March 09, 1930 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Cliff Sherwood Sunday, March 9, 1930 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 154...

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L.A. Times Problem No. 154 by the late J.N. Babson of Seattle. First prize, Wainwright 'Four-hand Round' theme, May, 1920. White mates in two.
FEN 5B2/3QpRPb/KN6/2P1k3/1p4rp/1Pnp1prp/3p1NpP/3B2R1 w - - 0 1
Key: P-N8 (N)

Herman Steiner, international master, now located in Los Angeles, is a native of Hungary and is but 24 years of age. He recently won the New York State championship. He was a member of the United States Olympic team, 1928. Was champion of Hungarian Club, New York City. Budapest, 1928, he lost to Capablanca but drew with Marshall and Spielmann, and finished only a half-point behind the prize winners. Is a cousin of Lajos Steiner, Hungarian champion, now located in New York City. The following is from the Hastings Christmas tourney, January, 1929, against the world's woman champion.

Here we have a real Queen's Gambit, by Queen Vera herself, "Menchik Club" in a game seemingly forgotten by time and...

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L.A. Times Game No. 174, Queen's Gambit
Lajos Steiner (White) vs. Vera Menchik (Black)

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-QB3 3. N-KB3 N-B3 4. N-B3 PxP 5. P-QR4 B-B4 6. P-K3 N-R3 7. BxP N-QN5 8. O-O P-K3 9. Q-K2 B-K2 10. P-K4 B-N3 11. R-Q O-O 12. N-K5 Q-R4 13. NxB RPxN 14. P-K5 KN-Q4 15. N-K4 KR-Q 16. B-KN5! BxB 17. NxB P-QB4 18. Q-B3 Q-B2 19. Q-KR3 PxP 20. Q-R7ch K-B 21. Q-R8ch K-K2 22. QxP R-KB 23. QR-B Q-N3 24. P-R5! QxP 25. RxP N-B3 26. R-Q3 N-N3 27. Q-B6ch K-K 28. NxBP NxB 29. QxPch N-K2 30. N-Q6ch NxN 31. PxN Q-KN4 (White mates in three).

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. O-O e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Ne5 Qa5 3. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 c5 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. Qh3 cxd4 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Rac1 Qb6 24. a5 Qxa5 25. Rxd4 Nc6 26. Rd3 Nb6 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Nxf7 Nxc4 29. Qxe6+ Ne7 30. Nd6+ Nxd6 31. exd6 Qg5 White mates in three (b). 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. d7+ Kd8 34. dxc8=Q# 1-0

(a) Obviously, if RxN; white mates in two.
(b) 32. R-B8ch RxR; 33. P-Q7ch K-Q; 34. PxR(Q) double checkmate. The end of a long thought out (8-move) combination.

Game not found: Lajos Steiner vs. Vera Menchik