April 22 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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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.

Game Department

From the Greater Los Angeles Championship Tournament.

Meyer Schleifer (white) vs. Charles J. Gibbs (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Amsterdam Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-B3 P-Q3 6. B-K2 P-KN3 7. B-K3 B-N2 8. Q-Q2 N-KN5 9. BxN BxB 10. P-KB3 B-Q2 11. O-O-O P-QR3 12. N-Q5 N-K4! 13. B-R6? N-B5! 14. Q-N5 P-KB3 15. Q-R4 K-B2 16. BxB KxB 17. P-KN4 P-K3 18. N-B3 R-QB 19. N-N3 Q-B2! 20. Q-K P-QN4 21. N-R P-N5 22. N-N?? Q-R4 23. N-R3 Q-KN4ch 24. K-N PxN 25. P-N3 Q-K4 26. P-B3 R-QN 27. R-Q4 KR-QB 28. Q-B2 Q-B4! 29. Q-N3 QxR! 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 a6 12. Nd5 Ne5! 13. Bh6? Nc4! 14. Qg5 f6 15. Qh4 Kf7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 e6 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. Nb3 Qc7! 20. Qe1 b5 21. Na1 b4 22. Nb1?? Qa5 23. Na3 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 bxa3 25. b3 Qe5 26. c3 Rb8 27. Rd4 Rc8 28. Qf2 Qc5! 29. Qg3 Qxd4! 0-1

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

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. QN-Q2 P-K3 4. P-QR3 P-B4 5. PxP BxP 6. P-QN4 BxBPch 7. KxB N-N5ch 8. K-N3 P-KR4 9. N-R4 Q-B2ch! 10. K-B3 Q-B6ch 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2(a) e6 4. a3(b) c5(c) 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. b4?(d) Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2(e) Ng4+ 8. Kg3(f) h5(g) 9. Nh4(h) Qc7+! 10. Kf3(i) Qc3+ 0-1(j)

(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

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. N-B3 P-Q3 4. P-Q4 PxP 5. NxP QN-Q2 6. P-B4 P-KN3 7. B-K2 B-N2 8. B-K3 O-O 9. O-O P-QR3 10. B-B3 R-K 11. N-N3 Q-B2 12. Q-Q2 N-N3 13. N-R5 N-N5 14. BxN BxB 15. P-B5 PxP 16. PxP QR-Q? 17. R-B4 P-KR4 18. P-KR3 B-K4? 19. QR-KB! BxR 20. RxB P-K4 21. R-N4 N-Q2 22. N-Q5! QxN? 23. RxBch PxR 24. QxQ R-QB 25. P-B6 R-B5 26. Q-K! N-B 27. N-K7ch K-R 28. Q-R4ch N-R2 29. Q-R6 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nd7 6. f4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. Bf3 Re8 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Na5 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Rd8? 17. Rf4 h5 18. h3 Be5? 19. Rf1! Bxf4 20. Rxf4 e5 21. Rb4 Nd7 22. Nd5! Qxa5? 23. Rxg4+ hxg4 24. Qxa5 Rc8 25. f6 Rc4 26. Qe1! Nf8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Qh4+ Nh7 29. Qh6 1-0