March 05, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, March 5, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 2109...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, March 5, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 2110...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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