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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, July 15, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2251 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, April 23, 2020

Times Problem 2251 by Vincent L. Eaton (Honorable Mention). Whites mates in two.
FEN 7b/2p2R2/2p1K2p/5Np1/5knr/n1BR4/1Q2p3/4q1NB w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, July 15, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2252 by Eric...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, April 23, 2020

Times Problem 2252 by Eric M. Hassberg. White mates in three.
FEN 5q2/2Qn4/b2NR2b/6B1/3k3r/K3Nr2/5P2/1B6 w - - 0 1

County League Games
In the recent Los Angeles County League team matches, Santa Monica Chess Club won the B tournament, defeating six teams and drawing only with the Cosmo Club. The following two games were played against Inglewood Chess Club in the match which Santa Monica won, 4-2.

John Keckhut (white) vs Lauderbach (black)
Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KB4 2. P-QB4 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 P-K3 4. P-KN3 B-N5 5. B-Q2 P-Q3 6. B-N2 O-O 7. N-B3 QN-Q2 8. O-O BxN 9. BxB Q-K 10. P-QN4 R-N 11. P-B5 N-K5 12. B-N2 QN-B3 13. Q-B2 N-Q4 14. P-QR3 B-Q2 15. N-K B-B3 16. N-Q3 B-R5 17. Q-B B-N4 18. Q-B2 Q-N3 19. QR-B BxN 20. PxB! N(5)-B3 21. QR-K Q-B2 22. B-B P-KR3 23. R-K2 QR-Q 24. R(1)-K KR-K 25. P-N5 P-QN3 26. Q-B4 P-KN4 27. P-QR4 K-N2 28. B-Q2 K-N3 29. P-R5 P-R4 30. RPxP RPxP 31. Q-B QPxP 32. QPxP PxP 33. QxP N-N3 34. B-B6 R-K2 35. B-QN4 N(B3)-Q4 36. B-R3 R-Q3 37. Q-B2 RxB 38. QxR R-K 39. RxPch RxR 40. QxRch QxQ 41. RxQch K-N2 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe8 10. b4 Rb8 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. a3 Bd7 15. Ne1 Bc6 16. Nd3 Ba4 17. Qc1 Bb5 18. Qc2 Qg6 19. Rc1 Bxd3 20. exd3! Nf6 21. Rce1 Qf7 22. Bc1 h6 23. Re2 Rd8 24. Re1 Re8 25. b5 b6 26. Qc4 g5 27. a4 Kg7 28. Bd2 Kg6 29. a5 h5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Qc1 dxc5 32. dxc5 bxc5 33. Qxc5 Nb6 34. Bc6 Re7 35. Bb4 Nd5 36. Ba3 Rd6 37. Qc2 Rxc6 38. Qxc6 Re8 39. Rxe6+ Rxe6 40. Qxe6+ Qxe6 41. Rxe6+ Kg7 1-0

(a) To prepare P-QR4 but there is no time.
(b) This gives White a good file and the initiative.

Hans Zander (white) vs. Fielding (black)
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-QN3 P-QB4 3. B-N2 N-QB3 4. P-K3 P-K3 5. B-N5 B-Q2 6. O-O N-KB3 7. P-Q3 B-Q3 8. N-Q2 Q-K2 9. P-K4 P-K4 10. PxP NxP 11. R-K P-B3 12. P-B3 P-QR3 13. BxN BxB 14. P-Q4 O-O 15. PxKP PxP 16. P-B4 N-B5 17. BxP BxB 18. RxB Q-Q3 19. N-K4 Q-N3! 20. N-N3 NxNP! 21. N-K N-B5 22. Q-Q2 N-R6ch 23. K-B RxPch 24. QxR NxQ 25. KxN Q-B3ch 26. R-B5 QxQR 27. N-K2 R-KB Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nd2 Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 f6 12. c3 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. d4 0-0 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qg6! 20. Ng3 Nxg2! 21. Ne1 Nf4 22. Qd2 Nh3+ 23. Kf1 Rxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Qf6+ 26. Rf5 Qxa1 27. Ne2 Rf8 0-1

(a) White overlooks the danger he is in.
(b) Blacks suddenly grasps the initiative and finishes things off neatly.

Wertheim Memorial
Additional games from the recent Maurice Wertheim Memorial Tournament in New York are presented today. Samuel Reshevsky was the winner.

Miguel Najdorf vs Reuben Fine
Wertheim Memorial (1951), New York, NY USA, rd 7, Jun-11
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Alekhine System (D28) 1-0

Reuben Fine vs Israel Albert Horowitz
Wertheim Memorial (1951), New York, NY USA, rd 11, Jun-17
Reti Opening: Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit (A09) 1-0