July 22, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 22 Jul 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, July 22, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 481...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, July 27, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 481 Composed for The Los Angeles Times by Raymond Zens. White mates in two.
FEN 8/p2K4/Pp1NPB2/3k1bR1/1Pp1r3/2P2r1B/3b1Q2/3R1N2 w - - 0 1

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, July 29, 2021

Correction 7/29/1934: FEN 8/p2K4/Pp1NPB2/1p1k1bR1/1Pp1r3/2P2r1B/3b1Q2/3R1N2 w - - 0 1
Key: B-N2/Bg2

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, July 22, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 482...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, July 27, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 482 Composed for The Los Angeles Times by Percy Bowater, Pasadena. White mates in three.
FEN 4K3/8/4k3/4p3/1P1pNp1P/1P5P/3R1R2/4Q3 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-K3/Qe3

Greater Los Angeles Championship Tournament
This lengthy tournament has finally come to an end with Harry Borochow, State champion, as winner. Second place was won by M. Schleifer, Southern California champion, and third place is as yet not decided. More details in our next issue.
The deciding game for first place, from the 1934 Los Angeles championship, between Harry Borochow, State champion, and Mr. Schleifer, Southern California champion.

Harry Borochow (White) vs. Meyer Schleifer (Black)

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. BxN PQ2xKB 5. P-Q4 PxP 6. QxP QxQ 7. NxQ B-Q3 8. N-QB3 N-K2 9. B-K3 P-B3 10. O-O-O O-O? 11. KR-K P-QN3? 12. N(Q4)-K2! R-Q 13. R-Q2 B-K3 14. KR-Q P-QB4 15. N-B4 B-B2 16. N(B4)-Q5 NxN 17. NxN BxN 18. PxB R-K 19. R-K2 R-K5 20. P-KN3 QR-K 21. QR-K QR-K4 22. P-KB3 R-QR5 23. K-N! P-B5 24. P-N3 PxP 25. RPxP R-R6 26. B-B P-QR4 27. P-QB4 P-QN4 28. B-Q2 R-R6 29. RxR! PxR 30. R-K3 B-B4 31. B-B! BxR 32. BxR K-B2 33. K-B2 PxP 34. PxP P-KR4 35. B-N2 B-N8 36. P-R4! B-Q5 37. BxB PxB 38. K-Q3 P-B4 39. PxPe.p. K-K3 40. KxP K-Q3 41. P-N4 KxP 42. PxP P-R4 43. P-B4 P-R5 44. P-KB5 P-R6 45. K-B3 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Be3 f6 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. Re1 b6? 12. Ne2! Rd8 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Rd1 c5 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Re8 19. Re2 Re4 20. g3 Rae8 21. Rde1 Re5 22. f3 Ra4 23. Kb1! c4 24. b3 cxb3 25. axb3 Ra3 26. Bc1 a5 27. c4 b5 28. Bd2