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Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, September 24, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2167 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Times Problem 2167 by John G. Belden. White mates in two.
FEN 1b2Q3/r1k3BR/p7/3K1p2/2pNp3/8/2q2n2/8 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, September 24, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2168 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Times Problem 2168 by P.A. Aveilhe Jr. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/2N5/Np6/2p4R/2k1K3/8/8 w - - 0 1

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Here is a complete tabulation of the results of the State Championship Tournament held in San Francisco last Labor Day week end. Ray Martin of Santa Monica is the new champion, having dethroned George E. Croy of Los Angeles. Two games from the tournament also are presented.

Ray Martin (white) vs. Phil Smith (black)
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-Q2 N-KB3 4. P-K5 KN-Q2 5. Q-N4 P-QB4 6. P-QB3 N-QB3 7. B-Q3 Q-B2 8. N-K2 PxP 9. PxP N-N5 10. Q-N3 NxBch 11. QxN B-K2 12. O-O O-O 13. P-B4 P-B3 14. N-KB3 Q-B5 15. QxQ PxQ 16. N-B3 N-N3 17. KR-Q1 B-Q2 18. PxP PxP 19. P-B5! P-K4! 20. B-R6 KR-Q1 21. PxP BxP 22. P-KR3 PxP 23. NxP B-B3? 24. RxRch RxR 25. R-KB1 BxN 26. RxB B-N2 27. B-K3 B-Q5 28. K-B2 BxBch 29. KxB K-N2 30. R-B5 R-Q2 31. P-QR4! R-K2ch 32. K-B3? N-Q2! 33. R-B8 N-K4ch 34. K-N3 N-Q6 35. RxP NxP 36. R-QN4 N-Q6 37. R-N4ch K-B1 38. N-Q5 R-N2 39. RxR KxR 40. K-B3 N-B4 41. N-B3 K-B3 42. K-B4 P-N3 43. P-N3 N-K3ch 44. K-N4 K-N3 45. K-B3 P-R3 46. K-K4 P-N4 47. P-R5! N-B4ch 48. K-Q5 P-N5! 49. N-K2 N-N2 50. K-B6 NxPch 51. K-N6 N-B5ch 52. KxP P-N6 53. N-B3 N-Q7 54. N-Q1 K-B4 55. K-N5 K-K5 56. N-N2 K-B6 57. P-N4 K-N6 58. K-N4 KxP 59. K-B3 N-K5ch 60. KxP KxP 61. K-B2 P-R4 62. K-Q1 P-R5 63. K-K2 P-R6 64. K-B1 K-N6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Qg3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. f4 f6 14. Nf3 Qc4 15. Qxc4 dxc4 16. Nc3 Nb6 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. exf6 gxf6 19. f5! e5! 20. Bh6 Rd8 21. dxe5 Bxf5 22. h3 fxe5 23. Nxe5 Bf6? 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rf1 Bxe5 26. Rxf5 Bg7 27. Be3 Bd4 28. Kf2 Bxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Kg7 30. Rc5 Rd7 31. a4! Re7+ 32. Kf3? Nd7! 33. Rc8 Ne5+ 34. Kg3 Nd3 35. Rxc4 Nxb2 36. Rb4 Nd3 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Nd5 Rg7 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Kf3 Nc5 41. Nc3 Kf6 42. Kf4 b6 43. g3 Ne6+ 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Kf3 a6 46. Ke4 b5 47. a5! Nc5+ 48. Kd5 b4! 49. Ne2 Nb7 50. Kc6 Nxa5+ 51. Kb6 Nc4+ 52. Kxa6 b3 53. Nc3 Nd2 54. Nd1 Kf5 55. Kb5 Ke4 56. Nb2 Kf3 57. g4 Kg3 58. Kb4 Kxh3 59. Kc3 Ne4+ 60. Kxb3 Kxg4 61. Kc2 h5 62. Kd1 h4 63. Ke2 h3 64. Kf1 Kg3 0-1

6. … N-QB3(a)—P-QN3, B-R3, etc., is the book line, but Martin, the opening expert, beat every other opponent in the tournament in the opening, so Black plays to get the champion “out of the books.”
8. N-K2(b)—P-QR3 is better; it preserves the king's bishop.
23. … B-B3?(c)—This hasty move throws away Black's advantage and gives the superiority to White. Better was B-B4ch, followed by B-Q5, or even B-Q3.
32. K-B3?(d)—This hasty move, in turn, gives the advantage back to Black; 32. K-B2 gave White a strong plus.
44. … K-N3(e)—Martin offered a draw at this point. While Black was studying the offer, Martin made his next move, which automatically canceled the offer.
47. P-R5!?(f)—Martin still wanted to win, but his move gives Black a win in a drawn position.
48. … P-N5!(g)—White is lost!
Resigns(h)—Of course, if 65. K-N1, P-R7ch; 66. K-R1 N-B7, mate.

Phil Smith (white) vs. William Steckel (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-QB4 P-B3 4. N-B3 P-KB4 5. B-N5 B-K2 6. BxB QxB 7. P-K3 N-B3 8. N-K5 O-O 9. B-Q3 QN-Q2 10. NxN BxN 11. O-O P-K4 12. PxP QxP 13. P-KR3 QR-K 14. Q-N3 P-KN4!? 15. PxP PxP 16. B-N5 R-K2 17. BxB RxB 18. QR-Q K-R 19. Q-N4 K-N2 20. Q-Q4 QxQ 21. RxQ K-B2 22. QR-Q K-K3? 23. N-K2 R-QB 24. R-QR4 P-QR3 25. N-Q4ch K-K4 26. N-B3ch K-Q3 27. NxP R-B7 28. R-QN4 P-R3 29. R-N6ch R-B3 30. RxRch PxR 31. N-B3 P-B4 32. N-Q2 R-QN2 33. K-B K-B3 34. P-QN3 N-K5 35. NxN BPxN 36. P-B3 R-K2 37. K-B2 R-KB2 38. R-Q2 PxP? 39. PxP R-KN2 40. R-Q R-N3 41. P-KR4! P-QR4 42. R-KN RxR 43. KxR K-Q3 44. K-B2 K-K4 45. K-K2 K-B4 46. K-Q3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. e3 Nf6 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. 0-0 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. h3 Re8 14. Qb3 g5? 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 Re7 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Rd1 Kh8 19. Qb4 Kg7 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Kf7 22. Rd1 Ke6? 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Ra4 a6 25. Nd4+ Ke5 26. Nf3+ Kd6 27. Nxg5 Rc2 28. Rb4 h6 29. Rb6+ Rc6 30. Rxc6+ bxc6 31. Nf3 c5 32. Nd2 Rb7 33. Kf1 Kc6 34. b3 Ne4 35. Nxe4 fxe4 36. f3 Re7 37. Kf2 Rf7 38. Rd2 exf3? 39. gxf3 Rg7 40. Rd1 Rg6 41. h4! a5 42. Rg1 Rxg1 43. Kxg1 Kd6 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Ke2 Kf5 46. Kd3 1-0

26. N-B3ch(a)—26. P-B4ch!? may be stronger; Steckel thought so, but the complications were too difficult, so White took the safer line.
42. … RxR(b)— Forced. If the rook moves, White plays P-R5 and R-N6, winning easily.
46. … Resigns(c)—There is no defense against 47. P-R3, 48. K-B3, 49. P-N4, etc.