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Chess by Herman Steiner 01 Oct 1933, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 01, 1933, Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....
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L.A. Times Problem No. 398 by D. Pellegrini, Los Angeles. White mates in two.
FEN 1BB5/8/5p2/3kpP2/P1bp4/6Q1/5K2/2R5 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-N3/Qb3
If Q-QR3; P-Q6! If Q-QB3; PxQ!
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 01, 1933, Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....
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L.A. Times Problem No. 399 by Joseph Heral. White mates in three.
FEN 4B3/6p1/1K1P1p1b/5pk1/6p1/7b/1BN4P/4Q3 w - - 0 1
Key: K-R7!/Ka7
If 1. BxPch; PxB. 2. Q-K3ch; P-B5!
Answers to three-movers must show main variations!
To W. W. Putta—Your move to 399, PxB, impossible.
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In the tourney to prepare the Danish players for the Folkestone, England, international team event, Aron Nimzowitsch, the great Russo-Dane, went down to defeat to Enevoldsen in the following pretty game:
Jens Enevoldsen vs Aron Nimzowitsch
Copenhagen Politiken (1933), Copenhagen DEN, rd 4, May-31
Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46) 1-0
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 e6
3. e3 c5
4. Bd3 Nc6
5. c3 Be7
6. O-O b6
7. a3 O-O
8. e4 d5
9. e5 Nd7
10. Qe2 Re8
11. Bf4 a5
12. Nbd2 c4
13. Bc2 b5
14. Ne4 Nf8(a) If 14. … PxN; 15. QxKP threatening 16. QxRPch and 17. Q-R8 mate, as well as 16. QxN(B6), so White would win a Pawn. From now on White's maneuvering of this Knight is excellent.
15. Ng3 Bd7
16. h3 Ra7
17. Nh2 b4(b) The onslaught on the enemy pawn chain is in accordance with Nimzowitsch's own teachings in his book, “My System.”
18. axb4 axb4
19. Rxa7 Nxa7
20. Ra1 Nb5
21. Bd2 Qb6
22. Ng4 bxc3
23. bxc3 Na3
24. Rxa3!(c) This sacrifice of the exchange leaves White free to operate with superior forces on the King side.
24. … Bxa3
25. Nh5 Ng6
26. Ngf6+ Kh8(d) Probably better than 26 … PxN, which also loses.
27. Nxg7(e) Played in the grand style. If 27. … KxN; 28. Q-R5, N-B (indirectly Black has to guard against being forced to KB with his King, for then White can play NxBch, forking both his King and the Queen) 29. B-R6ch, to be followed by 30. BxN and mate with the Queen at K-R7.
27. … Rg8
28. Nxh7 Kxg7(f) If 28. … KxN(R2) White will administer a mate. If 28. … RxN, then 29. N-B6, R-R2 (best); 30. NxR, KxN; 31. Q-R5ch, K-N; 32. BxN PxB; 33. QxPch K-B; 34. B-R6ch, K-K2; 35. B-N5ch, K-B; 36. Q-B6ch K-K (36. … K-N; 37. B-B6, Q-N8ch; 38. K-R2, Q-KR2; 39. Q-Q8ch, K-B2; 40. QxBch, K-N3; 41. QxQch and wins easily;) 37. Q-R8ch, K-B2; 38. Q-R7ch; K-K (38. … K-B; 39. B-R6ch, K-K; 40. Q-N8ch; K-K2; 41. B-N5 mate;) 39. Q-N8ch, B-KB; 40. B-R6 and wins.
29. Qh5 f5
30. exf6+ Kf7
31. Ng5+ Kxf6
32. Qf3+ Ke7
33. Qf7+ Kd8
34. Qxg8+ Nf8
35. Nh7 Qb2
36. Nxf8 Qxc2
37. Nxe6+ Ke7
38. Bg5+ Kd6
39. Qf8+ Kc6
40. Qxa3 1-0(g) White has too many extra Pawns. Game and notes from the New York Evening Post.
Another game by the writer against the woman world's champion on Game No. 1. Played at Hasting, England, 1929.
Herman Steiner (white) vs. Miss Vera Menchik (black)
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Lasker Variation
White mates in three
FEN r3kr2/pp2n3/3PQ1p1/6q1/8/3R4/1P3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
An interesting match game between Lajos Steiner and Herman Steiner.
Lajos Steiner (white) vs Herman Steiner (black)
Ruy Lopez: Open, Riga Variation
