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Chess by Herman Steiner 18 Feb 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, February 18, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....
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L.A. Times Problem No. 438 by H.S. Pike. White mates in two.
FEN 2n5/1bR1p3/1Prkp3/1Q1p3r/1N3P1B/2N5/5K2/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-B4/Qc4
To help those who sent wrong solutions, the writer will show Black's defense to these moves; NxR N-R6 will be defeated by NxP, NxP by PxN, QxPch by PxQ, RxQ by RxN.
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, February 18, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....
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L.A. Times Problem No. 439. From the B.C.M. First Prize by S. Lewmann. White mates in three.
FEN 2nb4/pr6/Kp4PN/4k1P1/1Q3N2/pB6/1p3P2/1q3n2 w - - 0 1
Key: P-N7/g7
Threat N-N6ch.
Allies vs Alexander Alekhine
Telegraph game (1931) (correspondence), Reykjavik ISL, Aug-??
Indian Game: Pseudo-Queen's Indian. Marienbad System (A47) 0-1
Annotation by Dr. A. Alekhine
(a) More accurate is 4. P-B4, so that if 4 … P-B4; 4. P-Q5! follows with advantage.
(b) Now this is strong, as White cannot advance, and exchanging Pawns would free Black's game.
(c) This is out of place in this system. 5. Castles, followed by P-B4, is in order.
(d) 7. P-B4 is still the move. White's play in the opening is not precise and as a result they soon obtain a cramped position.
(e) The coming opening of the QR file is obviously to Black's advantage. It is already difficult to find a good plan for White.
(f) Black's advantage in space is already sufficient to give him a strategically won game.
(g) If 21. PxP PxP; 22. BxB QxB and Black is in full command, with a powerful passed Pawn which must soon won. The text is desperation,a nd could be met by 21 … PxNP, winning a Pawn with an easy game. However, I played
(h) hoping to decide the game by a mating attack on the diagnonal QR1-KR8. This plan proved much more difficult to carry out than it had first appeared owing to the following ingenious plans of my opponents.
(i) The point of Black's twenty-first move, gaining control of the diagonal.
(j) Threatening to exchange Queens, though the ending would still be much in Black's favor.
(k) Threatening 31. … P-K4, and QxRP.
(l) In connection with White's next moves, this is the only way to hold back the attack after the now unavoidable P-K4.
(m) If NxB, Black mates in three; 35. … Q-R8ch; 35. K-N3 P-N4! etc.
(n) An interesting sacrifice which required exact calculation. Far less convincing was 38. … BxBch; 39. KxB Q-Q6; 40. N-B4 Q-K5; 41. Q-K3, etc., with a long end-game in prospect.
(o) The only move, if 41. B-B6 (or 41. Q-K3 P-B7; 42. N-B6ch K-R! 43. Q-Q3 Q-B6ch! wins) Q-B6ch; 42. K-R4 P-B7; 43. Q-R7 B-N2; 44. Q-B5 P-B8(Q)!; 45. QxQ QxBPch; 46. N-N3, QxBch; 47. P-N5 Q-Q5ch wins.
(p) If at once 43. Q-B5, Black wins quickly by 43. … P-N4ch, 44. BxP PxBch; 45. QxP (not KxP, Q-Q4ch wins) QxBPch; 46. N-N3, B-K! avoiding the checks and soon forcing a new Queen.
(q) After 43 … B-N2; 44. Q-B5! the variation mentioned in the previous will not be so conclusive since Black would not have the important B-K to aid his defense.
(r) Or 44. N-B6ch K-R!; 45. B-K7 P-N4ch; 46. K-R5 (if K-N3 P-B8(Q) threatening mate) Q-B2ch; 47. KxP P-B8(Q); 48. Q-N8ch, B-K, and wins.
(s) Or 45. Q-K3 Q-B6; 46. N-B6ch! K-N3 (if 46. … PxN; 47. B-B5 with some chances; 47. B-B5 QxNch; 48. K-N3 K-R2! (threatening P-B8(Q), etc.); 49. P-B4, Q-N7; 50. Q-Q3ch, P-N3 and wins.
(t) Interesting would be 46. Q-K3 P-B4!; 47. B-Q8, P-B5; 48. Q-Q3ch Q-N3; 49. Q-Q2, P-B8(Q)!!; 50. QxQ Q-Q3; 51. Q-B2ch, K-N; 52. Q-B4ch, K-B; 53. K-R5 B-K5ch, forcing mate.
(u) Now the win is comparatively easy.
(v) Or 47. P-B4 Q-K5, etc.
(w) The King easily escapes the checks.
From the thirty-eighth move on the game was most exciting, full of surprising tactical possibilities. (Game and notes from the Chess Review.)
