May 21, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, May 21, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 2131 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, July 3, 2020

L.A. Times Problem 2131 by H.R. Agnel. White mates in two.
FEN B7/8/8/8/3k4/2p5/2KP3Q/8 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, May 21, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 2138 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, July 3, 2020

L.A. Times Problem 2138 by H.R. Agnel. White mates in three.
FEN 1B4n1/4p3/2K1p2p/P3N3/3k1pPP/5P2/3P4/8 w - - 0 1

HOLLYWOOD CHESS GROUP INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
After three rounds of play in the Hollywood Chess Group Invitational Tournament there are only four players who are undefeated. The important third round brought two upsets. Cross loss to R. Solana and Spiller's first loss to Bersbach. The games are being played every Friday evening and every other Tuesday evening at the Hollywood Chess Group. Admission is free. Below are the up-to-date standings:

                         W      L
Steiner                  4      0
Mazner                   3      1
M. Gordon                2½      ½
Geller                   2      0
Spiller                  1      1
H. Gordon                1½      ½
Cross                    1      1
Bersbach                 1      1
Martin                   1      1
Rivise                   1      1
Steven                   1      2
Croy                     1      2
Solana                   1      2
Woronzoff                1      2
Almgren                  0      2
Jacobs                   0      3
Leoke                    0      3

Adjourned games: Cross vs. H. Gordon, Geller vs. Almgren, Martin vs. Bersbach. The Cross-H Gordon game will be played today at 2 p.m. at the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N Formosa Ave. Visitors are welcome.

George E. Croy (white) vs. Sam Geller (black)
French Defense: Horwitz Attack, Papa-Ticulat Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-QN3 P-Q4 3. B-N2 PxP 4. N-QB3 N-KB3 5. Q-K2 B-N5 6. O-O-O QN-Q2 7. NxP Q-K2 8. P-Q4 NxN 9. QxN N-B3 10. Q-B3 O-O 11. B-Q3 B-R6 12. N-R3 P-KR3 13. KR-K1 R-Q1 14. N-B4 BxBch 15. KxB Q-Q3 16. N-R5 NxN 17. QxN QxPch 18. P-B3 Q-B3 19. P-KB4 B-Q2 20. P-KN4 B-K1 21. R-KB1 R-Q4 22. Q-R3 P-QN4 23. P-N5 PxP 24. B-R7ch K-B1 25. B-K4 RxR 26. RxR P-B3 27. PxP QxP 28. Q-Q3 Q-K4 29. R-Q2 P-R4 30. K-B2 R-R2 31. R-K2 R-Q2 32. BxP RxQ 33. RxQ R-Q3 34. BxP BxB 35. RxB P-B4 36. RxP P-B5 37. R-K5 K-B2 38. R-K4 P-N4 39. R-Q4 R-R3 40. P-R4 P-K4 41. R-Q5 K-K3 42. P-B4 P-N5 43. K-Q3 K-B4 44. P-R5 R-KR3! 45. P-N4 R-R6ch!! 46. K-K2 RxPch 47. K-B1 P-N6 48. R-Q8 P-B6 49. R-B8ch K-K5 50. K-K1 K-K6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bb4 6. 0-0-0 Nd7 7. Nxe4 Qe7 8. d4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qf3 0-0 11. Bd3 Ba3 12. Nh3 h6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Nf4 Bxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Qd6 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Qxd4+ 18. c3 Qf6 19. f4 Bd7 20. g4 Be8 21. Rf1 Rd5 22. Qh3 b5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Be4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 c6 27. fxg5 Qxg5 28. Qd3 Qe5 29. Rd2 a5 30. Kc2 Ra7 31. Re2 Rd7 32. Bxc6 Rxd3 33. Rxe5 Rd6 34. Bxb5 Bxb5 35. Rxb5 f5 36. Rxa5 f4 37. Re5 Kf7 38. Re4 g5 39. Rd4 Ra6 40. a4 e5 41. Rd5 Ke6 42. c4 g4 43. Kd3 Kf5 44. a5 Rh6! 45. b4 Rh3+!! 46. Ke2 Rxh2+ 47. Kf1 g3 48. Rd8 f3 49. Rf8+ Ke4 50. Ke1 Ke3 0-1

Andre Lilienthal vs Isaac Boleslavsky
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 5, Apr-18
King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Steiner Attack (E80) 1/2-1/2

David Bronstein vs Miguel Najdorf
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 5, Apr-18
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation (E29) 1-0

Gideon Stahlberg vs Salomon Flohr
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 5, Apr-18
Gruenfeld Defense: Russian Variation. Szabo (Boleslavsky) (D97) 1/2-1/2

Paul Keres vs Alexander Kotov
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 5, Apr-18
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation (B92) 1-0