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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 07, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2275 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, April 30, 2020

Times Problem 2275 by Manuel Gonzales (Comm.) White mates in three.
FEN 8/BBp3K1/1r3R1N/p2pp3/Rn2kPN1/2Q3p1/6P1/2br4 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 07, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2276 by E....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, April 30, 2020

Times Problem 2276 by E. Brunner. White mates in three.
FEN 2b5/8/2N5/K7/4p3/N1k1P3/2B3P1/2B5 w - - 0 1
P-N4/g4

Capablanca vs. Hollywood

Here are more games from the recent match between the Capablanca Chess Club of Havana and the Hollywood Chess Group:

Sr. Alberto Lopez (white) vs. Irving Rivise (black)
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 PxP 3. N-KB3 P-QR3 4. P-QR4 N-KB3 5. N-B3 B-N5 6. P-K3 P-K3 7. BxP N-B3 8. O-O B-Q3 9. B-K2 O-O 10. P-QN3 Q-K2 11. B-N2 KR-Q 12. N-Q2 BxB 13. QxB P-K4 14. P-Q5 N-QN5 15. P-K4 N-B7 16. QR-B N-Q5 17. Q-Q3 B-N5 18. KR-K N-R4 19. P-N3 Q-N4 20. N-B3 N-B5 21. QxN PxQ 22. NxQ N-Q6 23. KR-Q NxR 24. RxN PxN 25. BxP BxB 26. RxB QR-B 27. R-B3 P-QB3 28. PxP RxP 29. K-N2 P-B3 30. N-R3 R-Q5 31. R-K3 R-K3 32. K-B3 P-KN4 33. P-KN4 P-R3 34. N-N R(3)-Q3 35. N-K2 R-Q6 36. N-B RxRch 37. KxR R-Q8 38. N-Q3 P-N3 39. K-Q4 K-B2 40. K-B3 R-KR8 41. P-K5 RxP 42. K-Q4 R-R6 43. PxP KxP 44. K-K4 K-K3 45. P-B4 K-B3 46. P-N4 PxP 47. NxP R-QN6 48. N-Q5ch K-N4 49. K-Q4 KxP 50. K-B4 R-B6 51. NxP P-KR4 52. N-Q7 R-B5ch 53. K-B5 R-B4ch 54. K-B4 P-R5 55. P-N5 P-R6 56. P-N6 P-R7 57. P-N7 P-R8(Q) 58. P-N8(Q) Q-Q4ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Be2 0-0 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 e5 14. d5 Nb4 15. e4 Nc2 16. Rc1 Nd4 17. Qd3 Bb4 18. Re1 Nh5 19. g3 Qg5 20. Nf3 Nf4 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Nxg5 Nd3 23. Red1 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 dxc3 25. Bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rc8 27. Rf3 c6 28. dxc6 Rxc6 29. Kg2 f6 30. Nh3 Rd4 31. Re3 Re6 32. Kf3 g5 33. g4 h6 34. Ng1 Rd6 35. Ne2 Rd3 36. Nc1 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Rd1 38. Nd3 b6 39. Kd4 Kf7 40. Kc3 Rh1 41. e5 Rxh2 42. Kd4 Rh3 43. exf6 Kxf6 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. f4 Kf6 46. b4 gxf4 47. Nxf4 Rb3 48. Nd5+ Kg5 49. Kd4 Kxg4 50. Kc4 Rf3 51. Nxb6 h5 52. Nd7 Rf4+ 53. Kc5 Rf5+ 54. Kc4 h4 55. b5 h3 56. b6 h2 57. b7 h1=Q 58. b8=Q Qd5+ 0-1

Irving Rivise (white) vs. Sr. Alberto Lopez (black)
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. P-QN4 P-QN3 3. N-KB3 P-K3 4. P-Q4 PxNP 5. QN-Q2 N-KB3 6. B-Q3 B-R3 7. P-Q5 PxP 8. P-K5 N-K5 9. NxN PxN 10. BxP N-B3 11. P-K6 BPxP 12. N-Q4 NxN 13. Q-R5ch P-N3 14. BxPch PxB 15. QxPch K-K2 16. B-N5ch K-Q3 17. BxQ RxB 18. O-O-O B-R3ch 19. K-N K-B4 20. Q-B7 B-QB5 21. KR-K B-Q4 22. R-K5 KR-B 23. Q-K7ch P-Q3 24. R-R5 B-B5 25. P-N3 B-K4 26. RxB N-N4 27. K-N2 K-B3 28. R-R5 QR-K 29. Q-N5 N-B6 30. R-Q2 R-B6 31. R-R7 R(1)-KB 32. Q-K7 RxP 33. Q-Q7ch K-B4 34. RxR RxR 35. R-R8 R-B8 36. R-B8ch K-Q5 37. RxN PxRch 38. K-R3 R-QR8 39. QxQP RxPch 40. K-N4 RxP 41. Q-B4ch K-Q6 42. P-N4 R-N7ch 43. K-R3 R-N6ch 44. K-R4 P-B7 45. Q-N3ch K-K7 46. Q-K5ch R-K6 47. Q-R K-Q7 48. Q-Q4ch K-K7 49. Q-R R-Q6 50. P-N5 K-Q7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. b4 b6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxb4 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. d5 exd5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nc6 11. e6 fxe6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Ke7 16. Bg5+ Kd6 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. 0-0-0 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Kc5 20. Qf7 Bc4 21. Re1 Bd5 22. Re5 Rhf8 23. Qe7+ d6 24. Rh5 Bf4 25. g3 Be5 26. Rxe5 Nb5 27. Kb2 Kc6 28. Rh5 Rde8 29. Qg5 Nc3 30. Rd2 Rf3 31. Rh7 Rf8 32. Qe7 Rxf2 33. Qd7+ Kc5 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Rh8 Rf1 36. Rc8+ Kd4 37. Rxc3 bxc3+ 38. Ka3 Ra1 39. Qxd6 Rxa2+ 40. Kb4 Rxc2 41. Qf4+ Kd3 42. g4 Rb2+ 43. Ka3 Rb3+ 44. Ka4 c2 45. Qg3+ Ke2 46. Qe5+ Re3 47. Qa1 Kd2 48. Qd4+ Ke2 49. Qa1 Rd3 50. g5 Kd2 0-1

Ruy Lopez
Harry Borochow vs. Sr. Eleazar Jimenez

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. BxN QPxB 5. P-Q4 PxP 6. QxP QxQ 7. NxQ P-QB4 8. N-K2 N-B3 9. QN-B3 B-K3 10. O-O O-O-O 11. R-K B-K2 12. N-B4 KR-K 13. NxB PxN 14. P-B3 N-Q2 15. B-B4 N-N3 16. QR-Q B-B3 17. P-K5 B-K2 18. N-K4 N-Q4 19. B-Q2 P-B5 20. P-B3 R-Q2 21. K-B2 P-R3 22. B-K3 KR-Q 23. K-K2 NxB 24. RxRch KxR 25. NxN K-B3 26. K-K2 P-QN4 27. P-B4 P-R4 28. P-QR3 P-N5 29. RPxP PxP 30. R-QB R-QN 31. PxP RxP 32. R-B2 P-N4 33. PxP PxP 34. N-B3 R-K4 35. P-R3 R-KB 36. N-K4 K-Q4 37. N-Q2 KxP 38. RxP P-Q3 39. N-B3 K-B4 40. N-Q4ch K-B3 41. N-N5 R-N 42. NxP R-QB 43. N-Q5ch PxN 44. RxR K-K4 45. K-Q3 K-B5 46. R-Q8 B-K4 47. P-QN4 P-Q5 48. RxPch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. 0-0 0-0-0 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nf4 Rhe8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. f3 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Rd1 Bf6 17. e5 Be7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Bd2 c4 20. c3 Rd7 21. Kf2 h6 22. Be3 Rdd8 23. Ke2 Nxe3 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8

Sr. Eleazar Jimenez (white) vs. Harry Borochow (black)
Indian Defense: Knights Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-KN3 P-Q4 4. B-N2 P-B4 5. O-O N-B3 6. P-QN3 PxP 7. NxP P-K4 8. NxN PxN 9. P-QB4 B-K3 10. N-B3 Q-Q2 11. PxP PxP 12. B-N5 R-Q 13. BxN PxB 14. Q-Q2 B-QN5 15. P-QR3 B-K2 16. P-QN4 P-KR4 17. P-KR4 P-Q5 18. N-K4 B-R6 19. QR-B BxB 20. KxB Q-N5 21. Q-B2 P-B4 22. Q-B6ch K-B 23. N-B6 Q-N2 24. N-Q7ch K-N 25. Q-B7 P-B3 26. R-B6 K-R2 27. KR-B P-K5 28. NxPch BxN 29. RxB R-Q 30. Q-K5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. b3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. c4 Be6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. a3 Be7 16. b4 h5 17. h4 d4 18. Ne4 Bh3 19. Rfc1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qg4 21. Qc2 f5 22. Qc6+ Kf8 23. Nf6 Qg7 24. Nd7+ Kg8 25. Qc7 f6 26. Rc6 Kh7 27. Rf1 e4 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxf6 Rd7 30. Qe5 1-0

Eugene Levin (white) vs. Sr. Otto Estenger (black)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Rare Defenses

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-KN3 2. P-Q4 B-N2 3. P-QB4 P-Q3 4. N-KB3 N-KB3 5. N-B3 O-O 6. P-KR3 P-B4 7. B-K3 PxP 8. NxP N-B3 9. B-K2 B-Q2 10. P-B4 P-K4 11. N(4)-N5 PxP 12. BxBP R-K 13. NxQP R-K3 14. P-B5 N-K4 15. O-O P-N3 16. Q-N3 Q-Kb 17. N-Q5 N-B3 18. N-B7 NxP 19. NxR BxN 20. Q-KB3 NxN 21. BxN Q-B 22. PxP N-Q5 23. P-N7! NxQch 24. BxN R-N 25. PxQ(Q)ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. h3 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. f4 e5 11. Nb5 exf4 12. Bxf4 Re8 13. Nxd6 Re6 14. c5 Ne5 15. 0-0 b6 16. Qb3 Qf8 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Nc7 Nxe4 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qf3 Nxd6 21. Bxd6 Qc8 22. cxb6 Nd4 23. b7! Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rb8 25. bxc8=Q+ 1-0

Sr. Otto Estenger (white) vs. Eugene Levin (black)
Russian Game: Cozio Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. NxP P-Q3 4. N-KB3 NxP 5. Q-K2 Q-K2 6. P-Q3 N-KB3 7. N-B3 B-N5 8. B-K3 QN-Q2 9. P-Q4 P-Q4 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. P-KR3 BxN 12. QxB N-N3 13. B-KN5 R-Q3 14. B-Q3 K-N 15. KR-K Q-Q 16. B-KB4 R-Q2 17. B-B5 R-K2 18. B-K5 N-K 19. B-Q3 P-KB3 20. B-N3 RxR 21. RxR B-N5 22. B-N5 P-QR3 23. BxN RxB 24. RxR QxR 25. Q-K2 Q-B3 26. N-Q N-B5 27. P-QB3 B-Q3 28. BxB QxB 29. Q-K8ch K-R2 30. P-KN3 P-QB4 31. P-N3 PxP 32. PxN PxP 33. Q-K4 PxP 34. NxP P-QN4 35. N-Q5 P-QR4 36. P-KR4 Q-K4 37. QxQ PxQ 38. N-B7 K-N3 39. N-K6 K-B3 40. NxP K-Q4 41. N-K8 P-N5 42. N-B6ch K-Q5 43. NxP P-R5 44. N-N5 P-R6 45. N-B3ch K-B6 46. NxP P-N6 47. K-N Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. d4 d5 10. 0-0-0 0-0-0 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nb6 13. Bg5 Rd6 14. Bd3 Kb8 15. Re1 Qd8 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Bf5 Re7 18. Be5 Ne8 19. Bd3 f6 20. Bg3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bb4 22. Bb5 a6 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. Nd1 Nc4 27. c3 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Qe8+ Ka7 30. g3 c5 31. b3 cxd4 32. bxc4 dxc3 33. Qe4 dxc4 34. Nxc3 b5 35. Nd5 a5 36. h4 Qe5 37. Qxe5 fxe5 38. Nc7 Kb6 39. Ne6 Kc6 40. Nxg7 Kd5 41. Ne8 b4 42. Nf6+ Kd4 43. Nxh7 a4 44. Ng5 a3 45. Nf3+ Kc3 46. Nxe5 b3 47. Kb1 1-0

Eldis Cobo (white) vs. James Cross (black)
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Showalter Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. P-B4 PxP 4. N-B3 P-QR3 5. P-K3 P-K3 6. BxP P-QN4 7. B-Q3 P-B4 8. O-O B-N2 9. Q-K2 QN-Q2 10. R-Q Q-B2 11. P-K4 PxP 12. KNxP B-B4 13. B-K3 O-O 14. P-QR3 Q-N 15. N-KB3 Q-R 16. B-QN KR-Q 17. P-K5 BxN 18. PxB NxKP 19. RxRch RxR 20. BxB NxPch 21. K-B NxRPch 22. K-N N-B6ch 23. K-B N-Q5 24. BxPch NxB 25. Q-R5 N-KB3 26. Q-R3 N-N6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Be3 0-0 14. a3 Qb8 15. Nf3 Qa7 16. Bb1 Rd8 17. e5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxc5 Nxf3+ 21. Kf1 Nxh2+ 22. Kg1 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Nd4 24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25. Qh5 Nf6 26. Qh3 Nb3 0-1

James Cross (white) vs. Eldis Cobo (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 P-Q4 4. B-N5 QN-Q2 5. PxP PxP 6. P-K3 B-K2 7. B-Q3 P-B3 8. Q-B2 O-O 9. N-B3 R-K 10. O-O N-B 11. QR-N P-QR3 12. P-QN4 B-N5 13. N-K5 B-K3 14. P-QR4 KN-Q2 15. BxB QxB 16. NxN BxN 17. KR-B Q-N4 18. N-K2 N-N3 19. N-N3 P-KR4 20. B-B5 R-K2 21. BxB RxB 22. Q-B5 QxQ 23. NxQ K-B 24. P-N5 RPxP 25. PxP PxP 26. RxP N-K2 27. NxN KxN 28. P-N3 R-R3 29. R(1)-N R-R2 30. K-N2 P-KN3 31. K-B3 K-K3 32. R-N6ch K-K2 33. P-R3 P-B3 34. P-N4 PxPch 35. PxP K-B2 36. K-B4 R-K2 37. R(1)-N5 R-R7 38. P-B3 R-K7 39. RxQNP RxP 40. RxRch RxR 41. RxP R-K8 42. P-N5 PxPch 43. RxP R-Q8 44. K-K5 R-K8ch 45. K-B4 R-Q8 46. K-K3 R-K8ch 47. K-Q2 R-KB8 48. K-K2 R-QR8 49. R-K5 K-B3 50. K-Q3 R-Q8ch 1/2-1/2 Adjucated draw

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nfd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rb1 a6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Ne5 Be6 14. a4 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Rc1 Qg5 18. Ne2 Ng6 19. Ng3 h5 20. Bf5 Re7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Kf8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Rxb5 Ne7 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. g3 Ra6 29. Rcb1 Ra7 30. Kg2 g6 31. Kf3 Ke6 32. Rb6+ Ke7 33. h3 f6 34. g4 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 Kf7 36. Kf4 Re7 37. Rb5 Ra2 38. f3 Re2 39. Rxb7 Rxe3 40. Rxe7+ Rxe7 41. Rxd5 Re1 42. g5 fxg5+ 43. Rxg5 Rd1 44. Ke5 Re1+ 45. Kf4 Rd1 46. Ke3 Re1+ 47. Kd2 Rf1 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Re5 Kf6 50. Kd3 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2 Adjucated draw