February 25, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 25 Feb 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, February 25, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 440. From the International Two-Move Tourney of the Budapest Chess Club, 1933. First honorable mention. By C. de Rooij. White mates in two.
FEN qB2R3/p3N3/B4p2/r7/b5Pp/1Ppp1p1K/3Nkpp1/2QR2b1 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-B2/Qc2
To help those who sent in wrong solutions, the writer will show Black's defense to these moves. B-N5 and N-N will be defeated by P-B8(Q). N-B by PxN(Q)ch. N-B6 d. ch by R-K5. N-K4 by QxN.

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, February 25, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 441. From the Washington Post. By John A. McIlvane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/4p3/4kPR1/2Q5/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: R-N7/Rg7
1. R-N7 PxP; 2. R-N6 P-B6; 3. Q-B5 mate.
1. R-N7 K-Q3; 2. Q-B7ch K-Q4; 3. R-Q7 mate.
1. R-N7 K-B3; 2. Q-B7 P-K4; 3. Q-B7 mate.
...................... PxP; 3. Q-K7 mate.

Game Department
Herman Steiner, L.A.A.C. (White) vs. A. V. Taylor, Pasadena C.C. (Black)
Torre Attack

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. B-N5 B-K2 4. P-B4 P-Q4 5. P-K3 QN-Q2 6. QN-Q2 P-QB4 7. B-Q3 BPxP 8. KPxP PxP 9. NxP O-O 10. O-O N-Q4 11. B-Q2 N(Q2)-B3 12. P-QR3 B-Q2 13. N(B4)-K5 R-B 14. Q-K2 P-QR3 15. QR-K N-B2 16. NxB QxN 17. B-KB4 N(B2)-Q4 18. B-K5 KR-Q 19. N-N5 P-R3 20. P-B4 K-B 21. N-R3 P-KN3 22. P-KN4 P-KR4 23. PxP NxRP 24. P-B5 KPxP 25. BxBP N(R4)-B5 26. NxN QxB 27. NxN Q-N4ch 28. B-N3 RxN 29. Q-K6 B-B3 30. QxRch K-N2 31. K-R BxP 32. RxPch KxR 33. Q-K6ch K-N2 34. Q-K7ch K-R3 35. Q-B8ch K-R4 36. Q-B3ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. c4 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nd2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Nxc4 0-0 10. 0-0 Nd5 11. Bd2 N7f6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Nce5 Rc8 14. Qe2 a6 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bf4 Ncd5 18. Be5 Rd8 19. Ng5 h6 20. f4 Kf8 21. Nh3 g6 22. g4 h5 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Nf4 26. Nxf4 Qxf5 27. Nxd5 Qg5+ 28. Bg3 Rxd5 29. Qe6 Bf6 30. Qxc8+ Kg7 31. Kh1 Bxd4 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kh5 36. Qf3+ 1-0