The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, March 05, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 352...
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L.A. Times Problem No. 352 by G. Hume, Nottingham, England. White mates in two moves.
FEN b3r2R/3p4/8/1p5r/1K1B2p1/1B1Pp3/1PQN4/k6q w - - 0 1
Key: B-B4/Bc4
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, March 05, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 353...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, March 21, 2021
L.A. Times Problem No. 353 by Percy Bowater, Pasadena. White mates in three.
FEN 8/1NppR3/8/K2kP2p/1Q6/8/7P/8 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. Q-KR4/Qh4
If P-B3; 2. N-Q6. If P-B4; 2. K-N5. If P-Q3; 2. PxP. If K-B3; 2. Q-K4ch. A good “try” is 1. N-Q6 which is defeated by PxN; 2. K-N5 PxP. 3. No mate.
Queen sacrifices are always most entertaining. The game herewith was played at Bratislow, 1925. Notes from Emery's “Chess Sacrifices and Traps.”
Richard Reti vs Max Walter
Bratislava (1925), Bratislava CSR, Aug-??
English Opening: Symmetrical. Four Knights Variation (A35) 1-0