October 22, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 22, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2175 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, July 24, 2020

Times Problem 2175 by T.M. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 4R3/4n3/5N1K/1Rp1k3/3N4/8/1Q1P4/8 w - - 0 1
Q-N3/Qb3

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 22, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2176 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, July 24, 2020

Times Problem 2176 by E.A. Balaguer. White mates in three.
FEN 8/4p3/4B3/1pN5/1p6/1pk5/3N1B2/3K4 w - - 0 1

A TOURNAMENT UPSET
Perhaps the greatest thrill to a chess player comes when he wins his first well-played game from a veteran player under tournament conditions. The following encounter from the first round of the current Los Angeles County Chess Championship Tournament is one of those games. J. Keckhut defended carefully and after a mistake in severe time trouble by William Steckel finished off the game in fine style. Both players are members of the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, Keckhut playing on the 1949 B team.

William Steckel (white) vs. John Keckhut (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. P-K3 P-K3 4. B-Q3 QN-Q2 5. QN-Q2 P-QB4 6. P-B3 B-K2 7. O-O O-O 8. R-K P-QN3 9. P-K4 PxKP 10. NxP PxP 11. PxP B-N2 12. N-N3 P-KR3 13. B-Q2 B-Q3 14. R-QB B-Q4 15. P-QR3 P-QR3 16. Q-K2 Q-N 17. N-K5 Q-N2 18. NxN QxN 19. N-R5 Q-K2 20. N-B4 B-N2 21. R-B2 KR-Q 22. KR-QB P-K4 23. PxP QxP 24. P-KN3 R-K 25. Q-B P-QR4 26. B-B3 Q-N4 27. P-KR4 Q-N5 28. BxN BxN 29. R-B4 Q-B6 30. K-R2 BxR 31. B-B3 BxNP 32. R-B4 Q-B3 33. BxB R-K8 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Rc1 Bd5 15. a3 a6 16. Qe2 Qb8 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nh5 Qe7 20. Nf4 Bb7 21. Rc2 Rad8 22. Rc1 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. g3 Rde8 25. Qf1 a5 26. Bc3 Qg5 27. h4 Qg4 28. Bxf6 Bxf4 29. Rc4 Qf3 30. Kh2 Bxc1 31. Bc3 Bxb2 32. Rf4 Qc6 33. Bxb2 Re1 0-1

SIMULTANEOUS CHAMPION
Miguel Najdorf, Polish Argentine grandmaster, won the title of world's simultaneous champion recently by giving an exhibition on 250 boards at Sao Paulo, Brazil. This remarkable feat was accomplished in 11 hours and attracted 2000 spectators. Najdorf's final score was 226 victories, 15 draws and only nine losses. Najdorf's phenomenal ability in such displays can be gleaned from a report related how at 3 a.m. he spotted a wrong setup at one of the boards and settled the argument by replaying the entire game from memory.
Najdorf, who also holds the world blindfold record of 45 boards, excels, like the late world champion, Alexander Alekhine, not only in quantity, but also in quality of play as evidenced in the following simultaneous game:

Miguel Najdorf vs Camarinha / Rinsky
Blindfold simul, 45b (1947) (blindfold), Sao Paulo BRA, Jan-24
English Opening: King's English Variation. Three Knights System General (A27) 1-0