June 04, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, June 4, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 2135 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, July 5, 2020

L.A. Times Problem 2135 by Anonymous. White mates in two.
FEN 8/6b1/1pp5/k1pqN3/N6Q/PP2P3/3P4/4KB2 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, June 4, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 2136 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, July 5, 2020

L.A. Times Problem 2136 by Anonymous. White mates in three.
FEN b1B5/1r2p3/kp2P3/1N6/1P2Q3/8/3K4/8 w - - 0 1
K-B3/Kc3

SOUTH vs. NORTH MATCH
Another close match was played this year between the North and the South at San Luis Obispo last Sunday, the results of which were doubtful until the last games were finished. The North emerged the winners with a score of 24½-20½. Although the South won 10 of the first 13 boards, the tail-enders decided the results of the match. Credit must be given to all those who turned out for this occasion, as it was a one-day affair and many had to drive home the same day.
Below is the complete score. South had white on the odd number of boards:

Board 10

Wade Hendricks, Oakland vs. Smith, Bakersfield
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 P-Q4 4. Q-N3 PxP 5. QxBP B-N2 6. N-B3 O-O 7. B-B4 P-B3 8. R-Q1 B-K3 9. Q-Q3 Q-R4 10. P-K4 N-R3 11. Q-N1 N-QN5 12. P-QR3 N-R7 13. B-Q2 NxN 14. Bxn Q-R5 15. B-Q3 N-Q2 16. O-O KR-K1 17. P-Q5!? PxP 18. B-B2 Q-B5 19. BxB KxB 20. R-Q4 Q-B3 21. B-R4 P-QN4 22. R-B1 Q-R3 23. PxP B-B4 24. B-B2 BxB 25. RxB QR-B1 26. P-KR4 RxR 27. QxR R-QB1 28. Q-K2 R-B8ch 29. K-R2 Q-Q3ch 30. P-N3 R-B4 31. R-K4 RxP 32. RxP R-KB4 33. R-K3 N-B3 34. K-N1 N-N5 35. Q-Q3? Q-KB3! 36. N-N5 NxR 37. PxN QxP 38. Q-Q4ch QxQ 39. PxQ P-KR3 40. N-K4 R-Q4 41. N-B3 RxP 42. NxP R-QR5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bf4 c6 8. Rd1 Be6 9. Qd3 Qa5 10. e4 Na6 11. Qb1 Nb4 12. a3 Na2 13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qa4 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. 0-0 Re8 17. d5? cxd5 18. Bc2 Qc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd4 Qc6 21. Ba4 b5 22. Rc1 Qa6 23. exd5 Bf5 24. Bc2 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8 26. h4 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rc8 28. Qe2 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Qd6+ 30. g3 Rc5 31. Re4 Rxd5 32. Rxe7 Rf5 33. Re3 Nf6 34. Kg1 Ng4 35. Qd3? Qf6! 36. Ng5 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Qxb2 38. Qd4+ Qxd4 39. exd4 h6 40. Ne4 Rd5 41. Nc3 Rxd4 42. Nxb5 Ra4 0-1

David Bronstein vs Isaac Boleslavsky
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 7, Apr-22
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85) 1/2-1/2

Paul Keres vs Miguel Najdorf
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 7, Apr-22
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E07) 1/2-1/2

Gideon Stahlberg vs Andre Lilienthal
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 7, Apr-22
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Classical Fianchetto (E67) 1/2-1/2

Vasily Smyslov vs Alexander Kotov
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 7, Apr-22
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical Variation Paulsen Variation (B85) 1/2-1/2

Laszlo Szabo vs Salomon Flohr
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 7, Apr-22
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Indian Formation (A15) 1-0