April 02, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 2, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 2117 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, June 27, 2020

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

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 2, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 2118 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, June 28, 2020

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