September 06, 1931 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Sep 6, 1931 – 24 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, September 06, 1931 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 243 by Dr. E. Foschini, Italy. First prize, Magyar Sakkvilag, 1930. White mates in two.
FEN 1bn5/3p3R/Rq2k1pn/7N/3Q1P2/4K3/2B5/1b6 w - - 0 1
Key: K-Q2/1. Kd2 Qc6 2. Qxd7#

Arthur Dake of Portland, Oregon wound up his recent European trip by tying for first place (5-1 each) with the two famous masters, Rubinstein of Poland and Yates of England, in a tourney at Antwerp, Belgium. Six leading Belgian experts played once each against six foreign experts. Dake was the only undefeated player, winning four and drawing two. Yates won five straight, then lost to Sapira, who tied for fourth place with Winter of England, 3½-2½. Rubinstein also won five but lost to Koltanowski, Belgian champion. One of the games:

L.A. Times Game No. 255

Arthur Dake (white) vs. Walter Pirque (black)
Zukertort Opening

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 N-KB3 2. P-B4 P-B4 3. N-B3 N-B3 4. P-Q4 PxP 5. NxP P-KN3 6. P-KN3 B-N2 7. B-N2 O-O 8. O-O P-K3 9. KN-N5 P-QR3 10. N-Q6 N-K 11. B-B4 NxN 12. BxN R-K 13. Q-Q2 P-N3 14. KR-Q R-R2 15. B-B4 N-K4 16. P-N3 R-K2 17. N-K4 P-Q4 18. B-N5 QR-Q2 19. N-B6ch BxN 20. BxB PxP 21. Q-R6 RxRch 22. RxR 1-0

Algebraic 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 e6 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nd6 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nxd6 12. Bxd6 Re8 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rd1 Ra7 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. b3 Re7 17. Ne4 d5 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 dxc4 21. Qh6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 1-0

For if Q-B; 23. R-Q8, R-K; 24. RxR, etc. Or if QxRch; 23. B-B, etc.

Israel Albert Horowitz vs Ion Gudju
Prague Olympiad (1931), Prague CSR, rd 18, Jul-25
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation (B18) 1-0