May 05, 1929 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif Sherwood Sun, May 5, 1929 – 22 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, May 5, 1929 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 98 by...

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L.A. Times Problem No. 98 by the late Woodford B. Hart. First published in the L.A. Evening Express column, May, 1922.
FEN 2R5/3r4/2Nr4/4R3/2k1n3/B2N4/1K2B3/8 w - - 0 1
Key: R-Q5/Rd5

Our game this week is one of the most remarkable on record, considering the circumstances under which it was played. At the outbreak of the great war these two Russians were engaged in a big tourney in Germany, and were interned. While in prison, with chess outfits refused them, they engaged in this “blindfold” affair—without board or men. The skillful thrust and parry in all quarters of the board betrays no lack of vision.

Sicilian Defense
Bogoljubov (White) vs. Alekhin (Black)

Another game that is not listed on chessgames to run by the expert's games database . . . Chessgames has two such '...

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Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. P-KN3 P-KN3 3. B-N2 B-N2 4. N-K2 N-QB3 5. P-QB3 P-K3 6. N-R3 KN-K2 7. P-Q4 PxP 8. PxP P-Q4 9. P-K5 O-O 10. N-B2 B-Q2 11. O-O R-B 12. B-N5 P-KR3 13. B-Q2 Q-N3 14. B-QB3 N-R4 15. BxN QxB 16. N-K3 B-R5 17. P-N3 B-N4 18. R-K Q-R6 19. Q-Q2 P-KR4 20. N-B3 Q-R4 21. KR-QB B-QR3 22. B-B BxB 23. KxB B-R3 24. P-B4 N-B3 25. R-Q KR-Q 26. N-K2 Q-N3 27. K-B2 B-B 28. P-KR3 B-N5 29. Q-N2 R-B2 30. P-R3 B-K2 31. P-QN4 KR-QB 32. P-N4 PxP 33. PxP K-N2 34. P-B5 B-R5ch 35. K-B3 B-N4 36. N-KB4 NxKPch 37. PxN R-B6 38. Q-Q2 KR-B5 39. N-N2 P-Q5 40. R-R K-N 41. R-R3 PxN 42. Q-K2 Q-Q5 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Na3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 O-O 10. Nc2 Bd7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bc3 Na5 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. Ne3 Ba4 17. b3 Bb5 18. Re1 Qa3 19. Qd2 h5 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Bh6 24. f4 Nc6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Ne2 Qb6 27. Kf2 Bf8 28. h3 Bb4 29. Qb2 Rc7 30. a3 Be7 31. b4 Rc8 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kg7 34. f5 Bh4+ 35. Kf3 Bg5 36. Nf4 Nxe5+ 37. dxe5 Rc3 38. Qd2 Rc4 39. Ng2 d4 40. Rh1 Kg8 41. Rh3 dxe3 42. Qe2 Qd4 0-1(a)

(a)There was no defense. QxPmate is threatened. If 44. R-N3 then Q-K5mate; and if 44. K-N3 then R-B7 (threatening QxR); 45. Q-Q, QxKPch; 46. K-B3 R-B7mate.

World's Champ In Exhibition: Dr. Alekhin, Chess King, Plays Tuesday Sun, May 5, 1929 – 22 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com