April 01 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 01 Apr 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 01, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 450. From the International Two-Mover Tourney of the Budapest Chess Club, 1933. Fifth honorable mention by L. Talaber. White mates in two.
FEN 5bB1/3pkPp1/p1P1N1R1/rp3p1p/pK3Qbr/P5Np/7P/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-Q4/Qd4
The tries are defeated as follows: PxP by KxPch! KxR by P-N5 and Q-B7 by B moves discovered check.

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 01, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 451. From the Christian Science Monitor by Prof. E. G. Haden. White mates in three.
FEN 1B6/8/8/8/8/2PkN3/2NP4/4K3 w - - 0 1
Key: N-Q4/Nd4
1. N-Q4 K-K5; 2. N-K6 K-B6; N-B5 mate.
1. Nd4 Ke4; 2. Ne6 Kd3 3. Nc5#
2. N-K6 K-Q6; 3. N-B5 mate.
1. Nd4 Ke4 2. Ne6 Kd3 3. Nc5#

From the So. California Chess League

Meyer Schleifer, C.C. (white) vs. A. D. Gibbs, Long Beach (black)
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Maróczy Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-KN5 B-K2 5. P-K5 N(B3)-Q2 6. P-KR4 P-QR3 7. Q-N4 P-KB4 8. PxPe.p. NxP 9. BxN BxB 10. B-Q3 O-O 11. N-R3 P-K4? 12. BxPch! KxB 13. Q-R5ch! K-N 14. N-KN5 B-B4 15. P-KN4 BxP 16. K-Q2 BxNch 17. PxB RxPch 18. K-K3 PxPch 19. KxR PxN? 20. Q-R8ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Qg4 f5 8. exf6e.p. Nxf6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. Nh3 e5? 12. Bxh7+! Kxh7 13. Qh5+! Kg8 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. g4 Bxc2 16. Kd2 Bxg5+ 17. hxg5 Rxf2+ 18. Ke3 exd4+ 19. Kxf2 dxc3? 20. Qh8+ 1-0

From the New York Metropolitan League

Albert Pinkus vs S. Konigsburg
Casual Game (1934), New York
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C70) 1-0