November 18, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, November 18, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2287 by...

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

Times Problem 2287 by H. Von Duben. White mates in two.
FEN 1r2b3/8/nN1Rp3/N1k5/3p2pK/P5B1/1Q1P3p/6bR w - - 0 1
P-R4/a4

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, November 18, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2288 by...

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

Times Problem 2288 by F. A. Geijerstam (1st Prize). White mates in three.
FEN 1q4r1/1b5r/3RpQ2/pP2N3/KP1NkBp1/2p3P1/3R4/b1n5 w - - 0 1

Ed Fazzio Retains Beverly Hills Chess Club Championship
Playing the white pieces in a Reti opening, Ed Fazzio defeated John Burton in 44 moves to win the Beverly Hills Chess Club 1951 annual tournament, thereby becoming the first member to win the tournament for two consecutive years.
Visitors are welcome at the Beverly Hill Chess Club's Thursday evening meetings at 8 p.m. at the clubhouse in Roxbury Park, Roxbury Drive and Olympic Blvd.

Ed Fazzio (white) vs. John Burton (black)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. P-KN3 P-QN3 4. B-N2 B-N2 5. O-O B-K2 6. P-Q3 O-O 7. P-K4 P-Q3 8. N-B3 N-Q2 9. R-K P-KR3 10. P-Q4 P-B4 11. P-Q5 P-K4 12. N-KR4 N-R2 13. N-B5 B-N4 14. NxP BxB 15. RxB B-B 16. B-R3 N-N4 17. B-N2 P-KN3 18. P-KR4 N-R2 19. B-R3 N(R2)-B3 20. Q-Q2 K-N2 21. NxB RxN 22. R-B P-QR3 23. P-B4 R-B2 24. R-Q N-R4 25. BxN RxB 26. N-K2 PxP 27. Q-B3ch K-R2 28. NxP NxN 29. RxN P-N4 30. R-B6 PxP 31. P-K5 R-N 32. Q-Q3ch R-N3 33. R-KB Q-B2 34. P-Q6 Q-N2 35. RxR PxR 36. P-K6 P-R6 37. R-B2 R-N2 38. Q-Q5 Q-R 39. K-R2 P-N4 40. P-Q7 Q-Q 41. Q-B5ch R-N3 42. Q-B7ch R-N2 43. Q-B8 R-N 44. P-K7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 0-0 7. e4 d6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Re1 h6 10. d4 c5 11. d5 e5 12. Nh4 Nh7 13. Nf5 Bg5 14. Nxd6 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bc8 16. Bh3 Ng5 17. Bg2 g6 18. h4 Nh7 19. Bh3 Nf6 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rf1 a6 23. f4 Rc7 24. Rcd1 Nh5 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Ne2 exf4 27. Qc3+ Kh7 28. Nxf4 Nxf4 29. Rxf4 g5 30. Rf6 gxh4 31. e5 Rg8 32. Qd3+ Rg6 33. Rdf1 Qc7 34. d6 Qb7 35. Rxg6 fxg6 36. e6 h3 37. Rf2 Rg7 38. Qd5 Qa8 39. Kh2 g5 40. d7 Qd8 41. Qf5+ Rg6 42. Qf7+ Rg7 43. Qf8 Rg8 44. e7 1-0

LODE PRINS EXHIBITION
Last Sunday Lode Prins, international master from Amsterdam, Holland, gave a unique exhibition when he played against 10 strong players with clocks. He won against Spiller, Wyman, Blumenfeld, St. John, Casden, Joyner and Hurwitz. He lost to Borochow, Almgren and drew with G. Reinhardt.
On request there will be a repeat performance today at 2 p.m. when he again will play against the following opponents: Steckel, Levin, Gibbs, Borochow, Spiller, Maron, Geller, Joyner, Solano, R. Smith, Martin, Sherer and Woronzoff. The exhibition will be held at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave., and visitors are welcome to watch this most interesting event.
Prins will also give an exhibition against all comers Tuesday evening at the Los Feliz Chess Club, at the Hollywood YMCA, Hudson and Selma Aves. He will play up to 40 boards, $2 a board. Players are requested to take their own boards and sets. Play will start promptly at 8 p.m. Early reservations should be made by telephoning the YMCA, as this is Prins' last exhibition on this tour in Los Angeles.

Gottfried Reinhardt (white) vs. Lodewijk Prins (black)
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Normal System

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-QR3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-K4 6. N-K2 P-QN4 7. P-QR3 B-N2 8. B-N5 B-B4 9. N-Q5 NxP! 10. B-K3 BxB 11. NxB O-O 12. P-KB3 N-KB3 13. Q-Q6 R-K 14. O-O-O N-B3 15. P-B3 R-QB 16. K-N N-QR4 17. N-B R-K3 18. Q-Q2 N-B5 19. BxN PxB 20. N-B5 N-K 21. QxP 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ne2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. Nd5 Nxe4! 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 0-0 12. f3 Nf6 13. Qd6 Re8 14. 0-0-0 Nc6 15. c3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Na5 17. Nc1 Re6 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nf5 Ne8 21. Qxd7 1/2-1/2

Harry Borochow (white) vs. Lodewijk Prins (black)
Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation, Paulsen Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 N-Q5 4. NxN PxN 5. O-O N-K2 6. P-Q3 P-QB3 7. B-R4 P-Q4 8. N-Q2 Q-R4 9. B-N3 B-K3 10. P-KB4 P-KN3 11. N-B3 B-N2 12. N-N5 O-O 13. P-B5 PxBP 14. Q-R5 P-KR3 15. N-B3 QPxP 16. PxP BxB 17. BPxB QR-Q 18. BxP R-Q3 19. BxB KxB 20. Q-N5ch R-N3 21. QxN PxP 22. QxP P-QB4 23. N-K5 R-N4 24. P-KR4 R-N6 25. Q-B4 R-K6 26. Q-B6ch K-R2 27. R-B5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. 0-0 Ne7 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 d5 8. Nd2 Qa5 9. Bb3 Be6 10. f4 g6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Ng5 0-0 13. f5 gxf5 14. Qh5 h6 15. Nf3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Rd8 18. Bxh6 Rd6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Rg6 21. Qxe7 fxe4 22. Qxe4 c5 23. Ne5 Rg5 24. h4 Rg3 25. Qf4 Re3 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Rf5 1-0

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Two Knights Defense
Lodewijk Prins (white) vs. Sven Elias Almgren (black)

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 N-B3 4. P-Q4 NxKP 5. PxP N-B4 6. O-O N-K3 7. Q-K2 B-B4 8. P-B3 O-O 9. R-Q Q-K2 10. QN-Q2 P-Q3 11. P-QN4 B-N3 12. PxP PxP 13. N-K4 B-B2 14. N-N3 N-K4 15. B-N3 Q-B3 16. N-Q4 N-KB5 17. Q-K4 N(K)-N3 18. N-N5 P-Q4 19. BxP NxB 20. RxN B-N3 21. B-K3 B-K3 22. R-Q2 N-B5 23. Q-Q4 Q-N4 24. QR-Q N-R6ch 25. PxN QxN 26. P-QR4 QxRP 27. N-R5 P-KB3 28. Q-K5 B-B2 29. N-B4 KR-K 30. Q-N3 R-K5 31. P-R4 QR-K 32. R-Q7 R-K8ch 33. RxR RxRch 34. K-N2 QxR 35. P-R5 Q-B6ch 36. K-R3 B-K3ch 37. K-R4 R-K5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. 0-0 Ne6 7. Qe2 Bc5 8. c3 0-0 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Nbd2 d6 11. b4 Bb6 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. Ng3 Ne5 15. Bb3 Qf6 16. Nd4 Nf4 17. Qe4 Neg6 18. Nb5 d5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bb6 21. Be3 Be6 22. Rd2 Nf4 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. Rd1 Nh3+ 25. gxh3 Qxb5 26. a4 Qxa4 27. Nh5 f6 28. Qe5 Bf7 29. Nf4 Re8

Lionel Joyner (white) vs. Lodewijk Prins (black)
Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 B-N5ch 4. B-Q2 Q-K2 5. P-QR3 BxBch 6. QxB P-QN3 7. N-B3 B-N2 8. Q-B2 O-O 9. P-K4 P-Q4 10. B-Q3 PxBP 11. BxP P-B4 12. O-O PxP 13. NxP R-B 14. B-Q3 QN-Q2 15. Q-K2 N-K4 16. QR-Q NxB 17. QxN R-B4 18. P-B4 P-KR3 19. P-K5 N-Q4 20. N-K4 R-R4 21. R-B2 N-B2 22. N-Q6 N-K 23. NxB QxN 24. N-N5 P-R3 25. P-QN4 RxN Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. e4 d5 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Rd1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc5 18. f4 h6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Ra5 21. Rf2 Nc7 22. Nd6 Ne8 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Nb5 a6 25. b4 Rxb5 0-1

Lodewijk Prins (white) vs. Myron Casden (black)
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-KB3 3. B-B4 B-B4 4. P-Q3 P-Q3 5. N-R4 B-N5 6. N-K2 N-B3 7. NxB PxN 8. P-KB3 B-K3 9. BxB PxB 10. O-O O-O 11. B-K3 P-QN3 12. P-B3 P-QR4 13. Q-B2 Q-K2 14. K-R P-R5 15. P-KB4 N-KN5 16. B-N P-R6 17. P-QN3 QR-Q 18. P-B5 PxP 19. PxP Q-N4 20. P-Q4 PxP 21. PxP N-K6 22. BxN QxB 23. PxP PxP 24. N-B4 R-Q7 25. Q-B4ch K-R 26. R-B3! Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Na4 Bg4 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Nxc5 dxc5 8. f3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Be3 b6 12. c3 a5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Kh1 a4 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bg1 a3 17. b3 Rd8 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Qg5 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Ne3 22. Bxe3 Qxe3 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nf4 Rd2 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Rf3! 1-0

Los Angeles County Championship
The Los Angeles County Championship, which is being played every Saturday evening at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave., has two leaders with a perfect score. After three rounds, Joyner and Martin lead. There are many adjourned games which will be finished this week. Below is the incomplete standing of players after three rounds. Visitors are welcome to watch this interesting tournament.

Jacqueline Piatigorsky (white) vs. William Wheeler (black)
Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. P-Q4 PxP 3. N-KB3 P-K4 4. B-QB4 P-KR3 5. O-O P-Q3 6. P-B3 Q-B2 7. Q-R4ch B-Q2 8. Q-N3 B-B3 9. R-K N-B3 10. PxP BxP 11. PxP PxP 12. QN-Q2 BxN 13. NxB N-B3 14. NxP O-O-O 15. NxN QxN 16. B-K3 B-Q3 17. BxRP! N-N5 18. P-KR3 B-R7ch 19. K-R P-R4 20. R(R)-B!! KR-K 21. RxR RxR 22. B-K6ch RxB 23. RxQch RxR 24. PxN B-Q3 25. P-N3! Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 h6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 Qc7 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qb3 Bc6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. cxd4 Bxe4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nc6 14. Nxe5 0-0-0 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Bxh6! Ng4 18. h3 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 a5 20. Rc1!! Re8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Be6+ Rxe6 23. Rxc6+ Rxc6 24. hxg4 Bd6 25. g3! 1-0

Women's Championship
Here is a game from the recent United States women's championship tournament in New York which was won by Mrs. Mary Bain of Miami, Florida.

French Defense
Gisela Kahn Gresser (white) vs. Willa White Owens (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q3 3. Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 4. B-Kt5 B-K2 5. P-K5 Kt-K5 6. KtxKt BxB 7. KtxB QxKt 8. Kt-KB3 Q-K2 9. P-B3 P-QB4 10. PxP QxP 11. B-Q3 Kt-Q2 12. O-O O-O 13. R-K P-B3 14. Q-B2 P-B4 15. Q-K2 Q-K2 16. Kt-Q4 Kt-B4 17. B-B2 B-Q2 18. QR-Q QR-B 19. Q-R5 P-KKt3 20. Q-R6 R-B2 21. P-KR4 R-Kt2 22. Kt-B3 Kt-K5 23. Q-K3 Q-B4 24. Kt-Q4 Q-B 25. K-R2 Q-K2 26. P-KKt3 P-KKt4 27. P-R5 Q-B2 28. Q-K2 P-Kt5 29. K-Kt2 QxP 30. R-KR Q-B2 31. R-R6 R-Kt3 32. QR-KR RxR 33. RxR Kt-Kt4 34. Q-K3 Q-Kt2 35. R-B6 R-KB 36. RxRch KxR 37. Kt-K2 P-Kt3 38. Kt-B4 Kt-B6 39. Kt-R5 Q-Kt4 40. QxQ KtxQ 41. Kt-B6 B-B3 42. K-B P-KR3 43. Kt-R5 Kt-B6 44. Kt-B4 K-B2 45. P-R4 KtxP 46. Kt-Q3 Kt-B6 47. Kt-B K-B3 48. K-K2 P-Q5 49. Kt-Q3 PxP 50. PxP P-K4 51. Kt-Kt4 B-Kt2 52. B-Q3 P-R4 53. Kt-B2 P-B5 54. B-Kt5 P-R4 55. B-Q7 B-Q4 56. Kt-R3 K-Kt4 57. Kt-Kt5 B-B5ch 58. K-Q B-Kt6ch 59. K-K2 BxP 60. B-B6 BxKtch 61. BxB P-KR5 62. PxRPch KtxP 63. B-B6 P-Kt6 64. PxP PxP 65. K-K3 P-Kt7 66. K-B2 B-B5 67. B-Q7 P-K5 68. B-Kt5 P-K6ch 69. K-Kt K-B6 70. B-B6ch K-K7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxg5 7. Nxg5 Qxg5 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. c3 c5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Re1 f6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Qe2 Qe7