October 22, 1933 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 22 Oct 1933, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 22, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 404. Composed for the L.A. Times (original) by H.S. Pike, Long Beach. White mates in two.
FEN 2N2Q2/1K1Bp3/4P1p1/2RnkbP1/Rn2p2P/4N3/4PB2/8 w - - 0 1
Key: NxP/Nxe7
For the capturing key-move, we shall give the author's own explanation:
“I particularly wished to compose a problem with a capture as a key move as I find too many solvers who think they any problem with capture as key move must be bad or highly improper. I hope to demonstrate by this problem to some that it is possible to have the capture and a good problem at the same time.” H.S. Pike, Long Beach, California.
In order to help those who sent in wrong solutions, the writer will show Black's defense to these moves. N-R7 and R(R4)xN will be answered by K-B5. QxP by K-Q5, and RxNch by NxR, if 2. B-N3ch, N-B5!

L.A. Times Problem No. 405 by S. Loyd. White mates in three.
FEN 4r1b1/1p4B1/pN2pR2/RB2k3/1P2N2p/2p3b1/2nP1p1r/5K1n w - - 0 1
Key: K-K2!/
This beautiful problem by Sam Loyd, known by the name of “The Steinitz Gambit,” was composed for the sake of its key.
For those who could not solve it or sent in wrong solutions, we shall give the main variations.
1. K-K2, P-B8(Q) dbl. ch. 2. K-K3
1. K-K2, P-B8(N) ch. 2. R-B2 dis. ch.
1. K-K2, NxP or KxN 2. B-Q3 dis. ch.
1. K-K2 K-Q5 2. R-B4 ch.
As one of our solvers remarks: “A splended example of the attacking powers of a King, even when beset with seemingly overwhelming impediments.”

Open Southern California Championship Tournament
The standing after the third round:

Schleifer .... 2-0 Griffith ..... 2-1 Kendall ...... 2-1 Everett ...... 2-1 Patterson .... 2-1

Wasserman .... 2-1 Ward ......... 1½-1½ Schirm ....... ½-½ McBride ...... 0-2 Gibbs ........ 0-3

Results of the third round were: Wasserman 1, Patterson 0; Everett 1, Schirm 0; Griffith 1, Ward 0; Kendall 1, Gibbs 0. The McBride-Schleifer game will be played later.
Pairings for the fourth round: Patterson vs. Griffith, Everett vs. Wasserman, McBride vs. Schirm, Ward vs. Kendall, Schleifer vs. Gibbs.
All games will be played at the HOLLYWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB, 6525 Sunset Boulevard, Saturdays at 2 p.m. Visitors are welcome.
A suprising upset between the Southern California champion, G.S.G. Patterson, and P.J. Wasserman, from the Southern California championship tournament.

George S G Patterson (white) vs. P.J. Wasserman (black)
Indian Game: Colle System, King's Indian Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-KN3 3. P-K3 B-N2 4. B-Q3 P-Q3 5. QN-Q2 O-O 6. O-O QN-Q2 7. R-K P-QN3 8. P-QB3 B-N2 9. P-K4 P-B4 10. N-KB Q-B2 11. N-N3 QR-B 12. P-QN3 KR-Q 13. B-N2 N-KB 14. Q-Q2 N(B3)-Q2 15. QR-Q P-QR3 16. B-N P-QN4 17. Q-K3 Q-N 18. N-Q2 N-K3 19. P-KB4 PxP 20. PxP Q-R2 21. N-KB3 B-R3 22. N-K2 N-K4 23. N-N5 N-Q2 24. NxN PxN 25. Q-R3 B-N2 26. QxPch K-R 27. QxKP N-KB3 28. P-K5 N-Q4 29. Q-KR4 N-K6 30. BxKNP P-KR3 31. P-KN4 N-KN7 32. Q-R3 NxR 33. RxN PxP 34. PxP R-B7 (a) 35. BxR 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nd2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Re1 b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. e4 c5 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Nf8 14. Qd2 N6d7 15. Rd1 a6 16. Bb1 b5 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. f4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qa7 21. Nf3 Bh6 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Ng5 Nd7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qh3 Bg7 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxe7 Nf6 28. e5 Nd5 29. Qh4 Ne3 30. Bxg6 h6 31. g4 Ng2 32. Qh3 Nxe1 33. Rxe1 dxe5 34. fxe5 Rc2 35. Bxc2 1-0

(a) A blunder, under the time pressure. Black had to make six moves in a few minutes.

A well-played game from the Southern California championship tournament.

Dr. Robert B. Griffith (White) vs. Dr. Ward (Black)
Dutch Defense: Nimzo-Dutch Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-K3 2. P-QB4 P-KB4 3. P-KN3 N-KB3 4. B-N2 B-N5ch 5. B-Q2 BxBch 6. QxB O-O 7. N-QB3 P-Q4 8. N-B3 QN-Q2 9. P-QN3 PxP 10. PxP P-QB4 11. P-Q5 N-K5 12. NxN PxN 13. N-N5 N-N3 14. R-QB PxP 15. PxP P-K6 16. QxP NxP 17. Q-N3! QxN 18. QxNch QxQ 19. BxQch K-R 20. RxP B-R6 21. P-KB4 QR-B 22. RxR RxR 23. K-B2 P-QN4 24. R-QN R-B4 25. B-B3 B-B4 26. R-N2 P-QR4 27. K-K3 P-KN3 28. K-Q4 R-B5ch 29. K-Q5 B-Q2 30. K-Q6 R-Q5ch 31. B-Q5 P-QN5 32. P-K4 B-R5 33. K-B5 R-Q8 34. K-N6 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 0-0 7. Nc3 d5 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. d5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. Rc1 exd5 15. cxd5 e3 16. Qxe3 Nxd5 17. Qb3! Qxg5 18. Qxd5+ Qxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Rxc5 Bh3 21. f4 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Kf2 b5 24. Rb1 Rc5 25. Bf3 Bf5 26. Rb2 a5 27. Ke3 g6 28. Kd4 Rc4+ 29. Kd5 Bd7 30. Kd6 Rd4+ 31. Bd5 b4 32. e4 Ba4 33. Kc5 Rd1 34. Kb6 1-0

A well-played game by the champion of San Antonio, Texas from the Southern California tourney.

William N Kendall (white) vs. Gibbs (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. P-KB3 PxP 4. PxP P-K4 5. N-KB3 B-KN5 6. B-QB4 N-B3 7. BxPch K-K2 8. B-N3 BxN 9. QxB QxP 10. N-B3 N-R3 11. B-K3 Q-Q2 12. O-O Q-N5 13. Q-B5 QxQ 14. RxQ N-Q2 15. R-Q K-K 16. B-B7ch K-K2 17. B-N5ch N-B3 18. B-QB4 K-K 19. RxPch B-K2 20. BxQN PxB 21. RxBch KxR 22. P-K5 QR-Q 23. R-KB KR-B 24. N-K4 K-K3 25. PxN PxP 26. BxP R-QN 27. N-N5ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Bb3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. 0-0 Qg4 13. Qf5 Qxf5 14. Rxf5 Nd7 15. Rd1 Ke8 16. Bf7+ Ke7 17. Bg5+ Nf6 18. Bc4 Ke8 19. Rxe5+ Be7 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. e5 Rd8 23. Rf1 Rc8 24. Ne4 Ke6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bxf6 Rb8 27. Ng5+ 1-0