August 27, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, August 27, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2159 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, July 16, 2020

Times Problem 2159 by James P. Barnett. White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/2p5/K2kBP2/1QN5/4p3/2R1p1P1/4R3 w - - 0 1

U.S. OPEN GAMES
These games are from the U.S. Open Tournament held in Detroit last month which was won by Arthur B. Bisguier.

Walter Shipman vs Lester Spitzley
51st US Open (1950), Detroit, MI USA, rd 3, Jul-12
Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation (B58) 1-0

Robert Henry Steinmeyer vs Albert Pinkus
51st US Open (1950), Detroit, MI USA, rd 7, Jul-17
Gruenfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack (D82) 1-0

Leon Stolzenberg vs Weaver Adams
51st US Open (1950), Detroit, MI USA, rd 5, Jul-14
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit. Alapin Variation (D08) 1-0

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
The games of Jimmy Cross of Glendale, winner of the recent National Junior Championship Tournament, and of Ross Siemms of Toronto, the runner-up, in the Milwaukee tournament were considered particularly impressive. Here are two games from that tournament showing their abilities to good advantage.

Mayer (white) vs. Ross Siemms (black)
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Euwe Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-KB4 B-B4 3. N-KB3 P-Q3 4. P-B3 QB-N5 5. PxP PxP 6. Q-R4ch B-Q2 7. Q-B2 N-QB3 8. P-QN4 B-Q3 9. B-B4 N-B3 10. O-O O-O 11. P-Q3 P-QN4 12. BxP NxNP 13. PxN BxB 14. P-QR4 BxQP Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. d3 b5 12. Bxb5 Nxb4 13. cxb4 Bxb5 14. a4 Bxd3 0-1

James Cross (white) vs. Jack Kagetsu (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-K3 P-Q4 5. P-QR3 BxNch 6. PxB O-O 7. PxP PxP 8. B-Q3 QN-Q2 9. N-K2 P-B4 10. O-O P-QN3 11. N-N3 B-N2 12. P-B3 R-K 13. Q-Q2 P-QR3 14. B-N2 PxP 15. BPxP P-QN4 16. QR-K N-N3 17. P-K4 P-N3 18. P-K5 KN-Q2 19. P-KB4 N-B5 20. Q-B2 NxB 21. QxN N-B 22. P-B5 Q-N3 23. Q-KB2 P-N4 24. N-R5 R-K2 25. P-KR4 Q-KR3 26. N-B6ch K-R 27. PxP Q-N2 28. R-K3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Ne2 c5 10. 0-0 b6 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. f3 Re8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. cxd4 b5 16. Rfe1 Nb6 17. e4 g6 18. e5 N8d7 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qc2 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Nf8 22. f5 Qb6 23. Qf2 g5 24. Nh5 Re7 25. h4 Qh6 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. hxg5 Qg7 28. Re3 1-0