December 10, 1933 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 10 Dec 1933, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) L.A. Times Problem No. 418....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, May 18, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 418. From the International Two-mover Tourney of the Budapest Chess Club, 1933; seventh prize by F. Ruck. White mates in two.
FEN KB6/QBR2p2/PR2p1P1/p2pkPp1/P5P1/8/4P1N1/8 w - - 0 1
Key: R-Q6/Rd6
In order to help those who sent in wrong solutions, the writer will show Black's defense to these moves: If RxP dis ch., K-K5! and there is no mate on the next move. R-N5 would be defeated by PxP! and R-N3 by the same move.

Chess by Herman Steiner 10 Dec 1933, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) L.A. Times Problem No. 419. By...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, May 18, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 419. By Rudolf L'Hermet. White mates in three.
FEN 1K2Q3/1BP2r1p/4nR2/6pp/6Pk/P6p/2N4P/8 w - - 0 1
Key: B-B8/Bc8
If Black 1. P-R3, 2. N-R! PxP 3. RxP
If Black 1. P-R3, 2. N-R! KxP 3. Q-R4
If Black 1. P-R3, 2. N-R! R, any 3. QxP
If Black 1. P-R3, 2. N-R! N, any 3. Q-K mate.
The following are short mates:
1. PxP, 2. R-R6 mate.
1. KxP, 2. Q-R4 mate.
1. R, any 2. QxP mate.
1. N, any 2. Q-K mate.

Game Department
The following two games played in 1929, which won the New York State championship for him, demonstrate his fundamental principles, which form the basis of his lectures. (Attack and counter-attack.)

Jacob Bernstein (white) vs. Herman Steiner (black)
Indian Game: Normal Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 P-QN3 4. P-K4 B-N2 5. B-Q3 B-N5 6. Q-B3 N-B3 7. N-K2 P-K4 8. P-Q5 N-K2 9. N-N3 BxNch 10. PxB P-KR3 11. N-B P-Q3 12. N-K3 B-B 13. P-KN4 N-Q2 14. P-KR4 N-QB4 15. B-B2 B-Q2 16. N-B Q-B 17. B-Q Q-R3 18. Q-K2 P-QN4! 19. N-N3 PxP 20. N-R5 N-Q6ch 21. K-B NxB 22. RxN R-KN 23. Q-Q2 R-QN 24. B-K2 N-N3 25. K-N2 P-KB3 26. K-N3 K-B2 27. P-N5 P-KB4 28. PxBP BxP 29. B-N4 BxB 30. KxB Q-Bch 31. K-N3 Q-B4 32. KR-B PxP 33. PxP R-KR 34. P-B4 RxN 35. PxP R-R6ch 36. K-N2 N-R5ch 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Qf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ng3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 h6 11. Nf1 d6 12. Ne3 Bc8 13. g4 Nd7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Nf1 Qc8 17. Bd1 Qa6 18. Qe2 b5! 19. Ng3 bxc4 20. Nh5 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Rg8 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Be2 Ng6 25. Kg2 f6 26. Kg3 Kf7 27. g5 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bg4 Bxg4 30. Kxg4 Qc8+ 31. Kg3 Qf5 32. Rf1 hxg5 33. hxg5 Rh8 34. f4 Rxh5 35. fxe5 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Nh4+ 0-1

Second Game

Herman Steiner (white) vs. Jacob Bernstein (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. P-B4 P-K3 4. B-N5 B-K2 5. P-K3 QN-Q2 6. QN-Q2 O-O 7. R-B P-B3 8. B-Q3 Q-R4 9. P-QR3 PxP 10. RxP P-K4 11. O-O PxP 12. PxP Q-Q 13. R-K N-N3 14. R-QB B-K3 15. Q-B2 P-KR3 16. B-R4 N(B3)-Q4 17. B-N3 B-B3 18. N-K4 B-N5 19. N-K5 BxN 20. PxB P-KB4 21. PxPe.p. NxP 22. NxNch QxN 23. B-K5 Q-N4 24. P-B4 Q-R5 25. B-R7ch K-R 26. Q-N6 R-KN 27. BxR RxB 28. BxPch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nd2 0-0 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. a3 dxc4 10. Rxc4 e5 11. 0-0 exd4 12. exd4 Qd8 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh4 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bf6 18. Ne4 Bg4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 f5 21. exf6e.p. Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Be5 Qg5 24. f4 Qh4 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Qg6 Rg8 27. Bxg8 Rxg8 28. Bxg7+ 1-0

It is always interesting to see the styles of the world's champion and the challenger. This little game was played in 1921, by these two giants before the world's championship was a realization. (It was won by Alekhine in 1927.) In 1934 they hope to meet again for a second encounter for the title.

Alexander Alekhine (white) vs. Efim Bogoljubov (black)
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Sämisch Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-B4 P-QN3 4. P-KN3 B-N2 5. B-N2 P-B4 6. PxP BxP 7. N-B3 O-O 8. O-O P-Q4 9. N-Q4 BxN 10. QxB N-B3 11. Q-R4 PxP 12. R-Q Q-B 13. B-N5 N-Q4 14. NxN PxN 15. RxP! N-N5 16. B-K4! P-B4 17. BxP RxB 18. R-Q8ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nc3 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. Nd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qh4 dxc4 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rxd5! Nb4 16. Be4! f5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Rd8+ 1-0