April 16, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 16, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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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

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 16, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, June 29, 2020

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#