February 03, 1952 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Feb 3, 1952 – 37 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem 2309 by O. Bernander. White mates in two.
FEN 1n6/1Ppp2p1/N1pNR1P1/2BkPpKQ/3p1P1p/3P4/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution given two weeks' future: PxP e.p. (en passant)

e.g.; 1.Re7 … 2.Qf3

Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Feb 3, 1952 – 37 · The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 2310...

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L.A. Times Problem 2310 by E. Bergkvist. White mates in three.
FEN 8/6N1/2P3N1/6P1/4k3/p4p2/1P1Q3K/8 w - - 0 1

Rapid Transit Winners
The weekly Wednesday evening Rapid Transit Tournament held at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave., was won by William H. Steckel with a perfect score of 13-0; second place went to J. Morein, 11½-1½; third to E. Rubin, 10-3; fourth to M. Gordon, 9-4. The tournament is open to anyone and visitors are welcome at all times.

FROM COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Dutch Defense

Sven Elias Almgren (white) vs. Jacqueline Piatigorsky (black)
Dutch Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KB4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. P-KN3 P-K3 4. B-N2 B-K2 5. O-O O-O 6. P-B4 P-B3 7. N-B3 Q-K 8. P-Q5 P-Q3 9. PxKP BxP 10. P-N3 N-R3 11. N-KN5 B-B2 12. Q-B2 B-N3 13. N-K6 R-B2 14. P-B4 N-KN5 15. P-KR3 B-B3 16. PxN QxN 17. P-N5 B-Q5ch 18. K-R2 P-KR3 19. PxP B-R4 20. B-B3 QxP 21. K-N2 BxBch 22. RxB R-K 23. P-K3 P-KN3 24. B-N2 R-R2 25. Q-Q3 Q-R7ch 26. K-B QxB Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 d6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Ng5 Bf7 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Ne6 Rf7 14. f4 Ng4 15. h3 Bf6 16. hxg4 Qxe6 17. g5 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 h6 19. gxh6 Bh5 20. Bf3 Qxh6 21. Kg2 Bxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Re8 23. e3 g6 24. Bb2 Rh7 25. Qd3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qxb2 0-1

RESHEVSKY EXHIBITIONS
Samuel Reshevsky, former U.S. champion, gave two chess exhibitions in Los Angeles. The first was played last Sunday at Mike Romanoff's Restaurant, where he played against 32, winning 24 and drawing against the following eight: Gottfried Reinhardt, Mike Romanoff, William H. Steckel, Arthur Spiller, Louis Spinner, John Keckhut, Col. Theodore Wyman and Orvill Shearer. One interesting feature was the fact that he played the Romanoff game via telephone from a hospital. The affair was attended by many movie celebrities and was sponsored by Gottfried Reinhardt, well-known producer and director from MGM studio. Among the players were Movie Actors Humphrey Bogart and Walter Slezak.
The following evening Reshevsky played five games with clock at the home of Alexander Bisno against Sonia Graff Stevenson, runner-up for the women's world championship, 1939; Ray Martin, former State champion; William H. Steckel, L.A. County champion; Harry Borochow, former State champion, and Irving Rivise, runner-up of last year's State championship. He won four games and drew with Ray Martin.

Harry Borochow (white) vs. Samuel Reshevsky (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-QR3 6. B-K2 P-K4 7. N-N3 B-K2 8. B-K3 B-Q2 9. P-QR4 B-B3 10. B-B3 QN-Q2 11. Q-K2 O-O 12. R-Q Q-B2 13. O-O KR-Q 14. R-Q2 N-N3 15. P-R5 QN-Q2 16. Q-B4 P-QN4 17. Q-N4 QR-B 18. P-N4 P-KR3 19. P-N5 PxP 20. BxP B-N2 21. KR-Q K-B 22. BxN NxB 23. N-Q5 BxN 24. PxB Q-B5 25. QxQ RxQ 26. B-K2 R-QN5 27. R-K K-B 28. B-Q R-KR5 29. B-B3 R(B)-B5 30. P-B3 N-N5 31. B-Q B-N4 32. R-B2 B-B5 33. P-R3 N-B3 34. K-N2 NxP 35. B-B3 N-B2 36. R-Q R-K3 37. N-Q2 BxN 38. R(2)xB K-K2 39. R-K2 R-B5 40. P-N3 R-N3ch 41. K-B R(N3)-B3 42. B-N4 P-Q4 43. R-K K-Q3 44. R(Q2)-K2 P-K5 45. P-B4 R-R3! 46. P-B5ch K-B3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Bd7 9. a4 Bc6 10. Bf3 Nd7 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. 0-0 Rd8 14. Rd2 Nb6 15. a5 Nd7 16. Qc4 b5 17. Qb4 Rc8 18. g4 h6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Bb7 21. Rd1 Kf8 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Be2 Rb4 27. Re1 Kg8

From the simultaneous, playing against 32.

Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. Gottfried Reinhardt (black)
Ruy Lopez: Closed

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. O-O B-K2 6. R-K P-QN4 7. B-N3 O-O 8. P-B3 N-R4 9. NxP NxB 10. PxN B-N2 11. P-Q3 P-Q4 12. PxP QxP 13. Q-B3 P-B4 14. QxQ BxQ 15. N-Q2 B-Q3 16. P-KB4 KR-K 17. P-B4 B-N2 18. QN-B3 N-R4 19. P-KN4 BxN 20. NxB RxRch 21. NxR NxP 22. BxN BxB 23. PxP P-QR4! 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 Na5 9. Nxe5 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. d3 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qf3 c5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. f4 Rfe8 17. c4 Bb7 18. Nf3 Nh5 19. g4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. cxb5 a5! 1/2-1/2

Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. Mike Romanoff (black)
Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, Quiet System

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-Q3 2. P-Q4 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 P-KN3 4. N-B3 B-N2 5. B-K2 O-O 6. B-KB4 QN-Q2 7. O-O P-B4 8. P-Q5 N-R4 9. B-K3 N-N3 10. P-QR4 P-QR4 11. Q-Q2 P-K4 12. P-R3 N-B3 13. N-K N-K 14. P-B4 P-B4 15. PxKP BxP 16. PxP BxP 17. N-B3 B-N2 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. d5 Nh5 9. Be3 Nb6 10. a4 a5 11. Qd2 e5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Ne1 Ne8 14. f4 f5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nf3 Bg7 1/2-1/2

Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. Irving Rivise (black)
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Bogoljubov Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-KB3 5. O-O B-K2 6. R-K P-QN4 7. B-N3 O-O 8. P-Q4 P-Q3 9. P-B3 B-N5 10. P-Q5 N-QR4 11. B-B2 P-QB4 12. PxPe.p. NxBP 13. P-KR3 B-Q2 14. QN-Q2 Q-B2 15. N-B QR-B 16. B-N5 N-K 17. N-K3 Q-Q 18. BxB NxB 19. P-QR4 B-B3 20. PxP PxP 21. R-R7 N-N3 22. P-KN3 R-R 23. Q-R RxR 24. QxR N-B3 25. N-B5 P-Q4 26. R-Q Q-R 27. QxQ BxQ 28. PxP P-K5 29. N-Q4 BxP 30. NxP B-B5 31. N(N5)-Q6 B-K7 32. R-K B-B6 33. NxP NxN 34. BxN R-K 35. N-Q6 R-K3 36. R-K3 B-Q8 37. N-B5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. dxc6e.p. Nxc6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nf1 Rac8 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. Ne3 Qd8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. a4 Bc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 Ng6 22. g3 Ra8 23. Qa1 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 Nf6 25. Nf5 d5 26. Rd1 Qa8 27. Qxa8 Bxa8 28. exd5 e4 29. N3d4 Bxd5 30. Nxb5 Bc4 31. Nd6 Be2 32. Re1 Bf3 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 Re8 35. Nd6 Re6 36. Re3 Bd1 37. Nf5 1-0