March 16, 1930 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Cliff Sherwood Sunday, March 16, 1930 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 155...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, November 16, 2020

L.A. Times Problem No. 155 by C.R. Prentiss, Los Angeles. First publication. White mates in two.
FEN 3N4/2ppK3/1kb5/RpR5/2p1P3/2BN4/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: N-N2/Nb2

Chess by Cliff Sherwood Sunday, March 16, 1930 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 156...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, November 16, 2020

L.A. Times Problem No. 156 by B.H. Williams, East San Diego. First publication. White mates in three.
FEN 8/1Q3K2/8/3N4/8/3B4/2ppp3/3k4 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R7/Qa7
If K moves; 2. Q mates, harmless two-move variations. If P-K8(Q); 2. N-B3ch or Q-Rch, a harmless dual. If P-B8(Q); 2. Q-Nch, etc. One solver called it a 'mate in one,' thinking the pawns were going the other way.

This is contributed by Herman Steiner; played in Holland, 1928, while he was a member of the United States Olympic team. It was an exhibition game against Landau, champion of Rotterdam, Dr. Oskam, and Haas, in consultation.

L.A. Times Games No. 174
Q.P. Opening

Herman Steiner (white) vs. Landau, Dr. Oskam and Haas (black)
Torre Attack: Classical Defense, Nimzowitsch Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. B-N5 P-KR3 4. BxN QxB 5. P-K4 P-QN3 6. N-Q2 N-B3 7. P-K5 Q-Q 8. B-Q3 B-N2 9. P-B3 P-Q3 10. Q-K2 B-K2 11. N-K4 PxP 12. PxP Q-Q4 13. B-B4 Q-R4 14. QN-Q2 P-R3 15. P-QR4 P-QN4 16. P-QN4 NxP 17. PxN BxP 18. B-Q3 BxN 19. PxB P-B4 20. O-O BxN 21. PxP Q-N5 22. B-K4 O-O 23. KR-N Q-B6 24. BxR RxB 25. Q-K4 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 b6 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. e5 Qd8 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. c3 d6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Ne4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qd5 13. Bc4 Qa5 14. Nd2 a6 15. a4 b5 16. b4 Nxb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Bd3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 c5 20. 0-0 Bxd2 21. axb5 Qb4 22. Be4 0-0 23. Rb1 Qc3 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qe4 1-0

Here's a neat brevity; a match game from the Metropolitan League, New York City. Herman Steiner is the hero.

L.A. Times Game No. 175
Three Knights

Herman Steiner (white) vs. Rose (black)
Three Knights Opening

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. N-B3 B-N5 4. B-B4 KN-K2 5. N-KN5 P-Q4 6. PxP N-R4 7. B-N5ch B-Q2 8. B-Q3 P-KB4 9. Q-R5ch N-N3 10. NxP K-B2 11. P-Q6 BxP 12. N-N5ch K-B3 13. N-Q5 mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Nge7 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Na5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bd3 f5 9. Qh5+ Ng6 10. Nxh7 Kf7 11. d6 Bxd6 12. Ng5+ Kf6 13. Nd5#