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Chess by Herman Steiner 22 Apr 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 22, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....
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L.A. Times Problem No. 456. From the International Two-Move Tourney of the Budapest Chess Club, 1933. Seventh and eighth honorable mention. By M. Segers. White mates in two.
FEN 1Bb4b/4r2B/5Q2/N3rn2/R6p/RP2kN1n/2P1p1P1/4K3 w - - 0 1
Key: N-R2/Nh2
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 22, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....
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L.A. Times Problem No. 457. “La Liberte” Third honorable mention by J. J. Cauveren.
FEN Q7/8/2K2B2/p7/1p2p3/4Np2/2p2nR1/2N1k2r w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R8/Qh8
If R-B8; 2. B-B3ch PxB; 3. QxP
R-any; 2. R-Nch K-Q7; 3. N-B4
N-R6; 2. B-B3ch PxB; 3. QxP
K-Q7; 2. QxR KxN; 3. Q-R6
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 22, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times End-Game No. 5...
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L.A. Times End-Game No. 5 by H. Rinck. White to play and draw.
FEN 8/6p1/3B4/4N3/4p1Pk/8/p3pP1K/8 w - - 0 1
Key: B-K7ch/Be7
1. B-K7ch P-N4; 2. B-N4, P-R8(Q); 3. B-K! QxB; 4. N-B3ch PxN; Stalemate.
1. Be7+ g5 2. Bb4 a1=Q 3. Be1 Qxe1 4. Nf3+ exf3 Game Over
The strong try P-B3 or P-B4 will be defeated by PxP or PxP e.p., or on 1. B-K7ch P-N4; 2. P-B4 PxP e.p.; 3. B-B5 (B-N4 P-B7!) P-K8(Q); 4. NxPch KxP; 5. NxQ P-R8(Q)
1. Be7+ g5 2. f4 exf3 3. Bc5 e1=Q 4. Nxf3+ Kxg4 5. Nxe1 a1=Q winning.
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From the Greater Los Angeles Championship Tournament.
Meyer Schleifer (white) vs. Charles J. Gibbs (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Amsterdam Variation
A very interesting game which was recently played in Hamburg and proves how quickly one can come to grief by violating the fundamental principles.
Helbig (white) vs. Schroeder (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
(a)—Rather tame, but both Rudolph Spielmann and J.R. Capablanca have been known to favor this move (generally, however, after first playing P-QB4.)
(b)—Presumably to stop the eventual Black pin of the White Queen Knight through B-QN5, thus leaving White free to prepare quietly for both P-QB4 and P-K4. A timid move, just the same.
(c)—The correct procedure. If White does not choose to attack the Pawn chain in the center, a la Queen's Gambit, then Black may and should.
(d)—A fatal error. But who would here dream (unless forewarned) of the debacle about to follow? Black's ensuing sacrificial combination is most pleasing.
(e)—One annotator, Brian Harley, we believe, here jokingly remarked: “Otherwise, it would be mate!”
(f)—If 8. K-K, then N-K6 wins the Queen. In this connection, please study the score of the shortest tourney game on record, played not so long back in the championship of Paris, France, tourney (Gibaud (White) vs. F. Lazard). For either the White Queen is lost, or if 5. PxN then Q-R5ch; 6. P-N3, QxNP mate! If 8. K-N, then Q-N3ch; 9. N-Q4 QxNch; 10. P-K3 QxKP mate.
(g)—The threat now is 9. … P-R5ch; 10. KxN P-K4 mate. Or, 10. K-R3 N-B7 mate.
(h)—If 9. K-R3 N-B7ch wins the Queen. If 9. K-B4 Q-B3ch; 10. K-N3 P-R5ch; 11.NxP (11. KxN, P-K4 mate. 11. K-R3 N-B7 mate.) Q-B7ch; 12. KxN R-R5ch; (P-K4 discovered check, would also do.) 13. K-N5 Q-B3 mate.
(i)—If 10. K-R3 N-B7 is mate.
(j)— If 11. K-B4 Q-K6 mate. Or if 11. P-K3 QxKP mate.
Score and notes taken from the New York Evening Post.)
From the Southern California Chess League
Harry Borochow, Yiddish C.C. (White) vs. Herman Steiner, L.A.A.C., (Black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Levenfish Variation, Main Line
