September 23, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, September 23, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2271 by...

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

Times Problem 2271 by F. Gamage (Honorary Mention). White mates in two.
FEN n1nQ3K/2b1r2p/PPk1r2R/1N1N4/PP1p4/1p6/2b5/q1R3BB w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, September 23, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2272 by...

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Times Problem 2272 by U. Bachman. White mates in three.
FEN 5B2/5K2/6p1/N1pN3p/1p1kPp1r/bp4p1/6P1/2n1R2Q w - - 0 1

Hollywood Chess Group of Los Angeles Vs. Capablanca Chess Club of Havana, Cuba

Los Angeles was the scene of the first international team match between members of the Capablanca Chess Club of Havana and the Hollywood Chess Group of Los Angeles a week ago. The match was arranged by Alexander Bisno, a leading contributor to chess and president of the California State Chess Association, as well as the Manhattan Chess Club of New York. The first of these matches was played on nine boards in Bisno's home and was won by the home team, which the return match, played in the gardens of the Hollywood Chess Group, the following day, was won by the visiting team.
The teams were entertained by Mr. Bisno with a banquet at the famous Romanoff restaurant in Beverley Hills. Incidentally, Prince Romanoff is a chess enthusiast and a fine player. One may often see him play with some of the movie stars who frequent his beautiful establishment.
The Cuban team was led by its Minister of Education, Dr. Aureliano Sanchez Arango. They were guests on arrival of the well-known producer and director, Gottfried Reinhardt at MGM Studios. Culver City, for lunch and a tour of the studio where they watched the shooting of a scene from Mr. Reinhardt's first directional venture entitled, “The Invitation.” In this picture Van Johnson, Dorothy Macguire and Janet Leigh are starred. The line-up of the Cuban team was as follows: Dr. Juan Gonzales, Sr. Rogelio Ortega, Sr. Eldis Cobo, Sr. Eleazar Jimenez, Sr. Alberto Lopez, Sr. Otto Estenger, Sr. Carlos Rivera, Sr. Jose Florido, Sr. Bravo.
It is the opinion of your editor that the poor showing of the first half of the match was due to fatigue of the players after the long and strenuous plane flight from Cuba, but their real strength was shown in the second encounter. After the closing ceremonies, his excellency, Dr. Sanchez Arango, graciously extended an invitation to the Hollywood Chess Group to visit Cuba as his guest. It is hoped that in the near future this will become a reality.

Board 1
Staunton Gambit

Dr. Juan Gonzales (white) vs. Hermann Steiner (black)
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Chigorin Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KB4 2. P-K4 PxP 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-KN5 P-B3 5. P-B3 Q-R4 6. BxN KPxB 7. PxP B-N5 8. Q-B3 P-Q4 9. KN-K2 O-O 10. PxP PxP 11. O-O-O B-K3 12. P-QR3 BxN 13. NxB N-B3 14. B-Q3 K-R 15. KR-K B-N 16. Q-R5 QR-B 17. R-K3 R-B2 18. QR-K NxP 19. R-K8 R-B 20. RxQR RxR 21. R-K8 RxR 22. QxR Q-B2 23. NxP N-N6ch 24. K-N N-Q7ch 25. K-B N-N6ch 26. K-N 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 Qa5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. fxe4 Bb4 8. Qf3 d5 9. Ne2 0-0 10. exd5 cxd5 11. 0-0-0 Be6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Kh8 15. Rde1 Bg8 16. Qh5 Rac8 17. Re3 Rf7 18. Rhe1 Nxd4 19. Re8 Rf8 20. Rxf8 Rxf8 21. Re8 Rxe8 22. Qxe8 Qc7 23. Nxd5 Nb3+ 24. Kb1 Nd2+ 25. Kc1 Nb3+ 26. Kb1 1/2-1/2

Nimzo-Indian Defense
Herman Steiner (white) vs. Dr. Juan Gonzales
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-QR3 BxNch 5. PxB P-B4 6. P-K3 O-O 7. B-Q3 N-B3 8. N-K2 P-K4 9. O-O P-Q3 10. P-Q5 N-QR4 11. P-K4 N-Q2 12. Q-R4 P-QN3 13. N-N3 P-B3 14. N-B5 Q-B2 15. R-R2 R-B2 16. P-KR4 N-B 17. N-K3 N-N3 18. P-N3 B-R6 19. R-K Q-Q2 20. Q-Q N-K2 21. P-N4 P-R4 22. P-B3 N-N3 23. N-B5 N-B5 24. BxN PxB 25. K-R2 P-N3 26. KxB PxN 27. KPxP P-N4 28. PxP P-B5 29. B-B2 QxP 30. B-R4 Q-B4 31. Q-Q4 N-N6 32. B-B6 R-N 33. QxP N-R4 34. B-K8 R-KN2 35. Q-K4 R-N6 36. R-K3 R(6)-N2 37. B-Q7 R-N 38. B-K6ch K-R 39. Q-B4 R-R2 40. P-N5 R-N8 41. P-N6 R-R8ch 42. R-R2 RxRch 43. KxR R-R3 44. P-N7ch KxP 45. Q-N3ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 e5 9. 0-0 d6 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 Nd7 12. Qa4 b6 13. Ng3 f6 14. Nf5 Qc7 15. Ra2 Rf7 16. h4 Nf8 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. g3 Bh3 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Qd1 Ne7 21. g4 h5 22. f3 Ng6 23. Nf5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Kh2 g6 26. Kxh3 gxf5 27. exf5 b5 28. cxb5 c4 29. Bc2 Qxb5 30. Ba4 Qc5 31. Qd4 Nb3 32. Bc6 Rb8 33. Qxf4 Na5 34. Be8 Rg7 35. Qe4 Rb3 36. Re3 Rbb7 37. Bd7 Rb8 38. Be6+ Kh8 39. Qf4 Rh7 40. g5 Rb1 41. g6 Rh1+ 42. Rh2 Rxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Rh6 44. g7+ Kxg7 45. Qg3+ 1-0