March 27, 1932 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Cliff Sherwood Sun, Mar 27, 1932 – 72 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, March 27, 1932 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 279...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, February 20, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 279 by H.S. Pike, Long Beach, California. First publication. White mates in two.
FEN 8/2n2NB1/3p4/1Qp2pp1/3p1k2/5P2/2N2PK1/8 w - - 0 1
Key: N-K3/Ne3
1. QxP defeated by N-N4.

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, March 27, 1932 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 280...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, February 20, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 280 by W.A. Beers, Rochester, Minnesota. White mates in three.
FEN 8/3p4/8/3k4/1BR1R3/K2B4/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. B-B; 2. R-K2; 3. R-Q2mate.
1. Bf1 d6 2. Re2 Kxc4 3. Rd2#

Can women play chess? Oh, some of them! The following brevity is from the women's tournament of the last British Chess Congress. The first prize winner playfully sacrifices to get a “speedy mate.”

L.A. Times Game No. 286
Mrs. Pattison (white) vs. Mrs. Stevenson (black)
Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-QB3 3. P-K3 N-B3 4. N-QB3 P-K3 5. N-B3 B-Q3 6. PxP KPxP 7. B-Q3 B-KN5 8. B-K2 QN-Q2 9. O-O Q-B2 10. P-KN3 P-KR4 11. P-KR4 B-R6 12. R-K BxP! 13. N-KN5 BxPch 14. KxB Q-R7ch 15. K-B3 B-N5mate

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nd7 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. g3 h5 11. h4 Bh3 12. Re1 Bxg3! 13. Ng5 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qh2+ 15. Kf3 Bg4# Black wins by checkmate.