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Chess by Herman Steiner 26 Aug 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, August 26, 1934, Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....
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L.A. Times Problem No. 489 “The Chess Review” by Walter Jacobs. White mates in two.
FEN 8/2Q5/7K/8/1pN1BB2/3R4/1Pkp4/1Rb5 w - - 0 1
Key: B-N3/Bg3
The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, August 26, 1934, Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, August 14, 2021
L.A. Times Problem No. 490 “The Chess Review” by Walter Jacobs. White mates in three.
FEN 5K2/1P6/5p2/6p1/2p2kp1/1r6/2N5/4Q2B w - - 0 1
Key: B-Q5/Bd5
Fourth game of the match played at Stockholm.
Gosta Stoltz (white) vs. Rudolf Spielmann (black)
King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Réti Variation
1. e4 e5
2. f4 Bc5(a) A fight between two giants on their own ground.
3. Nf3 d6
4. c3(b) With the idea of continuing with P-Q4, displacing the dangerous B.
4. … f5(c) Long though to be a refutation of 4. P-B3 until the line followed in this game was suggested by Reti and brought new life to the variation.
5. fxe5 dxe5
6. d4 exd4
7. Bc4!(d) If 7. PxQP, BPxP! which turns to Black's advantage. If now 7. … N-QB3, which Rubinstein considers as best, Reti, however, successfully continues with 8. P-QN4! B-N3; 9. Q-N3 N-R3; 10. Castles, PxKP; 11. NxQP Q-K2; 12. BxN PxB; 13. B-B7ch K-Q1; 14. K-R1 with good attack for White (We, however, venture to suggest that Black's game is not lost anyway.—Editor.)
7. … fxe4(e) Black intends sacrificing a rook in order to obtain two strong passed pawns in the center.
8. Ne5 Nf6
9. Nf7 Qe7
10. Nxh8 d3(f) Upon 10. … N-B3 (original Svenonius suggestion) follows 11. B-KN5! NK4; 12. BxN PxB; 13. Q-R5ch K-Q2; 14. PxQP and White can hold to his material advantage. Spielmann tried out this variation in the hope of settling the age-old dispute regarding which side had the better game; White with a rook up or Black with two strong passed pawns. Reti used to think that the two passed pawns were not sufficient compensation for the rook. Svenonius, on the other hand, disputed this and demonstrated that Black either obtained an irresistable attack or finally recaptained the N or R1, after which the material forces are more than evened up.
Spielmann now states that at the cost of a point in the match, this question is settled to his satisfaction.
11. Bg5 Bf2+
12. Kxf2 Qc5+
13. Be3 Qxc4
14. h3 Be6
15. Nd2 Qd5
16. g4(g) A fine attacking move which drives the N f 6 away from its position of support to the advanced pawns. If 16. … P-KN4; 17. Q-N3! In Spielmann's opinion, the text move 16. P-K4 settles the Reti-Svenonius discussion to White's absolute advantage.
16. … Nc6(h) If 17. P-N5, then 17. … Q-B4ch and 18. … N-Q5! White's reply stops this.
17. c4 Qd7
18. g5 Bg4!
19. Qf1(i) The only reply: If 19. Q-R4 BxRP and if 19. Q-KN1, then Q-B4ch; 20. K-K1 N-N5 and Black's game is still very much alive.
19. … Be2
20. Qg2 Qf5+
21. Kg1 Nd7
22. Qxe4+ Qxe4
23. Nxe4 Ke7(j) If 23. … B-B6; 24. N-B3 BxR; 25. KxB KN-K4; 26. R-KB1 and White remains a piece ahead.
24. Ng3 Rxh8
25. Nxe2 dxe2
26. Rh2 Kf7
27. Rxe2 Re8
28. Rd1 Ne5
29. Bf4 Re6
30. Kf1 Kg6
31. Rd5 Kf5
32. Bg3 Re7
33. b4(k) There is nothing to be done against 34. P-N5, which wins another piece. Truly an Homeric struggle.
Notes abridged from the “Chess World.”
Steiner Wins Chess Match 26 Aug 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Steiner Wins Chess Match
SYRACUSE (N.Y.) Aug. 25. (AP)—Samuel Reshevsky of New York having won first place, play was continued in the international tournament of the New York State Chess Association today to determine the next four winners.
Isaac Kashdan of New York, paired with Reshevsky, was striving to hold second place.
Afternoon winners were Reuben Fine, New York; Arthur W. Dake, Portland, Or.; Herman Steiner, Los Angeles, and Dr. Adolf Seitz of Augsburg.
I. A. Horowitz, New York, lost to Dake, in thirteen moves.
R. E. Martin of Toronto, lost to Steiner, in forty-two moves.
