August 20, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 20 Aug 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, August 20, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2157 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Times Problem 2157 by C.C. Barnes. White mates in two.
FEN 8/4bQ1b/N1p4r/1pr2R1p/1Pp1k2P/5RpN/4B3/2K5 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, August 20, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2158 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Times Problem 2158 by A.B. Arnold. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/1R6/pN1n1p2/k1p1b3/p2pPpB1/B2K1P2/8 w - - 0 1

SANTA MONICA BEATS ROCKFORD
The Santa Monica Bay Chess Club team, current Los Angeles County and California State team champions, took on a team of players in Rockford, Illinois, recently by short wave radio at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Newcombe. The Santa Monica team crushed Rockford, 4-0. Ray Martin, William Steckel, Arthur Spiller and George A. Steven played for Santa Monica. Paul Wrangell was the nonplaying team captain.
The Santa Monica Club issues a challenge to any ranking chess club in the United States, Canada or points south to a match of four players, the moves to be transmitted on 40-meter radio band, ham radio. Direct all inquiries to George A. Steven, 1517 Bay St., Santa Monica, California.
Here are two of the Rockford games:

Dr. Schwartz (white) vs. Ray Martin (black)
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Wiesbaden Variation, Sharp Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-QB3 3. N-KB3 N-KB3 4. N-QB3 PxP 5. P-QR4 B-B4 6. N-K5 P-K3 7. P-KB3 B-QN5 8. P-K4 BxKP 9. PxB NxP 10. B-Q2 QxP 11. NxN QxNch 12. Q-K2 BxBch 13. KxB Q-Q4ch 14. K-B2 O-O 15. NxPB5 N-R3 16. Q-Q2 Q-QB4 17. K-N KR-Q 18. Q-K N-N5 19. Q-K2 Q-B4ch 20. K-QB N-Q6ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 0-0 15. Nxf7 Na6 16. Qd2 Qc5 17. Kb1 Rd8 18. Qe1 Nb4 19. Qe2 Qf5+ 20. Kc1 Nd3+ 0-1

George A. Steven (white) vs. Russell Cockrell (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-QB3 6. BPxP BPxP 7. B-Q3 B-QN5 8. Q-QB2 Q-R4 9. KN-K2 O-O 10. O-O BxN 11. NxB P-QR3 12. P-QR4 R-K1 13. P-KB4 N-KN5 14. BxPch! K-R1 15. R-KB3 P-KN3 16. BxNP K-N2 17. BxKBP! R-R1 18. Q-N6ch K-B1 19. BxKP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Bb4 8. Qc2 Qa5 9. Ne2 0-0 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxh7+! Kh8 15. Rf3 g6 16. Bxg6 Kg7 17. Bxf7! Rh8 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. Bxe6 1-0

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Ray Martin, Sven Almgren and William Steckel will be the Southern California finalists in the State Championship Tournament to be held in San Francisco over the Labor Day week end. They topped a field of 14 in a qualifying tournament played at the Water and Power Chess Club's quarters the past seven Sundays.
Martin, in achieving the highest Sonnen-Berger system score, lost only Round 1 to George Hunnex and drew his sixth round with Steckel. He beat Morris Gordon, Martin Altshiller, Samuel Geller, Almgren and Emil Bersbach. Almgren defeated Gordon, John Barlow. Hunnex, Geller and Steckel, losing to Martin and drawing with Bersbach. Steckel won from William Banning, LeRoy Johnson and Hunnex, drew with Robert Solana. Bersbach and Martin, and lost to Almgren.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
The prize for the most brilliant game in the National Junior Championship Tournament in Milwaukee last month went, not to the new junior champion, Jimmy Cross of Glendale, but to Milton Otteson of Minneapolis for his encounter with Harry Goodman of Chicago. The game is a fine example of the theme that the execution of a successful center thrust will nullify a flank attack.

Harry Goodman (white) vs. Milton Otteson (black)
Slav Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-QB3 3. N-QB3 N-B3 4. PxP PxP 5. N-B3 N-B3 6. P-K3 B-B4 7. B-Q3 BxB 8. QxB P-K3 9. P-QR3 B-K2 10. O-O O-O 11. N-Q2 N-K 12. P-B4 P-KB4 13. P-QN4 N-Q3 14. B-N2 B-B3 15. R-B3 N-K5 16. R-R3 N-K2 17. NxN QPxN 18. Q-K2 N-Q4 19. Q-R5 NxBP 20. PxN BxPch 21. K-R BxB 22. R-Q R-B 23. QxRPch K-B2 24. Q-R5ch K-K2 25. Q-R4ch B-B3 26. Q-K Q-B2 27. Q-B KR-Q 28. R-K3 Q-B7 29. R-K2 B-B6 30. R-B QxR 31. QxQ BxN 32. Q-Q R-B8 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. a3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. f4 f5 13. b4 Nd6 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Rf3 Ne4 16. Rh3 Ne7 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Qh5 Nxf4 20. exf4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxb2 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Qxh7+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Bf6 26. Qe1 Qc7 27. Qf1 Rd8 28. Re3 Qc2 29. Re2 Bc3 30. Rc1 Qxc1 31. Qxc1 Bxd2 32. Qd1 Rc1 0-1

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