April 23, 1933 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess 23 Apr 1933, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, April 23, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 364...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, March 29, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 364 by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, California. White mates in two.
FEN 2Q5/8/2p5/2Pkp3/3P1n2/8/2NK4/5B2 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-N4/Qg4

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, April 23, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 365...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, March 29, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 365 by Carl B. Langberg, Seattle, Washington. White mates in three.
FEN 2Q5/4ppN1/3k4/5K2/5P2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: N-K6/Ne6
If PxNch; 2. K-K4. If P-B3; 2. Q-B7ch.

Our game this week is from the German correspondence championship. Notes (abbreviated) from British Chess Magazine.

L.A. Times Game No. 346

Schoenmann (white) vs. Pulvermacher (black)
Scotch Game: Modern Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP Q-R5 5. QN-B3 B-N5 6. KN-N5 QxKPch 7. B-K2 K-Q 8. O-O BxN 9. NxB Q-Q5? 10. B-Q2 P-Q3 11. N-N5 Q-KR5 12. B-QB3 N-B3 13. NxQP!! PxN 14. QxPch N-Q2 15. BxP R-KN 16. QR-Q Q-QN5 17. Q-R6 K-B2 18. KR-K P-B3 19. QxRP N-K2 20. B-B3 N-K4 21. RxN!! RxB 22. QxR PxR 23. P-QR3 Q-B4 24. P-QN4 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4(a) 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nb5 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Qd4? 10. Bd2 d6 11. Nb5 Qh4 12. Bc3 Nf6(b) 13. Nxd6!! cxd6 14. Qxd6+ Nd7 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Rd1 Qb4(c) 17. Qh6 Kc7 18. Re1 f6 19. Qxh7 Ne7 20. Bf3 Ne5 21. Rxe5!! Rxg7 22. Qxg7 fxe5 23. a3 Qc5 24. b4 1-0

(a) Now rarely adopted, although Steinitz favored it.
(b) Q-R3 was essential here.
(c) Not RxB; 17. Q-B8ch.