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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
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
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.
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
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
Samuel Reshevsky vs Miguel Najdorf
Amsterdam (1950), Amsterdam NED, rd 1, Nov-11
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (B91) 1/2-1/2
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
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.
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
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
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
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:
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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“What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
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After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.
This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.
March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008
The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.
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Chess by Herman Steiner 31 Dec 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
