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Chess by Herman Steiner 17 Sep 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, September 17, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2165 by...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, July 20, 2020
Times Problem 2165 by J.P. Barnett. White mates in two.
FEN 2B5/3r2P1/2n2R2/1N1P2PK/4k3/3Np3/4P3/8 w - - 0 1
Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, September 17, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2166 by...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, July 20, 2020
Times Problem 2166 by P.A. Aveilhe Jr. White mates in three.
FEN r4q2/3bp3/8/2Pk2p1/1KpP2P1/2P2N2/7n/Q4R1B w - - 0 1
AN ODDS GAME
Here's a snappy little game where the English Master H. E. Bird gave pawn and move odds. Played in 1849.
Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?
Hughes (white) vs. Henry Edward Bird (black)
Descriptive
1. P-K4 ?-??
2. P-Q4 P-QB4
3. Q-R5ch P-N3
4. QxBP N-QB3
5. Q-B4 P-K3
6. P-QB3 P-Q4
7. PxP PxP
8. Q-K2ch B-K2
9. N-B3 N-B3
10. N-K5 O-O
11. Q-B2 R-K
12. B-Q3 B-Q3
13. P-KB4 Q-N3
14. B-K3 N-KN5
15. NxN BxN
16. K-B2 RxB
17. KxR R-Kch
18. K-B2 NxP
19. PxN QxPch
20. K-B QxPch
21. Q-B2 R-K8ch
22. KxR Q-B8 |
Algebraic
1. e4 [f6??]
2. d4 c5
3. Qh5+ g6
4. Qxc5 Nc6
5. Qc4 e6
6. c3 d5
7. exd5 exd5
8. Qe2+ Be7
9. Nf3 |
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
The Tournament Committee of the Los Angeles County Chess League will meet Tuesday to make plans for the annual County Chess Championship Tournament to be held this fall. The committee will meet in the clubrooms of the Water and Power Chess Club at 110 S. Boylston St. at 7:30 p.m. All interested chess players are invited to attend.
STATE OPEN TOURNAMENT
The following two games are from the California Open Championship Tournament held in Santa Barbara over the Labor Day week end. One of the games shows how the new open champion, Arthur R. Spiller, gained his title.
Arthur R. Spillers (white) vs. Carroll Mather Capps (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense
Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-K3
3. N-QB3 P-Q4
4. B-N5 B-K2
5. P-K3 O-O
6. N-KB3 P-KR3
7. B-R4 N-K5
8. BxB QxB
9. NxN PxN
10. N-Q2 P-K4
11. P-Q5 P-KB4
12. B-K2 N-Q2
13. Q-B2 P-QR4
14. O-O N-B4
15. N-N3 B-Q2
16. NxN QxN
17. Q-B3 QR-K
18. P-QR3 P-QR5
19. Q-N4 QxQ
20. PxQ R-R
21. P-B5 R-B3
22. B-B4 K-B
23. R-R3 P-QN4
24. B-K2 P-B5
25. P-B6 P-B6
26. BxNP PxP
27. R-R B-K
28. RxP R-N
29. B-B4 R-Q3
30. P-N5 K-K2
31. R-R8 R-Q
32. RxR RxR
33. R-R7 K-Q3
34. P-N3 B-R4
35. KxP B-B6ch
36. K-B P-N4
37. P-N4 P-R4
38. R-R6 P-R5
39. P-N6 PxP
40. R-R7 B-N5
41. K-K P-N4
42. B-N3 R-KN
43. R-R7 R-QR
44. R-R6ch K-B2
45. R-R7ch K-Q3
46. K-Q2 R-KB
47. B-Q B-R6
48. R-R6ch K-B2
49. K-K R-QR
50. B-B2 R-R8ch
51. K-Q2 R-R6
52. R-B6 K-N3
53. R-B7 R-R7
54. K-B3 P-N5
55. R-N7ch K-R3
56. P-Q6 P-N6
57. RPxP PxP
58. PxP B-K3
59. P-Q7 B-N6!
60. R-N6ch!! Resigns |
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 d5
4. Bg5 Be7
5. e3 0-0
6. Nf3 h6
7. Bh4 Ne4
8. Bxe7 Qxe7
9. Nxe4 dxe4
10. Nd2 e5
11. d5 f5
12. Be2 Nd7
13. Qc2 a5
14. 0-0 Nc5
15. Nb3 Bd7
16. Nxc5 Qxc5
17. Qc3 Re8
18. a3 a4
19. Qb4 Qxb4
20. axb4 Ra8
21. c5 Rf6
22. Bc4 Kf8
23. Ra3 b5
24. Be2 f4
25. c6 f3
26. Bxb5 fxg2
27. Ra1 Be8
28. Rxa4 Rb8
29. Bc4 Rd6
30. b5 Ke7
31. Ra8 Rd8
32. Rxb8 Rxb8
33. Ra7 Kd6
34. b3 Bh5
35. Kxg2 Bf3+
36. Kf1 g5
37. b4 h5
38. Ra6 h4
39. b6 cxb6
40. Ra7 Bg4
41. Ke1 b5
42. Bb3 Rg8
43. Rh7 Ra8
44. Rh6+ Kc7
45. Rh7+ Kd6
46. Kd2 Rf8
47. Bd1 Bh3
48. Rh6+ Kc7
49. Ke1 Ra8
50. Bc2 Ra1+
51. Kd2 Ra3
52. Rf6 Kb6
53. Rf7 Ra2
54. Kc3 g4
55. Rb7+ Ka6
56. d6 g3
57. hxg3 hxg3
58. fxg3 Be6
59. d7 Bb3!
60. Rb6+!! 1-0 |
George A. Steven (white) vs. Leon Vasu (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation
Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-K3
3. N-QB3 B-N5
4. P-QR3 BxNch
5. PxB P-B4
6. P-KB3 P-Q4
7. BPxP KPxP
8. P-K3 O-O
9. B-Q3 R-K
10. N-K2 N-QB3
11. O-O B-Q2
12. N-KN3 R-QB
13. R-QR2 Q-R4
14. B-Q2 P-QB5
15. B-N N-Q
16. P-K4 B-R5
17. B-B2 BxB
18. QxB R-QB3
19. P-K5 N-Q2
20. P-KB4 P-KB3
21. R-KB3 P-KN3
22. P-KR4 P-KB4
23. P-KR5 N-K3
24. R-QR N-N2
25. P-KR6 N-K3
26. N-R R-KB
27. N-B2 R-QN3
28. P-N4 R-QN6
29. P-QR4 Q-QN3
30. K-N2 R-N7
31. Q-Q Q-N6
32. QxQ RxQ
33. B-B R-B2
34. K-N3 N-QN
35. PxKBP RxP
36. N-KN4 N-Q2
37. N-K3 RxP
38. NxR RxRch
39. KxR NPxN
40. K-K3 P-QR4
41. R-QN P-QN3
42. R-QN5 K-B2
43. RxQP N-KB
44. B-R3 Resigns |
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 c5
6. f3 d5
7. cxd5 exd5
8. e3 0-0
9. Bd3 Re8
10. Ne2 Nc6
11. 0-0 Bd7
12. Ng3 Rc8
13. Ra2 Qa5
14. Bd2 c4
15. Bb1 Nd8
16. e4 Ba4
17. Bc2 Bxc2
18. Qxc2 Rc6
19. e5 Nd7
20. f4 f6
21. Rf3 g6
22. h4 f5
23. h5 Ne6
24. Ra1 Ng7
25. h6 Ne6
26. Nh1 Rf8
27. Nf2 Rb6
28. g4 Rb3
29. a4 Qb6
30. Kg2 Rb2
31. Qd1 Qb3
32. Qxb3 Rxb3
33. Bc1 Rf7
34. Kg3 Nb8
35. gxf5 Rxc3
36. Ng4 Nd7
37. Ne3 Rxf5
38. Nxf5 Rxf3+
39. Kxf3 gxf5
40. Ke3 a5
41. Rb1 b6
42. Rb5 Kf7
43. Rxd5 Nf8
44. Ba3 1-0 |
EUROPEAN GAMES
Here are more games from recent European tournaments:
Efim Bogoljubov vs Leonard William Barden
Southsea (1950), Southsea ENG, rd 3, Apr-14
Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation. Pseudo-Catalan (D02) 1/2-1/2
Arthur Henry Trott (white) vs. Jean Duthilleul (black)
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Line
Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-KB4
2. P-QB4 N-KB3
3. P-KN3 P-K3
4. B-N2 B-K2
5. N-QB3 O-O
6. N-B3 Q-K
7. O-O P-Q3
8. Q-B2 Q-R4
9. P-N3 P-QR4
10. B-N2 N-B3
11. KR-K P-K4
12. PxP PxP
13. P-K4 P-B5
14. PxP B-QB4
15. P-B5 N-KN5
16. R-KB N-Q5
17. Q-B NxNch
Resigns |
Algebraic
1. d4 f5
2. c4 Nf6
3. g3 e6
4. Bg2 Be7
5. Nc3 0-0
6. Nf3 Qe8
7. 0-0 d6
8. Qc2 Qh5
9. b3 a5
10. Bb2 Nc6
11. Rfe1 e5
12. dxe5 dxe5
13. e4 f4
14. gxf4 Bc5
15. f5 Ng4
16. Rf1 Nd4
17. Qc1 Nxf3+
0-1 |
Lothar Schmid vs Ernst Robert Reifenberg
Southsea (1950), Southsea ENG, rd 1, Apr-12
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Classical Defense (C83) 1-0
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