April 20, 1930 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Apr 20, 1930 – 78 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, April 20, 1930 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 162...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, November 20, 2020

L.A. Times Problem No. 162 by the late P.H. Williams. Fro the Modern Chess Problem. White mates in two.
FEN 8/BB6/4K2p/k3n1bR/1n6/1RN5/b2N4/8 w - - 0 1
Key: B-K3/Be3
If R-R3ch, BxK!!
1. Rh3 Nec6 2. Nc4#

The radio match which started two weeks ago between Los Angeles and Rosario, Argentina, was resumed last Monday afternoon. On Board A the game rank into a block position, very complicated, with lots of play left for either side to try to break through. With Los Angeles figured to win on Board B, a draw was offered on Board A, which was accepted, as it would have taken too long to demonstrate an advantage either way.

L.A. Times Game No. 180.
English Opening
White (Christia and Ferreyra) vs. Black (Herman Steiner and Clif Sherwood)

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-QB3 3. P-KN3 N-B3 4. B-N2 B-B4 5. Q-R4 O-O 6. P-Q3 R-N 7. P-K3 R-K 8. P-QR3 P-Q3 9. KN-K2 B-B4 10. N-K4! NxN 11. PxN B-Q2 12. Q-B2 P-QR3 13. P-QN4 B-R2 14. O-O P-KR4! 15. P-R3 P-KN4 16. K-R2 K-N2 17. P-B4 P-B3 18. R-Q Q-K2 19. R-QN B-K3 20. P-KB5 B-B2 21. B-B KR-QB 22. N-B3 Q-B 23. B-Q3 N-K2 24. Q-K2 Drawn

Algebraic 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Qa4(a) 0-0 6. d3 Rb8 7. e3 Re8 8. a3 d6 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. Ne4! Nxe4 11. dxe4 Bd7 12. Qc2 a6(b) 13. b4 Ba7 14. 0-0 h5! 15. h3 g5 16. Kh2 Kg7 17. f4 f6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rb1 Be6 20. f5 Bf7 21. Bf1 Rc8(c) 22. Nc3 Qf8 23. Bd3 Ne7 24. Qe2 drawn 1/2 - 1/2

(a)—To delay development of Black's QB; Black's 6. R-N is the answer.
(b)—Steiner favored P-QR4, but after much analysis agreed to the text.
(c)—The kingside is practically closed up so both parties concentrated on the queenside.

This afternoon, the fourth session, should finished up Board B with a win for Elliot and Borochow, making the match a victory for Los Angeles, 1½ to ½. This event was made possible through the king efforts of T.E. La Croix, KFOX technician, Long Beach, assisted by James H. Brown, also of KFOX, and at the other end, Dr. Adolfo Elias of Rosario, all amateur broadcasters.

Game for Herman Steiner, not found listed as of 11/20/2020