November 11, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, November 11, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2285 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, May 10, 2020

Times Problem 2285 by Eric M. Hassberg (1st Prize). White mates in two.
FEN 6q1/B1p1R3/2B1NR2/3nN3/1Q1P2P1/1K1Pk3/1P2pb2/4r1n1 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, November 11, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2286 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, May 10, 2020

Times Problem 2286 by E. Brunner. White mates in three.
FEN 7k/5pr1/1N3Kp1/6N1/3R4/8/1n3B2/8 w - - 0 1
N-R4/Na4

Mary Bain Wins U.S. Women's Championship
Mary Bain of Miami, Florida won the women's championship of the U.S. without the loss of a game. Second place went to Mrs. Gisella K. Gresser of New York City, who last year was cochampion with Miss M. May Karff of Boston. Miss Karff came in third. Mrs. Catherine Slater of New York CIty was fourth. Los Angeles was represented by Mrs. G. Piatigorsky and Mrs. Nancy Roos. Mrs. Roos tied with Miss Kelner of Detroit and Mrs. Grumette of Brooklyn for fifth place while Mrs. Piatigorsky, with a half point less, tied with Mrs. Owns for eighth place. Miss Adele Raettig of Hoboken, N.J., finished last.
The tournament was held at the Marshall Chess Club in New York with Mrs. Caroline Marshall as director. The tournament was one of the strongest ever held. Mrs. Bain's victory was well deserved.
The Los Angeles representatives with a little more experience, particularly Mrs. Piatigorsky, for whom this was a first major tournament, would have scored higher. Both played enterprizing chess.
The standings:

                                              Won        Lost
Mrs. Mary Bain, Miama . . . . . . . . . .      8½         ½
Mrs. Gisela K. Gresser, N.Y. City . . . .      7½         1½
Miss Mona May Karff, Boston . . . . . . .      6          3
Mrs. Kathryn Slater . . . . . . . . . . .      4½         4½
Mrs. Lena Grumette, Brooklyn  . . . . . .      3½         5½
Miss Lucille Kellner, Detroit . . . . . .      3½         5½
Mrs. Nancy Roos, Los Angeles  . . . . . .      3½         5½
Mrs. Willa White Owens, Avon Lake, Ohio .      3          6
Mrs. G. Piatigorsky, Los Angeles  . . . .      3          6
Miss A. Raettig, Hoboken, N.J.  . . . . .      2          7

Mrs. Gresser drew with Mrs. Bain in the eighth round (107 moves). She lost to Mrs. Owens in the fourth round. Miss Karff lost to Mrs. Gresser in the fifth round, to Mrs. Bain in the seventh round and to Mrs. Slater in the eighth round.
Miss Edith Lucia Weart of Jackson Heights, N.Y. was donor of the challenge trophy, to be held for two years by Mrs. Bain. The referee was Hans Kmoch.

Jacqueline Piatigorsky (white) vs. Lina Grumette (black) French Defense: Tarrasch Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. Kt-Q2 PxP 4. KtxP B-K2 5. Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3 6. KtxKtch BxKt 7. P-B3 O-O 8. B-Q3 Kt-Q2 9. B-KB4 P-B4 10. Q-B2 P-KKt3 11. O-O R-K 12. KR-K P-QR3 13. QR-Q Q-K2 14. Kt-K5 Kt-Kt3 15. Kt-Kt4 B-Kt2 16. Q-Q2 P-B4 17. Kt-K5 Kt-Q4 18. B-R6 B-B3 19. B-QB4 Kt-Kt3 20. B-Kt3 B-Q2 21. B-K3 BxKt 22. PxB QR-Q 23. B-Kt5 Q-B2 24. BxR RxB 25. Q-Q6 Kt-Q4 26. BxKt PxB 27. QxP QxQ 28. RxQ K-B 29. P-K6 R-K 30. RxB Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. c3 0-0 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Bf4 c5 10. Qc2 g6 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Re1 a6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Ng4 Bg7 16. Qd2 f5 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Bd7 21. Be3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd8 23. Bg5 Qf7 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Qd6 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Kf8 29. e6 Re8 30. Rxd7 1-0

Mona May Karff (white) vs. Willa White Owens (black)
French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 4. B-Kt5 B-K2 5. P-K5 P-KR3 6. PxKt PxB 7. PxB QxP 8. Kt-B3 P-QB4 9. Kt-K5 P-B5 10. Q-Q2 Kt-Q2 11. P-B4 KtxKt 12. BPxKt B-Q2 13. B-K2 P-QKt4 14. P-QR3 P-B3 15. PxP PxP 16. P-R3 Q-Kt2 17. Q-K3 O-O-O 18. R-KB P-B4 19. O-O-O R-R5 20. R-R QR-R 21. KR-K P-R4 22. B-B P-QKt5 23. PxP PxP 24. Kt-R2 R-K5 25. Q-Q2 QR-R5 26. RxR RxR 27. QxQKtP RxP 28. Q-B5ch K-Q 29. QxR Q-R3 30. K-Kt Q-R4 31. BxP K-K2 32. BxP Q-K7 33. B-B3 Q-R3 34. QxBch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxe7 Qxe7 8. Nf3 c5 9. Ne5 c4 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Bd7 13. Be2 b5 14. a3 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. h3 Qg7 17. Qe3 0-0-0 18. Rf1 f5 19. 0-0-0 Rh4 20. Rh1 Rh8 21. Re1 a5 22. Bf1 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Na2 Re4 25. Qd2 Rh4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxb4 Rxd4 28. Qc5+ Kd8 29. Qxd4 Qh6 30. Kb1 Qh5 31. Bxc4 Ke7 32. Bxd5 Qe2 33. Bf3 Qa6 34. Qxd7+ 1-0

Mona May Karff (white) vs. Gisela Kahn Gresser (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Capablanca Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 Kt-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. Kt-QB3 P-Q4 4. B-Kt5 QKt-Q2 5. P-K3 P-B3 6. Kt-B3 Q-R4 7. BxKt KtxB 8. Kt-Q2 B-K2 9. B-Q3 0-0 10. 0-0 Q-B2 11. P-B4 P-QKt3 12. R-B3 B-Kt2 13. R-R3 P-Kt3 14. PxP KPxP 15. R-B QR-Q 16. R-Kt3 Q-Kt 17. P-B5 B-Q3 18. R-R3 P-B4 19. Kt-Kt5 B-K2 20. Q-B3 P-QR3 21. Kt-B3 Q-Q3 22. Kt-K2 R-B 23. R-R6 KR-K 24. PxKtP BPxP 25. Q-R3 B-B 26. R-R4 Q-K2 27. Kt-B PxP 28. BxP PxB 29. R-R8ch K-B2 30. Kt-B4 RxR 31. R-R7ch KtxR 32. QxKtch B-Kt2 33. QxPch K-Kt 34. K-B2 PxPch 35. K-Kt3 RxKt Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. f4 b6 12. Rf3 Bb7 13. Rh3 g6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Rg3 Qb8 17. f5 Bd6 18. Rh3 c5 19. Nb5 Be7 20. Qf3 a6 21. Nc3 Qd6 22. Ne2 Rc8 23. Rh6 Re8 24. fxg6 cxd4 25. Qh3 Bf8 26. Rh4 Qe7 27. Nf1 fxg6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Nf4 Rxc1 31. Rh7+ Nxh7 32. Qxh7+ Bg7 33. Qxg6+ Kg8 34. Kf2 dxe3+ 35. Kg3 Rxf1 0-1

Lode Prins Visiting Los Angeles
Lode Prins, international chess master from Holland, is visiting Los Angeles. He will give several exhibitions at the Hollywood Chess Group and other clubs in California.
Any club interested in an exhibition by Prins, please communicate with Herman Steiner through this column or call WEbster 18817.
En route, Prins stopped in New York where he played a consultation game with Larry Evans against Samuel Reshevsky and Al Horowitz, which we give below.

Larry Evans (white) Lodewijk Prins vs. Samuel Reshevsky (black) Al Horowitz
Sicilian Defense: Prins Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. Kt-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. KtxP Kt-KB3 5. P-KB3 P-K4 6. Kt-Kt3 P-Q4 7. B-Kt5 B-K3 8. PxP QxP 9. Kt-B3 B-QKt5 10. B-Q2 Q-Q 11. B-Kt5ch Kt-B3 12. Q-K2 O-O 13. BxKt PxB 14. O-O-O Q-B2 15. Kt-K4 P-QR4 16. KtxKtch PxKt 17. Q-B2 KR-Q 18. B-R6 K-R 19. Kt-B5 R-KKt 20. Q-R4 R-Kt3 21. KtxB PxKt 22. R-Q3 B-K2 23. KR-Q P-KB4 24. Q-R5 R-Q 25. RxRch BxR 26. P-KKt4 P-B5 27. B-B8 B-B3 28. B-B5 P-K5 29. PxP P-B6 30. B-Q6 Q-Kt3 31. B-K5 Q-K6ch 32. K-Kt QxP 33. BxBch RxB 34. Q-K8ch K-Kt2 35. R-Q7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. 0-0-0 Qc7 15. Ne4 a5 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qf2 Rd8 18. Bh6 Kh8 19. Nc5 Rg8 20. Qh4 Rg6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rd3 Be7 23. Rd1 f5 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. g4 f4 27. Bf8 Bf6 28. Bc5 e4 29. fxe4 f3 30. Bd6 Qb6 31. Be5 Qe3+ 32. Kb1 Qxe4 33. Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Rd7+ 1-0

Joao de Moura vs Lodewijk Prins
Bad Pyrmont Zonal (1951), Bad Pyrmont FRG, rd 8, May-??
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Steinitz Deferred (C79) 0-1

Lodewijk Prins vs Vasja Pirc
Bad Pyrmont Zonal (1951), Bad Pyrmont FRG, rd 5, May-01
Sicilian Defense: Prins Variation (B54) 1-0

Lodewijk Prins vs Svetozar Gligoric
Bad Pyrmont Zonal (1951), Bad Pyrmont FRG, rd 2, Apr-28
Sicilian Defense: Classical. Fianchetto Variation (B58) 1-0

Chess Master from Holland on Visit in L.A. 11 Nov 1951, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com Chess Master from Holland on Visit in L.A. 11 Nov 1951, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com