December 31, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 31 Dec 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2195 by C.T. Brown
FEN 8/q4N2/p1p1p2b/3k4/1P5n/3K4/b5N1/1nQ5 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2196 by J.P. Barnett. White mates in three.
FEN 3K4/8/4p2B/4k3/4P3/2Np4/1P1Q2P1/8 w - - 0 1

SHEARER WINS COUNTY B CHAMPIONSHIP
By winning his match against Irving Keckhut with a score of 3-1, Orvil Shearer of the Hollywood Chess Group won the County League B Championship. The following was the second game of the match.

Orvil Shearer (white) vs. Irving Keckhut (black)
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Nimzowitsch Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-KN3 P-QN3 4. B-N2 B-N2 5. O-O P-Q4 6. P-B4 B-K2 7. N-B3 O-O 8. R-K QN-Q2 9. PxP PxP 10. P-QR3 P-KR3 11. P-QN4 N-K5 12. Q-Q3 N(2)-B3 13. N-Q2 N-Q3 14. P-B3 Q-Q2 15. P-K4 PxP 16. PxP N-B 17. N-B3 R-Q 18. B-B4 B-B 19. QR-Q N-K2 20. N-K5 Q-B 21. Q-B4 Q-K3 22. P-Q5 Q-B 23. NxP KxN 24. P-Q6ch K-K 25. PxN BxP 26. QxP QxQ 27. BxQ R(Q)-B 28. B-K5 P-QR4 29. N-Q5 BxN 30. PxB PxP 31. P-Q6 N-Q2 32. BxR NxB 33. RxN RxB 34. RxBch K-Q 35. PxP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 d5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Re1 Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 h6 11. b4 Ne4 12. Qd3 Ndf6 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. f3 Qd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nc8 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Rd1 Ne7 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. Qc4 Qe6 22. d5 Qc8 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. d6+ Ke8 25. dxe7 Bxe7 26. Qxc7 Qxc7 27. Bxc7 Rdc8 28. Be5 a5 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 axb4 31. d6 Nd7 32. Bxa8 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxa8 34. Rxe7+ Kd8 35. axb4 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CANDIDATE TOURNAMENT (Budapest, 1950)
(15th Round)

Vasily Smyslov vs Isaac Boleslavsky
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 15, May-09
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Mikenas-Carls Variation (A15) 1/2-1/2

Paul Keres vs Salomon Flohr
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 15, May-09
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack. Mindeno Variation Exchange Line (B11) 1/2-1/2

Salomon Flohr vs Laszlo Szabo
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 16, May-11
Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43) 1-0

Gideon Stahlberg vs Miguel Najdorf
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 15, May-09
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Classical Fianchetto (E67) 1/2-1/2

Andre Lilienthal vs Gideon Stahlberg
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 16, May-11
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E06) 1/2-1/2

December 24, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Times Problem 2193 by C.T. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 3R4/1p1Q3p/1Pp3pP/2B1p3/4k1p1/1rp2bK1/1b1RNP2/4nN2 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2194 by J.P. Barnett. White mates in three.
FEN 8/2p1p2r/B5N1/1p1k4/2R2P1P/2Pp2p1/3RP3/2n1K1Q1 w - - 0 1

LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Here are two of the best games played by the winner of the recent Los Angeles County championship tournament, William H. Steckel.

William H. Steckel (white) vs. Burke (black)
Dutch Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KB4 2. P-K3 N-KB3 3. B-Q3 P-K3 4. QN-Q2 P-QN3 5. P-KB4 B-QN2 6. N-KB3 N-QB3 7. P-B3 B-K2 8. O-O O-O 9. Q-K2 Q-K 10. P-K4 N-Q 11. PxP PxP 12. R-K N-Q4 13. B-B4 N-K3 14. N-B B-Q3 15. N-K5 K-R 16. Q-B3 P-B3 17. BxN PxB 18. N-N3 BxN 19. RxB Q-N3 20. B-Q2 B-B3 21. QR-K P-QN4 22. Q-Q3 R-B3 23. Q-B3 R-K 24. P-KR4 N-B2 25. P-R5 Q-B2 26. Q-Q3 P-N3 27. PxP PxP 28. K-B2 R-K3 29. R-Rch K-N2 30. NxPch PxN 31. RxP R-B3 32. R-R7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 b6 5. f4 Bb7 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Qe8 10. e4 Nd8 11. exf5 exf5 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Bc4 Ne6 14. Nf1 Bd6 15. Ne5 Kh8 16. Qf3 c6 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Ng3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qg6 20. Bd2 Bc6 21. Re1 b5 22. Qd3 Rf6 23. Qf3 Re8 24. h4 Nc7 25. h5 Qf7 26. Qd3 g6 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Kf2 Rfe6 29. Rh1+ Kg7 30. Nxf5+ gxf5 31. Rxf5 Rf6 32. Rh7+ 1-0

If 32. … KxR; 33. RxRch K moves; 34. RxQ.

Arthur Spiller (white) vs. William H. Steckel (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-N5 QN-Q2 5. P-K3 P-B3 6. PxP KPxP 7. B-Q3 B-K2 8. Q-B2 N-B 9. N-B3 P-KR3 10. B-R4 N-K3 11. R-QN N-N5 12. BxB QxB 13. P-KR3 N-B3 14. O-O O-O 15. P-QN4 N-N4 16. NxN PxN 17. B-B5 P-N5 18. BxB QRxB 19. PxP NxP 20. P-KN3 P-KN3 21. Q-K2 P-KB4 22. P-QN5 QR-K 23. PxP PxP 24. Q-B3 Q-R2 25. Q-R Q-K2 26. R-N3 R-B2 27. KR-QN NxBP 28. NxP NxQ 29. NxQch RxN 30. KxN RxP 31. RxR RxR 32. R-N8ch K-B2 33. R-N7ch R-K2 34. R-N2 K-K3 35. K-N K-Q4 36. R-N4 R-K6 37. R-R4 RxPch 38. K-B2 R-Q6 39. RxP KxP 40. R-KN7 R-Q7ch 41. K-K RxP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Ne6 11. Rb1 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. h3 Nf6 14. 0-0 0-0 15. b4 Ng5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bf5 g4 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. g3 g6 21. Qe2 f5 22. b5 Re8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qf3 Qh7 25. Qh1 Qe7 26. Rb3 Rf7 27. Rb1 Nxf2 28. Nxd5 Nxh1 29. Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Kxh1 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Rb7+ Re7 34. Rb2 Ke6 35. Kg1 Kd5 36. Rb4 Re3 37. Ra4 Rxg3+ 38. Kf2 Rd3 39. Rxa7 Kxd4 40. Rg7 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Rxa2 0-1

RADIO MATCH. Santa Monica vs. Philadelphia

Arthur Spiller (white) vs. Saul Wachs (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-K3 P-B4 5. P-QR3 BxNch 6. PxB O-O 7. B-Q3 N-B3 8. N-K2 P-Q3 9. O-O N-K 10. N-N3 P-KB4 11. P-B4 P-QN3 12. P-Q5 N-K2 13. R-R2 P-KN3 14. R-K2 N-KN2 15. P-K4 KPxQP 16. QBPxP KBPxP 17. RxP N(K2)-KB4 18. R(B1)-K Q-R5 19. N-R P-KR4 20. P-N3 Q-KB3 21. Q-Q2 B-Q2 22. B-N2 QR-K 23. P-QB4 Q-B2 24. N-B2 N-KR3 25. RxR NxR 26. N-K4 B-B4 27. N-N5 Q-Q2 28. Q-B3 Q-KN2 29. QxQch NxQ 30. R-K7 N-K 31. BxB NxB 32. RxP N-K6 33. N-K6 NxP 34. NxR KxN 35. B-R8 N-K6 36. K-B2 NxP 37. K-B3 P-QN4 38. R-QN7 N(1)-QB2 39. K-K4 K-B2 40. P-KR3 K-K3 41. B-N2 P-B5 42. B-Q4 K-Q2 43. R-N8 K-B3 44. P-B5 PxPch 45. KxP P-B6 46. K-K4 N-R3 47. R-B8ch N(R3)-B2 48. R-KR8 N-K3 49. R-QB8ch N(3)-B2 50. K-Q3 K-N2 51. R-KR8 P-N5 52. PxP N-N4 53. RxP NxPch 54. K-B4 NxB 55. KxP N(N5)-B3 56. K-B4 K-B2 57. P-R4 N-B6 58. R-R7ch K-Q 59. K-Q5 N-K2ch 60. K-K6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 d6 9. 0-0 Ne8 10. Ng3 f5 11. f4 b6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ra2 g6 14. Re2 Ng7 15. e4 exd5 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Nef5 18. Re1 Qh4 19. Nh1 h5 20. g3 Qf6 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Bb2 Re8 23. c4 Qf7 24. Nf2 Nh6 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. Ng5 Qd7 28. Qc3 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Nxg7 30. Re7 Ne8 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Rxa7 Ne3 33. Ne6 Nxc4 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Bh8 Ne3 36. Kf2 Nxd5 37. Kf3 b5 38. Rb7 Nc7 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. h3 Ke6 41. Bb2 c4 42. Bd4 Kd7 43. Rb8 Kc6 44. f5 gxf5+ 45. Kxf5 c3 46. Ke4 Na6 47. Rc8+ Nc7 48. Rh8 Ne6 49. Rc8+ Nc7 50. Kd3 Kb7 51. Rh8 b4 52. axb4 Nb5 53. Rxh5 Nxb4+ 54. Kc4 Nxd4 55. Kxc3 Nc6 56. Kc4 Kc7 57. h4 Nf3 58. Rh7+ Kd8 59. Kd5 Ne7+ 60. Ke6 1-0

AMSTERDAM GAMES

Cenek Kottnauer vs Samuel Reshevsky
Amsterdam (1950), Amsterdam NED, rd 4, Nov-15
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Milner-Barry Variation (E33) 1/2-1/2

Jan Foltys vs Samuel Reshevsky
Amsterdam (1950), Amsterdam NED, rd 6, Nov-18
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B93) 0-1

December 17, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Times Problem 2191 by C.T. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 1Q4B1/8/8/1bKN4/4k1P1/r1B5/5pPq/2b2r2 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2192 by J.P. Barnett. White mates in three.
FEN 2n3nr/p3p3/1p4PB/1B1k4/3NN3/5P1Q/K7/6b1 w - - 0 1

COUNTY B RESULTS
Keckhut of the Santa Monica Club and Shearer of the Hollywood Group tied for first with 3½-1½ each in the County B tournament and are playing a four-game match for the championship, in which each has won one game to date. Towbin of the Los Feliz Club took third with 3-2, M. Harmat (Hollywood) and Gray (Cosmo) tied for fourth and fifth with 2-3, and Phillips (Santa Monica) was last with 1-4.

Phillips (white) vs. Tobin (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. B-Q2 P-Q4 5. P-K3 O-O 6. N-KB3 QN-Q2 7. B-Q3 PxBP 8. BxP P-QB3 9. P-QR3 B-R4 10. P-QN4 B-QB2 11. O-O R-K1 12. R-K1 N-B1 13. Q-B2 N-N3 14. B-Q3 Q-Q3 15. P-N3 N-K2 16. P-K4 Q-Q1 17. P-K5 N-Q4 18. BxPch K-R1 19. R-K4! KxB 20. R-R4ch K-N1 21. Q-R7ch K-B1 22. B-N5 Q-Q2 23. N-K4 P-QN3 24. Q-R8ch N-N1 25. R-R7 P-B3 26. PxP NxP 27. NxN Q-B2 28. NxR KxN 29. N-K5 BxN 30. PxB Q-B1 31. R-Q1 B-N2 32. R-Q4 Q-B2 33. RxKNP Q-B1 34. R-KB4 N-B3 35. Q-R6 R-Q1 36. RxN R-Q8ch 37. K-N2 P-B4ch 38. K-R3 B-R3 39. RxQch KxR 40. Q-R8mate

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c6 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Re1 Nf8 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. Bd3 Qd6 15. g3 Ne7 16. e4 Qd8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Re4! Kxh7 20. Rh4+ Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. Ne4 b6 24. Qh8+ Ng8 25. Rh7 f6 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Nxf6 Qf7 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Qf8 31. Rd1 Bb7 32. Rd4 Qf7 33. Rxg7 Qf8 34. Rf4 Nf6 35. Qh6 Rd8 36. Rxf6 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 c5+ 38. Kh3 Ba6 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qh8#

RADIO MATCH
SANTA MONICA vs. PHILADELPHIA

Paul Quillen (white) vs. Sharpe (black)
Indian Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-K3 P-Q3 3. P-QB4 P-KN3 4. N-QB3 B-N2 5. B-Q3 P-K4 6. P-Q5 O-O 7. P-K4 P-QR3 8. P-KB3 N-R4 9. P-KN3 P-KB4 10. B-K3 N-KB3 11. Q-B2 PxP 12. NxP NxN 13. BxN B-KB4 14. N-K2 N-Q2 15. O-O-O P-QN3 16. QR-KB1 N-B4 17. BxB PxB 18. P-KR4 P-QR4 19. P-R5 P-R3 20. P-KN4 Q-B3 21. KR-KN1 K-KR1 22. P-N5 KRPxP 23. BxKNP B-R3 24. P-KB4 Q-KN2 25. BxB QxB 26. R-KN6 Q-R2 27. N-KN3 R-KN1 28. NxBP RxR 29. PxR Q-KR6 30. R-KN1 N-Q6ch 31. K-N1 K-N1 32. N-R6ch K-N2 33. P-KB5 R-KB1 34. Q-N2 QxQ 35. RxQ N-KB5 36. R-N5 N-R6 37. R-N3 N-B5 38. N-B7 R-KN1 39. N-N5 K-B3 40. N-R7ch KxP 41. R-N5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 0-0 7. e4 a6 8. f3 Nh5 9. g3 f5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Qc2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bf5 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. 0-0-0 b6 16. Rf1 Nc5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. h4 a5 19. h5 h6 20. g4 Qf6 21. Rg1 Kh8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bh6 24. f4 Qg7 25. Bxh6 Qxh6 26. Rg6 Qh7 27. Ng3 Rg8 28. Nxf5 Rxg6 29. hxg6 Qh3 30. Rg1 Nd3+ 31. Kb1 Kg8 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. f5 Rf8 34. Qg2 Qxg2 35. Rxg2 Nf4 36. Rg5 Nh3 37. Rg3 Nf4 38. Nf7 Rg8 39. Ng5 Kf6 40. Nh7+ Kxf5 41. Rg5+ 1-0

Ray Martin (white) vs. Sol Rubinow (black)
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-Q2 P-QB4 4. PxP BxP 5. B-Q3 N-KB3 6. Q-K2 N-B3 7. KN-B3 Q-B2 8. O-O P-QR3 9. P-QB3 P-QN3 10. P-QR4 B-N2 11. P-QR5 P-QN4 12. P-K5 N-Q2 13. N-N3 B-K2 14. R-K1 P-R3 15. B-Q2 N-B4 16. NxN BxN 17. P-QN4 B-R2 18. B-K3 BxB 19. QxB O-O 20. QR-B1 Q-Q2 21. B-N1 N-K2 22. N-Q4 KR-B1 23. Q-Q3 P-KN3 24. Q-K3 K-N2 25. Q-B4 N-N1 26. P-R4 R-B2 27. R-K3 Q-K2 28. R-N3 P-R4 29. R-K1 QR-B1 30. B-B5! R-B5 31. NxPch QxN 32. Q-B3 Q-K2 33. BxR BxB 34. QxQP B-K3 35. Q-R8 Q-Q2 36. QxRP N-R3 37. Q-Q6 N-B4 38. QxQ BxQ 39. R-Q3 R-B2 40. R-QR1 B-B3 41. R-Q8 R-R2 42. R-QN8! Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qc7 8. 0-0 a6 9. c3 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. a5 b5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Re1 h6 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 Ba7 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 0-0 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Bb1 Ne7 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Qd3 g6 24. Qe3 Kg7 25. Qf4 Ng8 26. h4 Rc7 27. Re3 Qe7 28. Rg3 h5 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Bf5! Rc4 31. Nxe6+ Qxe6 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. Bxc8 Bxc8 34. Qxd5 Be6 35. Qa8 Qd7 36. Qxa6 Nh6 37. Qd6 Nf5 38. Qxd7 Bxd7 39. Rd3 Rc7 40. Ra1 Bc6 41. Rd8 Ra7 42. Rb8! 1-0

AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

Samuel Reshevsky vs Max Euwe
Amsterdam (1950), Amsterdam NED, rd 5, Nov-16
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Berlin Variation Pirc Variation (E39) 1/2-1/2

Jan Hein Donner vs Samuel Reshevsky
Amsterdam (1950), Amsterdam NED, rd 2, Nov-13
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Milner-Barry Variation (E33) 0-1

December 10, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L.A. Times Problem No. 2189 by C.T. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 1n1kb2R/1B1b3P/1Pp1p1PK/B1N2p1P/3RN3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem No. 2190 by J.P. Barnett. White mates in three.
FEN 2b3n1/3p3p/N4Pp1/K3k2P/1P1R4/3p2P1/5Q2/8 w - - 0 1

Los Angeles County Championship
Tenth and last round of the 1950 County Championship Tournament was played at Cosmo quarters, 2180 W. Adams Blvd. last Friday at 8 p.m.

The Eisgrau-Steven game delayed.

Drawings for the final round: Standers-Steckel, Spiller-Rivise, Jacobs-Chase, Weiss-Almgren, Martin-Gordon, Croy-Eisgrau, Bersbach-Keckhut, Steven-Geller, Zander-Burke, Banning-bye.

Sigfried Eisgrau (white) vs. Sam Geller (black)
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Keres Variation

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-KB3 3. P-KN3 P-QB3 4. P-K4 B-QB4 5. N-KR3 P-Q4 6. BPxP PxP 7. PxP NxP 8. Q-B3 B-K3 9. N-K4 B-K2 10. B-N2 N-QB3 11. O-O P-KR3 12. K-R N-Q5 13. Q-Q QR-QB 14. N-QB3 O-O 15. P-KB4 Q-Q2 16. N-N B-N5 17. Q-R4 P-QN4 18. Q-R5 B-N5 19. Q-R6 R-QB3 20. QxR NxQ 21. NxN B-QB4 22. PxP NxP 23. P-Q4 BxP 24. BxP N-Q6 25. B-K3 BxP 26. QR-Q B-KB4 27. RxB R-K 28. R(5)-KB RxB 29. NxR Q-Q5 30. N-KR3 QxN 31. R-B3 Q-K3 32. RxN QxQRP 33. R-Q8ch K-R2 34. B-Q5 Q-R5 35. BxP Q-K5ch 36. K-N Q-K6ch 37. K-N2 B-B3 38. R-Q2 P-N5 39. N-B2 P-QR4 40. R-Q5 P-N3 41. R-Q7 B-QB6 42. R(1)-Q6 B-K8 43. BxNPch K-R 44. R-R7ch K-N 45. R-Q8ch Q-K 46. RxQmate

Algebraic 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nh3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Qf3 Be6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. 0-0 h6 12. Kh1 Nd4 13. Qd1 Rc8 14. Nc3 0-0 15. f4 Qd7 16. Ng1 Bb4 17. Qa4 b5 18. Qa5 Bg4 19. Qa6 Rc6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Nxd5 Bc5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. d4 Bxd4 24. Bxh6 Nd3 25. Be3 Bxb2 26. Rd1 Bf5 27. Rxf5 Re8 28. Rf1 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 Qd4 30. Nh3 Qxe3 31. Rf3 Qe6 32. Rfxd3 Qxa2 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Bd5 Qa4 35. Bxf7 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Bf6 38. R8d2 b4 39. Nf2 a5 40. Rd5 g6 41. Rd7 Bc3 42. Rd6 Be1 43. Bxg6+ Kh8 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Rd8+ Qe8 46. Rxe8#

AMSTERDAM TOURNAMENT

Samuel Reshevsky vs Miguel Najdorf
Amsterdam (1950), Amsterdam NED, rd 1, Nov-11
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (B91) 1/2-1/2

Alberic O'Kelly de Galway vs Harry Golombek
Amsterdam (1950), Amsterdam NED, rd 4, Nov-15
Alekhine Defense: Modern. Alburt Variation (B04) 1-0

Samuel Reshevsky vs Carel Benjamin van den Berg
Amsterdam (1950), Amsterdam NED, rd 3, Nov-14
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (E46) 1-0

Savielly Tartakower vs Herman Pilnik
Amsterdam (1950), Amsterdam NED, rd 4, Nov-15
Indian Game: Kingside Fianchetto (A48) 1-0

December 03, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 03 Dec 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2187 by C.T. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 1n1N1r2/p4n2/7Q/4R3/2bkr2B/1P1pN3/3K4/8 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2188 by J.P. Barnett. White mates in three.
FEN 1qNn4/6r1/7r/p1N1k3/1P2p2P/1B2P3/K7/3Q4 w - - 0 1

AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
After 15 rounds, Miguel Najdorf leads with 12½-2½.

Moshe Czerniak vs Ludek Pachman
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 6, Oct-??
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (B91) 1-0

Alexander Kotov vs Ludek Pachman
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 4, Oct-??
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Henneberger Variation (D63) 1-0

Robert Graham Wade vs Ludek Pachman
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 8, Oct-??
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (D75) 0-1

Nicolas Rossolimo vs Alexander Kotov
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 7, Oct-??
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack. Mindeno Variation Exchange Line (B11) 0-1

November 26, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 26 Nov 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2185 by T.M. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 1q2b3/6Q1/2R1B3/2n1p1p1/1p1k4/5P2/3K4/8 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2186 by C.C. Barnes. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/1B3p2/1Pp4N/3pk3/8/2P2Q1K/8 w - - 0 1

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Jacobs and Rivise are still tied for the lead in the 1950 County Championship Tournament, being played every Friday evening at quarters of the Cosmopolitan Chess Club at 2180 W. Adams Blvd. Standing of players after seven rounds (of a total of 10 in the Swiss system event).

Pairings for the eighth round (Nov. 24): Jacobs-Standers, Rivise-Steckel, Burke-Bersbach, Martin-Spiller, Gordon-Chase, Almgren-Croy, Zander-Banning, Eisgrau-Geller, Weiss-Keckhut, Steven bye; Johnson and Woronzoff have dropped out of the tournament.

William H. Steckel (white) vs. Robert Merton Jacobs (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-K3 N-KB3 3. B-Q3 P-KN3 4. N-Q2 B-N2 5. P-QB3 QN-Q2 6. P-KB4 P-B4 7. Q-K2 P-N3 8. KN-B3 B-N2 9. N-K5 QR-B1 10. O-O O-O 11. P-B5 NxN 12. PxN N-Q2 13. P-K6 N-K4 14. PxPch RxP 15. PxP RxRch 16. QxR PxP 17. N-B3 Q-Q3 18. NxN BxN 19. P-KN3 K-N2 20. Q-B3 R-B1 21. Q-N4 Q-KB3 22. Q-K2 P-B5 23. B-B2 B-B1 24. B-Q2 B-R6 25. R-K1 B-Q3 26. P-QN4 B-K4 27. R-Q1 P-K3 28. Q-K1 Q-B6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. c3 Nbd7 6. f4 c5 7. Qe2 b6 8. Ngf3 Bb7 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. 0-0 0-0 11. f5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. e6 Ne5 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. fxg6 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 hxg6 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. g3 Kg7 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. Qe2 c4 23. Bc2 Bc8 24. Bd2 Bh3 25. Re1 Bd6 26. b4 Be5 27. Rd1 e6 28. Qe1 Qf3 0-1

VENICE GAMES
Here are more games from the recent international tournament held in Venice in which your editor participated.

Alexander Kotov vs Vasily Smyslov
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 2, Sep-29
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11) 1/2-1/2

Harry Golombek vs Herman Steiner
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 2, Sep-29
English Opening: King's English Variation. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) 1/2-1/2

Vasily Smyslov vs Harry Golombek
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 3, Sep-30
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0

August 29, 1971 Courier Journal The King's Men by Merrill Dowden

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The Kings Men Sun, Aug 29, 1971 – Page 53 · The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) · Newspapers.com

August 29, 1971 Asbury Press The Chessboard by Harry Conover

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The Chessboard Sun, Aug 29, 1971 – Page 96 · Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, New Jersey) · Newspapers.com

Chess Problem No. 222 by Kenneth S. Howard, The Observer, April 25, 1926. White mates in three moves.
FEN b2r1N1n/8/r4p1p/4pp1R/1pP2k1K/5pN1/p2p1P2/1q1Q3B w - - 0 1

Solved by
1. P-B5(c5) threat 2. P-B6.
1. … QR-Q3 2. P-B6
1. … KR-Q3 2. N-K6ch
1. … B-K5 2. RxBch
1. … Q-K5 2. QxKBch
1. … Q-Q6 2. QxQPch

August 29, 1971 Boston Globe Chess by Harold Dondis

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Chess Sun, Aug 29, 1971 – 90 · The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) · Newspapers.com

August 29, 1971 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan Sun, Aug 29, 1971 – 109 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Times Problem 4088 by E. Gross. White mates in two. Note that the white king is in check. White has enough replies, however, so that finding the right interposition will take some study.
FEN 2B3N1/2p1P3/b1pk1qR1/5RNn/rr5K/BQ6/2PPPPP1/8 w - - 0 1
P-N4/g4

November 19, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 19 Nov 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2183 by T.M. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 4Q2N/8/B1pp4/3RB3/4k1pr/bK3R2/r1n2pN1/7q w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2184 by C.C. Barnes. White mates in three.
FEN 8/6K1/4k3/2RbpNB1/BP6/2p1p1P1/2N1P3/8 w - - 0 1

VENICE GAMES
The following games are from the recent international tournament held in Venice in which your editor participated.

Giuseppe Primavera vs Herman Steiner
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 4, Oct-??
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation (A04) 0-1

Alexander Kotov vs Enrico Paoli
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 6, Oct-??
Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubow Variation (D46) 0-1

Moshe Czerniak vs Alexander Kotov
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 12, Oct-??
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (B91) 0-1

November 12, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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

Times Problem 2181 by T.M. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 8/2Q2N2/1Nbb4/K3Rp2/3k1B2/4p1q1/2Bp4/8 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2182 by C.C. Barnes. White mates in three.
FEN 8/2p2p2/3p2N1/3p4/2Nnk2K/1pP1B3/1Q4P1/8 w - - 0 1

Eugenio Szabados vs Herman Steiner
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 6, Oct-??
Benoni Defense: General (A43) 0-1

Harry Golombek vs Nicolas Rossolimo
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 8, Oct-??
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation (A91) 1-0

Herman Steiner vs Vasily Smyslov
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 8, Oct-??
Italian Game: Hungarian Defense (C50) 1/2-1/2

November 05, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 05 Nov 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2179 by T.M. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 8/3N4/3p4/1P3p2/K1kpbR2/3R3Q/P7/N1B5 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2180 by C.C. Barnes. White mates in three.
FEN 4K3/5p2/3p1P2/3k1p2/3P4/5N2/8/4QB2 w - - 0 1

Herman Steiner vs Alexander Kotov
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 1, Sep-28
Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order (D31) 1/2-1/2

Herman Steiner vs Enrico Paoli
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 12, Oct-??
Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit. Main Line (D31) 1-0

August 27, 1971 Chess The Province by Al Horowitz

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Chess Fri, Aug 27, 1971 – 46 · The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

October 29, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 29 Oct 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2177 by T.M. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 3K2n1/Nb5P/p1pk3n/P3b3/2Q1pR2/1B5p/7B/8 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2178 by W.T. Banning. White mates in three.
FEN 8/2p5/2Q2p2/8/1K4kB/6P1/4N3/8 w - - 0 1

BANNING LEADS COUNTY TOURNEY
After the third round (seven more to go) of the 1950 Los Angeles County Championship Tournament, William Banning, winner of the 1949 County B Tournament, held the lead as the only player undefeated and not drawn. The standings:

The Croy-Martin game was adjourned.
Spectators are welcome to attend the Friday evening play at the Cosmo Club quarters at 2180 W. Adams Blvd. Soft drinks, coffee, and doughnuts are served.
The County B Tournament got under way at Cosmo quarters on Thursdday, Oct. 19. Cyril Towbin defeated M. Harmat, Keckhut and Shearer drew, and the Phillips-Gray game was adjourned.
Here is a game from the championship tournament:

George Steven (white) vs. George E. Croy (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 P-QB4 4. BPxP KPxP 5. P-KN3 P-B5 6. B-N2 B-N5 7. B-Q2 N-KB3 8. P-QR3 BxN 9. PxB O-O 10. N-KB3 N-QB3 11. N-Q2 B-KB4 12. O-O P-QN4 13. P-QN3 R-QB1 14. NPxBP NPxP 15. P-KB3 R-K1 16. R-K1 R-K6 17. R-QB1 Q-QN3 18. N-KB1 R-K3 19. P-KN4 B-N3 20. P-KR4 P-KR3 21. P-KN5 PxP 22. PxP N-Q2 23. B-R3 R-K2 24. Q-Q2 QR-K1 25. P-K3 P-KB3 26. N-KN3 PxP 27. N-KB5 R-KB2 28. N-Q6 NxQP 29. PxN RxRch 30. RxR QxN 31. B-K6 Q-N6ch 32. Q-N2 QxQch 33. KxQ N-KB3 34. BxRch KxB 35. B-N4 B-B4 36. R-K7ch K-KN3 37. RxQRP P-N5 38. R-QR6 K-R4 39. P-R4 PxPch 40. KxP B-K5ch 41. K-N3 K-N4 42. B-Q2ch K-B4 43. R-QB6 B-QB7 44. P-R5 B-R5 45. R-QB7 B-QN4 46. K-KB3 P-KN4 47. R-QN7 P-N5ch 48. K-K3 P-QB6 49. RxB PxB 50. R-QN1 N-K5 51. P-R6 N-QB6 52. R-B1ch K-K3 53. P-R7 P-Q8 54. RxQ NxR 55. K-Q2 N-B7 56. K-K2 N-K5 57. P-R8 P-N6 58. Q-QB8ch K-Q3 59. Q-KB5 K-B2 60. K-KB3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 c4 6. Bg2 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 0-0 10. Nf3 Nc6

EVANS SCORES VICTORY
Larry Evans had as his first opponent in the international team tournament held at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, recently, Herman Pilnik of Argentina. After an up-and-down game, Evans was able to neutralize his opponent's advanced QP, at the same time pushing through on the Q's flank.

Herman Pilnik vs Larry Evans
Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950), Dubrovnik YUG, rd 3, Aug-22
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 0-1

October 22, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 22 Oct 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2175 by T.M. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 4R3/4n3/5N1K/1Rp1k3/3N4/8/1Q1P4/8 w - - 0 1
Q-N3/Qb3

Times Problem 2176 by E.A. Balaguer. White mates in three.
FEN 8/4p3/4B3/1pN5/1p6/1pk5/3N1B2/3K4 w - - 0 1

A TOURNAMENT UPSET
Perhaps the greatest thrill to a chess player comes when he wins his first well-played game from a veteran player under tournament conditions. The following encounter from the first round of the current Los Angeles County Chess Championship Tournament is one of those games. J. Keckhut defended carefully and after a mistake in severe time trouble by William Steckel finished off the game in fine style. Both players are members of the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, Keckhut playing on the 1949 B team.

William Steckel (white) vs. John Keckhut (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. P-K3 P-K3 4. B-Q3 QN-Q2 5. QN-Q2 P-QB4 6. P-B3 B-K2 7. O-O O-O 8. R-K P-QN3 9. P-K4 PxKP 10. NxP PxP 11. PxP B-N2 12. N-N3 P-KR3 13. B-Q2 B-Q3 14. R-QB B-Q4 15. P-QR3 P-QR3 16. Q-K2 Q-N 17. N-K5 Q-N2 18. NxN QxN 19. N-R5 Q-K2 20. N-B4 B-N2 21. R-B2 KR-Q 22. KR-QB P-K4 23. PxP QxP 24. P-KN3 R-K 25. Q-B P-QR4 26. B-B3 Q-N4 27. P-KR4 Q-N5 28. BxN BxN 29. R-B4 Q-B6 30. K-R2 BxR 31. B-B3 BxNP 32. R-B4 Q-B3 33. BxB R-K8 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Rc1 Bd5 15. a3 a6 16. Qe2 Qb8 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nh5 Qe7 20. Nf4 Bb7 21. Rc2 Rad8 22. Rc1 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. g3 Rde8 25. Qf1 a5 26. Bc3 Qg5 27. h4 Qg4 28. Bxf6 Bxf4 29. Rc4 Qf3 30. Kh2 Bxc1 31. Bc3 Bxb2 32. Rf4 Qc6 33. Bxb2 Re1 0-1

SIMULTANEOUS CHAMPION
Miguel Najdorf, Polish Argentine grandmaster, won the title of world's simultaneous champion recently by giving an exhibition on 250 boards at Sao Paulo, Brazil. This remarkable feat was accomplished in 11 hours and attracted 2000 spectators. Najdorf's final score was 226 victories, 15 draws and only nine losses. Najdorf's phenomenal ability in such displays can be gleaned from a report related how at 3 a.m. he spotted a wrong setup at one of the boards and settled the argument by replaying the entire game from memory.
Najdorf, who also holds the world blindfold record of 45 boards, excels, like the late world champion, Alexander Alekhine, not only in quantity, but also in quality of play as evidenced in the following simultaneous game:

Miguel Najdorf vs Camarinha / Rinsky
Blindfold simul, 45b (1947) (blindfold), Sao Paulo BRA, Jan-24
English Opening: King's English Variation. Three Knights System General (A27) 1-0

October 15, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 15 Oct 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2173 by Theodore M. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 3R4/7K/3b1N2/4k3/3N4/1P1p4/3P1P2/Q7 w - - 0 1
Q-KN/Qg1

Times Problem 2174 by E.A. Balaguer. White mates in three.
FEN 5N2/8/4Q3/8/K2k4/3pn3/8/b3B3 w - - 0 1

ADAMS AND HIS VIENNA
Weaver Adams, former U.S. open champion, invariably plays the Vienna opening when he has white. And he frequently wins. Playing against Albert Pinkus in the U.S. Open Tournament in Detroit last summer, however, he came a cropper. This is the tournament which was won by young Arthur Bisguier of New York. Here is the Adams-Pinkus game:

Weaver Adams vs Albert Pinkus
51st US Open (1950), Detroit, MI USA, rd 4, Jul-13
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation (C26) 0-1

BUDAPEST GAMES
The following games are from the world championship candidates tournament held in Budapest last spring and summer.

David Bronstein vs Paul Keres
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 18, May-15
Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Variation (C91) 1-0

Andre Lilienthal vs Laszlo Szabo
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 18, May-15
Gruenfeld Defense: Russian. Smyslov Variation (D98) 0-1

Alexander Kotov vs Vasily Smyslov
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 16, May-11
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Zurich Variation (E33) 0-1

August 22, 1971 Boston Globe Chess by Harold Dondis

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Chess Sun, Aug 22, 1971 – 140 · The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) · Newspapers.com

August 21, 1971 Chess Ottawa Journal by D.M. LeDain

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Chess Sat, Aug 21, 1971 – Page 28 · The Ottawa Journal (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Newspapers.com

August 21, 1971 Montreal Gazette The Game of Kings by D.M. LeDain

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The Game of Kings Sat, Aug 21, 1971 – 41 · The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada) · Newspapers.com

Problem No. 1261 by H.W. Bettmann. White mates in two moves.
FEN br1n4/BkP2n2/2R5/3R4/8/K2B4/8/8 w - - 0 1

October 08, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 08 Oct 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2171 by J.G. Belden. White mates in two.
FEN 8/5K2/5N2/4pkp1/5n2/3P1NpP/2R3P1/8 w - - 0 1
R-B2/Rf2

Times Problem 2172 by C.H. Avery. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/7P/3Nk2K/8/8/3Q4 w - - 0 1

IMPORTANT DRAW
The United States team defeated Argentina in the international team match in Yugoslavia last month by a score of 2½-1½. At first board, for each country, was a player born in Poland. Samuel Reshevsky having lived in this country for about 30 of his 39 years and Miguel Najdorf having remained in Argentina when war broke out in 1939 and Poland was overrun.
The draw seems a little premature, but undoubtedly neither player was satisfied with his own position and the draw clinched the match for the United States.

Samuel Reshevsky vs Miguel Najdorf
Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950), Dubrovnik YUG, rd 3, Aug-22
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (B91) 1/2-1/2

BUDAPEST GAMES
The following games are from the world championship candidates tournament held in Budapest last spring and summer.

Gideon Stahlberg vs David Bronstein
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 17, May-13
English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10) 0-1

Laszlo Szabo vs Alexander Kotov
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 15, May-09
Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation (B53) 1-0

Laszlo Szabo vs Miguel Najdorf
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 17, May-13
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation. Normal Defense (E93) 0-1

Alexander Kotov vs Isaac Boleslavsky
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 17, May-13
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Variation (E34) 1/2-1/2

August 20, 1971 Chess The Province by Al Horowitz

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Chess Fri, Aug 20, 1971 – 45 · The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

October 01, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 01 Oct 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2169 by J.G. Belden. White mates in two.
FEN r1RQ4/8/4NnB1/Rb6/3N1q1k/3p1Pb1/3p2K1/8 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2170 by Charles H. Avery. White mates in three.
FEN 8/1b5p/p2rp3/Q2pk2K/7R/5pN1/3P1P2/8 w - - 0 1

Samuel Reshevsky vs Svetozar Gligoric
Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950), Dubrovnik YUG, rd 9, Aug-31
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation with 6.e4 (D72) 1-0

WHAT B PLAYERS CAN DO
Virtually all games presented in this column are those of masters, near masters, or A players. Here is a game played in the recent B city championship playoffs. It was considered the most interesting game played in the B tournament and was Shearer's only loss. His conqueror was Al Russo. The winner of the tournament has not been decided yet.

Al Russo (white) vs. Alexander Shearer (black)
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Closed Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 P-Q3 4. B-N5ch N-QB3 5. P-Q4 PxP 6. NxP B-Q2 7. O-O P-QR3 8. NxN BxN 9. BxBch PxB 10. P-KB4! P-Q4 11. PxP PxP 12. P-KB5 P-KR3 13. P-QN3 P-K4 14. PxPe.p. PxP 15. Q-K2 Q-Q2 16. K-R1 B-Q3 17. P-QR4 O-O 18. B-R3 BxB 19. RxB P-Q5 20. N-Q1 Q-Q3 21. QR-R1 P-K4 22. N-QN2 P-K5 23. QR-Q1 Q-QN5 24. Q-B4ch QxQ 25. NxQ QR-Q1 26. P-KR3 P-K6 27. R-K1 N-K5 28. NxP PxN 29. RxR RxR 30. RxP N-QB4 31. K-R2 R-Q3 32. P-R5 K-B2 33. P-N4 N-K3 34. P-B4 R-Q5 35. R-QB3 N-KN4 36. P-N5 PxP 37. PxP R-QN5 38. P-N6 R-N4 39. R-B7ch K-N3 40. P-N7 N-K3 41. R-B6! RxP 42. RxNch K-B4 43. R-QN6 R-R2 44. P-R6 P-N3 45. P-N4ch K-N4 46. K-N3 P-KR4 47. P-R4ch K-R3 48. P-N5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. 0-0 a6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. f4! d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. f5 h6 13. b3 e5 14. fxe6e.p. fxe6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. a4 0-0 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 d4 20. Nd1 Qd6 21. Ra1 e5 22. Nb2 e4 23. Rd1 Qb4 24. Qc4+ Qxc4 25. Nxc4 Rd8 26. h3 e3 27. Re1 Ne4 28. Nxe3 dxe3 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxe3 Nc5 31. Kh2 Rd6 32. a5 Kf7 33. b4 Ne6 34. c4 Rd4 35. Rc3 Ng5 36. b5 axb5 37. cxb5 Rb4 38. b6 Rb5 39. Rc7+ Kg6 40. b7 Ne6 41. Rc6! Rxb7 42. Rxe6+ Kf5 43. Rb6 Ra7 44. a6 g6 45. g4+ Kg5 46. Kg3 h5 47. h4+ Kh6 48. g5+ 1-0

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Radio Chess Match Set for Tomorrow 03 Jun 1950, Sat The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

Radio Chess Match Set for Tomorrow
Four college chess players will play a match by radio tomorrow with a team representing Santa Monica, champions of Los Angeles county, Calif. The Philadelphia team will assemble at the home of its captain, Charles Badgett, a U. S. Department of Agriculture research chemist, at 725 Garden rd., Glenside Gardens.
Badgett, an amateur radio operator, will convey the moves to the California team, and referees will be on hand at both ends. Representing this area will be Saul Wachs, of Temple University, Pennsylvania junior State champion; Herbert Hickman, captain of the Haverford College chess team; Joseph Cotter, of the University of Pennsylvania, who won a game from the national champion, Samuel Reshevesky, when he played a simultaneous match here recently, and Joseph Gibbons, of Drexel Institute.

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SHORT WAVES GAMES
Some interesting chess can result when two strong teams on opposite sides of the continent sit down at their boards and play a match by short wave radio. Here are two games from the recent encounter between the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club and the North City Chess Club of Philadelphia which the former won, 3-1. On the western team were Ray Martin. California State champion, Arthur Spiller, State open champion, William Steckel and George Steven.

Joseph Cotter (white) vs. Arthur Spiller (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Levenfish Variation

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. P-B4 N-B3 7. NxN PxN 8. P-K5 B-N5! 9. Q-Q4 PxP 10. QxKP B-N2 11. B-K2 O-O 12. Q-QB5 Q-Q2 13. O-O R-K 14. P-KR3 BxB 15. NxB QR-N 16. QR-N P-K4 17. PxP R-N4 18. Q-B4 RxKP 19. N-B3 N-K5 20. NxN RxN 21. Q-N3 P-KR3 22. Q-KB3 P-N4 23. P-QN3 R-K7 24. B-R3 R(K1)-K6 25. QR-Q RxQ 26. RxQ RxRch 27. KxR RxBP 28. RxRP RxRP 29. B-B5 RxR 30. BxR P-KB4 31. K-K2 K-B2 32. K-Q3 K-K3 33. K-B4 B-B 34. B-Q4 P-R4 35. B-B3 B-Q3 36. K-Q3 K-Q4 37. B-Q2 P-B5 38. B-B3 B-K4 39. B-N4 B-Q5 40. B-Q2 B-K4 41. B-K P-N5 42. PxP PxP 43. B-B2 B-Q3 44. K-K2 K-K5 45. B-K B-B4 46. B-R4 P-B6ch 47. PxPch PxPch 48. K-B K-Q6 49. B-K B-Q5 50. B-R5 K-B7 51. P-N4 K-N6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Bg4! 9. Qd4 dxe5 10. Qxe5 Bg7 11. Be2 0-0 12. Qc5 Qd7 13. 0-0 Re8 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Rb8 16. Rb1 e5 17. fxe5 Rb5 18. Qc4 Rxe5 19. Nc3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Qb3 h6 22. Qf3 g5 23. b3 Re2 24. Ba3 Re3 25. Rbd1 Rxf3 26. Rxd7 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rxc2 28. Rxa7 Rxa2 29. Bc5 Rxa7 30. Bxa7 f5 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Kc4 Bf8 34. Bd4 h5 35. Bc3 Bd6 36. Kd3 Kd5 37. Bd2 f4 38. Bc3 Be5 39. Bb4 Bd4 40. Bd2 Be5 41. Be1 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Bf2 Bd6 44. Ke2 Ke4 45. Be1 Bc5 46. Bh4 f3+ 47. gxf3+ gxf3+ 48. Kf1 Kd3 49. Be1 Bd4 50. Ba5 Kc2 51. b4 Kb3 0-1

George Steven (white) vs. Joseph Gibbons (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-QR3 BxNch 5. PxB P-QB4 6. P-K3 N-QB3 7. B-Q3 P-Q3 8. N-K2 P-K4 9. P-KB3 O-O 10. O-O P-QN3 11. Q-QB2 Q-K2 12. B-QN2 N-QR4 13. N-KN3 B-R3 14. Q-K2 QR-B1 15. P-Q5 QR-K1 16. R-KB2 Q-Q2 17. P-QR4 K-R1 18. P-K4 P-KN3 19. P-KR3 N-KN1 20. P-KB4 P-KB3 21. P-KB5 P-KN4 22. N-R5 Q-KB2 23. P-KN4 N-R3 24. R-KN2 Q-K2 25. K-B2 K-N1 26. QR-KR1 K-B2 27. P-KR4 R-KR1 28. B-QB1 N-N1 29. RPxKNP BPxP 30. K-K1 P-KR3 31. P-KB6! Q-Q2 32. N-KN7 R-QN1 33. BxNP! QxQRP 34. R(N2)-R2 BxQBP 35. N-KB5 R-Q1 36. BxB NxB 37. NxRPch NxN 38. BxN Q-R8ch 39. K-B2 QxQBP 40. P-N5 Q-Q5ch 41. K-N3 QR-KN1 42. B-N7 RxR 43. P-N6ch!! KxP 44. Q-N4ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. f3 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Bb2 Na5 13. Ng3 Ba6 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. d5 Re8 16. Rf2 Qd7 17. a4 Kh8 18. e4 g6 19. h3 Ng8 20. f4 f6 21. f5 g5 22. Nh5 Qf7 23. g4 Nh6 24. Rg2 Qe7 25. Kf2 Kg8 26. Rh1 Kf7 27. h4 Rh8 28. Bc1 Ng8 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Ke1 h6 31. f6! Qd7 32. Ng7 Rb8 33. Bxg5! Qxa4 34. Rh2 Bxc4 35. Nf5 Rd8 36. Bxc4 Nxc4 37. Nxh6+ Nxh6 38. Bxh6 Qa1+ 39. Kf2 Qxc3 40. g5 Qd4+ 41. Kg3 Rg8 42. Bg7 Rxh2 43. g6+!! Kxg6 44. Qg4+ 1-0

NOTES BY GEORGE STEVEN
(a) All Book—per Euwe's “Theory of the Openings” except the QN goes to K3 in this line.
(b) My opponent offered a draw at this point; refused.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Below is the score of one of the games played in the recent California Championship tournament at San Francisco in which Ray Martin of Santa Monica took the State title away from George E. Croy of Los Angeles. Croy won three, lost two and drew two to tie for second place.

George E. Croy (white) vs. Leslie Boyette (black)
Danish Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-Q4 PxP 3. P-QB3 PxP 4. B-QB4 P-Q4 5. BxP PxP 6. QBxP N-KB3 7. BxPch KxB 8. QxQ B-N5ch 9. Q-Q2 BxQch 10. NxB N-QB3 11. KN-B3 P-KR3 12. O-O R-K 13. P-K5 N-Q4 14. P-QR3 B-B4 15. P-N3 QR-Q 16. KR-K P-KN4 17. N-N3 N(4)-K2 18. QR-B R-Q6 19. KN-Q4 KR-Q 20. P-K6ch K-N3 21. NxB KxN 22. N-B5 R(6)-Q4 23. K-N2 P-N5 24. R-K4 N-N3 25. R-K3 N-R4 26. P-KR4 P-N4!? 27. P-K7 R-K 28. N-K6 RxP 29. N-Q4ch RxN 30. BxR R-Q2 31. R-B5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 d5 5. Bxd5 cxb2 6. Bxb2 Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qxd8 Bb4+ 9. Qd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nc6 11. Nf3 h6 12. 0-0 Re8 13. e5 Nd5 14. a3 Bf5 15. g3 Rd8 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Nb3 Ne7 18. Rc1 Rd3 19. Nfd4 Rd8 20. e6+ Kg6 21. Nxf5 Kxf5 22. Nc5 Rd5 23. Kg2 g4 24. Re4 Ng6 25. Re3 Na5 26. h4 b5? 27. e7 Re8 28. Ne6 Rxe7 29. Nd4+ Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Rd7 31. Rc5+ 1-0

NOTES BY G. E. CROY
(a) Black prefers to return the sacrificed pawns, as recommended by Fine in “Practical Chess Openings.” The alternative is to defend a very cramped position against a strong attack, made possible by lead in development and open position, due to the pawn sacrifices.
(b) Here, PCO recommends 10. P-B4 and claims better chances for black. My opinion is that White has better chances due to lead in development and safer king position.
(c) White's chances lay in forcing center pawns through, but first the black knights must be hampered, else they can play hob with the works. The text tends to leave white weaker on white squares but I hoped he would not be able to take any advantage from that.
(d) This later proves risky as white weaves a mating net about the black king. He probably disliked the alternative 21. NxN: 22. N-B5 R6-Q4; 23. NxP R1-QN; 24. RxN RxN; 25. P-K7dis.ch wins.
(e) With the strong threat of N-B5 etc. disrupting white's game: 26. N-K4 seems best, (PxPe.p.ch., loses after 27. KxP N-K4; 28. BxN RxB; 29. P-N4ch. etc.) but white's chances are better after 27. R-K4 with mate threats.
(f) A blunder, of course, but white should win anyway.

September 24, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 24 Sep 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Times Problem 2167 by John G. Belden. White mates in two.
FEN 1b2Q3/r1k3BR/p7/3K1p2/2pNp3/8/2q2n2/8 w - - 0 1

Times Problem 2168 by P.A. Aveilhe Jr. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/2N5/Np6/2p4R/2k1K3/8/8 w - - 0 1

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Here is a complete tabulation of the results of the State Championship Tournament held in San Francisco last Labor Day week end. Ray Martin of Santa Monica is the new champion, having dethroned George E. Croy of Los Angeles. Two games from the tournament also are presented.

Ray Martin (white) vs. Phil Smith (black)
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-Q2 N-KB3 4. P-K5 KN-Q2 5. Q-N4 P-QB4 6. P-QB3 N-QB3 7. B-Q3 Q-B2 8. N-K2 PxP 9. PxP N-N5 10. Q-N3 NxBch 11. QxN B-K2 12. O-O O-O 13. P-B4 P-B3 14. N-KB3 Q-B5 15. QxQ PxQ 16. N-B3 N-N3 17. KR-Q1 B-Q2 18. PxP PxP 19. P-B5! P-K4! 20. B-R6 KR-Q1 21. PxP BxP 22. P-KR3 PxP 23. NxP B-B3? 24. RxRch RxR 25. R-KB1 BxN 26. RxB B-N2 27. B-K3 B-Q5 28. K-B2 BxBch 29. KxB K-N2 30. R-B5 R-Q2 31. P-QR4! R-K2ch 32. K-B3? N-Q2! 33. R-B8 N-K4ch 34. K-N3 N-Q6 35. RxP NxP 36. R-QN4 N-Q6 37. R-N4ch K-B1 38. N-Q5 R-N2 39. RxR KxR 40. K-B3 N-B4 41. N-B3 K-B3 42. K-B4 P-N3 43. P-N3 N-K3ch 44. K-N4 K-N3 45. K-B3 P-R3 46. K-K4 P-N4 47. P-R5! N-B4ch 48. K-Q5 P-N5! 49. N-K2 N-N2 50. K-B6 NxPch 51. K-N6 N-B5ch 52. KxP P-N6 53. N-B3 N-Q7 54. N-Q1 K-B4 55. K-N5 K-K5 56. N-N2 K-B6 57. P-N4 K-N6 58. K-N4 KxP 59. K-B3 N-K5ch 60. KxP KxP 61. K-B2 P-R4 62. K-Q1 P-R5 63. K-K2 P-R6 64. K-B1 K-N6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Qg3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. f4 f6 14. Nf3 Qc4 15. Qxc4 dxc4 16. Nc3 Nb6 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. exf6 gxf6 19. f5! e5! 20. Bh6 Rd8 21. dxe5 Bxf5 22. h3 fxe5 23. Nxe5 Bf6? 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rf1 Bxe5 26. Rxf5 Bg7 27. Be3 Bd4 28. Kf2 Bxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Kg7 30. Rc5 Rd7 31. a4! Re7+ 32. Kf3? Nd7! 33. Rc8 Ne5+ 34. Kg3 Nd3 35. Rxc4 Nxb2 36. Rb4 Nd3 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Nd5 Rg7 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Kf3 Nc5 41. Nc3 Kf6 42. Kf4 b6 43. g3 Ne6+ 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Kf3 a6 46. Ke4 b5 47. a5! Nc5+ 48. Kd5 b4! 49. Ne2 Nb7 50. Kc6 Nxa5+ 51. Kb6 Nc4+ 52. Kxa6 b3 53. Nc3 Nd2 54. Nd1 Kf5 55. Kb5 Ke4 56. Nb2 Kf3 57. g4 Kg3 58. Kb4 Kxh3 59. Kc3 Ne4+ 60. Kxb3 Kxg4 61. Kc2 h5 62. Kd1 h4 63. Ke2 h3 64. Kf1 Kg3 0-1

6. … N-QB3(a)—P-QN3, B-R3, etc., is the book line, but Martin, the opening expert, beat every other opponent in the tournament in the opening, so Black plays to get the champion “out of the books.”
8. N-K2(b)—P-QR3 is better; it preserves the king's bishop.
23. … B-B3?(c)—This hasty move throws away Black's advantage and gives the superiority to White. Better was B-B4ch, followed by B-Q5, or even B-Q3.
32. K-B3?(d)—This hasty move, in turn, gives the advantage back to Black; 32. K-B2 gave White a strong plus.
44. … K-N3(e)—Martin offered a draw at this point. While Black was studying the offer, Martin made his next move, which automatically canceled the offer.
47. P-R5!?(f)—Martin still wanted to win, but his move gives Black a win in a drawn position.
48. … P-N5!(g)—White is lost!
Resigns(h)—Of course, if 65. K-N1, P-R7ch; 66. K-R1 N-B7, mate.

Phil Smith (white) vs. William Steckel (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-QB4 P-B3 4. N-B3 P-KB4 5. B-N5 B-K2 6. BxB QxB 7. P-K3 N-B3 8. N-K5 O-O 9. B-Q3 QN-Q2 10. NxN BxN 11. O-O P-K4 12. PxP QxP 13. P-KR3 QR-K 14. Q-N3 P-KN4!? 15. PxP PxP 16. B-N5 R-K2 17. BxB RxB 18. QR-Q K-R 19. Q-N4 K-N2 20. Q-Q4 QxQ 21. RxQ K-B2 22. QR-Q K-K3? 23. N-K2 R-QB 24. R-QR4 P-QR3 25. N-Q4ch K-K4 26. N-B3ch K-Q3 27. NxP R-B7 28. R-QN4 P-R3 29. R-N6ch R-B3 30. RxRch PxR 31. N-B3 P-B4 32. N-Q2 R-QN2 33. K-B K-B3 34. P-QN3 N-K5 35. NxN BPxN 36. P-B3 R-K2 37. K-B2 R-KB2 38. R-Q2 PxP? 39. PxP R-KN2 40. R-Q R-N3 41. P-KR4! P-QR4 42. R-KN RxR 43. KxR K-Q3 44. K-B2 K-K4 45. K-K2 K-B4 46. K-Q3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. e3 Nf6 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. 0-0 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. h3 Re8 14. Qb3 g5? 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 Re7 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Rd1 Kh8 19. Qb4 Kg7 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Kf7 22. Rd1 Ke6? 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Ra4 a6 25. Nd4+ Ke5 26. Nf3+ Kd6 27. Nxg5 Rc2 28. Rb4 h6 29. Rb6+ Rc6 30. Rxc6+ bxc6 31. Nf3 c5 32. Nd2 Rb7 33. Kf1 Kc6 34. b3 Ne4 35. Nxe4 fxe4 36. f3 Re7 37. Kf2 Rf7 38. Rd2 exf3? 39. gxf3 Rg7 40. Rd1 Rg6 41. h4! a5 42. Rg1 Rxg1 43. Kxg1 Kd6 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Ke2 Kf5 46. Kd3 1-0

26. N-B3ch(a)—26. P-B4ch!? may be stronger; Steckel thought so, but the complications were too difficult, so White took the safer line.
42. … RxR(b)— Forced. If the rook moves, White plays P-R5 and R-N6, winning easily.
46. … Resigns(c)—There is no defense against 47. P-R3, 48. K-B3, 49. P-N4, etc.