November 04, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 04 Nov 1951, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2263 by N. Guttman and E.M. Hassberg. (1st Honorable Mention). White mates in two.
FEN 1b1R1NBB/2p1p3/K1Q2q1r/4k1n1/R1n4N/6P1/p7/8 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2264 by E. Brunner. White mates in three.
FEN nRR4K/1N1kpBn1/2N4p/r5r1/3p2P1/7Q/b6B/6b1 w - - 0 1

U.S. Women's Championship
Mrs. Mary Bain of Miami, Fla., Southern chess champion, was still leading the field as the United States women's chess championship tournament went into its seventh round last week in New York. She had yet to suffer a loss with three games to go.
In the sixth round Miss N. May Karff of Boston defeated Mrs. Gregor Piatigorsky of Los Angeles in a game lasting 82 moves.
In another adjourned game Mrs. Nancy Roos of Los Angeles drew with Mrs. Kathryn Slater of New York in 48 moves.
Mrs. Bain met Miss Karff in the seventh round but play was adjourned when time ran out.
Mrs. Gresser of Manhattan was on the black side of a Giuoco piano with Mrs. Piatigorsky in the seventh round, playing aggressively, the Californian essayed a combination involving the sacrifice of a piece. It turned out to be unsound, for the New Yorker found a flaw in it and proceeded to build up a strong front. Mrs. Gresser won in 20 moves and, with a score of 6-1, took undisputed possession of second place ahead of Miss Karff, with whom she shares the national title currently.
In a queen's pawn opening, played between Miss Lucille Kellner of Detroit and Mrs. Roos, the Michigan contestant annexed a pawn and seized the initiative. Miss Kellner improved her chances and eventually won by checkmating Mrs. Roos in 58 moves.
The standing of the players:
Mrs. Bain won 6, lost 0; Mrs. Gresser, 6-1; Miss Karff, 5-1; Mrs. Owens, 3-3; Mrs. Slater, 3½-3½; Miss Kellner, 3½-3½; Mrs. Roos, 2½-4½; Mrs. Piatigorsky, 2-5; Mrs. Grummette, 1½-5½; Mrs. Raettig, 0-6.
(For later results of this tournament see the regular news columns elsewhere in this paper.)
Here are two games from the early rounds.

Mona May Karff (white) vs. Nancy Roos (black)
Réti Opening: Advance Variation
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/07/2025

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-Q5 3. P-QN4 P-K3 4. B-N2 P-QB4 5. PxP BxP 6. P-N3 N-QB3 7. B-N2 KN-K2 8. O-O O-O 9. P-Q3 P-K4 10. QN-Q2 P-B4 11. N-N3 B-N3 12. P-B5 B-B2 13. P-K3 PxP 14. PxP N-Q4 15. R-K P-QR4 16. P-QR3 P-R5 17. QN-Q2 N-B3 18. Q-B2 Q-K2 19. QR-B K-R 20. N-R4 B-K3 21. R-B Q-Q2 22. N-B4 N-Q4 23. Q-K2 QR-K 24. P-K4 KN-K2 25. PxP BxN 26. RxB NxP 27. NxN RxN 28. RxR QxR 29. R-R4 P-R3 30. RxP Q-B 31. R-QB4 N-R4 32. R-B2 N-N6 33. Q-K3 N-Q5 34. R-B N-N6 35. R-B4 N-R4 36. R-B2 N-B3 37. B-Q5 N-Q5 38. R-B P-QN3 39. P-B6 P-QN4 40. Q-K4 B-N3 41. K-N2 N-B4 42. R-K NxP 43. PxN Q-B7ch 44. K-R3 QxB 45. Q-N6 R-KB 46. B-K4 K-N 47. Q-R7ch K-B2 48. B-Q5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 e6 4. Bb2 c5 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d3 e5 10. Nbd2 f5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. c5 Bc7 13. e3 dxe3 14. fxe3 Nd5 15. Re1 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Nbd2 Nf6 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Rf1 Kh8 20. Nh4 Be6 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Nc4 Nd5 23. Qe2 Re8 24. e4 Ne7 25. exf5 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Nxf5 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Rh4 h6 30. Rxa4 Qf8 31. Rc4 Na5 32. Rc2 Nb3 33. Qe3 Nd4 34. Rc1 Nb3 35. Rc4 Na5 36. Rc2 Nc6 37. Bd5 Nd4 38. Rc1 b6 39. c6 b5 40. Qe4 Bb6 41. Kg2 Nf5 42. Re1 Nxg3 43. hxg3 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qxb2 45. Qg6 Rf8 46. Be4 Kg8 47. Qh7+ Kf7 48. Bd5+ 1-0

Jacqueline Piatigorsky (white) vs. Mary Bain (black)
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/07/2025

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-QR3 6. B-N5 P-K3 7. Q-Q2 B-K2 8. O-O-O QN-Q2 9. P-B4 Q-B2 10. B-K2 P-N4 11. B-B3 B-N2 12. Q-K3 O-O 13. K-N N-N3 14. P-N4 N-B5 15. Q-Q3 QR-B 16. QN-K2 P-Q4 17. BxN BxB 18. P-K5 B-K2 19. P-KR4 Q-R4 20. P-N5 P-N5 21. P-R5 Q-N3 22. P-N6 P-R3 23. PxPch RxP 24. B-N4 R-B4 25. BxR PxB 26. QxP N-K6 27. Q-K6ch QxQ 28. NxQ NxR 29. RxN R-B5 30. R-N KB-B 31. N(2)-Q4 B-B 32. P-B5 K-B2 33. P-N3 R-B6 34. NxB KxN 35. K-B R-K6 36. P-K6 B-N2 37. K-Q2 R-K5 38. K-Q3 P-R4 39. N-N5 B-R3 40. R-N6 BxNch 41. K-Q2 R-K7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 Nd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be2 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qe3 0-0 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. g4 Nc4 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. h4 Qa5 20. g5 b4 21. h5 Qb6 22. g6 h6 23. gxf7+ Rxf7 24. Bg4 Rf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Ne3 27. Qe6+ Qxe6 28. Nxe6 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Rc4 30. Rg1 Bf8 31. N2d4 Bc8 32. f5 Kf7 33. b3 Rc3 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Kc1 Re3 36. e6 Bb7 37. Kd2 Re4 38. Kd3 a5 39. Nb5 Ba6 40. Rg6 Bxb5+ 41. Kd2 Re2+ 0-1