September 09, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, September 09, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2267 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Times Problem 2267 by F. Gamage (2nd Prize). White mates in two.
FEN n3r2b/qNN4R/Bpk1p1b1/5n2/8/3R1P2/7B/4K1Q1 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, September 09, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2268 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Times Problem 2268 by Otto Wurzburg (Comm.) White mates in three.
FEN 3k4/2pNp3/8/3R4/7B/3B4/8/2K5 w - - 0 1

New State Champion
Arthur Spiller decisively won the State championship of California for 1951 last Monday with a brilliant score of 5½-½. Most of the six rounds of play took place at the Santa Monica Chess Club where the two State champions of last year met those qualifying in the north and south preliminaries.
Climax of the finals came in the sixth round. Spiller had four wins and Irving Rivise, his nearest competitor, had three points. Rivise had to play to win the sixth-round game from Spiller to have any chance at first place. Against a king pawn opening Spiller headed for his favorite defense, the Sicilian, which Rivise too him right out of with P-QN4. Rivise continually tried for combinative complications, but Spiller always countered with quiet positional play, until Rivise found himself in extreme hot water on the clock: 18 moves made in 1:50. He made the next 22 moves in eight minutes, but came out of it with two pawns down in a lost end game. Spiller pushed through his advantage to attain the crown.

                       W           L
Spiller . . . . .      5½          ½
Rivise  . . . . .      4           2
Almgren . . . . .      3½          2½
Pruner  . . . . .      3½          2½
Weiss   . . . . .      2           4
Martin  . . . . .      1½          4½
Svalberg  . . . .      1           5

Irving Rivise (white) vs. Arthur Spiller (black)
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Abrahams Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. P-QN4 PxP 3. B-N2 P-Q4 4. PxP QxP 5. N-KB3 B-N5 6. B-K2 N-QB3 7. O-O N-B3 8. P-QB4 PxPe.p. 9. NxP Q-Q2 10. Q-R4 P-K3 11. N-QN5 BxN 12. BxB B-K2 13. QR-QB1 O-O 14. Q-KB4 QR-QB1 15. Q-N3 KR-Q1 16. P-Q4 N-Q4 17. B-K4 P-QR3 18. N-R3 P-QN4 19. N-QB2 P-KB4 20. B-KB3 B-Q3 21. Q-R4 N(B3)-K2 22. P-N3 P-KR3 23. N-K3 N-KB3 24. P-Q5 NxP 25. QR-Q1 NxN 26. PxN R-B5! 27. Q-R3 Q-K2 28. B-K2 R-B7 29. BxN QxB 30. B-Q3 RxQRP 31. B-N1 R-N7 32. Q-R5 Q-N4 33. Q-B3 B-B4 34. RxRch QxR 35. Q-B6 BxPch 36. K-R1 Q-Q4ch 37. QxQ PxQ 38. BxP R-KB7! 39. B-K6ch K-B1 40. R-R1 P-Q5 41. RxP P-Q6 42. B-N4 P-N5 43. R-K6 B-B4 44. R-QB6 R-B7 45. B-B5 R-B8ch 46. K-N2 P-Q7 47. B-N4 B-K2 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Bb2 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. c4 bxc3e.p. 9. Nxc3 Qd7 10. Qa4 e6 11. Nb5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Be7 13. Rc1 0-0 14. Qf4 Rc8 15. Qg3 Rd8 16. d4 Nd5 17. Be4 a6 18. Na3 b5 19. Nc2 f5 20. Bf3 Bd6 21. Qh4 Nce7 22. g3 h6 23. Ne3 Nf6 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Rd1 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rc4! 27. Qh3 Qe7 28. Be2 Rc2 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Bd3 Rxa2 31. Bb1 Rb2 32. Qh5 Qg5 33. Qf3 Bc5 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qc6 Bxe3+ 36. Kh1 Qd5+ 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. Bxf5 Rf2! 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. Ra1 d4 41. Rxa6 d3 42. Bg4 b4 43. Re6 Bc5 44. Rc6 Rc2 45. Bf5 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 d2 47. Bg4 Be7 0-1

Ray Martin (white) vs. Arthur Spiller (black)
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-K4 6. KN-K2 B-K2 7. P-KN3 O-O 8. B-N2 B-K3 9. B-N5 QN-Q2 10. Q-Q2 P-KR3 11. BxN NxB 12. O-O-O P-QN4! 13. K-N1 Q-N3 14. P-B4 N-N5 15. P-B5 B-B5 16. P-N3 P-N5 17. N-R4 Q-R3 18. N-B1 Q-QN4 19. B-B1! B-N4 20. QxNP BxB 21. QRxB QR-N1! 22. Q-K1 QxN 23. N-Q3 Q-Q5 24. P-KR3 N-K6 25. R-B3 N-B5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ne2 Be7 7. g3 0-0 8. Bg2 Be6 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. 0-0-0 b5! 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. f4 Ng4 15. f5 Bc4 16. b3 b4 17. Na4 Qa6 18. Nc1 Qb5 19. Bf1! Bg5 20. Qxb4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Rb8! 22. Qe1 Qxa4 23. Nd3 Qd4 24. h3 Ne3 25. Rf3 Nc4 0-1