liepnieks!
  The tournament was started last fall but did not finish until early
in April. No other Omahan entered the contest. Last year four Lincolnites
and four Omahans played for the crown. One more victory by Magee is
necessary to retain permanent possession for the trophy. A selection of
games follows:

[Event "Furr Trophy - Omaha/Lincoln Champ"]
[Site "Lincoln/Omaha"]
[Date "1953"] [Result "0-1"]
[White "Pupols, V."]
[Black "Magee, Lee"]
{ECO: D00 Blackmar Diemer Gambit - Ryder}

1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nc3 exf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O
8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O c6 10.g4 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.h4 b6 13.g5 Bb7
14.Qg4 Re8 15.h5 Rc8 16.g6 Nf8 17.gxh7+ Nxh7 18.h6 g5 19.Rdg1 f5
20.Qh5 Bf6 21.Qg6+ Kh8 22.Kb1 Rg8 23.Qh5 Bc6 24.Qh2 Qd7 25.c3 Bb5
26.Bc2 a5 27.Ng3 f4 28.Nh5 fxe3 29.Bxh7 Qxh7+ 30.Kc1 Bxd4 31.Rg4 Qd3
32.Rd1 Rxc3+ 33.bxc3 Qxc3+ 34.Qc2 Qa1+ 35.Qb1 Rc8#


[Event "Furr Trophy - Omaha/Lincoln Champ"]
[Site "Lincoln/Omaha"]
[Date "1953"] [Result "1-0"]
[White "Magee, Lee"]
[Black "Warner, J."]
{ECO: C17 French - Winawer}

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5
8.Qg3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Ne7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Bd3 Nbc6 12.Ne2 Bd7 13.h4 Kh8
14.h5 h6 15.c3 Rg8 16.Nf4 Rae8 17.Rb1 a6 18.Qh4 Bc8 19.g4 Nd8 
20.Ne2 Nf7 21.g5 Nc6 22.Nf4 Nxg5 23.Ng6+ Kh7 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Qxg5 Qd8
26.Qf4 Ne7 27.Be2 Rh8 28.Kd2 Nxg6 29.hxg6+ Kxg6 30.Rbg1+ Kf7 
31.Bh5+ Kg8 32.Bg6 Rxh1 33.Rxh1 Qb6 34.Rh8+ 1-0


[Event "Furr Trophy - Omaha/Lincoln Champ"]
[Site "Lincoln/Omaha"]
[Date "1953"] [Result "0-1"]
[White "Liepnieks, A."]
[Black "Magee, Lee"]
{ECO: E60 King's Indian}

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5
8.e4 c6 9.h3 Nh5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Bxf6 Ndxf6
14.b3 Bd7 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Qe3 b6 17.Rd2 Ne8 18.Rfd1 Nef6 19.Qg5 Rfe8
20.Rd6 Kg7 21.Qd2 b5 22.Nh4 h6 23.cxb5 cxb5 24.Nxb5 Rb8 25.Nc7 Rec8
26.Na6 Rb7 27.b4 Ba4 28.Nc5 Bxd1 29.Nxb7 Qxb7 30.Qxd1 Qxb4 31.Qb3 Qe1+
32.Kh2 Rc1 33.Nf3 Qxf2 34.0-1
{Source: The Nebraska Chess Bulletin, March-April 1953, pg 12}
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Some other games:

[Event "Swenson Memorial"]
[Site "Omaha, NE"] [Date "1950.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magee, Lee"]
[Black "Spence, Jack"]
{ECO: C18 - French Winawer}

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nf5
8.Bd3 h5 9.Qh3 c4 10.Bxf5 exf5 11.Qg3 g6 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.Kd2 Nc6 
14.Nf3 Be6 15.Rhb1 Rb8 16.Bf6 Rg8 17.Qf4 a6 18.Ng5 Kd7 19.Nh7 b5 
20.Bg5 Kc7 21.Nf6 Rgc8 22.h3 Rb6 23.g4 hxg4 24.hxg4 Rh8 25.gxf5 Rh3
26.f3 gxf5 27.Ne8+ Kd7 28.Nd6 Rb8 29.Nxf5 Rg8 30.Rg1 Kc7 31.Rg2 b4 
32.a4 bxc3+ 33.Ke3 Qb6 34.Nd6 Qb2 35.Rag1 Nb4 36.Qf6 Nxc2+ 
37.Rxc2 Qxc2 38.Qe7+ Bd7 39.Nb5+ axb5 40.Qd6+ Kc8 41.Qa6+ Kb8 {Draw}
{Source: The Nebraska Chess Bulletin, Oct-Nov 1950, pg43}
** Lee Magee **

Lee Magee
