March 18, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Mar 18, 1951 – 33 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, March 18, 1951 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California L.A. Times Problem...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, April 14, 2020

L.A. Times Problem No. 2217 by Julius Buchwald (1st Prize). White mates in two.
FEN 6r1/3p1b2/1p2nQR1/1p1kP3/4N1B1/1P6/3KN3/B1R5 w - - 0 1

San Francisco Invitational Tournament
From Feb. 18 to 25 San Francisco was host to A.W. Dake of Portland, former member of the U.S. team, and Ray Martin, present California State champion. As expected Dake won, but not without a struggle. He won four games outright and drew against Martin, Pafnutieff and Dr. Ralston. George Koltanowsky was tournament director. Following is the final standing of players.

Below is one of the games which was drawn.

Danish Gambit
Raymond Martin (white) vs. Arthur William Dake (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-Q4 PxP 3. P-QB3 P-Q4 4. KPxP QPxP 5. PxP N-QB3 6. N-KB3 B-N5 7. B-K2 N-KB3 8. P-B3 Q-R4 9. O-O O-O-O 10. B-K3 B-QB4 11. Q-N3 BxP 12. NxB NxN 13. BxBch NxB 14. QxP KR-B 15. Q-K7!! Q-K4 16. QxQ NxQ 17. QR-Q N(5)-B3 18. B-B5 R-B4 19. RxRch NxR 20. B-Q4 N-K3 21. R-Q N-B5 22. P-QN3 NxB 23. RxN N-Q3 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 dxc3 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf6

Vladimir Pafnutieff (white) vs Arthur W. Dake (black)
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Sokolsky Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 P-Q4 4. PxP NxP 5. P-K4 NxN 6. PxN P-QB4 7. B-QB4 B-N2 8. N-K2 O-O 9. O-O PxP 10. PxP N-B3 11. B-K3 N-R4 12. B-Q3 B-N5 13. P-B3 B-K3 14. P-Q5 BxR 15. QxB B-Q2 16. B-R6 Q-N3ch 17. K-R1 P-B3 18. BxR RxB 19. R-B1 R-B1 20. RxRch BxR 21. Q-Q4 QxQ 22. NxQ K-B2 23. K-N1 P-QR3 24. K-B2 P-K3 25. PxPch BxP 26. NxB KxN 27. K-K3 P-QN4 28. P-B4 K-Q3 29. P-N4 N-B3 30. P-KR4 N-N5 31. B-N1 P-R3 32. P-R3 N-B3 33. P-K5ch PxP 34. BxP PxPch 35. KxP N-K4 36. K-B5 N-B6 37. P-R5 K-K2 38. K-K4 N-Q7ch 39. K-Q4 N-B5 40. P-R4 K-B3 41. PxP PxP 42. B-K8 N-Q3 43. B-Q7 K-N4 44. K-Q5 N-B5 45. BxP N-K6ch 46. K-Q4 NxP 47. B-K8 N-B3 48. B-N6 NxP 49. BxN KxB 50. K-K3 Drawn

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 0-0 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 Bd7 16. Bh6 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 f6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Kf7 23. Kg1 a6 24. Kf2 e6 25. dxe6+ Bxe6 26. Nxe6 Kxe6 27. Ke3 b5 28. f4 Kd6 29. g4 Nc6 30. h4 Nb4 31. Bb1 h6 32. a3 Nc6 33. e5+ fxe5 34. Bxg6 exf4+ 35. Kxf4 Ne5 36. Kf5 Nf3 37. h5 Ke7 38. Ke4 Nd2+ 39. Kd4 Nc4 40. a4 Kf6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Be8 Nd6 43. Bd7 Kg5 44. Kd5 Nc4 45. Bxb5 Ne3+ 46. Kd4 Nxg4 47. Be8 Nf6 48. Bg6 Nxh5 49. Bxh5 Kxh5 50. Ke3 ½–½

Samuel Reshevsky vs Max Euwe
Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950), Dubrovnik YUG, rd 1, Aug-20
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Mackenzie Variation (C77) 1/2-1/2

Theo D van Scheltinga vs Israel Albert Horowitz
Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950), Dubrovnik YUG, rd 1, Aug-20
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) 1/2-1/2

George Shainswit vs Nicolaas Cortlever
Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950), Dubrovnik YUG, rd 1, Aug-20
Slav Defense: Schlechter Variation (D15) 1/2-1/2

Jan Hein Donner vs George Kramer
Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950), Dubrovnik YUG, rd 1, Aug-20
Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Classical System Main Line (D19) 1/2-1/2