September 10, 1933 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 10 Sep 1933, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner, Sunday, September 10, 1933, Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem...

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L.A. Times Problem No. 392 from the international two-mover tourney of the Budapest Chess Club, 1933. Fifth and sixth prize by L. Schor. White mates in two.
FEN 3Q4/r3p3/p7/3NkP1R/r7/1Pp2q2/p3N1B1/K3R3 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-N6/Qb6
Only one person failed to solve this problem. His answer, N-B4ch, would be answered by K-Q5, and there is no possible mate.

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner, Sunday, September 10, 1933, Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem...

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Misprint (above) in FEN

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner, Sunday, September 10, 1933, Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem...

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L.A. Times Problem No. 393 by Percy Bowater, Pasadena. White mates in three.
FEN 1b6/1K6/N3p3/1N1kp3/P1q3Q1/8/B1Pn4/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R4!/Qh4
Quite a lot of solvers were fooled by a very strong try. Q-K2, but the answer to that is B-R2! This strong move defeats all possibilities of mating in three moves.

In Game No. 1 the given move has been entirely different than the theory advised. I shall therefore publish a few games on this opening which have been played in some of the international tournaments in which I have participated.
Played in Stubnyansky Teplice (Czechoslovakia, 1930).

Herman Steiner (White) vs. May (Black)
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Lasker Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-QB3 3. N-QB3 P-Q4 4. N-B3 PxP 5. P-QR4 B-B4 6. P-K3 N-R3 7. BxP N-QN5 8. O-O P-K3 9. Q-K2 N-K5 10. N-K5 B-K2 11. P-B3 N-Q3 12. B-N3 P-B3 13. P-K4 PxN 14. PxP N-B2 15. PxB PxP 16. P-B4 Q-Q6 17. Q-KB2 Q-R3 18. B-K3 N-Q6 19. Q-B2 R-Q 20. QR-Q K-B 21. N-Q5 RxN 22. BxR N-N5 23. QxBP NxB 24. P-K6 N-B3 25. PxN KxP 26. P-QN3 Q-K7 27. KR-K Q-N7 28. R-Q7 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. 0-0 e6 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Ne5 Be7 11. f3 Nd6 12. Bb3 f6 13. e4 fxe5 14. dxe5 Nf7 15. exf5 exf5 16. f4 Qd3 17. Qf2 Qa6 18. Be3 Nd3 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. Rd1 Kf8 21. Nd5 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Nb4 23. Qxc6 Nxd5 24. e6 Nf6 25. exf7 Kxf7 26. b3 Qe2 27. Re1 Qb2 28. Rd7 1-0

Played in the international tournament at Brunn (Czecho-Slovakia, 1931)
Herman Steiner vs Vladas Mikenas
Brno (1931)
Slav Defense: Czech. Lasker Variation (D18) 1-0