Los Angeles Express, Chess by Clif Sherwood, October 27, 1921

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Chess by Clif Sherwood 27 Oct 1921, Thu Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Express Problem No. 7, By A.J. Fink, San Francisco. This was first published in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1914....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, January 13, 2020

Express Problem No. 7, By A.J. Fink, San Francisco.
This was first published in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1914. White mates in two moves.
FEN 8/3pp2B/Q7/3Pk1P1/5p2/3R4/1K6/6B1 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qb5 f3 2. Bh2#

William R. Lighton is credited with winning one of the briefest sorties thus far exhibited in the preliminaries tournament, and deserves special credit in view of his opponent's recognized strength.

William R. Lighton (white) vs. Grabill (black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-KB3 5. P-Q3 P-QN4 6. B-N3 P-Q4 7. PxP NxP 8. Castles N-B3 9. R-K B-KN5 10. P-KR3 B-KR4 11. NxP N-K2 12. QxB Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nxe5 Ne7 12. Qxh5 1-0

Following is another game from the local club championship preliminaries, in which the editor sacrificed a Knight for two pawns, gaining an attack and advantage in position, which led to some very interesting play.

Clif Sherwood (white) vs. William R. Lighton (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: London System

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. B-B4 P-K3 4. P-K3 N-B3 5. P-B4 B-Q3 6. B-N3 N-K2 7. P-B5 BxB 8. RPxB N-N3 9. B-Q3 O-O 10. Q-B2 R-K 11. N-K5 N-B 12. P-KN4 P-KN3 13. P-B4 N-Q2 14. N-Q2 P-B4 15. PxP KPxP 16. N-B3 N-B3 17. O-O-O N-K5 18. R-R6 P-B3 19. QR-R R-K2 20. BxN QPxB 21. N-R4 R-N2 22. NxNP NxN 23. NxN RxN 24. RxP Q-Q4 25. R-R8ch K-B2 26. R-R7ch R-N2 27. P-QN3 RxR 28. RxRch K-N3 29. R-R8 K-N2 30. R-R5 B-K3 31. P-KN4 P-N3 32. PxBP BxP 33. Q-KN2ch K-B2 34. Q-N5 B-N3 35. QxQch PxQ 36. RxP K-B3 37. R-Q6ch K-B4 38. PxP PxP 39. K-N2 R-QN 40. P-R4 B-K 41. R-Q5ch K-B3 42. R-K5 P-N4 43. P-R5 B-N3 44. K-B3 B-B2 45. K-N4 B-K3 46. RxKP B-Q4 47. R-K5 B-B3 48. P-Q5 B-Q2 49. P-K4 R-QR1 50. P-R6 R-QR 51. K-R5 B-B 52. KxP BxPch 53. K-N6 B-Q6 54. R-K6ch K-B2 55. P-N4 R-Nch 56. K-B5 R-N4ch 57. K-Q4 B-K7 58. K-B3 B-B6 59. P-B5 B-N7 60. P-Q6 R-N2 61. P-K5 R-Q2 62. R-N6 B-Q4 63. P-K6ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. c4 Bd6 6. Bg3 Ne7 7. c5 Bxg3 8. hxg3 Ng6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Ne5 Nf8 12. g4 g6 13. f4 N6d7 14. Nd2 f5 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. 0-0-0 Ne4 18. Rh6 c6 19. Rh1 Re7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nh4 Rg7 22. Nxg6 Nxg6 23. Nxg6 Rxg6 24. Rxh7 Qd5 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. Rh7+ Rg7 27. b3 Rxh7 28. Rxh7+ Kg6 29. Rh8 Kg7 30. Rh5 Be6 31. g4 b6 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Qg2+ Kf7 34. Qg5 Bg6 35. Qxd5+ cxd5 36. Rxd5 Kf6 37. Rd6+ Kf5 38. cxb6 axb6 39. Kb2 Rb8 40. a4 Be8 41. Rd5+ Kf6 42. Re5 b5 43. a5 Bg6 44. Kc3 Bf7 45. Kb4 Be6 46. Rxe4 Bd5 47. Re5 Bc6 48. d5 Bd7 49. e4 Rc8 50. a6 Ra8 51. Ka5 Bc8 52. Kxb5 Bxa6+ 53. Kb6 Bd3 54. Re6+ Kf7 55. b4 Rb8+ 56. Kc5 Rb5+ 57. Kd4 Be2 58. Kc3 Bf3 59. f5 Bg2 60. d6 Rb7 61. e5 Rd7 62. Rg6 Bd5 63. e6+ 1-0