The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, February 05, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....
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L.A. Times Problem No. 344 by G.J. Nietvelt, Belgium. Brisbane Courier, 1932. White mates in two.
FEN b7/B3n1R1/6q1/n1r5/7N/1p6/1R3P1P/KQ3Nkr w - - 0 1
Key: P-B4/f4
A good “try” is 1. P-B3 but it is defeated by black's N-N2 or B3.
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, February 05, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....
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L.A. Times Problem No. 345 by W.A. Shinkman, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The White Rooks, 1910. White mates in three.
FEN 3k3K/R2p2R1/p2P4/8/3P4/8/q5b1/8 w - - 0 1
Key: P-Q5/d5
If QxP; 2. R-R8ch. If BxP; 2. R-N8ch
The annual masters tourney at Hastings, England, ended with first prize going to last year's winner, S. Flohr, young journalist of Czechoslovakia, with a score of 7-2. Pirc won second prize, 6½-2½. Sultan Khan and L. Steiner shared third and fourth prizes, 5½-3½ each. Other scores, Michell, 4½-4½; Thomas, Alexander and Miss Menchik, 3½-5½ each; Jackson, 3-6; Tylor, 2½-6½. One of the games shows the “coming world champion” in a brilliant attack against the present woman champion.
Salomon Flohr vs Vera Menchik
Hastings (1932/33), Hastings ENG, rd 6, Jan-03
Queen Pawn Game: Colle System (D04) 1-0