April 23, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Apr 23, 1950 – 47 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 2123 by J.K. Heydon. White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/4n2B/1R3N1b/8/2k2P1R/1N6/1n1K4 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem No. 2124 by H. Weenink. White mates in three.
FEN 8/4K3/P3P3/1RN2k2/2p5/q1P3Q1/8/8 w - - 0 1

Andre Lilienthal vs Vasily Smyslov
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 1, Apr-10
Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Classical System Main Line (D19) 1/2-1/2

David Bronstein vs Laszlo Szabo
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 1, Apr-10
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation (E27) 1-0

Ludek Pachman vs Max Blau
Hilversum Zonal (1947), Hilversum NED, rd 6, Jul-21
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Chigorin Defense Panov System (C99) 1-0

Ludek Pachman vs Kazimierz Plater
Hilversum Zonal (1947), Hilversum NED, rd 4, Jul-18
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Fianchetto Variation (B24) 1-0

Ludek Pachman vs Theo D van Scheltinga
Hilversum Zonal (1947), Hilversum NED, rd 2, Jul-16
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik System. Ekstrom Variation (D44) 1-0

Nicolas Rossolimo vs Ludek Pachman
Hilversum Zonal (1947), Hilversum NED, rd 1, Jul-15
Dutch Defense: Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation General (A97) 0-1

Alberic O'Kelly de Galway vs Laszlo Szabo
Hilversum Zonal (1947), Hilversum NED, rd 5, Jul-19
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Classical Main Line (E69) 1-0

July 18, 1971 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan Sun, Jul 18, 1971 – 100 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Times Problem 4082 by G. Bakcsi. White mates in two.
FEN 1R3b2/K7/2N2Q2/1pkp4/n7/n2P1b2/1B6/q7 w - - 0 1
White has four men that can move to Q4. All of them do so during the course of the solution. An odd idea.

July 17, 1971 The Lompoc Record Chess by Vaughn Proctor

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Chess by Vaughn Proctor Sat, Jul 17, 1971 – 12 · The Lompoc Record (Lompoc, California) · Newspapers.com

July 17, 1971 Montreal Gazette The Game of Kings by D.M. LeDain

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The Game of Kings Sat, Jul 17, 1971 – 31 · The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada) · Newspapers.com

Problem No. 1256 by M. Marble. White mates in two moves.
FEN Q7/6N1/Kp4B1/3pp1n1/3k1r2/p1R4R/4rn2/B6q w - - 0 1

July 17, 1971 Chess Ottawa Journal by D.M. LeDain

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Chess by D.M. LeDain Sat, Jul 17, 1971 – Page 21 · The Ottawa Journal (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Newspapers.com

Black to play and win. Robert J. Fischer vs. N.N. (from simultaneous exhibition, USA, 1969.)
FEN r2k3r/pbp2ppp/3b4/1B1n2q1/3PQ3/3P4/PP3PPP/RNB2RK1 b - - 0 1
Solution next week (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54406438/chess-by-dm-le-dain/)
1. ... BxPch!; 2. KxB N-B5; 3. Resigns. For if 3. BxN, Q-R5ch and BxQ. Or, 3. QxN, QxP mate. Or, 3. QxB, Q-R5ch; 4. K-N1, N-K7 mate.

April 16, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Apr 16, 1950 – 84 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 2121 by K.A.K. Larsen (first honorable mention) White mates in two.
FEN 1n2B3/R1pr1p2/p1k2p2/R7/1nPQ2N1/5p2/p1pK1P2/rbN5 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem No. 2122 by C.S. Kipping (second prize). White mates in three.
FEN K1RN3b/3p1Prb/3P1p2/4qk1P/1PB1p2P/2N1Bp1P/3R4/Q7 w - - 0 1
Q-R5/Qa5

Carlos Hugo Maderna vs Herman Pilnik
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 16, Mar-30
French Defense: Advance Variation (C02) 1-0

Hector Rossetto vs Luis Marini
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 17, Apr-01
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation (B59) 1-0

Nicolas Rossolimo vs Mariano Castillo Larenas
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 13, Mar-26
Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Fianchetto Variation (B31) 1-0

TEACHER WINS TOURNAMENT
The San Diego County Chess Championship Tournament has been won by George A. Hunnex of La Mesa.
Hunnex, a teacher at Grossmont High School, permitted only three draws and one loss. Hunnex is the only entrant so far who has finished all of his games, but it is mathematically impossible for anyone to equal his score. Second and third-place winners have not yet been decided, but will be announced in a later issue. The latest standings:

Herewith is the score of one of Hunnex's best games:

George A. Hunnex (white) vs. Bertram C. Jenkines (black)
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP P-QR3 5. N-QB3 N-KB3 6. B-Q3 N-B3 7. NxN NPxN 8. O-O B-K2 9. P-K5 N-Q4 10. NxN BPxN 11. B-K3 P-Q3 12. P-KB4 R-QN1 13. Q-N4! P-N3 14. R-B2! PxP 15. PxP RxP 16. QR-KB1 O-O 17. B-R6 B-B4 18. Q-KB4 BxRch 19. RxB Q-K2 20. B-KN5! P-B3 21. PxP Q-KB2 22. P-KR4 RxRP 23. P-R5 R-R8ch 24. K-R2 R-K1 25. B-R6 P-K4 26. Q-N5 P-K5 27. B-K2 R-K8 28. PxP PxP 29. B-R5 K-R2 30. B-N7 Q-B2ch 31. P-N3 B-B4 32. BxPch BxB 33. Q-R6ch K-N1 34. P-B7ch BxP 35. Q-R8 mate

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Be3 d6 12. f4 Rb8 13. Qg4! g6 14. Rf2! dxe5 15. fxe5 Rxb2 16. Rf1 0-0 17. Bh6 Bc5 18. Qf4 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qe7 20. Bg5! f6 21. exf6 Qf7 22. h4 Rxa2 23. h5 Ra1+ 24. Kh2 Re8 25. Bh6 e5 26. Qg5 e4 27. Be2 Re1 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bh5 Kh7 30. Bg7 Qc7+ 31. g3 Bf5 32. Bxg6+ Bxg6 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. f7+ Bxf7 35. Qh8#

April 09, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Apr 9, 1950 – 68 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem 2119 by T.M. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 3q4/4p3/3pR2b/Q2P1k2/3p4/P1n2K1N/4P3/8 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem 2120 by M. Havel (3rd Prize). White mates in three.
FEN 5n2/3N3p/Kp1pR1pr/3k2p1/3b3p/7Q/p7/n1R5 w - - 0 1
R-B8/Rc8

Svetozar Gligoric vs Pedro Martin
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 10, Mar-21
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch. Keres Variation (E25) 1-0

Paul Michel vs Petar Trifunovic
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 11, Mar-23
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation (B92) 1-0

Petar Trifunovic vs Hector Rossetto
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 12, Mar-24
Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles Variation (D53) 0-1

Hector Rossetto vs Herman Pilnik
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 11, Mar-23
Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44) 1-0

Svetozar Gligoric vs Moshe Czerniak
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 8, Mar-18
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Classical Fianchetto (E67) 1-0

Hilversum

Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway
Hilversum Zonal (1947), Hilversum NED, rd 2, Jul-16
Spanish Game: Classical Variation. Zukertort Gambit (C64) 0-1

April 02, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Apr 2, 1950 – 43 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem 2117 by C.W. Sheppard, H.V. Tuxen and A. Ellerman. White mates in two.
FEN q3N3/Q1p2p2/1r3N1K/1Pk1n1nR/2PRpBb1/2P2p2/8/8 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem 2118 by L. Knotek (1st Prize). White mates in three.
FEN K2b3Q/1pB5/p3B2n/7n/2r1p2k/7N/6Rp/3q3r w - - 0 1

UCLA BESTS CITY COLLEGE
On March 25, the UCLA Chess Club won against the City College chess team on a nine-board match with a score of 7-2. The match was highlighted by Robert Solana of City College who won from Jim Cross. The match was played at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave. Other intercollegiate matches are planned in the near future, the first being between UCLA and SC.

Robert Solana (white) vs. Raymond Martin (black)
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System, Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. P-B4 P-B3 4. N-B3 PxP 5. P-QR4 B-B4 6. P-K3 P-K3 7. BxP B-QN5 8. O-O O-O 9. Q-K2 B-N5 10. R-Q QN-Q2 11. P-K4 Q-K2 12. P-R3 BxN 13. QxB P-K4 14. P-Q5 N-N3 15. B-N3 PxP 16. PxP P-K5 17. Q-K2 KR-Q 18. B-N5 BxN 19. PxB Q-K4 20. BxN QxB 21. R-Q4 QR-B 22. Q-Q2 N-Q2 23. R-K N-B4 24. B-B2 P-KN3 25. R-K3 Q-Q3 26. Q-K P-B4 27. P-KN3 N-Q2 28. P-B3 PxP 29. R-K6 Q-B4 30. R-K7 P-B7ch 31. KxP QxP 32. Q-K6ch K-R 33. RxPch! KxR 34. Q-B7ch K-R3 35. R-R4ch K-N4 36. R-N4ch! PxR 37. PxP mate

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. e4 Qe7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Bb3 cxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Bg5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qe5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rd4 Rde8 22. Qd2 Nd7 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Bc2 g6 25. Re3 Qd6 26. Qe1 f5 27. g3 Nd7 28. f3 exf3 29. Re6 Qc5 30. Re7 f2+ 31. Kxf2 Qxd5 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Rh4+ Kg5 36. Rg4+ fxg4 37. hxg4 mate

Q on 37. QxP mate is pinned.

Arthur Bisguier vs Borislav Ivkov
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation (B59) 1/2-1/2

Arthur William Dake vs Stojan Puc
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-14
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) 0-1

Borislav Milic vs Alexander Kevitz
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense (E58) 1/2-1/2

March 26, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Mar 26, 1950 – 63 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem 2115 by Dr. A. van der Ven. White mates in two.
FEN 1r2n3/B7/BrQ3K1/8/4p3/7R/7R/6k1 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem 2116 by A. Ellerman. White mates in three.
FEN 4N3/2p1R3/2pp3B/R1nbbk1B/7P/3PPp2/5p2/5K2 w - - 0 1

SAN DIEGO TOURNAMENT
At the end of six weeks of play, here are the standings of the players in the San Diego County Chess Championship Tournament. It is a double round-robin tournament. This means that each participant must play a total of 22 games—two games with each opponent.

                       W        L
Hunnex, George        14½       1½
Gilson, George         8        2
Alexander, John        5        2
Hirsch, Leo            4        2
Jenkines, B. C.        6½       3½
Lutz, A. H.            3        3
De Graaf, Peter        2        3
Thompson, A. J.        2        3
Lessner, W. J.         2        7
Higgins, Olga          2        8
Page, John             0        6
Critchlow, Arthur      0        8

Three of the most interesting games from the tournament are presented herewith.

John L Alexander vs George Gilson
San Diego County Championship (1950), San Diego, CA USA
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Chistyakov Defense (C07) 1-0

George Hunnex (white) vs. Olga Higgins (black)
Queen's Pawn Game

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KB3 2. P-K4 P-Q4 3. PxP QxP 4. N-QB3 Q-Q1 5. B-Q3 N-QB3 6. Q-R5ch K-Q2 7. P-Q5 N-K4 8. B-B5ch K-Q3 9. N-K4ch KxP 10. B-K3 K-B3 11. R-Q1 B-Q2 12. BxBch NxB 13. Q-Q5 mate

Algebraic 1. d4 f6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Qh5+ Kd7 7. d5 Ne5 8. Bf5+ Kd6 9. Ne4+ Kxd5 10. Be3 Kc6 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Qd5#

Peter De Graaf (white) vs. George Hunnex (black)
French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. N-KB3 P-QB4 3. P-QB3 N-QB3 4. P-Q4 P-Q4 5. P-K5 N-K2 6. B-Q3 N-N3 7. O-O B-K2 8. B-K3 B-Q2 9. P-QN3 R-QB1 10. N-Q2 O-O 11. R-B1 P-B3 12. BxN PxB 13. KPxP BxP 14. PxP P-K4 15. P-KR3 P-K5 16. N-Q4 N-K4 17. P-QN4 N-Q6 18. R-B2 BxN 19. BxB Q-R5 20. N-N3 R-KB2 21. P-KB3 R(B1)-B1 22. B-B2 Q-R4 23. B-N3 R-B3 24. R-Q2 Q-N4 25. K-R2 R-K1 26. PxP PxP 27. RxR PxR 28. N-Q4 P-B4 29. N-K2 B-N4 30. B-Q6 B-B5 31. P-QR4 P-B5 32. N-Q4 Q-N6ch 33. K-N1 Q-K6ch 34. K-R2 N-B7 35. Q-QB1 Q-N6ch 36. K-N1 NxRPch 37. K-R1 P-K6 38. R-K2 N-B7ch 39. K-N1 B-Q4 40. Q-B1 Q-R5 41. RxN PxRch 42. QxP R-K8ch 43. QxR QxQch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Nge7 6. Bd3 Ng6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 Bd7 9. b3 Rc8 10. Nd2 0-0 11. Rc1 f6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. dxc5 e5 15. h3 e4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. b4 Nd3 18. Rc2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qh4 20. Nb3 Rf7 21. f3 Rf8 22. Bf2 Qh5 23. Bg3 Rf6 24. Rd2 Qg5 25. Kh2 Re8 26. fxe4 dxe4 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Nd4 f5 29. Ne2 Bb5 30. Bd6 Bc4 31. a4 f4 32. Nd4 Qg3+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Nf2 35. Qc1 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Nxh3+ 37. Kh1 e3 38. Re2 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Bd5 40. Qf1 Qh4 41. Rxf2 exf2+ 42. Qxf2 Re1+ 43. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 0-1

YUGOSLAV GAMES
Here are more games from the recent United States-Yugoslavia radio match:

Borislav Ivkov vs Arthur Bisguier
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Feb-11
Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Variation (C78) 0-1

Milan Vidmar Jr vs Olaf Ulvestad
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (E11) 1-0

Robert Byrne vs Borislav Kostic
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit. Alapin Variation (D08) 1/2-1/2

Aleksandar Matanovic vs Albert Pinkus
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense (C98) 1-0

March 19, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Mar 19, 1950 – 71 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 2113 by K.A.K. Larsen (1st Honorable Mention). White mates in two.
FEN B2KR3/4N2b/5pp1/p1pQ4/R1q2k1P/2b4P/3rnP2/1nB1r3 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem No. 2114 by A. Ludanyi (1st Prize). White mates in three.
FEN 4n3/N2pp3/3p1P2/1p1k1Bp1/1P4p1/Pp3r2/bB1P2N1/K1Q5 w - - 0 1

Svetozar Gligoric vs Samuel Reshevsky
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Gligoric System Bernstein Defense (E56) 1/2-1/2

Reuben Fine vs Vasja Pirc
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
King's Indian Defense: Pomar System (E72) 1/2-1/2

Petar Trifunovic vs Israel Albert Horowitz
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32) 1/2-1/2

Arnold Denker vs Braslav Rabar
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation (A31) 1-0

INFORMAL MATCH
The informal five-game match between Morris Gordon and Robert Solana ended last week with the final score Solana 3; Gordon 0.

Following are the last two games of the Solana-Gordon match.

Second game:

Morris Gordon (white) vs. Robert Solana (black)
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. P-KB4 P-Q3 3. N-KB3 QN-B3 4. B-B4 N-B3 5. N-QB3 P-KN3 6. O-O B-N2 7. P-Q3 O-O 8. P-KR3 P-QR3 9. P-QR4 P-K3 10. B-R2 P-QN3 11. N-K2 P-QN4 12. P-B5 PxBP 13. PxNP PxKP 14. PxKP N-N5 15. B-N3 Q-N3 16. B-K3 QxP 17. B-R4 Q-N3 18. P-B3 N-B3 19. QxP B-N2 20. BxP QxP 21. QR-N QxN 22. RxB N-R4 23. R-K7 N-B5 24. Q-B4 QR-B 25. B-Q4 N-Q4 26. PxN QxQR 27. R-K BxBch 28. QxB Q-B4 29. R-K4 N-Q3 30. R-K3 N-B4 31. QxQ RxQ 32. R-Q3 R-Q 33. B-N3 K-B 34. K-B2 R(1)-B 35. P-B4 N-Q3 36. N-K5 R(1)-B2 37. R-Q4 P-B3 38. N-Q3 RxP 39. BxR RxB 40. RxR NxR 41. N-B5 P-R4 42. K-K2 K-K2 43. K-Q3 N-N3 44. K-Q4 P-R5 45. N-K4 P-R6 46. N-B3 N-R5 47. P-Q6ch K-Q 48. N-R2 K-Q2 49. K-Q5 N-N3ch 50. K-B5 N-B 51. K-N4 KxP 52. KxP K-K4 53. K-N3 N-N3 54. N-B3 N-Q4 55. N-K2 N-B5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. d3 0-0 8. h3 a6 9. a4 e6 10. Ba2 b6 11. Ne2 b5 12. f5 exf5 13. axb5 fxe4 14. dxe4 Nb4 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qxb5 17. Ba4 Qb6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Qxd6 Bb7 20. Bxc5 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxe2 22. Rxb7 Na5 23. Re7 Nc4 24. Qf4 Rc8 25. Bd4 Nd5 26. exd5 Qxe7 27. Re1 Bxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Qc5 29. Re4 Nd6 30. Re3 Nf5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rd3 Rd8 33. Bb3 Kf8 34. Kf2 Rc8 35. c4 Nd6 36. Ne5 Rc7 37. Rd4 f6 38. Nd3 Rxc4 39. Bxc4 Rxc4 40. Rxc4 Nxc4 41. Nc5 a5 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Kd3 Nb6 44. Kd4 a4 45. Ne4 a3 46. Nc3 Na4 47. d6+ Kd8 48. Na2 Kd7 49. Kd5 Nb6+ 50. Kc5 Nc8 51. Kb4 Kxd6 52. Kxa3 Ke5 53. Kb3 Nb6 54. Nc3 Nd5 55. Ne2 Nf4 0-1

Third game:

Robert Solana (white) vs. Morris Gordon (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K4 3. PxKP P-Q5 4. N-KB3 N-QB3 5. P-QR3 QB-B4 6. P-K3 QB-N5 7. B-K2 P-Q6 8. QxP QxQ 9. BxQ BxN 10. PxB NxP 11. B-K2 O-O-O 12. N-B3 N-KB3 13. O-O P-KR4 14. R-Q RxRch 15. NxR P-KN4 16. B-Q2 B-N2 17. B-B3 N-N3 18. P-QN3 R-K 19. N-N2 R-K3 20. R-Q B-B 21. P-N4 N-Q2 22. P-B5 N-R5 23. N-B4 P-B4 24. P-R3 B-R3 25. P-R4 P-B5 26. P-K4 P-N5 27. RPxP PxP 28. PxP P-B6 29. B-Q3 R-N3 30. N-K5 NxN 31. BxN RxPch 32. B-N3 B-B5 33. B-B4 R-N3 34. B-B7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bf5 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2 d3 8. Qxd3 Qxd3 9. Bxd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nxe5 11. Be2 0-0-0 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. 0-0 h5 14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 g5 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Bc3 Ng6 18. b3 Re8 19. Nb2 Re6 20. Rd1 Bf8 21. b4 Nd7 22. c5 Nh4 23. Nc4 f5 24. h3 Bh6 25. a4 f4 26. e4 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. fxg4 f3 29. Bd3 Rg6 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxg4+ 32. Bg3 Bf4 33. Bc4 Rg6 34. Bf7 1-0

March 12, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Mar 12, 1950 – 44 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem 2111 by Dr. L.N. De Jong (1st Prize). White mates in three.
FEN 2B1n3/6bR/Npk2p2/1p3N2/2nPp3/3p4/8/2QR2K1 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem 2112 by F.H.J. Ortmans. White mates in three.
FEN 5B2/8/3K1N2/5kP1/5p2/5N2/8/8 w - - 0 1

Borislav Ivkov vs Arthur Bisguier
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Feb-11
Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Variation (C78) 0-1

Borislav Milic vs Alexander Kevitz
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense (E58) 1/2-1/2

From the Hollywood Chess Group Championship

Irving Rivise (white) vs. Arthur Spiller (black)
Sicilian Defense: Prins Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. P-KB3 P-K4 6. N-N3 P-Q4 7. B-KN5 PxP 8. QxQch KxQ 9. PxP QN-Q2 10. B-QB4 K-K2? 11. N-B3 K-K 12. O-O-O P-QR3 13. KR-B P-N4 14. B-Q5 R-R2 15. B-B6 B-K2 16. BxN BxB 17. N-Q5 B-N4ch 18. K-N K-B! 19. P-N3 P-N3 20. P-KR4 B-Q 21. N-N4 K-N2 22. B-Q5 N-B3 23. N-B6 R-Q2 24. NxP NxB! 25. PxN R-K2 26. N-B6 R-K6 27. R-Q3 RxR 28. PxR B-B2 29. R-N P-KR4 30. K-B2 R-K 31. K-Q2 B-N5 32. N(N3)-Q4 B-N3 33. R-K K-B 34. RxRch KxR 35. K-B3 B-B2 36. N-N4 BxP 37. NxRP BxP 38. K-Q2 B-B7 39. NxP P-R5 40. N-Q6ch K-K2 41. N-K4 B-Q5 42. P-Q6ch K-Q 43. N-N4 P-B4 44. N-B6ch K-Q2 45. N-N8ch K-K3 46. P-Q7 K-K2 47. N-N5 B-N3 48. N-B6ch KxP 49. N-K5ch K-K2 50. NxB PxN 51. K-K2 K-B3 52. N-K4ch K-K4 53. P-N4 K-B5 54. K-B P-R6 55. N-B3 K-B6 56. N-K4 B-K6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. fxe4 Nd7 10. Bc4 Ke7? 11. Nc3 Ke8 12. 0-0-0 a6 13. Rf1 b5 14. Bd5 Ra7 15. Bc6 Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 Kf8! 19. g3 g6 20. h4 Bd8 21. Nb4 Kg7 22. Bd5 Nf6 23. Nc6 Rd7 24. Nxe5 Nxd5! 25. exd5 Re7 26. Nc6 Re3 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. cxd3 Bc7 29. Rg1 h5 30. Kc2 Re8 31. Kd2 Bg4 32. Nbd4 Bb6 33. Re1 Kf8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Kc3 Bc7 36. Nb4 Bxg3 37. Nxa6 Bxh4 38. Kd2 Bf2 39. Nxb5 h4 40. Nd6+ Ke7 41. Ne4 Bd4 42. d6+ Kd8 43. Nb4 f5 44. Nc6+ Kd7 45. Nb8+ Ke6 46. d7 Ke7 47. Ng5 Bb6 48. Nc6+ Kxd7 49. Ne5+ Ke7 50. Nxg4 fxg4 51. Ke2 Kf6 52. Ne4+ Ke5 53. b4 Kf4 54. Kf1 h3 55. Nc3 Kf3 56. Ne4 Be3 0-1

An Old Timer
The game below was played about 1895 between H.N. Pillsbury and Charles H. Taylor. Taylor resides in Los Angeles and pleasantly recalls games he played with such famous names as Frank Marshall, Emanuel Lasker, Geza Maroczy, and Mieses and was considered one of the strongest players in St. Paul, Minnesota at the time.

Vienna Opening
Harry Nelson Pillsbury (white) vs. Charles H. Taylor (black)
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-KB3 3. P-B4 PxP 4. P-K5 N-N 5. N-B3 P-Q4 6. P-Q4 P-KN4 7. P-KR4 B-K2 8. PxP BxP 9. P-KN3 B-N5 10. PxP B-R5ch 11. K-K2 P-QB3 12. B-N2 N-KR3 13. B-K3 N-B4 14. K-Q2 R-N 15. N-K2 P-KR4 16. Q-KB N-Q2 17. B-R3 N-N3 18. P-QN3 Q-K2 19. NxB NxN 20. BxB RxB 21. Q-B2 O-O-O 22. R-KN R-R 23. RxR PxR 24. K-B3 N-R5ch 25. PxN Q-R6ch 26. K-Q2 N-B6ch 27. QxN PxQ 28. RxRch K-Q2 29. N-B3 Q-K2 30. P-B5 P-B7 31. K-K2 Q-N5 32. N-Q Q-K8ch 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 d5 6. d4 g5 7. h4 Be7 8. hxg5 Bxg5 9. g3 Bg4 10. gxf4 Bh4+ 11. Ke2 c6 12. Bg2 Nh6 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Kd2 Rg8 15. Ne2 h5 16. Qf1 Nd7 17. Bh3 Nb6 18. b3 Qe7 19. Nxh4 Nxh4 20. Bxg4 Rxg4 21. Qf2 0-0-0 22. Rg1 Rh8 23. Rxg4 hxg4 24. Kc3 Na4+ 25. bxa4 Qa3+ 26. Kd2 Nf3+ 27. Qxf3 gxf3 28. Rxh8+ Kd7 29. Nc3 Qe7 30. f5 f2 31. Ke2 Qb4 32. Nd1 Qe1+ 0-1

July 11, 1971 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan Sun, Jul 11, 1971 – 114 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Times Problem 4081 by M. Schneider. White mates in three.
FEN Q4n1r/1BP4p/3Pp1Pn/ppP1kpB1/3p2p1/PN2N3/8/3K4 w - - 0 1
B-R1 Threat. 2. NxRP;
if PxN, 2. Q-N2;
if P-Q6, 2 QxP;
if P-N6 2 N-Q2;
if N-B2 or N1, 2 NxPch.

July 11, 1971 Courier Journal The King's Men by Merrill Dowden

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Chess Sun, Jul 11, 1971 – Page 44 · The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) · Newspapers.com

July 10, 1971 Chess Master Times Colonist by George Koltanowski

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Chess Master Sat, Jul 10, 1971 – 22 · Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

Problem by Hugh Galbraith, U.K. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 1N6/1ppQ1PBq/3bp1B1/3k4/PP1p1R2/6Rp/b3N2K/3r3n w - - 0 1

July 10, 1971 Montreal Gazette The Game of Kings by D.M. LeDain

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The Game of Kings Sat, Jul 10, 1971 – 40 · The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada) · Newspapers.com

Problem No. 1255 by C.J. Allison. White mates in two moves.
FEN 2BN1nK1/3pP1p1/2R1n1p1/2b1BkP1/2N1p1pP/2Q5/b2r4/3R4 w - - 0 1

March 05, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Mar 5, 1950 – 45 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 2109 by G. Heathcote (2nd Prize). White mates in three.
FEN 7n/8/p2N2p1/p2p4/3k2B1/B7/2P4p/4Q1bK w - - 0 1
B-R5/Bh5

L.A. Times Problem No. 2110 by H. Weenink (Honorable Mention). White mates in three.
FEN 6QB/p7/8/3B1k2/K7/n5pb/4Pq2/5R2 w - - 0 1

RESHEVSKY GAMES
We offer today more games played by Samuel Reshevsky on his recent visit to Los Angeles.

Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. James Cross (black)
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 PxP 3. N-KB3 P-QR3 4. P-K3 B-N5 5. BxP P-K3 6. Q-N3 R-R2 7. N-K5 B-R4 8. N-QB3 B-Q3 9. O-O N-KB3 10. P-B4 O-O 11. B-K2 BxB 12. NxB P-B4 13. R-Q Q-B2 14. B-Q2 P-QN4 15. P-QR4 R-N2 16. RPxP RxP 17. Q-Q3 R-QB 18. RxP RxP 19. RxB RxB 20. RxR QxR 21. R-B2 Q-N3 22. PxP RxP 23. R-N2 Q-B2 24. R-N7 Q-B 25. RxP RxN 26. PxR KxR 27. PxN P-N3 28. N-B3 N-Q2 29. P-R3 NxBP 30. Q-Q4 Q-Q2 31. Q-K5 Q-B3 32. N-N5 K-K2 33. N-Q4 Q-Q4 34. Q-N8 K-B2 35. Q-B7ch Q-Q2 36. Q-B4 Q-Q4 37. N-B3 K-N2 38. Q-B7ch Q-Q2 39. Q-B3 Q-Q8ch 40. K-R2 Q-Q3ch 41. K-N K-B2 42. P-R4 Q-Q8ch 43. K-R2 Q-Q3ch 44. K-N Q-Q8ch 45. K-R2 Q-Q3ch 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Ne5 Bh5 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. f4 0-0 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 c5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bd2 b5 15. a4 Rb7 16. axb5 Rxb5 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rxa6 Rxb2 19. Rxd6 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Qxd6 21. Rc2 Qb6 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rb2 Qc7 24. Rb7 Qc8 25. Rxf7 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Kxf7 27. exf6 g6 28. Nc3 Nd7 29. h3 Nxf6 30. Qd4 Qd7 31. Qe5 Qc6 32. Nb5 Ke7 33. Nd4 Qd5 34. Qb8 Kf7 35. Qc7+ Qd7 36. Qf4 Qd5 37. Nf3 Kg7 38. Qc7+ Qd7 39. Qc3 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd6+ 41. Kg1 Kf7 42. h4 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qd6+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. Weaks (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-K3 O-O 5. B-Q3 P-Q4 6. N-B3 P-B4 7. O-O N-B3 8. P-QR3 BxN 9. PxB QPxP 10. BxP Q-B2 11. Q-K2 P-K4 12. P-Q5 P-K5 13. N-Q2 N-K4 14. P-KR3 B-B4 15. B-R2 KR-K 16. P-QB4 N-Q6 17. R-N NxB 18. KRxN QR-Q 19. R-N3 R-Q3 20. B-N P-QN3 21. N-B Q-Q2 22. K-R2 N-N5ch? 23. PxN BxP 24. P-B3 BxP 25. PxB R-R3ch 26. K-N Q-R6 27. BxP Q-R8ch 28. K-B2 Q-R5ch 29. K-N Q-R8ch 30. K-B2 Q-R5ch 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qe2 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. h3 Bf5 15. Ba2 Rfe8 16. c4 Nd3 17. Rb1 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Red8 19. Rb3 Rd6 20. Bb1 b6 21. Nf1 Qd7 22. Kh2 Ng4+? 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. f3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rh6+ 26. Kg1 Qh3 27. Bxe4 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

Vasja Pirc vs Reuben Fine
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Feb-11
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) 1/2-1/2

Israel Albert Horowitz vs Petar Trifunovic
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Feb-11
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1/2-1/2

Alexander Kevitz vs Borislav Milic
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Feb-11
King's Indian Defense: Exchange Variation (E92) 1/2-1/2

Borislav Kostic vs Robert Byrne
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Fianchetto Variation (B80) 1/2-1/2

February 26, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Feb 26, 1950 – 39 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem 2107 by J. Colpa (3rd Prize). White mates in two.
FEN 8/1p2K2p/1B5p/1P2k2p/4pN1P/4N3/3P2P1/8 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem 2108 by E. Brunner. White mates in three.
FEN 4nK2/8/1Np1kp2/5p2/5Bp1/8/1Q6/1b1rN3 w - - 0 1

INFORMAL MATCH
An informal five-game match is being played every Tuesday at the Los Angeles Chess Club between Morris Gordon, 1947 city champion and prize winner in the recent County Championship Tournament, and Robert Solana, Los Angeles Chess Club champion. Following is the first game of the match played last Tuesday.

Robert Solana (white) vs. Morris Gordon (black)
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 P-QN3 4. N-QB3 B-N2 5. Q-B2 B-K2 6. P-K4 O-O 7. B-Q3 P-KN3 8. B-R6 R-K 9. P-K5 N-R4 10. N-K4 BxN 11. BxB P-QB3 12. P-KN4 N-N2 13. P-KR4 P-Q4 14. B-Q3 PxP 15. BxBP B-N5ch 16. B-Q2 P-QR4 17. O-O-O Q-K2 18. B-KN5 Q-N2 19. B-Q3 B-K2 20. P-R5 BxBch 21. NxB Q-K2 22. N-K4 N-Q2 23. P-R6 N-B4 24. PxN KPxP 25. N-Q6 R-KB 26. P-B4 P-R5 27. BxP P-N4 28. QxBP R-R2 29. BxN RxB 30. Q-Q5 P-N5 31. K-N P-R6 32. R-QB PxP 33. R-B8 RxR 34. NxR Q-Q 35. N-Q6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 Be7 6. e4 0-0 7. Bd3 g6 8. Bh6 Re8 9. e5 Nh5 10. Ne4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 c6 12. g4 Ng7 13. h4 d5 14. Bd3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 a5 17. 0-0-0 Qe7 18. Bg5 Qb7 19. Bd3 Be7 20. h5 Bxg5+ 21. Nxg5 Qe7 22. Ne4 Nd7 23. h6 Nf5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. f4 a4 27. Bxf5 b5 28. Qxc6 Ra7 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Qd5 b4 31. Kb1 a3 32. Rc1 axb2 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Qd8 35. Nd6 1-0

Samuel Reshevsky vs Svetozar Gligoric
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Feb-11
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Gligoric System Bernstein Defense (E56) 1/2-1/2

Braslav Rabar vs Arnold Denker
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Feb-11
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation (B92) 1/2-1/2

Olaf Ulvestad vs Milan Vidmar Jr
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Feb-11
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation. General (D37) 0-1

ADAMS WINDS UP BUSY WEEK
Rounding out an action-filled week of lectures and exhibitions, Weaver W. Adams, 1948 U.S. Open champion, gave a simultaneous exhibition at the Pasadena Chess Club last Monday and left next day for Fresno in continuation of his transcontinental tour.
In Pasadena he played 21 boards, winning 19, losing to Syvertsen and drawing with Mrs. Kelley.
On the previous Friday he played 15 boards simultaneously at the Santa Monica Chess Club, winning 13, drawing with Ray Martin and losing to J. Kennedy.
The following evening he gave one of his popular lecture exhibitions at the Los Angeles Chess Club, 851 S Grand Ave., under the auspices of the County Chess League. He defeated Paul Quillen but slipped up in his game with Ray Martin, resigning after 33 moves. The games are presented herewith.
Last Sunday he gave a simultaneous exhibition at the Los Angeles club, winning all his games.

Weaver Adams (white) vs. Raymond Martin (black)
French Defense: MacCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-N5 B-N5 5. P-K5 P-KR3 6. B-Q2 BxN 7. PxB N-K5 8. Q-N4 P-KN3 9. B-Q3 NxB 10. KxN P-QB4 11. P-KR4 N-B3 12. R-R3 PxP 13. PxP Q-N3 14. N-B3 B-Q2 15. KR-R1 N-R4 16. Q-B4 R-QB1 17. Q-B6 R-KN1 18. P-R5 PxP 19. QR-QN1 Q-B2 20. RxP B-R5 21. R-N3 BxR 22. RPxB P-QR3 23. RxP Q-K2 24. Q-B4 N-B3 25. R-B6 RxP 26. N-N5 N-Q1 27. K-K2 R-N8 28. P-QB4 Q-N5 29. N-B3 PxP 30. PxP Q-N7ch 31. N-Q2 Q-B8 32. P-Q5 R-K8ch 33. K-B3 Q-B6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Rh1 Na5 16. Qf4 Rc8 17. Qf6 Rg8 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Rxh5 Ba4 21. Rb3 Bxb3 22. axb3 a6 23. Rxh6 Qe7 24. Qf4 Nc6 25. Rf6 Rxg2 26. Ng5 Nd8 27. Ke2 Rg1 28. c4 Qb4 29. Nf3 dxc4 30. bxc4 Qb2+ 31. Nd2 Qc1 32. d5 Re1+ 33. Kf3 Qc3 0-1

Weaver Adams (white) vs. Paul Quillen (black)
Bishop's Opening: Horwitz Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-KB3 3. B-B4 P-QN4 4. BxP B-B4 5. P-Q3 P-B3 6. B-R4 Q-N3 7. Q-K2 P-Q4 8. PxP O-O 9. B-N3 PxP 10. NxP NxN 11. BxN N-B3 12. P-QB3 B-N2 13. N-B3 QR-Q 14. B-QB4 P-K5 15. PxP N-R4 16. P-QN4 NxB 17. PxB Q-N3 18. O-O BxP 19. N-R4 Q-QB3 20. QxN B-Q6 21. Q-KN4 BxR 22. N-B5 Q-B3 23. B-N5 B-K7 24. BxQ BxQ 25. NxP R-Q8ch 26. RxR BxR 27. N-B5 R-K 28. P-KR3 R-K3 29. P-B6 B-R5 30. P-B7 B-Q2 31. N-K7ch K-B 32. N-Q5 R-R3 33. B-Q4 R-R4 34. N-B6 K-K2 35. NxP RxP 36. N-B6 R-Q7 37. NxB KxN 38. P-R4 RxB 39. PxR P-R4 40. P-R5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 b5 4. Bxb5 Bc5 5. d3 c6 6. Ba4 Qb6 7. Qe2 d5 8. exd5 0-0 9. Bb3 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc4 e4 15. dxe4 Na5 16. b4 Nxc4 17. bxc5 Qg6 18. 0-0 Bxe4 19. Nh4 Qc6 20. Qxc4 Bd3 21. Qg4 Bxf1 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Bg5 Be2 24. Bxf6 Bxg4 25. Nxg7 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxd1 27. Nf5 Re8 28. h3 Re6 29. c6 Ba4 30. c7 Bd7 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nd5 Ra6 33. Bd4 Ra5 34. Nf6 Ke7 35. Nxh7 Rxa2 36. Nf6 Rd2 37. Nxd7 Kxd7 38. h4 Rxd4 39. cxd4 a5 40. h5 1-0

February 19, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Feb 19, 1950 – 83 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem 2105 by F. Schruffer (1st Prize). White mates in two.
FEN 6RB/1Q6/3p3p/N2p1P1p/4kp1P/6nR/6N1/4K3 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem 2106 by D.J. Densmore. White mates in three.
FEN 8/4B3/8/4N3/8/1r4r1/2Q3p1/4k1K1 w - - 0 1

ADAMS HAS BUSY WEEK
Weaver W. Adams, New England champion and 1948 U.S. open champion, gave convincing proofs of his chess wizardry in the Southland last week when he gave a series of exhibitions and lectures.
Last Tuesday the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group was bulging at the seams with spectators when he gave one of his famous lecture exhibitions. Playing against Paul Quillen and Sven Almgren, he explained and analyzed his and his opponents' moves as the game progressed. And, although his opponents, two of the strongest players in California, knew at all times what Adams was up to, both lost. The scores of these games are presented herewith.
Last Thursday he gave a simultaneous exhibition at the same club. He played 18 boards, winning 15, losing to B. Madrid and Dr. Bruce Collins and drawing with Fred Goetze.
On Friday Adams gave a simultaneous exhibition at the Santa Monica Chess Club and last night he gave another lecture exhibition at the Los Angeles Chess Club, 851 S Grand Ave. Here he played against Quillen again and Ray Martin.
Today he will give a simultaneous exhibition at 2 p.m. at the Los Angeles Club under the sponsorship of the County Chess League. Fee $1.50 for players who should take own board and men.
Tomorrow at 8 p.m. he will meet all comers at the Pasadena Chess Club. 37 E Del Mar St. (in Central Park) Pasadena. The fee will be $1 a board and spectators free. Players should take their chess sets and make reservations with Alex Taylor, secretary, 1941 E Galbreth Road, Pasadena.
From here Adams goes to Fresno to continue his tour.

Weaver Adams (white) vs. Paul Quillen (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 N-QB3 2. N-QB3 P-K4 3. B-B4 N-KB3 4. P-Q4 B-N5 5. B-N5 P-KR3 6. BxN BxNch 7. PxB QxB 8. N-K2 P-Q3 9. O-O B-Q2 10. P-B4 Q-K2 11. PxP NxP 12. B-N3 O-O 13. N-B4 K-R2 14. N-Q5 Q-R5 15. NxP N-N5 16. P-KR3 N-K6 17. Q-K1 Q-N4 18. Q-Q2 QR-B1 19. R-B3 NxBP 20. QxN RxN 21. QR-KB1 P-B4 22. P-Q4 P-KN3 23. Q-B2 B-N4 24. PxP PxP 25. RxP BxR 26. RxR B-Q6 27. B-N8ch K-N2 28. B-K6 K-R2 29. R-B7ch RxR 30. QxRch Q-N2 31. B-B5ch BxB 32. QxBch K-R1 33. K-B2 Q-QB2 34. Q-B3 K-N2 35. P-N4 Q-K2 36. K-N3 Q-K8ch 37. K-B4 K-B3 38. P-N5ch PxPch 39. K-N4ch K-N2 40. KxP Q-Q7ch 41. K-N4 QxRP 42. QxPch K-R3 43. Q-B3 Q-N1ch 44. K-B4 Q-N4ch 45. K-K4 P-Q4ch 46. K-Q3 P-R4 47. Q-B8ch K-R4 48. Q-R8ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. Ne2 d6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. f4 Qe7 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb3 0-0 13. Nf4 Kh7 14. Nd5 Qh4 15. Nxc7 Ng4 16. h3 Ne3 17. Qe1 Qg5 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rf3 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc7 21. Rf1 f5 22. d5 g6 23. Qf2 Bb5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Bxf1 26. Rxf8 Bd3 There is no B-N8ch on 27

Weaver Adams (white) vs. Sven Elias Almgren (black)
Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 B-B4 3. P-B4 P-Q3 4. N-KB3 N-QB3 5. B-N5 B-N5 6. N-QR4 B-N3 7. P-KR3 B-Q2 8. P-Q3 KN-K2 9. NxB RPxN 10. O-O PxP 11. BxP N-N3 12. B-Q2 QN-K4 13. BxBch QxB 14. N-Q4 P-Q4 15. PxP QxP 16. N-B5 O-O 17. P-KR4 N-B3 18. B-B3 P-B3 19. Q-N4 QN-K2 20. NxNch NxN 21. BxP R-B2 22. QR-K1 N-B3 23. B-B3 Q-B4ch 24. K-R1 RxRch 25. RxR Q-K2 26. Q-B4ch K-R1 27. R-B7 P-N4 28. RxP PxQ 29. RxQch K-N1 30. R-N7ch K-B1 31. RxRP PxP 32. R-R8ch K-K2 33. RxR PxP 34. B-Q2 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Na4 Bb6 7. h3 Bd7 8. d3 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. 0-0 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ng6 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nd4 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Nf5 0-0 17. h4 Nc6 18. Bc3 f6 19. Qg4 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxf6 Rf7 22. Re1 Nc6 23. Bc3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qe7 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Rf7 b5 28. Rxg7 bxc4 29. Rxe7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rxh7 cxd3 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. Rxa8 dxc2 34. Bd2 1-0

February 12, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 12 Feb 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem 2103. Composed for The Los Angeles Times by Bernard H. Mittleman, Cedarhurst, N.Y. White mates in two.
FEN 4N3/3K4/3QB3/R1b2b2/4nBk1/5p2/4nP2/7R w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem 2104 by K. Hannemann (1st Prize) White mates in three.
FEN 8/Kb2Rr1p/pN4pQ/NpR5/1B1k2P1/r4q2/3P4/1Bb5 w - - 0 1

Reshevsky Games
Here are more games played by Samuel Reshevsky during his visit to Los Angeles late last month. In one exhibition he played against 37, winning 33, drawing three and losing one. In another exhibition he lost one and drew one, winning three.

Petroff Defense
Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. Daniel Amneus (black)
Russian Game: Classical Attack, Staunton Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. NxP P-Q3 4. N-KB3 NxP 5. P-Q4 P-Q4 6. B-Q3 B-Q3 7. O-O O-O 8. P-B4 P-QB3 9. N-B3 B-KN5 10. NxN PxN 11. BxP R-K 12. Q-Q3 P-KN3 13. P-KR3 P-KB4! 14. B-Q5ch PxB 15. PxB PxNP 16. B-N5 Q-B! 17. N-K5 BxN 18. PxB RxP 19. B-B6 Q-KB4! 20. QxQ RxQ 21. B-B3 PxP 22. QR-Q N-B3 23. R-Q7 R-B2 24. KR-Q QR-KB 25. K-R2 RxR 26. RxR R-B2 27. R-Q2 P-QN4 28. P-R3 P-QR4 29. R-Q6 R-B2 30. K-N3 P-N5 31. PxP PxP 32. B-Q2 P-B6 33. PxP P-N6! 34. B-B N-K4 35. K-B4 RxP 36. KxN RxB 37. K-B4 P-N7 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Qd3 g6 13. h3 f5! 14. Bd5+ cxd5 15. hxg4 fxg4 16. Bg5 Qc8! 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf6 Qf5! 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Bc3 dxc4 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rd1 Rf8 25. Kh2 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Rf7 27. Rd2 b5 28. a3 a5 29. Rd6 Rc7 30. Kg3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Bd2 c3 33. bxc3 b3! 34. Bc1 Ne5 35. Kf4 Rxc3 36. Kxe5 Rxc1 37. Kf4 b2 0-1

Petroff Defense
Samuel Reshevsky vs. Mrs. Matilda Harmat
Russian Game: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. NxP NxP 4. Q-K2 Q-K2 5. QxN P-Q3 6. P-Q4 PxN 7. PxP N-B3 8. P-KB4 B-Q2 9. N-QB3 O-O-O 10. B-K3 P-KB3 11. O-O-O PxP 12. P-B5 Q-QN5 13. B-B4 B-B4 14. BxB QxB 15. R-Q5 Q-K2 16. QR-Q Q-N4ch 17. K-N BxP 18. RxRch RxR 19. RxRch NxR 20. Q-K2 N-B3 21. B-Q3 BxB 22. PxB N-Q5 23. Q-K4 Q-Q7 24. P-KR3 Q-B7ch 25. K-R1 Q-N8ch 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nc3 0-0-0 10. Be3 f6 11. 0-0-0 fxe5 12. f5 Qb4 13. Bc4 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Rd5 Qe7 16. Rd1 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Bxf5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Qe2 Nc6 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Nd4 23. Qe4 Qd2 24. h3 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

February 05, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Feb 5, 1950 – 80 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 2101 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Martin S. Lubell, Cedarhurst, N.Y. White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/4R3/6B1/3p1Npp/2n3k1/8/2NBK2R w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem No. 2102 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by L.E. Evans, Woodland Hills, California. White mates in three.
FEN 8/1pK1R3/p2n2N1/3k2N1/1P6/1P2p3/1b6/5B2 w - - 0 1

Reshevsky Simultaneous
On Jan. 28 Samuel Reshevsky gave a simultaneous exhibition at the home of Gottfried Reinhardt, where he played against 37. He won 33, drew three (against Mrs. Matilda Harmat, Hunter Weaks and Leonard Standers) and lost one to D. Amneus. The following evening he played against six players at the home of Alexander Bisno with clocks (40 moves in two hours). Here he won three, lost one to Sven Almgren, drew with Jim Cross, and one game, against Robert Smith, which was adjourned to be adjucated, looked like a draw.

Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. Sven Elias Almgren (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann Variation, Romanovsky Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. Q-N3 P-B4 5. PxP N-B3 6. N-B3 O-O 7. B-N5 BxP 8. P-K3 P-QN3 9. B-K2 B-N2 10. O-O B-K2 11. KR-Q R-B 12. Q-R4 P-Q3 13. N-Q4 N-QR4 14. N(Q4)-N5 P-QR3 15. BxN PxB 16. N-R3 K-R 17. P-QN4 R-KN 18. P-B3 N-B3 19. P-N5 N-K4 20. P-K4 P-QR4 21. K-R Q-B 22. N(R3)-N Q-R3! 23. N-Q2 Q-N4! 24. P-N3 Q-K6 25. Q-B2 P-Q4!! 26. R-K B-N5 27. QR-B P-Q5 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bg5 Bxc5 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qa4 d6 13. Nd4 Na5 14. Nb5 a6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Na3 Kh8 17. b4 Rg8 18. f3 Nc6 19. b5 Ne5 20. e4 a5 21. Kh1 Qf8 22. Nb1 Qh6! 23. Nd2 Qg5! 24. g3 Qe3 25. Qc2 d5!! 26. Re1 Bb4 27. Rc1 d4 0-1

January 29, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Jan 29, 1950 – 66 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 2099 by T. King Parks (1st Prize). White mates in two.
FEN 4RB2/3N4/3Pb1N1/bP1k4/1p3R2/1n5p/QPP1Pp2/n2K1B2 w - - 0 1
Q-R3/Qa3

L.A. Times Problem No. 2100 by O. Wurzburg. White mates in three.
FEN 3nR1K1/nQp3N1/5kp1/6p1/2r3p1/3r1N2/8/8 w - - 0 1
N-K5/Ne5

Weaver Adams vs Walter Bradford Suesman
United States Championship (1946), New York, NY USA, rd 9, Nov-04
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation (C26) 1-0

Weaver Adams vs Ariel Mengarini
49th US Open (1948), Baltimore, MD USA, rd 9, Jul-14
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation (C26) 1-0

Weaver Adams (white) vs Milton Kagan (black)
Challenge Match, Boston, 1948
Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 B-B4 4. Q-N4 N-Q5 5. QxP Q-B3 6. QxQ NxQ 7. B-N3 P-N4 8. KN-K2 P-B3 9. NxN PxN 10. P-K5 PxN 11. PxN PxPch 12. BxP B-Q5 13. O-O-O P-Q4 14. KR-K1ch B-K3 15. P-KB4 O-O-O 16. B-R5 B-N3 17. BxB PxB 18. R-K5 QR-K1 19. QR-K1 B-Q2 20. P-B3 RxR 21. RxR R-N1 22. R-N5 RxR 23. PxR B-B4 24. K-Q2 K-Q2 25. K-K3 K-Q3 26. K-B4 B-N8 27. B-Q1 P-B4 28. B-R5 K-K3 29. B-N4ch K-Q3 30. B-B5 BxP 31. BxP P-N5 32. P-R4 P-Q5 33. PxQP P-B5 34. P-R5 P-B6 35. PxP P-N6 36. P-N6 PxP 37. PxP B-N8 38. P-B7 K-K2 39. P-N7 resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qg4 Nd4 5. Qxg7 Qf6 6. Qxf6 Nxf6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Ne2 c6 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 dxc3 11. exf6 cxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Bd4 13. 0-0-0 d5 14. Rde1+ Be6 15. f4 0-0-0 16. Ba5 Bb6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Re5 Re8 19. Re1 Bd7 20. c3 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Rg8 22. Rg5 Rxg5 23. fxg5 Bf5 24. Kd2 Kd7 25. Ke3 Kd6 26. Kf4 Bb1 27. Bd1 c5 28. Bh5 Ke6 29. Bg4+ Kd6 30. Bf5 Bxa2 31. Bxh7 b4 32. h4 d4 33. cxd4 c4 34. h5 c3 35. bxc3 b3 36. g6 fxg6 37. hxg6 Bb1 38. f7 Ke7 39. g7 1-0

Weaver Adams vs Larry Evans
United States Championship (1948), South Fallsburg, NY USA, rd 15, Aug-26
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0

Weaver Adams vs George Kramer
United States Championship (1946), New York, NY USA, rd 19, Nov-16
French Defense: Winawer. Retreat Variation Armenian Line (C18) 1-0

Friedrich Saemisch vs Aron Nimzowitsch
Copenhagen (1923), Copenhagen DEN, rd 6, Mar-09
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical. Traditional Variation Nimzowitsch Line (E18) 0-1