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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, August 6, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2153 by C.C....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Times Problem 2153 by C.C. Barnes. White mates in two.
FEN 4n3/2p3B1/N2pR3/2Pk3n/K1R1ppP1/6p1/B5N1/1b2Q3 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, August 6, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2154 by A...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Times Problem 2154 by A Lady. White mates in three.
FEN 8/7Q/1Kp5/3p4/1k6/pp3n2/pN6/2N5 w - - 0 1

Herman Steiner vs Walter Shipman
51st US Open (1950), Detroit, MI USA, rd 4, Jul-13
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) 0-1

HOLLYWOOD INVITATIONAL
George Steven of Santa Monica reports an error in his standing in the Hollywood Invitational Tournament published last Sunday. His score was 5-11 instead of 3-13 giving him a tie with George Croy and Sam Geller. Steven had wins over Jim Cross, E. Bersbach, L. Woronzoff. Geller and E. Leoke. His game with Cross was rated by some of the players as the best in the tournament, proving to be the turning point in Jim missing out in the prize money. This game and two others from the tournament are given herewith. Jim's victory over Sven Almgren is also a beauty.

George A. Steven (white) vs. Emil Bersbach (black)
Mikenas Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-QB3 2. P-KN3 P-Q4 3. B-N2 P-K3 4. N-KB3 P-KB4 5. O-O N-KB3 6. P-QN3 B-K2 7. P-QB4 O-O 8. B-QR3 P-KR3 9. BxB QxB 10. N-QB3 N-K5 11. R-QB1 Q-KB2 12. P-K3 P-KN4 13. P-KR4 P-KN5 14. N-K5 NxN 15. QPxN P-QB3 16. BxN! QPxB 17. N-K2 P-QB4 18. Q-Q6 P-QN3 19. QR-Q1 B-N2 20. Q-Q7 QR-K1 21. QxQch KxQ 22. R-Q6 R-Q1 23. KR-Q1 K-K2 24. N-KB4 RxR 25. RxR R-Q1 26. RxKPch K-Q2 27. RxKRP K-QB1 28. R-Q6 R-K1 29. N-KN6 K-QB2 30. P-KR5 B-QB1 31. P-KR6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nc6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 f5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. b3 Be7 7. c4 0-0 8. Ba3 h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qf7 12. e3 g5 13. h4 g4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 c6 16. Bxe4! dxe4 17. Ne2 c5 18. Qd6 b6 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Qd7 Re8 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd6 Rd8 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Nf4 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rd8 26. Rxe6+ Kd7 27. Rxh6 Kc8 28. Rd6 Re8 29. Ng6 Kc7 30. h5 Bc8 31. h6 1-0

James Cross (white) vs. Sven Elias Almgren (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Botvinnik System

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. P-QR3 BxNch 7. PxB P-QN3 8. PxP PxP 9. N-K2 R-K1 10. O-O B-R3 11. BxB NxB 12. Q-Q3 Q-B1 13. B-N2 P-QB4 14. N-N3 P-B5 15. Q-B2 P-QN4 16. QR-K1 N-QB2 17. P-KB3 P-QR4 18. P-K4 PxP 19. PxP Q-N5? 20. B-QB1 Q-N3 21. R-KB5 P-R3 22. QR-KB1 R-K2? 23. RxN!! PxR 24. N-KB5 R-Q2 25. R-B3 K-B1 26. R-KN3 Q-R2 27. P-K5! Q-R1 28. BxPch K-K1 29. B-N7 Q-R4 30. BxP K-B1 31. R-KR3 QxR 32. PxQ N-K3 33. Q-KN2 R(2)-R2 34. B-N7ch K-K1 35. Q-QB6ch! Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. 0-0 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. Bb2 c5 14. Ng3 c4 15. Qc2 b5 16. Re1 Nc7 17. f3 a5 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Qg4? 20. Bc1 Qg6 21. Rf5 h6 22. Ref1 Re7? 23. Rxf6!! gxf6 24. Nf5 Rd7 25. Rf3 Kf8 26. Rg3 Qh7 27. e5! Qh8 28. Bxh6+ Ke8 29. Bg7 Qh5 30. Bxf6 Kf8 31. Rh3 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Ne6 33. Qg2 Rda7 34. Bg7+ Ke8 35. Qc6+! 1-0

George Steven (white) vs. James Cross (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Accelerated

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-QR3 BxNch 5. PxB P-Q3? 6. P-KB3 QN-Q2 7. P-K4 P-K4 8. B-Q3 Q-K2 9. N-K2 O-O 10. O-O R-K1 11. N-KN3 N-KB1 12. P-KB4 P-KR3 13. R-QR2 N-KN3 14. P-KB5 N-KB1 15. N-KR5 N-KR2 16. P-Q5 P-QN3 17. P-KN3 K-R1 18. P-KR4 NxN 19. QxN N-KB3 20. Q-KB3 N-KR2 21. R-KR2 B-Q2 22. P-KN4 P-KB3 23. K-KB2 KR-QN1 24. R-KN1 P-QN4 25. P-KN5 QNPxBP 26. B-QB2 P-QB3 27. P-KN6 PxQP 28. R(R2)-KN2 R-KN1 29. PxN KxP 30. Q-R5 B-K1 31. R-KN6 Q-KB1! 32. Q-N4 BxR 33. QxBch? K-R1 34. PxQP R-QB1 35. B-K4 R-QB2 36. P-R5 Q-B2 37. QxQ RxQ 38. R-N6 R-QN1 39. R-KN3 R-QN6 40. B-QB2 R-QN4 41. B-K4 R(B2)-QN2 42. K-K1 R-QR4 43. R-KN2 K-KN1 44. R-KN4 K-KB1 45. B-KB3 R-QB2 46. K-Q2 K-K1 47. K-QB2 K-Q1 48. B-K2 R-QR5 49. B-KB3 K-QB1 50. B-K4 K-QN2 51. R-KN2 R-QR4 52. K-QN1 K-QR3 53. K-QR2 R-QN2 54. R-QN2 R(R4)-QN4 55. R-QN4! R-QB2 56. B-KB3 RxR 57. BPxR P-K5 58. BxKP R-K2 59. B-QB2 R-K7 60. K-N2 R-K4 61. K-QB3 RxQP 62. KxQBP R-K4 63. B-KB4 R-K8 64. BxQP R-QB8 65. K-QN3 R-K8 66. P-QR4 K-QN2 67. P-QN5 P-QR3 68. K-QN4 R-K6 69. B-KB8 R-KN6 70. B-K4ch K-QB2 71. K-QR5 RPxP 72. PxP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6? 6. f3 Nd7 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. Ne2 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. f4 h6 13. Ra2 Ng6 14. f5 Nf8 15. Nh5 Nh7 16. d5 b6 17. g3 Kh8 18. h4 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nh7 21. Rh2 Bd7 22. g4 f6 23. Kf2 Rb8 24. Rg1 b5 25. g5 bxc4 26. Bc2 c6 27. g6 cxd5 28. Rhg2 Rg8 29. gxh7 Kxh7 30. Qh5 Be8 31. Rg6 Qf8! 32. Qg4 Bxg6 33. Qxg6+? Kh8 34. exd5 Rc8 35. Be4 Rc7 36. h5 Qf7 37. Qxf7 Rxf7 38. Rg6 Rb8 39. Rg3 Rb3 40. Bc2 Rb5 41. Be4 Rb7 42. Ke1 Ra5 43. Rg2 Kg8 44. Rg4 Kf8 45. Bf3 Rc7 46. Kd2 Ke8 47. Kc2 Kd8 48. Be2 Ra4 49. Bf3 Kc8 50. Be4 Kb7 51. Rg2 Ra5 52. Kb1 Ka6 53. Ka2 Rb7 54. Rb2 Rb5 55. Rb4! Rc7 56. Bf3 Rxb4 57. cxb4 e4 58. Bxe4 Re7 59. Bc2 Re2 60. Kb2 Re5 61. Kc3 Rxd5 62. Kxc4 Re5 63. Bf4 Re1 64. Bxd6 Rc1 65. Kb3 Re1 66. a4 Kb7 67. b5 a6 68. Kb4 Re3 69. Bf8 Rg3 70. Be4+ Kc7 71. Ka5 axb5 72. axb5 1-0