The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, July 10, 1932 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 296...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, February 28, 2021
L.A. Times Problem No. 296 by A.D. Gibbs, Long Beach, California. First publication. White mates in two.
FEN 4nQ2/2PB2q1/8/K3k2r/3RN1bN/2P1pr1p/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: N-B6/Nf6
1. QxQch doesn't work; look again!
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, July 10, 1932 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 297...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, February 28, 2021
L.A. Times Problem No. 297 by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, California. First publication. White mates in three.
FEN 1Bn5/2b5/1p6/1P6/1p4k1/1P1P1NN1/QK1P2PP/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R7/Qa7
If NxQ; 2. BxB. If N-Q3; 2. QxB. If B-K4ch; 2. BxB. If B-B5; 2. Q-N7ch. If B-Q3; 2. Q-N7ch.
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Lajos Asztalos vs Gyula Breyer
Debrecen (1913), Debrecen AUH, rd 2, Jul-08
Semi-Slav Defense: Main Lines (D45) 0-1