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November 01, 1971 Guardian Chess by Leonard Barden

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Training for FischerTraining for Fischer Mon, Nov 1, 1971 – 19 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com

Chess: Training for Fischer
The 1972 world championship match is still six months away, but Spassky has already begun to train for the difficult job of keeping the Russian monopoly of the title against the American challenge from Fischer. Any published games by Spassky from now on will be dissected under the microscope of Fischer and his analytical team, while the Russians will be looking for weaknesses in the challenger's play against Taimanov, Larsen, and Petrosian.
This week's game, won by Spassky in the recent Russian team championship, is particularly interesting in the ccontext of the 1972 match. Spassky plays White in a variation known to be a favourite of Fischer with Black, and Spassky's opponent Stein (deliberately?) chooses an inferior move. The commentators, and Fischer himself, are left to speculate whether Spassky will adopt the same system with White next spring, or whether the game, and Spassky's rather easy win, is just a card in a sophisticated exercise in long range chess poker.

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August 26, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Aug 26, 1928 – 16 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 42 by C.E. Richardson, Los Angeles. L.A. Evening Express, December 1921. White mates in two.
FEN 7B/4P3/5K2/Nb2r3/p2k4/1pR5/3P4/4N1RB w - - 0 1
Key: R-N5

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August 19, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Aug 19, 1928 – 17 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 41 by W. Pauly, Norsk Schakblad, Nov-Dec, 1920. Reprinted fro Alain C. White's 1927 Christmas Series 'Assymetry'. (a) White mates in two. (b) Remove black pawns, and white mates in two.) This little pair of twins, although light, should prove very pleasing.
FEN 5b2/4pKp1/8/5k2/3R1P1R/4nPn1/5N2/8 w - - 0 1
Key: (a) R-KN4 Not R-K4, N-B4! (b) N-R. Not N-Q, N-B4! No other keys work; if you think so, look again.

1. Rg4 e6 2. Rg5#
1. Rh5+ g5 2. Rxg5#

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August 12, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Aug 12, 1928 – 18 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 40 by the late Thomas Taverner. Another prize-winner with a surprising key. White mates in two.
FEN 2BR4/5R2/Q5p1/P2Np2n/3pk3/1pP2p2/1K1P2qB/n4N1b w - - 0 1
Key: R-KR7/Rh7
R-B8 or R-K7 or B-N4 defeated by N-N6. B-N7 defeated by N-B3. P-Q3ch defeated by QxK1

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August 05, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Aug 5, 1928 – 20 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 39 by Dr. W.R.I. Dalton, Seattle. L.A. Evening Express, June 1922. Here you have pinning, unpinning and triple self-pinning. All kinds of pins but no safety-pins for black.
FEN 1N6/2pRB3/1pNq4/1pkP4/1pn5/1B1n2Qp/4R2K/8 w - - 0 1
Key: R-Q2/Rd2
If KxP, triple self-pinning, 2. Q-K5 mate!

At this writing Hungary is leading in the Olympic team tourney of the International Chess Federation at The Hague, with Czecho-Slovakia second and United States third. In the individual tourney the North American entrants, Norman T. Whitaker of Washington, D. C., and Jose J. Araiza of Guadalajara, Mex., got off to a poor start.

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October 31, 1971 Courier Journal The King's Men by Merrill Dowden

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The King's MenThe King's Men Sun, Oct 31, 1971 – Page 70 · The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) · Newspapers.com
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October 31, 1971 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac KashdanChess by Isaac Kashdan Sun, Oct 31, 1971 – 122 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Times Problem 4097 by J.H. Turkstra. White mates in three.
There are a number of tries with the white pawns on the seventh involved. They take only a small part in the actual solution.
FEN 1rn3R1/P2Ppp2/2Prk3/3p4/2nK1Q2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: R-R8/Rh8 threat, 2. Q-N4ch; if P-B4, 2. Q-R6ch.

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July 29, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jul 29, 1928 – 16 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 38 by Thomas Taverner. White mates in two.
FEN 3brrb1/2N4B/8/2p4Q/2p2k2/5P2/4P1KR/2N2RB1
Key: R-R/Rh1

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July 22, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jul 22, 1928 – 18 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 37 by Charles F. King, Glen Falls, N.Y. First shown in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle several years ago. White mates in two.
FEN 7Q/1KPP1r2/4knB1/3RNN2/5pr1/5P2/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: N-Q3/Nd3

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July 15, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jul 15, 1928 – 17 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 36 by Charles E. Richardson, Los Angeles, First publication. Our octogenarian composer says this is sound. Key not difficult, but how do you mate following black's B-B?
FEN 3KN3/2R2pPB/N2bk3/6R1/1p4p1/1P2nnP1/8/B4Q2 w - - 0 1
Key: Intended key was B-Q4, but H.W. Isham, nationally known problem buster, gives three 'cooks' as follows: B-B5ch, R-B6 or R-Q7. Rafael Collol writes that Q-Q3 would make fifth solution if it weren't for black's N-Q5.

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July 08, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jul 8, 1928 – 16 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. TImes Problem No. 35 by Clif Sherwood, Los Angeles. First shown six years ago in the Portland Oregonian column, which was discontinued last December. A summer-weight three-mover. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/1R6/R7/3K1p2/n7/k2nB3
Key: B-B2/Bf2

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July 01, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jul 1, 1928 – 18 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 34 by Charles E. Richardson, Los Angeles, First Publication. White mates in two.
FEN 4nR2/1pn1P1p1/1Q3b2/1pP1k1Nb/1B1pPp2/N3R3/7K/8 w - - 0 1
Key: B-K/Be1 the intended key but RxN also works--a 'bust'.

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October 31, 1971 Boston Globe Chess by Harold Dondis

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ChessChess Sun, Oct 31, 1971 – 73 · The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) · Newspapers.com
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August 06, 1983 Ottawa Citizen Chess by Lawrence Day

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Chess by Lawrence DayChess by Lawrence Day Sat, Aug 6, 1983 – 51 · The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Newspapers.com

A moving force in Canadian chess dead
We note with regret the recent passing of Bernard Freedman, one of the founders of organized chess in Canada. Born in 1894 in Belgium, Freedman emigrated to Canada in 1929 and lived in Toronto. After organizing clubs at the local level he went on to help form the Canadian Chess Federation in 1932.
He pressed for Canadian participation internationally and was the moving force in getting a Canadian team to the 1939 Olympiad in Buenos Aires. In 1947, the modern World Chess Federation was established for which he served as vice-president.
Junior chess was his special passion. He organized the first Toronto junior championships, served as mentor to Abe Yanofsky and Frank Anderson while they were developing their talent, and brought the World Junior Championship to Toronto in 1957. He is survived by his wife Annabelle who was herself a strong player. Under her maiden name of Lougheed she represented Canada in the 7th Women's World Championship in 1939.

This week's game was played in the Canadian Open. It is a good example of the incisive attacking play of co-champion Bozidar Ivanovic of Yugoslavia.

Bozidar Ivanovic (white) vs. Deen Hergott (black)
French Defense

Descriptive
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Nc6
4. Ngf3 Nf6
5. e5 Nd7
6. Bb5 a5
7. O-O Na7
8. Bd3 c5
9. c3 Nc6
10. Re1 cd
11. cd Qb6
12. Ng5! Nxd4
13. N2f3 Bc5
14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Qh5 g6
16. Qf3 Rf8
17. Nxh7 Nxe5
18. Rxe5 Bxe5
19. Nxf8 Kxf8
20. Bxg6 Qc7
21. h4 Kg8
22. Bd3 f5
23. Bg5!? Bxb2
24. Re1 Bd7?
25. Bxf5! ef
26. Qxd5+ Kh8
27. Qf7 Bg7
28. Re7 Qc3
29. Bh6 Qa1+
30. Kh2 Rg8
31. Bf4 Qf6
32. Qh5+ Bh6
33. Rxd7 Rg6
34. Bxh6 Rxh6
35. Qe8+ 1-0

12. Ng5! With this and the next move Ivanovic unscrambles his awkward Knight at d2 and takes a fierce initiative.
17. Nxh7 Nxe5 The position is quite unclear and both players were drifting into serious time trouble.
24. Re1 Bd7? Necessary was 24. ... Qf7 first when it is not easy to say whose position is preferable. Now Ivanovic decides the game elegantly.
35. Qe8+ and Black resigned.

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Chess Problem 446. White to play and mate in two. Composed by F. Healey, 1887.
FEN KQ6/8/2R5/3p2p1/3k4/4n2r/1P3N2/4N3 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. Qh2 Rh8+ 2. Qxh8#; Rf3 2. Nxf3#; g4 2. Qf4#; N-any 2. Nc2#.

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June 24, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jun 24, 1928 – 17 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 33 by Sam Loyd. White mates in two.
FEN 7B/2R1KnQ1/1p1PP3/3k4/2N5/r3p1N1/4n3/1q6 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R/Qa1

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June 17, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jun 17, 1928 – 20 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 32 by Clif Sherwood, Los Angeles, L.A. Evening Express, April 1922. White mates in two.
FEN 3R4/8/4pK2/2p2p2/2bpk3/7Q/2Nn2P1/1R6 w - - 0 1
Key: R-N4/Rb4

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June 10, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jun 10, 1928 – 20 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 31 by Charles E. Richardson, Los Angeles, First publication. White mates in two.
FEN 2q1BB2/n7/R2N4/1br5/p7/k1pQn3/P2b4/K3N3 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-B4/Qc4
QxN defeated by Q-B4.

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June 03, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jun 3, 1928 – 18 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 30 by Raymond Zens, Los Angeles. First publication. White mates in two.
FEN 8/1p6/7Q/5N2/1P1N1p1B/3r1B1n/1P1kr3/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-Q6/Qd6

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May 27, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, May 27, 1928 – 18 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 29 by Carl Langberg, Naf, Idaho. First publication. White mates in three.
FEN 4N3/6p1/6pb/1RNqr1k1/2p3Pp/4Pp1P/4bK2/4Q3 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. Q-R5 RxN or QxN; 2. Q-Q8ch, etc. Or if RxP; 2. Q-Q2! A fine try was 1. Q-Q2 which seems to have but one answer, hard to find; RxN, 2. Q-Q4, Q-B4! Or if 2. QxQ K-B3.

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May 20, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, May 20, 1928 – 23 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 28 by C.F. King, Glen Falls, N.Y. First shown in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle over ten years ago. White mates in two.
FEN 3R4/7r/3N4/1K1kp3/4R1B1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: R-K3/Re3

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May 13, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, May 13, 1928 – 23 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 27 by Carl Langberg, Naf, Idaho. First publication. White mates in three.
FEN 3b4/8/4P2N/3K1N1k/7p/4Q3/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-K5, B-N4; 2. NxP. If B-B3; 2. QxB, If K-N4; 2. Q-N7ch. If P-R6; 2. Q-N7 Has some promising tries. 1. Q-Q4 defeated by B-N4.
i.e., 1. Qe5 Bg5 2. Nxh4 Kxh6 3. Qh8#

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May 06, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, May 6, 1928 – 23 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 26 by Charles E. Richardson, Los Angeles, L.A. Evening Express, March, 1922.
FEN 2r5/n1p5/5B1b/N3R2B/1K1k4/3rn3/3P4/4N2b w - - 0 1
Key: B-B3. Seven black checks follow key.

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April 29, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Apr 29, 1928 – 20 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 25 by Clif Sherwood, Los Angeles. Christian Science Monitor, September 1922. White mates in three.
FEN 7K/1P1k4/4pP2/1P2R3/2p5/2N5/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. N-Q5/Nd5, any; 2. P-N8(Q).

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April 22, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Apr 22, 1928 – 19 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 24 by Percy Bowater, Pasadena. First publication. White mates in two.
FEN 8/3K4/3N4/6p1/1P1kPn2/Q7/4P1NB/1rRrq3 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R3/Qh3. Q-R8 defeated by NxP. R-B5 defeated by Q-Q7.

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April 15, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Apr 15, 1928 – 22 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 23 by Dr. W.R.I. Dalton, Seattle. First publication. White mates in three.
FEN 8/7p/7P/6pB/pP1QpkPp/2P3pR/P5p1/6K1 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. P-R3 forcing K-B6; 2. Q-B2 mate, in two. Several gave KxP, etc. But even the composer's intention, 1. Q-R7, doesn't mate in three. The 'problem' was diagrammed exactly as submitted. Composers should thoroughly test their compositions before contributing same (the chess editor is not supposed to do so) for sending in such an unsound setting will tempt us to ignore any second contribution from the same source.

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April 08, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Apr 8, 1928 – 22 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 22 by Maxwell Bukofser, Woodside, L.I., Pittsburgh Post, Nov. 1924 White mates in two.
FEN n1R5/2N5/Rrk1p3/2N2p2/1p1P1B2/1K1B1r1q/2P3Q1/3n4 w - - 0 1
Key: P-B4/c4

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April 01, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Apr 1, 1928 – 17 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 21 by Clara Cameron, Pomona, California. First publication. A variation of Napier's setting. White mates in two, with the same N 'now standing on N6.'
FEN 8/6pk/4KPN1/5N1p/7P/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. P-B7, KxN; 2. P-B8 (N) mate restoring the captured N which stood on N6. Get it? Sort of a 'swindle'. April 1st you know.

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March 25, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Mar 25, 1928 – 24 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 20 by Maxwell Bukofzer, Woodside, L.I. White mates in three.
FEN 8/4p3/2p1P3/p1p5/P1k3P1/P1N2NP1/1B3P2/2K5 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. N-K2/Ne2
If K-Q6 or Q-4; 2. N-B4ch. If K-B6; 2. N-Q2ch. Two solvers gave 1. K-Q2 which doesn't work.

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March 18, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Mar 18, 1928 – 22 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 19 by Clif Sherwood, Los Angeles. American Chess Bulletin, May-June 1927. White mates in three.
FEN 1k6/1P6/3N4/P2NK3/4p2B/8/8/7B w - - 0 1
Key: 1. N-N4/Nb4, if K-B2; 2. N-R6ch, K moves; 3. P-N8 (N) mate; if K-R2; 2. N-B6ch K-R3; 3. P-N8 (N) mate; if P-K6; 2. N-N5, P-K7; 3. N-R6 mates. (1. B-Q8 defeated by K-R2; 2. B-N6ch, K-N; and no mate).

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March 11, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Mar 11, 1928 – 22 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 19 by Clif Sherwood, Los Angeles. American Chess Bulletin, May-June 1927. White mates in three.
FEN 1k6/1P6/3N4/P2NK3/4p2B/8/8/7B w - - 0 1
Key: 1. N-N4/Nb4, if K-B2; 2. N-R6ch, K moves; 3. P-N8 (N) mate; if K-R2; 2. N-B6ch K-R3; 3. P-N8 (N) mate; if P-K6; 2. N-N5, P-K7; 3. N-R6 mates. (1. B-Q8 defeated by K-R2; 2. B-N6ch, K-N; and no mate).

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March 04, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Mar 4, 1928 – 24 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 18 by A.C. White, Litchfield, Ct. The world's greatest problem authority improvised this for original publication in the Los Angeles Evening Express (September, 1922) and now Walter L. Koethen of Corona del Mar (who has complete file of Express column and is keeping complete file of our Times Column) suggests reprinting of this curiosity. Counting each move of the released intervening piece (in a check by discovery) as a different check, this contains only twenty-six black checks--count em! Probably a record. White mates in two.
FEN 4r3/Q3bp2/3p4/PR5q/nBk1Kp2/1R6/Bp2n1r1/7b w - - 0 1
Key: Q-1R6/Qa6. Permitting 27 black checks, or if pawn promotion to Q or B is counted separately, then 28 black checks.

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February 26 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Feb 26, 1928 – 22 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 17, by W.B. Hart, Los Angeles, First Publication. White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/2p5/2R2PK1/3kN2R/8/3B4/2N5 w - - 0 1
Key: K-N4/Kg4

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February 19, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Feb 19, 1928 – 18 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 16, A Grab-Bag One-Mover) by Frank Maus, San Francisco.
FEN 2br1rnb/P1P1P2P/p5KP/PQNkB1RN/p5qp/p4R1p/p1PpP2p/2n4B w - - 0 1
1. White mates in one move.
2. Black mates in one move.
3. White checks and Black mates.
4. Black checks and White mates without a capture.
5. Black checks and White mates with a capture.
6. Find White's 50 checks on the move, not counting mate.
7. Find the longest string of continuous checks not ending in mate.
8. How many useless pieces are on the board?
9. How many illegal pieces on the board?
Key: Rd3 mate; 2. NxPe7 mate; 3. Bf4ch, Bf5 mate; 4. Qe6ch R-f6 mate; See full list on February 26, 1928

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February 12, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Feb 12, 1928 – 19 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 15 by J. Paul Taylor, Illustrated London News, December 1917. Contributed by Dr. L.R. Ryan, Santa Barbara. White mates in two.
FEN 3n3n/4K3/2pNN1p1/RP1bkp2/2Pp1p2/8/3PPP2/4Q1R1 w - - 0 1
Key: P-K4/e4

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February 05, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Feb 5, 1928 – 22 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 14 by Frank Maus, San Francisco. 'Optical Illusion' First published in S.F. Chronicle, July 122. This composer's toughest two-move. White mates in two.
FEN Q4B2/1P6/2P3K1/P1Nk4/P7/6p1/6R1/2N4B w - - 0 1
Key: N-K6/Ne6

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January 29, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jan 29, 1928 – 19 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 13 by W.B. Hart, Los Angeles. First publication. White mates in two.
FEN 8/1KPpb2P/N3kBQ1/3R4/4N3/3B2q1/1P6/6r1 w - - 0 1
Key: P-R8(N.) The Q on K-N6 should be white. 1. B-B4 defeated by Q-N3ch.

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January 22, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jan 22, 1928 – 21 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 11 by J.F. Tracy, Ontario, California. First publication. White mates in three.
FEN 7n/2pK1p2/2Pp1ppQ/3N1kN1/6p1/8/4P3/6R1 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. Q-R2. If KxN; 2. Q-B4ch, K any; 3. R mates. If PxN; 2. RxP any; 3. N-K3 mate. If P-N6; 2. P-K4ch (K-K4; 3. Q-QN2 mate.) K-N5 or KxN; 3. RxP mate. 1. Q-N7 defeated by P-N6. 1. R-Q defeated by PxN. 1. N-K6? PxN of course. 1. P-K4ch defeated by K-K4. 1. N-KB3 defeated by P-N4. 1. N-K7ch K-K4. 2. RxP P-B4; 3. No mate.

L.A. Times Problem No. 12 by W.A. Shinkman. Chess Player's Chronicle, 1881. White self-mates in two. The symmetrical setting from Alain C. White's 1927 Christmas Series 'Echo' is reprinted here to find out if our solvers like lightweight self-mates.
FEN 8/3Q4/8/3b4/1R3R2/3k4/3p4/3K4
Key: Q-Q6/Qd6

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January 15, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jan 15, 1928 – 24 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 10 by Charles E. Richardson, Los Angeles 'Charge of The Kid,' Our 80-year-old local composer, first secretary of the local Chess and Checker Club years ago, says that chess has been part of his diet for over sixty years. White mates in two.
FEN nR2N3/N2p2b1/5R1p/r2k1n1P/B1p1pK2/2P5/1P6/6Q1 w - - 0 1
Key: P-N4/b4. A well-liked problem. 1. Q-Qch defeated by K-B4. Commodore Walling says 1. R-QB8, another 'try' defeated by R-N4.

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January 08, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Jan 8, 1928 – 22 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 9 by W. Greenwood, Leeds Mercury, 1880. Taken from Alain C. White's 'Echo,' another book of his 1927 Christmas series. Mate in two.
FEN 5B2/8/8/4k3/7K/8/B1q5/8 w - - 0 1 (?)
Key: B-N (?)

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January 01, 1928 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood 01 Jan 1928, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 8 by Mrs. W.J. Baird and T.R. Dawson, Chess Amateur, Feb. 1924.
This is not a joint composition but an independent duplication. Taken from Alain C. White's 1927 Christmas Series, “Assymetry,” a book of over a hundred symmetrical problems. Mate in two.
FEN 8/4N2k/6R1/8/4n2N/8/2K5/8 w - - 0 1
Key: N(R4)-B5/Nhf5

Here is an extraordinary gamelet in which Black won in six pawn moves, without move a piece!

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. P-QB4 P-K3
3. B-B4 P-QB4
4. N-QB3 BPxP
5. BxN PxN
6. B-K5 PxP
0-1
as Black threatens B-N5ch.
 
Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
3. Bf4 c5
4. Nc3 cxd4
5. Bxb8 dxc3
6. Be5 cxb2
0-1

Here's a remarkable game played in a tourney for the championship of Paris, 1927.

L.A. Times Game No. 16
Two Knights Defense
Gudju (White) Bogdanowski (Black)

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-B4 N-B3
4. P-Q4 PxP
5. O-O NxP
6. R-K P-Q4
7. N-B3 B-K3
8. NxN PxB
9. QN-N5 Q-Q4
10. NxBP KxN
11. N-N5ch K-N
12. NxB R-B
13. B-R6 B-N5
14. NxNP N-K4
15. R-K2 P-Q6
16. P-B3 N-B2
17. N-R5 Q-B4
18. B-K8ch RxR
19. Q-N4ch Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. d4 exd4
5. 0-0 Nxe4
6. Re1 d5
7. Nc3 Be6
8. Nxe4 dxc4
9. Ng5 Qd5
10. Nxf7 Kxf7
11. Ng5+ Kg8
12. Nxe6 Rc8
13. Bh6 Bb4
14. Nxg7 Ne5
15. Re2 d3
16. c3 Nf7
17. Nh5 Qc5
18. Re8+ Rxe8
19. Qg4+ 1-0
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December 29, 1929 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Cliff SherwoodChess by Cliff Sherwood Sun, Dec 29, 1929 – 69 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 136 by A.C. White, Litchfield, Ct. Good Companions, March, 1920. From Alain C. White's 1929 Christmas series, “Antiform.”
FEN 3R3K/8/5Q2/8/5N2/1B6/2PB4/1qbk4 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R/Qa1

L.A. Times Problem No. 137 by W. Von Holzhausen. Deutsches Wochenschach, October, 1904. From Alain C. White's 1929 Christmas series, “Antiform.” White mates in two.
FEN 8/p5p1/k7/rq1Q2K1/N7/5P2/6R1/5B2 w - - 0 1
Key: K-R5/Kh5

The one remaining game of the local club's 1930 major tourney, preliminary section, is scheduled for today between Bierwirth and Patterson. Last week Patterson won an adjourned game with Sawyer. Bierwirth won an adjourned game with Gibbs. With one game to be finished the standings of the five leaders who will carry their scores over into the finals are, Borochow and Scholtz, 8-2 each; Patterson 7-2; Bierwirth 6-3; Gibbs 6-4. The individual game between the two leaders is shown here. Contains a pretty knight sacrifice. Doc Scholtz says he'll get even in the finals.

L.A. Times Game No. 157
Q.P. Opening
Doc Scholtz (White) vs. Harry Borochow (Black)

Descriptive
1. N-KB3 N-KB3
2. P-Q4 P-K3
3. P-B4 B-N5ch
4. B-Q2 Q-K2
5. P-QR3 BxBch
6. QNxB P-Q4
7. P-K3 QN-Q2
8. Q-N3 O-O
9. B-Q3 P-B3
10. O-O P-K4
11. QPxP NxP
12. NxN QxN
13. N-B3 Q-R4
14. B-K2 PxP
15. QxBP B-K3
16. Q-B4 QR-Q
17. KR-Q B-Q4
18. N-Q4 Q-N3
19. P-B3 QR-K
20. B-Q3 Q-R3
21. QxQ PxQ
22. N-B5 B-K3
23. N-Q6 R-K2
24. P-K4 B-N6
25. R-K R-Q
26. B-B4 RxN
27. BxB R-Q7
28. QR-N N-R4
29. P-N3 K-B
30. R-KB? P-KB4
31. B-Q N-B5!!
32. PxN R-N2ch
33. K-R R(N2)-N7
34. R-K RxRPch
35. K-N R(Q7)-N7ch
36. K-B R(N7)-B7ch
37. K-N P-KR4
38. B-N3 P-R5
39. B-B4 R(B7)-N7ch
Resigns

(a) 40. K-B, P-R6 and mate
next move.
 
Algebraic
1. Nf3 Nf6
2. d4 e6
3. c4 Bb4+
4. Bd2 Qe7
5. a3 Bxd2+
6. Nbxd2 d5
7. e3 Nbd7
8. Qb3 O-O
9. Bd3 c6
10. O-O e5
11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Qxe5
13. Nf3 Qh5
14. Be2 dxc4
15. Qxc4 Be6
16. Qf4 Rad8
17. Rad1 Bd5
18. Nd4 Qg6
19. f3 Rde8
20. Bd3 Qh6
21. Qxh6 gxh6
22. Nf5 Be6
23. Nd6 Re7
24. e4 Bb3
25. Rfe1 Rd8
26. Bc4 Rxd6
27. Bxb3 Rd2
28. Rb1 Nh5
29. g3 Kf8
30. Rf1 f5
31. Bd1 Nf4
32. gxf4 Rg7+
33. Kh1 Rgg2
34. Re1 Rxh2+
35. Kg1 Rdg2+
36. Kf1 Rf2+
37. Kg1 h5
38. Bb3 h4
39. Bc4 Rfg2+
0-1
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December 22, 1929 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Cliff SherwoodChess by Cliff Sherwood Sun, Dec 22, 1929 – 65 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 134 by Sam Loyd. White mates in two.
FEN 8/r1b5/1R1N4/kq6/p2Q4/8/K7/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-K5/Qe5

L.A. Times Problem No. 135 by G. Schlegel. First prize for mutates, Magyar Sakkvilag tourney, 1928. White mates in two.
FEN 8/nQ5K/p3p3/p1PrN3/P2k3n/B3R3/1N3P2/b7 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-QB7/Qc7

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December 15, 1929 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Cliff SherwoodChess by Cliff Sherwood Sun, Dec 15, 1929 – 89 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 133 by J.C.J. Wainwright. Les Tours de Force. White mates in two.
FEN 5r2/5p2/2R5/r4kpp/2Q5/4R2P/5pN1/1bK5 w - - 0 1
Key: R-KR6/Rh6

“Women are seldom made welcome at chess clubs and are too proud to go where they are not wanted,” writes Clara Cameron, “and the Pasadena club, which caters so to women, should be congratulated for abandoing the cavemen theory of inferiority of women.” While most men will probably holler, let the women show they have brains enuf to play the game and we'll take 'em in.”

Here's something mighty neat from the recent international masters' tourney at Barcelona, Spain.

L.A. Times Game No. 153
French Defense
Fred Dewhirst Yates (White) vs. José Aguilera Bernabé (Black)

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. N-QB3 B-N5
4. P-K5 P-QB4
5. B-Q2 PxP
6. N-N5 B-B4
7. Q-N4 K-B
8. P-QN4 B-K2
9. N-KB3 N-QB3
10. P-QR3 B-Q2
11. QNxQP NxN
12. QxN Q-B2
13. B-Q3 P-B3
14. O-O P-QN4
15. QR-K PxP
16. NxP B-KB3
17. Q-B5ch Resigns
* If QxQ; 18. NxBch
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e5 c5
5. Bd2 cxd4
6. Nb5 Bc5
7. Qg4 Kf8
8. b4 Be7
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. a3 Bd7
11. Nbxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Qc7
13. Bd3 f6
14. 0-0 b5
15. Re1 fxe5
16. Nxe5 Bf6
17. Qc5+ 1-0
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December 08, 1929 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Cliff SherwoodChess by Cliff Sherwood Sun, Dec 8, 1929 – 88 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 132 by L. Schor. First prize, "Magyar Sakkvilag" tourney, 1928. White mates in two.
FEN 8/6p1/3p2K1/5N2/8/1n2Qp2/p2q1B1R/Rb3kN1 w - - 0 1
Key: K-N5/Kg5

A drawn game is seldom considered for brilliancy but in the recent western championship tournament at St. Louis the brilliancy prize was divided between the players of the following by the judge, S. Mlotkowski, formerly of Los Angeles, to whom nine games were submitted. Whitaker states this is the most complicated game he ever played.

Samuel D Factor vs Norman Tweed Whitaker
30th Western Championship (1929), St. Louis, MO USA, rd 6, Aug-31
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1/2-1/2
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1622809

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