April 27, 1930 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Apr 27, 1930 – 85 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, April 27, 1930 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 163...

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L.A. Times Problem No. 163 by C.R. Prentiss, Los Angeles. First publication. White mates in two.
FEN 2b5/QP1p4/2R2p2/4bkNK/2N1p3/2n5/2n2P1B/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-Q4/Qd4

The radio match between Los Angeles and Rosario, Argentina, was concluded last Sunday, this end winning 1½-½. Board A, Cristia and Ferreyra vs. H. Steiner and Sherwood, had already been called a draw. Board B proved a win for Los Angeles. After twenty moves, in a very even position, the Argentineans ventured into a very trappy line which required most expert play by the Californians to avoid serious trouble.

L.A. Times Game No. 181

Edward P. Elliott - Harry Borochow (white) vs. Oscar Garcia and J. Rivarola (black)
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-K4 N-KB3 2. P-K5 N-Q4 3. P-Q4 P-Q3 4. P-QB4 N-N3 5. P-B4 PxP 6. BPxP N-B3 7. B-K3 B-B4 8. N-KB3 P-K3 9. P-QR3 B-K2 10. QN-Q2 O-O 11. Q-N3 P-B3 12. B-K2 PxP 13. PxP Q-K 14. O-O Q-N3 15. QR-B QR-Q 16. K-R B-Q6 17. KR-K BxB 18. RxB Q-Q6 19. QxQ RxQ 20. B-B2 N-Q2 21. R-B2 NxP 22. RxN NxR 23. NxN RxB 24. NxR R-K7 25. P-KR4 P-K4 26. N-QB R-B7 27. N-N3 P-K5 28. R-B3 R-K7 29. K-N BxKRP 30. P-N3 B-N4 31. K-B RxN 32. NxR BxN 33. R-N3 P-QN3 34. R-N5 B-B8 35. P-R4 K-B2 36. R-Q5 K-K3 37. P-QN4 P-KN4 38. P-N4 P-B3 39. R-Q8 K-K4 40. R-Q7 P-QR4 41. P-B5 B-K6 42. K-K2 B-N8 43. R-Q 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. a3 Be7 10. Nd2 0-0 11. Qb3 f6 12. Be2 fxe5 13. dxe5 Qe8 14. 0-0 Qg6 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Kh1 Bd3 17. Re1 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Bf2 Nd7 21. Rc2(a) Nxe5 22. Rxe5(b) Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxf2 24. Nxd3 Re2 25. h4(c) e5 26. Nc1 Rf2 27. Ncb3 e4 28. Rc3 Re2 29. Kg1 Bxh4 30. g3 Bg5 31. Kf1 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Bxd2 33. Rb3 b6 34. Rb5 Bc1 35. a4 Kf7 36. Rd5 Ke6 37. b4 g5 38. g4 c6 39. Rd8 Ke5 40. Rd7 a5(d) 41. c5 Be3 42. Ke2 Bg1 43. Rd1 1-0

(a)—If N-K, RxN; 22. RxR B-N4 wins for Black.
(b)—Black probably overlooked this with 25. P-KR4.
(c)—Any other move and White has nothing better than a draw through repetition of moves—N-QB N-Q4.
(d)—Loses at once; K-B5 would have prolonged the issue.

The broadcasting at this end was done from the amateur station of T.E. LaCroix, Long Beach, being assisted by James H. Brown and L.B. Weston, all of KFOX. International radiotelegraphic code was used. English notation, with N for knight, was used for the moves. Some messages were in Spanish, some in English. Four afternoon sessions were required, mostly from 4 to 7 p.m. (three hours later their time.) In answer to inquiry from a reader—the four Los Angeles players, also the radio operators, were all nonsmokers. (This is not an advertisement.)

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International Radio Chess Match 11 May 1930, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

An international radio chess match between teams of four players, representing Los Angeles, Calif., and Rosario, Argentina, was conducted on April 6, 8, 14 and 20. At Board 1 Herman Steiner and Cliff Sherwood, of California, were opposed by J. Christia and J. Ferreyra. This game terminated in a draw—but at Board 2 Harry Borochow, partnered by E. P. Elliott, a former Western champion, succeeded in defeating the consulting Argentina players, Oscar Garcia and J. Rivarolo.

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