November 12, 1933 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 12 Nov 1933, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, November 12, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 410 by A.H. Robbins. White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/8/4B3/6p1/6N1/6k1/4K2R w - - 0 1
Key: 1. B-B4 K-B6, 2. O-O! mate
1. Bf4 Kf3 2. O-O! mate
There were many good solvers who went wrong on this problem, claiming there was no solution. As it happened, one of our youngest and one of our oldest ladderites prove their ingenuity where others failed. We shall publish their comments:
“Dear Sir: I worked the problem you put in the paper—White move B-B4—Black move K-B6—White move O-O. I think that is the only way you can do it. I am 8 years old, my daddy could not do it. “Your friend, John R. Watson.

“This little problem bothered me for a long time, and I had about concluded that some error had been made in setting it up. I could find no way to cover KN2—I went to sleep on it and dreamed the solution. I am 75 years of age. However, I work the two-movers every week and get a great deal of pleasure out of it.” F.R.R.

L.A. Times Problem No. 411 by H.A. Russell. White mates in three.
FEN 3R4/2B5/QPp1Np2/prp1pP2/B1k1P1Rp/7p/N5K1/7n w - - 0 1
Key: N-B4
If Black N-N6, (2) N-Q3, (3) N-N2
If Black PxN, (2) KxN, (3) P-K5
If Black N-B7, (2) Q-B8, (3) Q-K6

From The Southern California Tournament

Meyer Schleifer (white) vs. Ward (black)
French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation, Morozevich Line

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-KN5 PxP 5. BxN PxB 6. NxP B-K2 7. N-KB3 N-Q2 8. P-B3 P-B3 9. B-QB4 Q-B2 10. Q-K2 N-B 11. O-O-O B-Q2 12. N(B3)-Q2 P-N3 13. P-KR4 R-KN 14. P-KN4 Q-B5 15. P-B3 O-O-O 16. N-B2 Q-B2 17. N-Q3 N-N3 18. Q-K3 B-B 19. P-R5 N-K2 20. N-K4 N-Q4 21. N-N4 B-Q3 22. BxN BPxB 23. N-Q2 P-KR3 24. K-N P-R4 25. N-Q3 K-N 26. P-KB4 B-KB 27. QR-N B-N4 28. N-B2 R-K 29. N-B3 B-Q3 30. N-R3 P-K4 31. BPxP PxP 32. PxP B-B4 33. N-Q4 RxKP 34. NxB BxQ 35. NxQ BxR 36. NxP RxNP 37. N-B6 R-K8ch 38. K-B2 R-N7ch 39. K-N3 R-N8 40. K-B4 P-N4ch 41. KxP RxPch 42. K-B4 B-K6 43. R-KB R-KN6 44. N-B4 R-KB7 45. R-Nch K-B 46. N(B4)-Q5 R-KR7 47. R-K R(R7)-R6 48. K-N5 R-N4 49. K-B6 R(N4)-N6 50. N-K4 R-B6 51. N-Q6ch K-Q 52. R-QN B-R2 53. P-B4 RxP 54. R-N7 RxN 55. R-Q7 mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. c3 c6 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nf8 11. 0-0-0 Bd7 12. Nfd2 b6 13. h4 Rg8 14. g4 Qf4 15. f3 0-0-0 16. Nf2 Qc7 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Qe3 Bf8 19. h5 Ne7 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Nb4 Bd6 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nd2 h6 24. Kb1 a5 25. Nd3 Kb8 26. f4 Bf8 27. Rdg1 Bb5 28. Nf2 Re8 29. Nf3 Bd6 30. Nh3 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. dxe5 Bc5 33. Nd4 Rxe5 34. Nxb5 Bxe3 35. Nxc7 Bxg1 36. Nxd5 Rxg4 37. Nf6 Re1+ 38. Kc2 Rg2+ 39. Kb3 Rb1 40. Kc4 b5+ 41. Kxb5 Rbxb2+ 42. Kc4 Be3 43. Rf1 Rg3 44. Nf4 Rf2 45. Rb1+ Kc8 46. Nd5 Rh2 47. Re1 Rhh3 48. Kb5 Rg5 49. Kc6 Rg3 50. Ne4 Rf3 51. Nd6+ Kd8 52. Rb1 Ba7 53. c4 Rxh5 54. Rb7 Rxd5 55. Rd7#