October 15, 1933 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 15, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, May 6, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 402. Originally composed for the Los Angeles Times by A.D. Gibbs, Long Beach. White mates in two.
FEN 8/R1Ppp3/b1pkP1nK/2RP2NP/3P4/B4rp1/4Q3/1q6 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-N5!/Qb5
Congratulations to Mr. Gibbs for this splendid problem. This is the only problem where eight tries have been sent in, as solutions. Each one had its points. In order to help those who sent in wrong solutions, the writer will show Black's defense to these moves. Q-R2? QxR?, and Q-B4? will be defeated by PxKP! R-N5? d. Ch., and R-R5? d. ch, will be defeated by P-B4! QxB? by Q-N2. N-K4?ch., with QxN! and Q-K4? by Q-N5, and there is no mate on the next move.

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 15, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 403...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, May 6, 2021

L.A. Times Problem 403 by L. Herskovics. “A Chess Fantasia.” White mates in three.
FEN k7/3R4/4PPPP/P2P4/2P5/1K6/ppQppppp/qrbr4 w - - 0 1
Key: K-R4!/Ka4
K-R3 will be defeated by queening one of the pawns and if 2. Q-N3, with threat to mate, Q goes on the sixth rank and White is unable to mate with the Q because the K is pinned.

Fine Keeps Western Chess Title
In the Thirty-fourth Western Chess Congress Fine was again winner with the good score of 12 to 1, the only game he lost being the one played agaisnt the former boy wonder, Samuel Reshevsky, who was a good second. The latter did not lose a single game but unfortunately drew four. The final standings of the contestants were:

The following are the two most important games of the tournament:

Samuel Reshevsky vs Reuben Fine
Western Championship (1933), Detroit, MI USA, rd 6, Sep-27
Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation (E11) 1-0

Reuben Fine vs Arthur William Dake
Western Championship (1933), Detroit, MI USA, rd 10, Sep-29
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack (D70) 1-0

From The Southern California Championship Tournament

Edward Everett (white) vs. R. McBride (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. P-K5 B-B4 4. B-Q3 B-N3 5. N-K2 P-K3 6. O-O N-Q2 7. B-K3 N-K2 8. N-N3 Q-B2 9. N-QB3 P-QR3 10. QN-K2 P-QB4 11. P-QB3 N-QB3 12. QR-B B-K2 13. P-KB4 P-KB4 14. PxPe.p. PxP 15. P-B5 B-B2 16. BPxP BxP 17. B-B5 BxB 18. NxB O-O-O 19. N-B4 N-KB 20. QPxP QN-K4 21. NxQP BxP 22. NxQ BxBch 23. NxB RxQ 24. QRxR KxN 25. RxP N(KB)-Q2 26. N-Q5ch K-N 27. R-Q6 K-R2 28. N-KB6 NxN 29. RxN P-KR4 30. QR-Q5 N-N5 31. R-K6 R-KN 32. P-KR3 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. Ne2 e6 6. 0-0 Nd7 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Ng3 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Nce2 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. f4 f5 14. exf6e.p. gxf6 15. f5 Bf7 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 0-0-0 19. Nf4 Nf8 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Nxd5 Bxc5 22. Nxc7 Bxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Rxd1 24. Rcxd1 Kxc7 25. Rxf6 Nd7 26. Nd5+ Kb8 27. Rd6 Ka7 28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 h5 30. Rd5 Ng4 31. Re6 Rg8 32. h3 1-0