October 21, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Oct 21, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2279 by Newman...

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Times Problem 2279 by Newman Guttman (6th Prize). White mates in two.
FEN B1rN3b/1n5N/2n2Qp1/1r1k1pR1/1PR1p3/2K1P3/5P1B/8 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Oct 21, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2280 by E....

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Times Problem 2280 by E. Brunner. White mates in three.
FEN K2B2n1/p7/2k3p1/1N1R4/2P1PR2/8/3P3p/q6r w - - 0 1
R-B3 or Rf3

Capablanca Vs. Hollywood
Here are more games from the recent match between the Capablanca Chess Club of Havana and the Hollywood Chess Group:

William Steckel, Hollywood Chess Club vs. Carlos Rivera, Capablanca Chess Club
Queen's Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-K3 P-Q4 3. B-Q3 P-QB4 4. P-QB3 P-K3 5. QN-Q2 N-QB3 6. P-KB4 B-K2 7. N-K2 KN-N5 8. N-B3 P-B4 9. O-O O-O 10. B-Q2 Q-K 11. N-N3 B-Q2 12. Q-K2 P-QR3 13. R-B Q-N3 14. B-K P-QN4 15. N-R N-B3 16. B-R4 P-B5 17. B-N Q-K 18. BxN BxB 19. N-B2 Q-R4 20. K-R P-N4 21. PxP BxP 22. R-N P-K4 23. P-KN4 PxP 24. NxB QxN 25. NxP K-R 26. NxP Q-K2 27. NxB QxN 28. Q-R5 R-KN 29. Q-R6 Q-KB2 30. R(N)-B Q-KN2 31. QxQch RxQ 32. P-K4 N-K2 33. P-K5 P-QR4 34. R-KB2 P-N5 35. R(1)-B K-N 36. R-N2 RxR 37. KxR PxP 38. PxP R-N 39. B-B2 R-N7 40. R-B2 K-N2 41. B-Q R-N3 42. B-R5 N-N3 43. K-N3 P-R5 44. BxN PxB 45. R-K2 K-B2 46. P-K6ch RxP 47. RxR KxR 48. K-N4 K-B2 49. K-B4 K-B3 50. P-KR3 K-K3 Draw agreed

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. f4 Be7 7. Ne2 Ng4 8. Nf3 f5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bd2 Qe8 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rc1 Qg6 14. Be1 b5 15. Nh1 Nf6 16. Bh4 c4 17. Bb1 Qe8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nf2 Qh5 20. Kh1 g5 21. fxg5 Bxg5 22. Rg1 e5 23. g4 fxg4 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Nxg4 Kh8 26. Nxe5 Qe7 27. Nxd7 Qxd7 28. Qh5 Rg8 29. Qh6 Qf7 30. Rf1 Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Rxg7 32. e4 Ne7 33. e5 a5 34. Rf2 b4 35. Rcf1 Kg8 36. Rg2 Rxg2 37. Kxg2 bxc3 38. bxc3 Rb8 39. Bc2 Rb2 40. Rf2 Kg7 41. Bd1 Rb6 42. Bh5 Ng6 43. Kg3 a4 44. Bxg6 hxg6 45. Re2 Kf7 46. e6+ Rxe6 47. Rxe6 Kxe6 48. Kg4 Kf7 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. h3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

Hyman Gordon (white) vs. Jose Florido (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. Q-Q3 QN-Q2 5. P-K4 PxP 6. NxP NxN 7. QxN B-N5ch 8. B-Q2 BxBch 9. KxB P-QB4 10. N-B3 PxP 11. QxP O-O 12. B-Q3 P-K4 13. NxP Q-R4ch 14. Q-B3 QxQch 15. KxQ NxN 16. B-K4 B-K3 17. BxNP QR-N 18. B-Q5 BxB 19. PxB KR-Bch 20. K-Q4 N-N5 21. P-Q6 R-N5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qd3 Nd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 c5 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 0-0 12. Bd3 e5 13. Nxe5 Qa5+ 14. Qc3 Qxc3+ 15. Kxc3 Nxe5 16. Be4 Be6 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Rc8+ 20. Kd4 Ng4 21. d6 Rb4+ 0-1

Sven Elias Almgren (white) vs. Bravo (black)
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 PxP 4. NxP N-Q2 5. N-B3 KN-B3 6. B-Q3 B-K2 7. P-B3 NxN 8. BxN N-B3 9. B-B2 P-B4 10. O-O O-O 11. Q-Q3 P-QN3 12. N-N5 P-N3 13. Q-B3 B-R3 14. R-Q Q-B 15. N-K4 N-R4 16. B-R6 R-Q 17. PxP RxRch 18. RxR B-N2 19. P-KN4 N-N2 20. N-B6ch BxN 21. QxB N-K 22. Q-K7 QxP 23. QxB R-B 24. R-Q7 Q-B5 25. RxP QxPch 26. K-R Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bc2 c5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qd3 b6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qf3 Ba6 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Ne4 Nh5 16. Bh6 Rd8 17. dxc5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bb7 19. g4 Ng7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxb7 Ne8 22. Qe7 Qxc5 23. Qxf6 Rc8 24. Rd7 Qc4 25. Rxa7 Qxg4+ 26. Kh1 1-0

Carlos Rivera (white) vs. William Steckel (black)
Réti Opening: Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-B4 P-Q5 3. P-K3 P-QB4 4. P-QN4 PxKP 5. BPxP PxP 6. P-QR3 PxP 7. BxP N-KB3 8. N-B3 P-KN3 9. P-Q4 B-N2 10. P-K4 O-O 11. B-K2 R-K 12. O-O N-N5 13. Q-Q3 P-K4 14. P-Q5 B-R3 15. B-B5 N-R3 16. B-B2 NxB 17. KxN Q-N3ch 18. K-K N-B4 19. Q-N Q-Q 20. K-B2 P-B4 21. K-N B-K6ch 22. K-R B-Q5 23. NxB PxN 24. N-N5 NxP 25. Q-B2 Q-R5 26. R-R3 N-B7ch 27. K-N P-Q6 28. BxP N-N5 29. P-N3 Q-K2 30. Q-Q2 Q-B4ch 31. K-R B-Q2 32. R-N3 R-K6 33. N-B3 P-N3 34. N-Q R-K2 35. B-K2 N-B3 36. N-B3 QR-K 37. Q-Q3 R-K6 38. Q-Q2 Q-K2 39. B-B3 Q-K4 40. R-R3 P-QR4 41. K-N2 N-N5 42. P-R3 RxN 43. QxR N-K6ch 44. QxN QxQ 45. RxQ RxR 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. b4 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Bxa3 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. e4 0-0 11. Be2 Re8 12. 0-0 Ng4 13. Qd3 e5 14. d5 Bh6 15. Bc5 Na6 16. Bf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Qb6+ 18. Ke1 Nc5 19. Qb1 Qd8 20. Kf2 f5 21. Kg1 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Bd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Nb5 Nxe4 25. Qc2 Qh4 26. Ra3 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 d3 28. Bxd3 Ng4 29. g3 Qe7 30. Qd2 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Bd7 32. Rb3 Re3 33. Nc3 b6 34. Nd1 Re7 35. Be2 Nf6 36. Nc3 Re8 37. Qd3 Re3 38. Qd2 Qe7 39. Bf3 Qe5 40. Ra3 a5 41. Kg2 Ng4 42. h3 Rxc3 43. Qxc3 Ne3+ 44. Qxe3 Qxe3 45. Rxe3 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

Lode Prins Visits U.S.
Lode Prins, winner of the Madrid Tournament last summer, will visit the United States this month and November. He will give exhibitions and lectures, as well as participate in several tournaments or will play matches. Any clubs interested in engaging this international master please communicate with Herman Steiner, care of this column.

Hollywood Chess Group vs. Santa Monica Chess Club

Raymond Martin, Santa Monica vs. James Cross, Hollywood
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Zollner Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-KN3 6. B-K2 B-N2 7. B-K3 O-O 8. O-O N-B3 9. P-B4 Q-N3 10. P-K5 PxP 11. PxP NxP 12. N-KB5 QxNP 13. NxPch K-R 14. B-Q4 Q-N5 15. BxN QxN 16. Q-Q4 N-R4 17. BxBch NxB 18. N-Q5 Q-Q3 19. P-B4 B-K3 20. QR-Q P-N3 21. R-B6 QR-B 22. K-R Q-B4 23. Q-B4 P-QN4 24. Q-R6 BxN 25. PxB Q-K2 26. R-B2 N-B4 27. RxN QxB 28. R(1)-KB K-N 29. R(5)-B2 Q-K4 30. Q-Q2 R-B4 31. Q-R5 Q-B2 32. QxQ RxQ 33. K-N R-Q 34. R-Q2 R-Q3 35. R-N R-B4 36. R(1)-Q K-B 37. K-B2 K-K2 38. K-K3 R-KB3 39. R-Q4 P-QR4 40. P-Q6ch K-Q2 41. R-Q5 R-B4 42. RxR RxR 43. P-N4 R-K4ch 44. K-B3 P-N5 45. R-Q4 R-QN4 46. K-K3 P-N6 47. PxP RxPch 48. K-B2 R-N5 49. R-Q5 RxP 50. RxP KxP 51. R-R7 K-K3 52. K-B3 R-Q5 53. R-N7 R-Q6ch 54. K-N4 K-B3 55. R-N6ch K-N2 56. R-N7 R-Q5ch 57. K-N3 P-N4 58. R-R7 P-R4 59. R-N7 K-N3 60. R-N5 P-R5ch 61. K-N2 R-Q7ch 62. K-R3 R-Q6ch 63. K-N2 P-N5 64. R-N2 K-N4 65. R-KB2 P-B4 66. R-R2 R-K6 67. R-KB2 P-R6ch 68. K-B R-B6 69. RxR PxR 70. K-K K-B5 71. K-B2 K-K5 72. K-K K-K6 73. K-B K-Q7 74. K-B2 K-Q8 75. K-B P-B7!! 76. KxP K-Q7 77. K-B3 K-K8 78. K-K3 K-B8 79. K-B3 K-N8 80. K-N3 P-B5ch 81. K-B3 KxP 82. K-B2 P-B6 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. f4 Qb6 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf5 Qxb2 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd4 Qb4 15. Bxe5 Qxe7 16. Qd4 Nh5 17. Bxg7+ Nxg7 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. c4 Be6 20. Rd1 b6 21. Rf6 Rc8 22. Kh1 Qc5 23. Qf4 b5 24. Qh6 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qe7 26. Rf2 Nf5 27. Rxf5 Qxe2 28. Rf1 Kg8 29. Rf2 Qe5 30. Qd2 Rc5 31. Qa5 Qc7 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Kg1 Rd8 34. Rd2 Rd6 35. Rb1 Rc5 36. Rd1 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Rf6 39. Rd4 a5 40. d6+ Kd7 41. Rd5 Rf5 42. Rxc5 Rxc5 43. g4 Re5+ 44. Kf3 b4 45. Rd4 Rb5 46. Ke3 b3 47. axb3 Rxb3+ 48. Kf2 Rb4 49. Rd5 Rxg4 50. Rxa5 Kxd6 51. Ra7 Ke6 52. Kf3 Rd4 53. Rb7 Rd3+ 54. Kg4 Kf6 55. Rb6+ Kg7 56. Rb7 Rd4+ 57. Kg3 g5 58. Ra7 h5 59. Rb7 Kg6 60. Rb5 h4+ 61. Kg2 Rd2+ 62. Kh3 Rd3+ 63. Kg2 g4 64. Rb2 Kg5 65. Rf2 f5 66. Ra2 Re3 67. Rf2 h3+ 68. Kf1 Rf3 69. Rxf3 gxf3 70. Ke1 Kf4 71. Kf2 Ke4 72. Ke1 Ke3 73. Kf1 Kd2 74. Kf2 Kd1 75. Kf1 f2!! 76. Kxf2 Kd2 77. Kf3 Ke1 78. Ke3 Kf1 79. Kf3 Kg1 80. Kg3 f4+ 81. Kf3 Kxh2 82. Kf2 f3 0-1

Eugene Levin, Hollywood vs. Arthur R. Spiller, Santa Monica
Owen Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QN3 2. P-Q4 P-K3 3. B-KB4 P-QB3 4. P-Q5 P-K4 5. BxP Q-K2 6. Q-Q4 P-QB4 7. P-Q6 Q-K3 8. Q-Q5 N-QB3 9. B-QB4 P-QN4 10. QxN PxQ 11. BxQ BxB 12. N-QB3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O N-B3 14. B-N3 P-N5 15. P-K5 PxN 16. PxN PxP 17. N-K2 PxPch 18. KxP B-N2 19. N-B4 P-B4ch 20. P-B3 K-Q2 21. N-Q3 R-Nch 22. K-B2 R-N4 23. R-QN BxRP 24. RxR PxR 25. R-R B-B5 26. RxPch K-B3 27. R-B7ch K-N3 28. NxP R-K 29. P-Q7 R-K7ch 30. K-Q P-B3 31. B-Q6 RxP 32. N-R4ch! PxN 33. RxB P-R6 34. BxP R-R7 35. B-Q6 R-R2 36. B-B5ch K-N4 37. BxR KxR 38. B-N6 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 c6 4. d5 e5 5. Bxe5 Qe7 6. Qd4 c5 7. d6 Qe6 8. Qd5 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Qxc6 dxc6 11. Bxe6 Bxe6 12. Nc3 0-0-0 13. 0-0-0 Nf6 14. Bg3 b4 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Ne2 cxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Bg7 19. Nf4 f5+ 20. c3 Kd7 21. Nd3 Rb8+ 22. Kc2 Rb5 23. Rb1 Bxa2 24. Rxb5 cxb5 25. Ra1 Bc4 26. Rxa7+ Kc6 27. Rc7+ Kb6 28. Nxc5 Re8 29. d7 Re2+ 30. Kd1 f6 31. Bd6 Rxf2 32. Na4+! bxa4 33. Rxc4 a3 34. Bxa3 Ra2 35. Bd6 Ra7 36. Bc5+ Kb5 37. Bxa7 Kxc4 38. Bb6 1-0

Sven Elias Almgren (white) vs. Herbert Abel (black)
French Defense: Burn Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-KN5 PxP 5. BxN PxB 6. NxP P-N3 7. Q-B3 B-K2 8. P-B3 P-B3 9. N-R3 B-N2 10. O-O-O N-Q2 11. B-B4 Q-B2 12. N-B4 O-O-O 13. K-N P-QB4 14. BxP PxB 15. NxKP Q-B3 16. P-Q5 Q-N4 17. Q-B4 N-K4 18. NxR RxN 19. NxKBP BxN 20. QxB N-B5 21. Q-B5ch K-N 22. P-N3 N-R6ch 23. K-N2 N-B5ch 24. K-R N-Q3 25. Q-B6 Q-Q2 26. KR-K N-K 27. Q-K7 N-Q3 28. P-B3 K-B2 29. Q-B6 R-K 30. RxR QxR 31. Q-K6 QxQ 32. PxQ B-B 33. R-K K-Q 34. P-KN4 K-K2 35. P-KB4 N-K 36. P-B5 N-N2 37. K-N2 P-KR4 38. P-R3 B-N2 39. R-K3 B-B3 40. K-B2 N-K 41. P-N5 N-Q3 42. P-B6ch K-K 43. K-Q3 B-N4ch 44. P-B4 B-B3 45. P-N6 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Nxe4 b6 7. Qf3 Be7 8. c3 c6 9. Nh3 Bb7 10. 0-0-0 Nd7 11. Bc4 Qc7 12. Nf4 0-0-0 13. Kb1 c5 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qc6 16. d5 Qb5 17. Qf4 Ne5 18. Nxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Nc4 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. b3 Na3+ 23. Kb2 Nc4+ 24. Ka1 Nd6 25. Qf6 Qd7 26. Re1 Ne8 27. Qe7 Nd6 28. f3 Kc7 29. Qf6 Re8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Qe6 Qxe6 32. dxe6 Bc8 33. Re1 Kd8 34. g4 Ke7 35. f4 Ne8 36. f5 Ng7 37. Kb2 h5 38. h3 Bb7 39. Re3 Bc6 40. Kc2 Ne8 41. g5 Nd6 42. f6+ Ke8 43. Kd3 Bb5+ 44. c4 Bc6 45. g6 1-0