February 28, 1932 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Feb 28, 1932 – 70 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, February 28, 1932 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 274 by H.S. Pike, Long Beach, California. First publication. White mates in two.
FEN b5B1/2n5/Q1r5/R2nkNbP/2rpN1P1/2pPBK2/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: N-B5/Nc5

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, February 28, 1932 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, February 18, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 275 by T.R. Dawson, England. Falkirk Herald, June 1914. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/4N3/2P1b1P1/1P1p1p1P/3PkP2/4P3/4K3 w - - 0 1
Key: P-R5/h5
If B-B3, etc.; 2. N-B7. If B-Q3, etc.; 2. N-N7. The “try” 1. P-N5 is defeated by B-B2; 2. N-N7 B-R4ch!

L.A. Times Game No. 282
Pray (White) Borochow (Black)
Q.P. Opening

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-B4 B-N5ch 4. B-Q2 Q-K2 5. Q-B2 P-Q4 6. P-QR3 BxBch 7. QNxB O-O 8. R-B N-B3 9. P-K3 P-K4 10. PxQP KNxP 11. Q-QB5 PxP 12. QxKN PxP 13. N-B4 B-K3 14. Q-KN5 PxPch 15. KxP P-B3 16. Q-K3 QR-K 17. B-K2 P-B4 18. QN-Q2 P-B5 19. QxBch QxQ 20. B-B4 P-KR3 21. KR-K QxB 22. NxQ P-KN4 23. QN-K5 NxN 24. NxN P-B3 25. QR-Q R-Q 26. N-Q7! 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Qc2 d5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 0-0 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc5 exd4 (a) 12. Qxd5 dxe3 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Qg5 exf2+ 15. Kxf2 f6 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Be2 f5 18. Ncd2 f4 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Bc4 h6 21. Re1 Qxc4 22. Nxc4 g5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 c6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Nd7! 1-0

(a) This sacrifice was to avoid KN moves; 12. NxP