June 03, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, June 03, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2239 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Times Problem 2239 by F.J.C. De Blasio (Comm.) White mates in two.
FEN B4Q2/2ppq1b1/3k1r2/2N2bRR/2PP3N/4B3/8/4K3 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, June 03, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2340 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Times Problem 2340 by Nicholas Gabor (1st Honorable Mention). White mates in three.
FEN 3n1r1q/1pP4n/2p1p1bQ/2P1prp1/4PpP1/5P2/1R5p/k2N3K w - - 0 1
Rb4

County League Game

The following game was played at a recent Los Angeles County Chess League match between the Hollywood Chess Group and the Los Angeles City College Chess Club. It was a hard-fought battle ending in a 3-3 tie. This game was considered the most interesting of the match, according to Carl Marko, president of the LACC Chess Club.

Jacqueline Piatigorsky (white) Hollywood vs. Al Russo (black) LACC
Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-K3 6. B-K2 B-N5 7. NxN NPxN 8. P-K5 N-Q4 9. B-Q2 NxN 10. PxN B-B4 11. O-O O-O 12. K-R1 P-Q3 13. B-KB4 PxP 14. BxP Q-R5 15. Q-K1 P-QR4 16. QR-Q1 B-QR3 17. B-Q3 BxB 18. PxB P-R5 19. P-Q4 B-R2 20. R-Q3 B-QN1! 21. R-KR3 Q-K2 22. Q-K4 P-KB4 23. QxQBP BxB 24. PxB KR-QB1 25. Q-Q6 QxQ 26. PxQ QR-QN1 27. R-K3 K-B2 28. KR-K1 R-K1 29. P-QB4 R-N7! 30. P-Q7 R-Q1 31. RxP RxQP 32. R(6)-K2 RxR Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Kh1 d6 13. Bf4 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Qh4 15. Qe1 a5 16. Rd1 Ba6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 a4 19. d4 Ba7 20. Rd3 Bb8! 21. Rh3 Qe7 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qxc6 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rc8 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. exd6 Rb8 27. Re3 Kf7 28. Re1 Re8 29. c4 Rb2! 30. d7 Rd8 31. Rxe6 Rxd7 32. Re2 Rxe2 0-1

(a) A clear oversight but, at best, white had only a draw.

British Tournament
An international tournament has just been completed at Southsea, England. Forty-four players competed under the Swiss system.
Nicholas Rossolimo and Dr. Savielly Tartakower, both of Paris, tied for first place with scores of 8-2.
Four tied at 7-3: A. O'Kelly de Galway, Belgium; P. Ravn of Denmark, R. Teschner of Germany and A.H. Trost of England.

Catalan Opening
Tartakower (white) France vs. Thomas (black) England
Indian Defense: Knights Variation

Savielly Tartakower vs Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas
Southsea (1951), Southsea ENG, rd 3
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) 0-1

Charles H Roele-Coeuraad (white) vs. Nicolas Rossolimo (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 Kt-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. Kt-QB3 B-Kt5 4. P-K3 Castles 5. Kt-K2 P-Q4 6. P-QR3 B-K2 7. Kt-Kt3 P-B4 8. QPxP PxP 9. BxP QxQch 10. KtxQ BxP 11. P-Kt4 B-K2 12. B-Kt2 B-Q2 13. P-K4 R-B 14. B-Q3 B-R5 15. Kt-K3 R-Q 16. K-K2 Kt-B3 17. P-K5 Kt-Q4 18. KtxKt RxKt 19. B-K4 R-Q2 20. KR-QB B-Kt4 21. KR-QKt QR-Q 22. B-QB3 B-Kt4ch 23. K-K KtxKP 24. Kt-K2 Kt-Q6ch 25. K-B Kt-B5 26. B-B3 R-Q6 27. P-Kt3 RxKB 28. PxKt RxB 29. PxB R-B7 30. R-K QR-Q7 31. QR-B RxKt Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. e4 Rc8 14. Bd3 Ba4 15. Ne3 Rd8 16. Ke2 Nc6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Be4 Rd7 20. Rc1 Bg5 21. Rb1 Rd8 22. Bc3 Bb5+ 23. Ke1 Nxe5 24. Ne2 Nd3+ 25. Kf1 Nf4 26. Bf3 Rd3 27. g3 Rxf3 28. gxf4 Rxc3 29. fxg5 Rc2 30. Re1 Rd2 31. Rc1 Rxe2 0-1