March 03, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L.A. Times Problem No. 543 by E. A. Wirtanen. White mates in two.
FEN 2B2B2/1R6/1p2PK2/3k3p/b1Rn1Q2/3Pp1nN/Nr2p2b/2q2r2 w - - 0 1
Key: R(N7)-QB7/Rbc7

L.A. Times Problem No. 544 by George von Essen. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/1BnNN3/8/b2RB3/K1k2r2/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: B-N/Bb1

The following is a splendid example of this work:
Played in the Gothenburg tournament, 1920.

Gyula Breyer vs Siegbert Tarrasch
Gothenburg (1920), Gothenburg SWE, rd 11, Aug-17
Colle System (D05) 0-1

February 24, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L.A. Times Problem No. 541 by Pentti Sola. White mates in two.
FEN 8/2Q5/8/8/Kp1N2r1/4N1p1/2P3Rn/4k1n1 w - - 0 1
Key: P-B4/c4

L.A. Times Problem No. 542 by E. A. Ekholm. White mates in three.
FEN 5R2/1p1r1b1Q/2P5/2Npk3/2pN1b2/7P/1P5P/4BK2 w - - 0 1
Key: B-N4/Bb4

Appended is another selection of games from Mexico City:

Reuben Fine vs Herman Steiner
Mexican International Masters (1934), Mexico City MEX, rd 1, Dec-27
English Opening: King's English Variation. Three Knights System General (A27) 1-0

Arthur William Dake vs Alfonso Vida Aguirre
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 13, Jan-15
English Opening: King's English. Two Knights' Variation Reversed Dragon (A22) 1-0

Herman Steiner vs Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 13, Jan-15
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation (D50) 1-0

February 17, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L.A. Times Problem No. 539 “H.C.W.” by S. Boros. White mates in two.
FEN B4R2/4pN1n/2n1P3/1QN5/1pp1P1P1/R1q2kPK/4pppP/2Bbr1r1 w - - 0 1
Two Key Solutions: N-N3 and Q-N8.
Alternatively: mate in 1. Ne5#

L.A. Times Problem No. 540 “The Chess Review” by Dr. Gilbert Dobbs. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/B5p1/3QP1P1/1p1N1kN1/7P/1K6 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R8/Qh8

From the International Master Tournament of Mexico City.

Herman Steiner vs Juan Lerdo de Tejada
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 7, Jan-07
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation (C11) 1-0

Herman Steiner vs Jose Aviles Solares
Mexican International Masters (1934), Mexico City MEX, rd 3, Dec-29
Torre Attack: Classical Defense. Nimzowitsch Variation (A46) 1-0

Manuel Soto Larrea vs Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 10, Jan-10
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) 1-0

Arthur William Dake vs Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 4, Jan-02
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0

John Burt vs Joseph Henry Blackburne
Simul (1869), Bristol ENG
King's Gambit: Accepted. Traditional Variation (C38) 0-1

The editors of the Straw-Hatter, the official publication of the Warwick Chess Club, are to be congratulated on their enterprise and entertaining articles.
In the January 21 issue there are two brilliant gamelets, both of which are known to some, but should be familiar to all.
The first was a simultaneous victory on the part of the immortal British international master, Joseph H. Blackburne, nicknamed the “Black Death” by the Germans because of his wonderful and unexpected combinations.

The next game not only teaches a valuable chess lesson (the attack on the weakest point—the King Bishop Pawn on its original square,) but it also shows that the privilege of castling is still available to the player whose Rook is attacked, always provided that the King in castling neither goes into check or through check. (Of course, the King in castling cannot castle out of check.)

Capt. MacKenzie (White) Amateur (Black)
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. B-B4 N-KB3 3. P-Q4 P-B3 4. PxP NxP 5. N-K2 NxKBP 6. O-O NxQ 7. BxPch K-K2 8. B-N5 mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 c6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Ne2 Nxf2(a) 6. 0-0(b) Nxd1 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Bg5#

(a) Black attacks the KBP, but too soon. Of course, he was hoping for 6. KxN Q-R5ch; 7. White moves. QxB.
(b) The White King is not attacked by the Black Knight. Nor are his KB1 or KN1 attacked by this Knight. The White Rook is attacked by the Black Knight, but this is irrelevant to the rule affecting castling.
Had Black another Knight at its K6 in this position, White could not castle, for then the White King would have to pass over the indirectly attacked square KB1, even though his final resting place—KN1 — is free from attack.
After all this technical explanation, we would just add that the move made initiates a beautiful sacrifice!

Here follows the score of a game by the late United States champion:

Jackson Whipps Showalter vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship (1897), Brooklyn, New York USA, rd 8, Mar-06
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. l'Hermet Variation (C67) 1-0

A Chess Expert 17 Feb 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

February 10, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L.A. Times Problem No. 537 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by H. L. Winings, Decatur, Illinois. White mates in two.
FEN6R1/6n1/3K4/5Bkn/4P3/Q5p1/3P2P1/7R w - - 0 1
Key: Cooked by K-K5/Ke5, the intended solution was Q-R7/Qa7.

L.A. Times Problem No. 538 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Wm. P. Barbee, Halcyon, California. White mates in three.
FEN 3K4/4p3/p7/P1k1P3/3p4/N2P1B2/1R6/8 w - - 0 1
Key: B-R8/Ba8

From the Southern California League Matches:

Frank Elmer DeGroff, Highland Park “B” (white) vs. H. Kirby, Pillsbury “B”, (black)
French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation

Descriptive 1. P-KB4 P-K3 2. P-K4 N-QB3 3. N-KB3 P-Q3 4. B-N5 B-Q2 5. P-B3 B-K2 6. O-O P-K4 7. P-B5 N-B3 8. P-Q3 P-Q4 9. BxN BxB 10. NxP PxP 11. P-Q4 Q-Q4 12. P-B4 Q-Q 13. B-K3 B-Q3 14. NxB PxN 15. N-B3 O-O 16. B-N5 R-K 17. Q-K2 B-K2 18. QR-Q Q-Q3 19. P-B5 Q-Q2 20. K-R N-Q4 21. BxB NxN 22. PxN RxB 23. P-B6 PxP 24. RxP K-R 25. P-B4 QR-KN 26. Q-N2 R-N2 27. P-Q5 PxP 28. RxQP Q-N5 29. R-Q8ch R-N 30. R-KN6dis.ch P-B3 31. QxPch R-N2 32. QxR mate

Algebraic 1. f4 e6 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. c3 Be7 6. 0-0 e5 7. f5 Nf6 8. d3 d5 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxe5 dxe4 11. d4 Qd5 12. c4 Qd8 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nc3 0-0 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Rd1 Qd6 19. c5 Qd7 20. Kh1 Nd5 21. Bxe7 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Rxe7 23. f6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 Kh8 25. c4 Rg8 26. Qb2 Rg7 27. d5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Qg4 29. Rd8+ Rg8 30. Rg6+ f6 31. Qxf6+ Rg7 32. Qxg7#

Irving Spero, East Los Angeles (white) vs. Alfred N. Pray, Exposition “A” (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 N-KB3 4. B-N5 QN-Q2 5. QN-Q2 B-K2 6. P-K3 P-B3 7. B-Q3 O-O 8. O-O R-K 9. R-B N-B 10. N-K5 N-N3 11. P-B4 P-B4 12. QN-B3 P-KR3 13. BxN PxB 14. N-N4 P-K4 15. P-KB5 P-K5 16. PxN BxN 17. PxBPch K-R 18. PxR(Q)ch QxQ 19. B-K2 Q-R4 20. PxBP PxN 21. BxP BxB 22. QxB QxQ 23. PxP BxP 24. PxP B-N3 25. R-B3 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nd7 5. Nd2 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Rc1 Nf8 10. Ne5 Ng6 11. f4 c5 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ng4 e5 15. f5 e4 16. fxg6 Bxg4 17. gxf7+ Kh8 18. fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 19. Be2 Qh5 20. dxc5 exf3 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. cxd5 Bxc5 24. gxf3 Bb6 25. Rc3 1-0

(a) If KxP; 18. N-K5ch, followed by QxB and Q-K6.

From the International Tournament In Mexico City:

Manuel Soto Larrea vs Herman Steiner
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 12, Jan-14
Benoni Defense: Modern Variation (A60) 0-1

Reuben Fine vs Manuel Soto Larrea
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 11, Jan-11
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Knight Variation (A15) 1-0

Abel Perez vs Arthur William Dake
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 9, Jan-09
Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation (A85) 0-1

Moises Glicco vs Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 6, Jan-04
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11) 0-1

Reuben Fine vs Arthur William Dake
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 5, Jan-03
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Botvinnik Line (A28) 0-1

February 03, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L.A. Times Problem No. 535 “H.C.W.” by M. Gabor. White mates in two.
FEN 1b3qN1/8/Q5p1/2pkpnR1/2N1R3/8/8/2K4B w - - 0 1
Key: N-R5/Na5

L.A. Times Problem No. 536. “The Chess Review” by Wilbur Van Winkle. White mates in three.
FEN 5K2/8/3k4/7P/8/5Q2/2NP3P/6B1 w - - 0 1
Key: N-N4/Nb4
See variations in the February 17, 1935 edition of Herman Steiner's Chess column.

From the Hasting Tournament:

Andre Lilienthal vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Hastings (1934/35), Hastings ENG, rd 5, Jan-01
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Accelerated (E24) 1-0

Jose Raul Capablanca vs George Alan Thomas
Hastings (1934/35), Hastings ENG, rd 2, Dec-28
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) 0-1

From the International Tournament in Mexico City:

Arthur William Dake vs Herman Steiner
Mexican Masters' Tournament (1935), Mexico City (MEX), rd 6, Jan-04
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann. Stahlberg Variation (E23) 0-1

Enrique Sanchez Lamego vs Herman Steiner
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 10, Jan-10
Indian Game: General (A45) 0-1

January 27, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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From the International Tournament in Mexico City:

Herman Steiner vs Abel Perez
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 5, Jan-03
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense. General (D58) 1-0

From their match: Ninth game

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Salomon Flohr
Botvinnik - Flohr (1933), Moscow / Leningrad RUS, rd 9, Dec-14
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack. Modern Defense (B13) 1-0

From Carlsbad Tournament, 1907

Rudolf Spielmann vs Akiba Rubinstein
Karlsbad (1907), Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) AUH, rd 13, Sep-06
Italian Game: Hungarian Defense (C50) 1-0

From the recent International Tournament, Mexico City.

Herman Steiner vs Alfonso Vida Aguirre
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 9, Jan-09
Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line (B15) 1-0

Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz vs Reuben Fine
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 12, Jan-14
French Defense: Classical. Rubinstein Variation (C14) 0-1

Enrique Sanchez Lamego vs Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 8, Jan-08
English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10) 0-1

January 20, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Games Department

Romance is not dead! The good old Evans accounted for a grandmaster in the recent Paris Tourney. Wurgburger introduces a variant of his own.

Max Wuerzburger (white) vs. Dr. Savielly Tartakower (black)
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Tartakower Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 B-B4 4. P-QN4 BxP 5. P-B3 B-R4 6. P-Q4 P-Q3 7. Q-N3 Q-Q2 8. O-O B-N3 9. B-QN5 P-QR3 10. BxN QxB 11. PxP PxP 12. NxP Q-K3 13. Q-R4ch P-B3 14. N-B4 B-B2 15. N-K3 N-B3 16. B-R3 QxKP 17. N-B4 P-QN4 18. Q-N4 PxN 19. N-Q2 N-Q4 20. Q-B5 BxPch 21. KxB Q-B5ch 22. P-N3 Q-B2 23. NxP B-K3 24. N-Q6ch K-Q1 25. QR-Q1 Q-N3 26. NxPch K-B1 27. QxQ NxQ 28. NxR K-B2 29. KR-K1 B-N5 30. R-K7ch N-Q2 31. B-Q6ch K-N3 32. R-N1ch K-R4 33. R-K4 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4(a) 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6(b) 7. Qb3!(c) Qd7(d) 8. 0-0(e) Bb6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5(f) 12. Nxe5 Qe6 13. Qa4+ c6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Ba3 Qxe4 17. Nc4 b5 18. Qb4 bxc4 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Qc5 Bxh2+(g) 21. Kxh2 Qf4+ 22. g3 Qc7 23. Nxc4 Be6 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Rd1(h) Qb6 26. Nxf7+! Kc8 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Nxh8 Kc7 29. Re1 Bg4 30. Re7+ Nd7 31. Bd6+ Kb6 32. Rb1+ Ka5 33. Re4 1-0

(a) The gambit decline (4. … B-N3 is not unfavorable for White 5. K-N2! P-Q3; 6. P-QR4! P-QR3; 7. P-N5! and White uses the QR file—Cordel's attack.
(b) Considered best—playing for Lasker's defense.
(c) If quietly 7. O-O Black is safe with 7. … B-N3 (Lasker's defense.)
(d) If Q-K2? 8. P-Q5 N-K4; 9. NxN PxN; 10. Q-N5ch.
(e) Varying from Tartakower's own analysis. He gives 8. P-QR4 to meet B-N3 with P-R5! But Wurzburger's simpler line must be good.
(f) Better seems B-K3.
(g) Returning the piece—the only way to save his Queen and stop QxPch.
(h) The killer.
Score and Notes from “The Australasian Chess Review.”

From Zurich Tournament:

Alexander Alekhine vs Stefano Rosselli del Turco
Zurich (1934), Zurich SUI, rd 6, Jul-19
Rubinstein Opening (D05) 1-0

January 13, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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In this game in the thirteenth round of the International Tournament at Zurich, Dr. Euwe scored a fortunate victory after falling into a trap, through which he lost three pieces for the Queen.

Stefano Rosselli del Turco vs Max Euwe
Zurich (1934), Zurich SUI, rd 13, Jul-26
Queen Pawn Game: Colle System. Anti-Colle (D04) 0-1

In the following game, played in the tournament held at Budapest in May, Dr. Vidmar was caught napping.

Paulino Frydman vs Milan Vidmar
Ujpest (1934), Ujpest HUN, May-??
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D13) 1-0

From the International Tournament in Mexico City

Enrique Gonzalez Rojo vs Herman Steiner
Mexican International Masters (1934), Mexico City MEX, rd 2, Dec-28
Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (E11) 0-1

Following are descriptions of some of the more interesting games played in the recent international chess tournament at Mexico City:

Reuben Fine vs Joaquin Medina Zavalia
Mexican International Masters (1934), Mexico City MEX, rd 3, Dec-29
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) 1-0

Joaquin Medina Zavalia vs Herman Steiner
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 4, Jan-02
Four Knights Game: Spanish. Symmetrical Variation (C49) 0-1

Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz vs Abel Perez
Mexican International Masters (1934), Mexico City MEX, rd 3, Dec-29
Queen's Indian Defense: General (E12) 1-0

Arthur William Dake vs Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz
Mexican International Masters (1935), Mexico City MEX, rd 4, Jan-02
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0

Chess Tournament First Place in Tie 14 Jan 1935, Mon The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

January 06, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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An Alekhine Victory

Alexander Alekhine vs Aron Nimzowitsch
Zurich (1934), Zurich SUI, rd 8, Jul-21
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation (D52) 1-0

Max Euwe vs Emanuel Lasker
Zurich (1934), Zurich SUI, rd 1, Jul-14
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) 0-1

December 30, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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From the Hastings Xmas Congress, 1933

Andre Lilienthal vs Vera Menchik
Hastings (1933/34), Hastings ENG, rd 4, Dec-30
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) 1-0

The following games were played in the recent Paris tournament which was brilliantly won by the world champion, Dr. Alekhine. Notes by Dr. A Seitz.

Alexander Alekhine vs Joseph Cukierman
Paris (1933), Paris FRA, rd 5, Oct-23
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Capablanca Variation (D63) 1-0

Of all the many victories there was one that gave the old world champion, Steinitz, very little satisfaction. This was his match with Bird in 1866, which he barely won by six games to five, with five drawn games. He disliked any reference to it, and endeavored to refute its results by defeating Bird on every subsequent occasion when they met. The present game was an offhand encounter while the match was in progress. It was played in September, 1866, at Simpson's Divan.

Bird / Dobell vs Wilhelm Steinitz
London - (1866), London ENG
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0

December 23, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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December 16, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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From the Correspondence Chess League of America.
From the 1931 Pennsylvania Championship.

A. Bing (White) vs. Kenneth(?) Williams (Black)
Truncated due to notation errors.

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-QN3 3. P-KN3 B-N2 4. B-N2 P-B4 5. PxP PxP 6. P-B4 P-KN3 7. N-B3 B-N2 8. O-O O-O 9. R-K R-K 10. P-K4 P-K4 11. Q-Q6 B-KB 12. Q-Q N-B3 13. P-QR3 N-Q5 14. N-Q5 P-QR4 15. B-N5 B-N2 16. KNxN BPxN 17. P-QN4 P-R3 18. NxNch BxN 19. BxP PxN4 20. Q-R5 R-K3 21. B-R3 R-B3 22. P-B4 KPxP 23. PxBP PxNP 24. P-K5 B-N2 25. BxNP Q-N3 26. BxP P-Q6ch 27. K-B RxP 28. P-K6 Q-KB 29. PxPch RxP 30. B-K6 QxB 31. RxQ R(B5)xPch 32. BxR RxBch 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. dxc5 bxc5 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 Re8 10. e4 e5 11. Qd6 Bf8 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. a3 Nd4 14. Nd5 a5 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. b4 h6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxh6 axb4 20. Qh5 Re6 21. Bh3 Rc6 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 bxa3 24. e5 Bg7 25. Bxd7 Qb6

From the 1933 Leadership “A” Section 2.

Snowden (White) vs. De Planque (Black)
French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. P-K5 P-QB4 4. Q-N4 PxP 5. N-KB3 N-QB3 6. B-Q3 KN-K2 7. O-O N-N3 8. R-K N-N5 9. P-KR4 NxB 10. PxN P-KR3 11. QN-Q2 B-Q2 12. N-N3 P-KR4 13. Q-N3 B-K2 14. B-N5 O-O 15. NxP BxB 16. NxB N-K2 17. Q-B4 P-KN3 18. R-K3 N-B4 19. NxN KPxN 20. P-K6 PxP 21. NxP BxN 22. RxB R-B3 23. Q-K5 RxR 24. QxRch K-N2 25. R-QB QxP 26. Q-K5ch K-R3 27. P-KN3 Q-R5 28. R-B7 R-K 29. Q-N7ch K-N4 30. K-N2 R-K7 31. P-R3 Q-KN5 32. R-KB7 P-R5 33. Q-B6ch K-R3 34. Q-R8ch K-N4 35. QxPch QxQ 36. PxQch KxP 37. RxNP K-N5 38. RxRP RxP 39. R-R5 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. 0-0 Ng6 8. Re1 Nb4 9. h4 Nxd3 10. cxd3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Nb3 h5 13. Qg3 Be7 14. Bg5 0-0 15. Nxd4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Ne7 17. Qf4 g6 18. Re3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf6 23. Qe5 Rxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Rc1 Qxh4 26. Qe5+ Kh6 27. g3 Qa4 28. Rc7 Re8 29. Qg7+ Kg5 30. Kg2 Re2 31. a3 Qg4 32. Rf7 h4 33. Qf6+ Kh6 34. Qh8+ Kg5 35. Qxh4+ Qxh4 36. gxh4+ Kxh4 37. Rxb7 Kg4 38. Rxa7 Rxb2 39. Ra5 1/2-1/2

December 09, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L.A. Times Problem No. 519 “H. C. W.” by C. S. Kipping. White mates in two.
FEN 7r/8/3p1N2/p2RP2Q/2RB1kP1/3P2p1/4B1n1/r1q3NK w - - 0 1
Solution and FEN in dispute due to Herman Steiner's absence. See February 3, 1935.

L.A. Times Problem No. 520. Composed for the Los Angeles Times by A.D. Gibbs, Long Beach, California
FEN 3b3n/2p1p1pB/2p1R1P1/2P2k1P/3pNp1K/1Q3pp1/rBP2PP1/q4R1b w - - 0 1

The second part of the tournament will be played at the rooms of the Los Angeles Chess and Checker Club, 130 South Broadway, each Saturday evening, beginning December 15. George W. Sullinger, tournament director, is now preparing schedules of play, which should be in the hands of the participants before that date.
From the Southern California Chess League:

W. H. English, Santa Barbara (white) vs. Simon Spero, East Los Angeles (black)
Philidor Defense
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/09/2025

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. B-B4 B-K2 4. N-B3 N-KB3 5. P-Q3 N-B3 6. P-QR3 O-O 7. B-KN5 B-K3 8. BxB PxB 9. Q-Q2 N-Q5 10. NxN PxN 11. N-K2 P-K4 12. P-KB3 N-R4 13. BxB QxB 14. O-O-O N-B5 15. NxN RxN 16. QR-B QR-KB 17. Q-R5 P-QR3 18. Q-Q5ch K-R 19. QxNP Q-N4 20. K-N QxP 21. QR-N QxBP 22. QxQBP Q-B8ch 23. RxQ RxRch 24. RxR RxRch 25. K-R2 P-R3 26. QxQP K-R2 27. QxKP R-B7 28. K-N3 R-B3 29. QxP P-KR4 30. Q-K5 K-R3 31. P-KR4 P-QR4 32. Q-N5ch K-R2 33. QxRPch K-N 34. QxP K-B 35. Q-KN5 R-B2 36. P-B4 R-B3 37. P-R5 R-N3ch 38. K-B3 P-N3 39. Q-Q8ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. a3 0-0 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 e5 12. f3 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. 0-0-0 Nf4 15. Nxf4 Rxf4 16. Rdf1 Raf8 17. Qa5 a6 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Qxb7 Qg5 20. Kb1 Qxg2 21. Rg1 Qxf3 22. Qxc7 Qf1+(a) 23. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Ka2 h6 26. Qxd6 Kh7 27. Qxe5 Rf2 28. Kb3 Rf6 29. Qxd4 h5 30. Qe5 Kh6 31. h4 a5 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Qxa5 Kf8 35. Qg5 Rf7 36. c4 Rf6 37. h5 Rb6+ 38. Kc3 g6 39. Qd8+ 1-0

(a)—Here Black moved Q-R4, saw the mate on his KN2, moved back and tried to move KR-B2. White refused to allow the move after the Queen had been touched. (Usually after such an oversight where there is no chance to overcome the lost material, resigning is in order! Ed.]

Dr. Leon Bankoff, Exposition “B” (white) vs. P. V. Kamanski, Highland Park “B” (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 P-K3 4. B-N5 B-K2 5. P-K3 P-B3 6. N-B3 QN-Q2 7. Q-B2 O-O 8. P-QR3 R-K 9. P-QN4 N-B 10. P-B5 P-QN3 11. B-Q3 PxP 12. NPxP P-QR4 13. Q-K2 N-N5 14. BxB QxB 15. P-R3 N-B3 16. N-QR4 N(B3)-Q2 17. O-O P-B3 18. N-R4 P-B4 19. N-KB3 Q-B3 20. Q-B2 P-N3 21. QR-N P-K4 22. PxP NxKP 23. NxN QxN 24. N-N6 R-N 25. Q-Q2 P-Q5 26. PxP Q-B3 27. N-Q5 QxP 28. RxR QxN 29. R-B K-N2 30. Q-B3ch K-R3 31. B-R6 B-Q2 32. RxR BxR 33. Q-K3ch P-N4 34. QxB N-N3 35. Q-K3 P-B5 36. Q-QB3 N-R5 37. Q-B6ch K-R4 38. B-K2ch P-B6 39. P-N4 mate

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. a3 Re8 9. b4 Nf8 10. c5 b6 11. Bd3 bxc5 12. bxc5 a5 13. Qe2 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Na4 N6d7 17. 0-0 f6 18. Nh4 f5 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rb1 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Qd2 d4 26. exd4 Qf6 27. Nd5 Qxd4 28. Rxb8 Qxd5 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. Qc3+ Kh6 31. Ba6 Bd7 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 33. Qe3+ g5 34. Qxe8 Ng6 35. Qe3 f4 36. Qc3 Nh4 37. Qf6+ Kh5 38. Be2+ f3 39. g4#

Played in the championship of Czecho-Slovakia.

Stefan Fazekas (white) vs. Gillar (black)
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Krause Attack, Fazekas Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-QB3 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. N-B3 PxP 5. P-QR4 B-B4 6. N-K5 N-R3 7. P-K4 NxP 8. BxP P-K3 9. NxQBP PxN 10. BxN Q-N3 11. Q-K2 B-QN5 12. O-O NxN 13. PxN BxP 14. B-R3 BxP 15. QR-B1 P-B4 16. B-N5ch K-K2 17. KR-Q1 KR-Q1 18. RxB RxR 19. BxPch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6(a) 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nxc6 bxc6(b) 10. Bxa6 Qb6 11. Qe2 Bb4(c) 12. 0-0 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Ba3(d) Bxd4(e) 15. Rc1 c5(f) 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. Rd1 Rd8(g) 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxc5+ 1-0

(a)—Probably trying for N-QN5. It is a weak move, the square for N being Q2 in this variation.
(b)—If Q-N3, 10. P-R5.
(c)—Or QxQP. 10. Castles, with the threat of B-N7. Black must attend to it, with loss of time that will be serious to his uncastled K. A safer line than the text is NxN, 12. PxN B-K2.
(d)—Fine positional play, which no doubt was the chief factor in earning the brilliancy prize for this game. The Black K remains uneasy.
(e)—The best chance appears to be the capture of the exchange: BxR, 15. B-B5 (not Q-K5, QxP; 16. Q-B7 Q-Q2) Q-B2 (not Q-N7, when 16. Q-K5 would succeed;) 16. RxB A win for White takes some proving.
(f)—White's idea being RxP QxR; B-N5.
(g)—A mistake in a last positional. Curiously enough, P-N4 does not stop RxB, both Ps being pinned, and RxB follows also Q-Q3. The B can be saved for the moment by K-B3, when White could soon smash the opposition by P-N4 B-N3; P-R4 etc.

The young Hungarian, A. Lilienthal, has shown himself to be both enterprising and courageous in recent competition. The game below is from a minor tournament at Zandvoort, Holland.

George Schelto Fontein vs Andre Lilienthal Zandvoort (1934), Zandvoort NED, rd 1, Sep-15 English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation (A31) 0-1

(a) 4. … P-Q4 is much stronger.
(b) Sooner or later Black must play for P-Q4 to equalize, which White should now be trying to prevent, perhaps with N-B2 and K3.
(c) This is really a blunder of far-reaching consequences. 11. R-Q, with added pressure on the Q file, is correct.
(d) If 18. N-Q4, QR-Q is strong for Black.
(e) This R move is hardly satisfactory or necessary, 19. N-Q4 is probably White's best chance. Black really has a decided “edge” in his sweeping bishops.
(f) Practically compelled. Black threatens RxN! If 21. B-Q4 B-KR3!
(g) 23. QxQ NxQ; 24. K-B2 KR-Q is difficult for White.
(h) If 25. B-Q4 N-B6; 26. QxB NxR; 27. RxN QxNPch!

From the Scottish championship tournament at Glasgow between the winner and runner-up, who were separated by half a point:

William Albert Fairhurst (white) vs. James Aitken (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Bogoljubov Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 N-KB3 4. N-B3 QN-Q2 5. B-N5 P-B3 6. P-K3 Q-R4 7. N-Q2 B-N5 8. Q-B2 O-O 9. BxN NxB 10. B-Q3 R-K1 11. O-O P-K4 12. N-N3 Q-B2 13. BPxP BxN 14. P-Q6 QxP 15. PxB P-K5 16. B-K2 N-N5 17. BxN BxB 18. N-Q2 P-KB4 19. N-B4 Q-N3 20. K-R1 Q-R4 21. N-K5 R-K3 22. Q-N3 QR-K1 23. P-B3 PxP 24. PxP B-R6 25. R-KN1 K-R1 26. QxP QR-K2 27. Q-B8ch R-K1 28. Q-Q7 P-N3 29. R-N5 Q-R5 30. QR-KN1 Q-B7 31. NxPch PxN 32. R-R5ch K-N1 33. RxPch RxR 34. QxRch K-N2 35. Q-R8ch K-B2 36. R-R7ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. 0-0 e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. d6 Qxd6 15. bxc3 e4 16. Be2 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nc4 Qg6 20. Kh1 Qh5 21. Ne5 Re6 22. Qb3 Re8 23. f3 exf3 24. gxf3 Bh3 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Qxb7 Re7 27. Qc8+ Re8 28. Qd7 g6 29. Rg5 Qh4 30. Rg1 Qf2 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Rh5+ Kg8 33. Rxg6+ Rxg6 34. Qxe8+ Kg7 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Rh7+ 1-0

Jurists Engage in Chess Game for Court Title 10 Dec 1934, Mon The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

December 02, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 02 Dec 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 517 “H. C. W.” by P. S. Moussouris. White mates in two.
FEN 1B2R3/3Bn2p/K3N1qQ/3k2P1/2pP3R/N1P1p3/8/2br4 w - - 0 1
Key: N-B2/Nc2

L.A. Times Problem No. 518. Composed for the Los Angeles Times by J. F. Tracy, Ontario, California. White mates in three.
FEN 8/2Np4/3BbKB1/P2PPp2/p1k5/p3Q3/P7/2r5 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-Q2/Qd2

Games from the Southern California League matches:

E. A. Waddy, Santa Barbara (white) vs. Louis Millstein, East Los Angeles (black)
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-KB3 3. P-B4 P-Q4 4. PxQP NxP 5. N-B3 NxN 6. NPxN PxP 7. P-Q4 B-Q3 8. B-B4 Q-K2ch 9. K-B2 O-O 10. R-K Q-B3 11. P-KR3 N-B3 12. K-N B-KB4 13. R-N QR-K 14. RxP N-R4 15. RxRch RxR 16. B-N5 R-R 17. N-K5 NxR 18. BxP BxN 19. BxB Q-KN3 20. B-Q3 BxB 21. PxB N-Q3 22. Q-B3 R-N 23. K-R2 P-KR3 24. P-B4 R-N7 25. P-R3 K-R2 26. P-B5 N-B4 27. P-Q5 N-R5 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 exf4 7. d4 Bd6 8. Bc4 Qe7+ 9. Kf2 0-0 10. Re1 Qf6 11. h3 Nc6 12. Kg1 Bf5 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Rxb7 Na5 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Bb5 Ra8 17. Ne5 Nxb7 18. Bxf4 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qg6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Nd6 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. Kh2 h6 24. c4 Rb2 25. a3 Kh7 26. c5 Nf5 27. d5 Nh4 0-1

LaVieve Mae Hines, Pasadena Bankers (white) vs. J. E. Orr, Exposition “C” (black)
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Keres Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. BxN QPxB 5. N-B3 B-Q3 6. P-Q4 B-KN5 7. PxP BxN 8. QxB BxP 9. B-B4 Q-K2 10. O-O-O N-B3 11. B-N5 O-O 12. KR-K Q-K3 13. BxN BxB 14. K-N P-QN4 15. Q-N3 P-QR4 16. P-K5 B-K2 17. P-B4 P-N5 18. N-R4 P-QB4 19. Q-KB3 P-B5 20. Q-Q5 P-N6 21. QxQ PxBPch 22. KxP PxQ 23. P-KN3 B-N5 24. R-K4 KR-Q 25. KR-Q4 RxR 26. RxR R-KB 27. P-QR3 B-K2 28. RxP P-B4 29. NxP R-B 30. P-QN4 PxP 31. PxP R-R 32. K-N2 R-Q 33. K-B2 K-B2 34. N-K4 R-QR 35. K-N2 R-R5 36. K-N3 R-R8 37. K-N2 R-R5 38. K-N3 R-R8 39. R-B2 R-N8ch 40. R-N2 R-KB8 41. N-B3 P-N4 42. PxP BxKNP 43. N-K4 B-K2 44. R-B2ch RxR 45. NxR K-K 46. N-K4 K-Q2 47. P-N5 B-Q 48. K-B4 B-N3 49. N-N5 P-R3 50. N-K4 B-N8 51. P-R3 B-K6 52. K-Q3 B-B8 53. P-N6 K-B3 54. N-B6 KxP 55. K-K4 K-B3 56. K-Q3 B-N4 57. N-K4 B-B8 58. P-N4 K-Q2 59. N-B5ch K-K2 60. K-K4 K-B2 61. N-Q3 B-Q7 62. N-B4 B-B6 63. N-R5 B-N7 64. N-B6 B-B8 65. N-Q7 B-Q7 66. N-B5 B-B6 67. N-Q3 B-Q7 68. P-R4 B-B6 69. N-B4 B-R8 70. P-N5 PxP 71. PxP B-N7 72. P-N6ch K-N2 73. NxPch KxP 74. N-B4ch K-B2 75. K-Q5 K-K2 76. P-K6 K-K 77. N-R5 B-R6 78. N-B6ch K-K2 79. N-K4 K-K 80. N-Q6ch BxN 81. KxB K-Q 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. 0-0-0 Nf6 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Re1 Qe6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Kb1 b5 15. Qg3 a5 16. e5 Be7 17. f4 b4 18. Na4 c5 19. Qf3 c4 20. Qd5 b3 21. Qxe6 bxc2+ 22. Kxc2 fxe6 23. g3 Bb4 24. Re4 Rd8 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Rf8 27. a3 Be7 28. Rxc4 c5 29. Nxc5 Rc8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. Kb2 Rd8 33. Kc2 Kf7 34. Ne4 Ra8 35. Kb2 Ra4 36. Kb3 Ra1 37. Kb2 Ra4 38. Kb3 Ra1 39. Rc2 Rb1+ 40. Rb2 Rf1 41. Nc3 g5 42. fxg5 Bxg5 43. Ne4 Be7 44. Rf2+ Rxf2 45. Nxf2 Ke8 46. Ne4 Kd7 47. b5 Bd8 48. Kc4 Bb6 49. Ng5 h6 50. Ne4 Bg1 51. h3 Be3 52. Kd3 Bc1 53. b6 Kc6 54. Nf6 Kxb6 55. Ke4 Kc6 56. Kd3 Bg5 57. Ne4 Bc1 58. g4 Kd7 59. Nc5+ Ke7 60. Ke4 Kf7 61. Nd3 Bd2 62. Nf4 Bc3 63. Nh5 Bb2 64. Nf6 Bc1 65. Nd7 Bd2 66. Nc5 Bc3 67. Nd3 Bd2 68. h4 Bc3 69. Nf4 Ba1 70. g5 hxg5 71. hxg5 Bb2 72. g6+ Kg7 73. Nxe6+ Kxg6 74. Nf4+ Kf7 75. Kd5 Ke7 76. e6 Ke8 77. Nh5 Ba3 78. Nf6+ Ke7 79. Ne4 Ke8 80. Nd6+ Bxd6 81. Kxd6 Kd8 1/2-1/2

New York—Championship tournament of the Marshall Chess Club. Samuel Reshevsky is definitely out of the tournament after an adjourned game with Rudolph Smirka. Out-of-town engagements were advanced as the chief reason for his withdrawal.
Following are the scores of two of the games:

Rudolph Smirka (white) vs. Samuel Reshevsky (black)
Manhattan Chess Club-ch (1934), New York, NY
Indian Defense: Czech-Indian

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-B3 3. P-K3 P-KN3 4. B-K2 B-N2 5. P-QN3 O-O 6. B-N2 P-Q3 7. QN-Q2 Q-B2 8. P-B4 QN-Q2 9. Q-B2 P-N3 10. O-O P-K4 11. KR-K R-K 12. P-QN4 PxP 13. PxP N-B 14. B-Q3 B-N5 15. P-KR3 BxN 16. NxB N-K3 17. B-KB R-K2 18. P-N3 Q-N2 19. B-N2 P-QN4 20. P-B5 N-Q4 21. PxP R-Q2 22. N-K5 RxP 23. P-R3 N-K2 24. QR-B R-QB 25. Q-K4 Q-N3 26. KR-Q Q-Q 27. Q-B3 P-B3 28. N-N4 K-R 29. P-Q5 N-N4 30. Q-N3 PxP 31. B-Q4 P-KR4 32. N-K3 RxR 33. RxR N-K5 34. BxRP P-B4 35. BxN BPxB 36. B-B5 R-QB3 37. R-Q P-Q5 38. Q-B7 N-N

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. b3 0-0 6. Bb2 d6 7. Nd2 Qc7 8. c4 Nd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. 0-0 e5 11. Re1 Re8 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Ne6 17. Bf1 Re7 18. g3 Qb7 19. Bg2 b5 20. c5 Nd5 21. cxd6 Rd7 22. Ne5 Rxd6 23. a3 Ne7 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Qe4 Qb6 26. Rd1 Qd8 27. Qf3 f6 28. Ng4 Kh8 29. d5 Ng5 30. Qb3 cxd5 31. Bd4 h5 32. Ne3 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Ne4 34. Bxa7 f5 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Bc5 Rc6 37. Rd1 d4 38. Qf7 Ng8

Adjourned after Black sealed his thirty-eighth move.

Anthony Santasiere (white) vs. Lars N. Enequist (black)
Manhattan Chess Club-ch (1934), New York, NY
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 P-Q4 4. B-N5 QN-Q2 5. P-K3 B-K2 6. PxP PxP 7. B-Q3 P-B3 8. Q-B2 N-B 9. O-O-O Q-R4 10. KN-K2 B-Q2 11. K-N P-N4 12. N-N3 P-N3 13. KR-K N-K3 14. P-B4 K-Q 15. B-B P-N5 16. N-R4 NxB 17. PxN N-K 18. QN-B5 BxN 19. QxB QxQ 20. PxQ P-KR3 21. P-K4 N-B2 22. PxRP RxP 23. P-KR3 R-R 24. PxP NxP 25. B-B4 B-K3 26. N-K4 K-B2 27. N-Q6 KR-Q 28. K-B2 P-R4 29. R-Q4 R-Q2 30. P-KR4 R-R 31. P-KN3 R-R 32. K-Q3 R-QN 33. B-N3 R-QR 34. R-K5 P-R5 35. BxN PxB 36. RxNP K-B3 37. K-Q4 R-B2 38. R-K3 R-R4 39. R-N6ch K-Q2 40. R-QB3 R-B3 41. R-N7ch R-B2 42. R-N8 K-K2 43. P-QN4 PxPe.p. 44. PxP R-R8 45. P-QN4 R-Q8ch 46. R-Q3 R-QN8 47. R-R3 R-Q8ch 48. R-Q3 R-QN8 49. R-R3 R-Q8ch 50. K-K3 P-Q5ch 51. K-K4 B-Q2 52. K-B3 R-Q7 53. R-R B-B3ch 54. K-B4 P-B3 55. R-Kch K-Q2 56. N-K4 BxN 57. KxB R-KN7 58. K-Q5 RxP 59. R(K)-K8 R-R2 60. P-B6ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nd7 5. e3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. 0-0-0 Qa5 10. Ne2 Bd7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Re1 Ne6 14. f4 Kd8 15. Bf1 b4 16. Na4 Nxg5 17. fxg5 Ne8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 h6 21. e4 Nc7 22. gxh6 Rxh6 23. h3 Rh8 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Ne4 Kc7 27. Nd6 Rd8 28. Kc2 a5 29. Rd4 Rd7 30. h4 Ra8 31. g3 Rh8 32. Kd3 Rb8 33. Bb3 Ra8 34. Re5 a4 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Rxb4 Kc6 37. Kd4 Rc7 38. Re3 Ra5 39. Rb6+ Kd7 40. Rc3 Rc6 41. Rb7+ Rc7 42. Rb8 Ke7 43. b4 axb3e.p. 44. axb3 Ra1 45. b4 Rd1+ 46. Rd3 Rb1 47. Ra3 Rd1+ 48. Rd3 Rb1 49. Ra3 Rd1+ 50. Ke3 d4+ 51. Ke4 Bd7 52. Kf3 Rd2 53. Ra1 Bc6+ 54. Kf4 f6 55. Re1+ Kd7 56. Ne4 Bxe4 57. Kxe4 Rg2 58. Kd5 Rxg3 59. Re8 Ra7 60. c6+ 1-0

Kashdan is here seen repulsing a fierce attack by Denker in the current championship tourney of the Manhattan Chess Club.

Isaac Kashdan vs Arnold Denker
Manhattan CC ch (1934), New York, NY USA
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation (D52) 1-0

From the championship tourney of the Williamsburg Chess Club.

M. Kessler (white) vs. Irving Chernev (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. Q-B2 P-QN3 5. B-N5 B-N2 6. P-QR3 BxNch 7. QxB P-Q3 8. N-B3 QN-Q2 9. P-KN3 P-KR3 10. BxN NxB 11. B-N2 O-O 12. O-O KN-K5 13. Q-B2 P-KB4 14. KR-Q1 Q-B3 15. P-K3 N-N4 16. NxN BxB 17. NxP B-K5 18. Q-K2 QxN 19. P-Q5 Q-N3 20. P-B3 Q-R4 21. R-KB1 P-B5 22. P-KN4 Q-R6 23. PxB P-B6 24. Q-QB2 QR-K1 25. R(R1)-K1 RxP 26. P-QN3 RxPch 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. g3 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bg2 0-0 12. 0-0 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rfd1 Qf6 15. e3 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg2 17. Nxe6 Be4 18. Qe2 Qxe6 19. d5 Qg6 20. f3 Qh5 21. Rf1 f4 22. g4 Qh3 23. fxe4 f3 24. Qc2 Re8 25. Re1 Rxe4 26. b3 Rxg4+ 0-1

If 27. K-R1 R-N7 and mates in two.

Following is the score of a game won by Fine in his exhibition in Mexico:

Reuben Fine (white) vs. Juan Brunner (black)
Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation, Jaffe Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 B-N5 6. B-Q3 P-K4 7. N-K2 P-Q4 8. PxP NxP 9. O-O BxN 10. PxB O-O 11. B-R3 R-K 12. R-N N-QB3 13. Q-Q2 Q-R4 14. B-Q6 N-Q5 15. NxN PxN 16. Q-N5 P-KR3 17. Q-R5 Q-Q 18. QxN R-K3 19. KR-K 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rb1 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Bd6 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qh5 Qd8 18. Qxd5 Re6 19. Re1 1-0

For if 19. … RxB; 20. QxR QxQ; 21. R-K8ch Q-B; 22. B-R7ch KxB; 23. RxQ, etc.

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Great Chess Manual 02 Dec 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

GREAT CHESS MANUAL
If a tenth-rate player may be permitted an opinion, echoing the voices of authority, Dr. Emanuel Lasker's “Manual of Chess” (Dutton) is the most serviceable and instructive guide to the game that any amateur in America is likely to find. First published in English in 1927 it has now been corrected and revised. The heart and soul of the game are revealed by Dr. Lasker and no student of the time will be happy without his book.

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November 25, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 25 Nov 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Problem No. 514 by E. W. Hearn, in the November 18 issue is two problems in one. In fact, it was printed reversed. We shall give the Forsyth Notation again. White mates in three, the Pawns moving either way.
FEN 7R/4N3/8/4K1kB/6p1/7p/8/8 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem No. 515 Composed for the Los Angeles Times, by H. S. Pike, San Fernando, California. White mates in two.
FEN 2K5/1BPn2N1/3k2b1/1Rp1R1n1/8/2B5/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key:B-Q4/Bd4

L.A. Times Problem No. 516 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Percy Bowater, Pasadena. White mates in three.
FEN 4B3/5prn/2KNpb2/Np1p4/1k2p1PB/R5p1/1P6/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Cooked. The intended solution of N-B5/Nf5 would have made this problem an excellent one! It is too bad that the composer overlooked NxNP, which could have been easily stopped by having a Black Pawn on Black's QR3. See variations in the December 09, 1934 edition of Chess by Herman Steiner.

From the Southern California Chess League:

W. H. English (white) vs. J. A. Schirm (black)
Italian Game: Hungarian Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-QB4 B-K2 4. N-B3 N-B3 5. P-Q3 P-Q3 6. P-KR3 N-QR4 7. B-N3 NxB 8. RPxN P-B4 9. O-O B-Q2 10. B-N5 B-B3 11. N-QR4 P-N4 12. N-B3 P-KR3 13. B-Q2 O-O 14. N-KR4 NxP 15. N-B5 NxB 16. NxBch QxN 17. QxN P-KB4 18. KR-K P-KB5 19. P-B3 R-B3 20. N-K4 R-N3 21. R-KB P-N5 22. Q-B2 Q-K3 23. K-R P-R3 24. N-Q2 R-N6 25. N-K4 R-N3 26. Q-K Q-B 27. R-B2 B-Q2 28. P-B3 BxP 29. PxB QxPch 30. R-R2 QxPch 31. R-N2 QxR mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Na5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 c5 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Bg5 Bc6 11. Na4 b5 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bd2 0-0 14. Nh4 Nxe4 15. Nf5 Nxd2 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxd2 f5 18. Rfe1 f4 19. f3 Rf6 20. Ne4 Rg6 21. Rf1 b4 22. Qf2 Qe6 23. Kh1 a6 24. Nd2 Rg3 25. Ne4 Rg6 26. Qe1 Qc8 27. Rf2 Bd7 28. c3 Bxh3 29. gxh3 Qxh3+ 30. Rh2 Qxf3+ 31. Rg2 Qxg2#

Sigismund Wolff, Exposition “A” (white) vs. W. F. Davis, Santa Barbara (black)
Queen's Indian Accelerated

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-QN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. N-B3 P-K3 5. B-N5 B-K2 6. P-K3 O-O 7. B-Q3 P-Q3 8. P-K4 QN-Q2 9. Q-B2 P-KR3 10. B-R4 R-B 11. O-O P-B3 12. N-Q2 N-R4 13. BxB QxB 14. P-B4 P-K4 15. BPxP PxP 16. P-Q5 N-B5 17. R-B3 NxB 18. QxN N-B3 19. P-QR3 QR-Q 20. P-QN4 KR-K 21. QR-KB R-KB 22. Q-K2 PxP 23. KPxP B-B 24. P-R3 N-R2 25. R-K3 KR-K 26. R-K P-B3 27. N-N3 P-R3 28. P-B5 PxP 29. PxP N-B 30. Q-B4 K-R 31. N-R5 Q-QB2 32. Q-QN4 N-Q2 33. N-B6 NxP 34. QxN R-Q3 35. N-K4 R-Q2 36. P-Q6 Q-N2 37. N-K7 Q-R 38. NxB RxN 39. Q-N4 P-B4 40. N-B5 RxP 41. RxP R-QN 42. Q-QR4 R-KN3 43. R(K)-K2 R-N8ch 44. K-R2 K-R2 45. RxP Q-Nch 46. Q-B4 Q-Q 47. N-K6 RxN 48. RxR Q-Q8 49. RxPch PxR 50. R-B7ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 d6 8. e4 Nd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Rc8 11. 0-0 c6 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. d5 Nf4 17. Rf3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf6 19. a3 Rcd8 20. b4 Re8 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Qe2 cxd5 23. exd5 Bc8 24. h3 Nh7 25. Re3 Re8 26. Re1 f6 27. Nb3 a6 28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Nf8 30. Qc4 Kh8 31. Na5 Qc7 32. Qb4 Nd7 33. Nc6 Nxc5 34. Qxc5 Rd6 35. Ne4 Rd7 36. d6 Qb7 37. Ne7 Qa8 38. Nxc8 Rxc8 39. Qb4 f5 40. Nc5 Rxd6 41. Rxe5 Rb8 42. Qa4 Rg6 43. R1e2 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Kh7 45. Rxf5 Qb8+ 46. Qf4 Qd8 47. Ne6 Rxe6 48. Rxe6 Qd1 49. Rxh6+ gxh6 50. Rf7+ 1-0

From the Manhattan Chess Club Championship, N.Y.

Abraham Kupchik vs Edward Schwartz
Manhattan Chess Club-ch (1934), New York, NY
Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation (D37) 1-0

Albert Simonson (white) vs. Edward Schwartz (Black)
Manhattan Chess Club-ch (1934), New York, NY
English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Catalan Defense, Semi-Slav Defense

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-B4 P-K3 3. P-KN3 N-KB3 4. B-N2 P-B3 5. P-N3 QN-Q2 6. B-N2 B-Q3 7. O-O O-O 8. P-Q3 Q-K2 9. P-QR3 P-K4 10. N-B3 P-QR3 11. P-QN4 P-Q5 12. N-N P-B4 13. PxP NxP 14. QN-Q2 B-Q2 15. N-N5 B-N5 16. QN-K4 KNxN 17. NxN NxN 18. BxN B-R6 19. R-K QR-N 20. P-K3 PxP 21. RxP Q-N4 22. Q-K K-R 23. B-R P-B3 24. P-Q4 P-B4 25. PxP B-B4 26. R-Q3 P-B5 27. B-Q4 KR-Q 28. B-Q5 B-B4 29. R-Q2 B-K2 30. P-K6 P-N4 31. B-K5 PxNP 32. RPxP QR-B 33. B-B4 Q-N3 34. PxP PxP 35. Q-K2 R-B4 36. B-N3 B-Q6 37. QR-Q R-B6 38. B-R2 P-R3 39. B-N BxB 40. RxRch K-R2 41. KR-Q7 B-QB4 42. Q-K5 R-B7 43. B-K3 BxB 44. QxB R-B3 45. Q-K5 1-0

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 Nd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 Qe7 9. a3 e5 10. Nc3 a6 11. b4 d4 12. Nb1 c5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Nbd2 Bd7 15. Ng5 Bg4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bh3 19. Re1 Rb8 20. e3 dxe3 21. Rxe3 Qg5 22. Qe1 Kh8 23. Bh1 f6 24. d4 f5 25. dxe5 Bc5 26. Rd3 f4 27. Bd4 Rd8 28. Bd5 Bf5 29. Rd2 Be7 30. e6 b5 31. Be5 fxg3 32. hxg3 Rc8 33. Bf4 Qg6 34. cxb5 axb5 35. Qe2 Rc5 36. Bb3 Bd3 37. Rd1 Rc3 38. Ba2 h6 39. Bb1 Bxb1 40. Rxd8+ Kh7 41. Rd7 Bc5 42. Qe5 Rc2 43. Be3 Bxe3 44. Qxe3 Rc6 45. Qe5 1-0

Hans Kmoch vs Mikhail M Yudovich Sr.
Leningrad (1934), Leningrad URS, rd 7, Aug-25
Dutch Defense: Nimzo-Dutch. Alekhine Variation (A90) 1-0

July 17, 1972 Guardian Chess by Leonard Barden

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Chess by Leonard Barden 17 Jul 1972, Mon The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Chess by Leonard Barden
Prodigy Puzzle

Along with music and mathematics, chess is one of the few fields of achievement where the most highly gifted children can take part on equal terms with experienced adults. International chess is, however, more than an abstract skill where genius can shine without a grounding in practical life: it is (and was so even before Fischer came along) a tough rat-race dominated by professionals, which is probably now too tough for prodigies.
I am personally skeptical whether the successful pre-adolescent prodigies of the past would make anything like the same impression if they were reincarnated in present-day tournaments. Morphy, who defeated the master Lowenthal when 12, Capablanca, Cuban champion at 12, and Reshevsky who made a successful European tour when 8, would find their talents blunted not by the arsenal of opening theory (prodigies can swot up the Ruy Lopez faster than most) but by the sheer physical demands of a five-hour playing session with an opponent pushing hard throughout. Spassky's comment that the younger player in a match should “keep the fight going all the way until lonely kings” is widely accepted and practiced by the 20 to 25-year-old masters who provide the backbone of the international circuit.
Fischer's career supports the argument in spite of his winning the United States championship at 14. Bobby was a rapid adolescent develop rather than a prodigy; at 12, he was an also-ran in the US junior and his great improvement in the next two years coincided with fast physical growth and a hungry appetite for rye bread, hamburgers, and cokes (the last now changed to orange and apple juice). Spassky also only began to beat masters when he was growing up and wondering whether to opt for chess or high jumping, while the newest prodigy, Mecking of Brazil, used to wilt in the fifth hour of play when he came to Hastings at 14. A year later, however, he was toughened sufficiently to beat a couple of Russian grandmasters in the world title interzonal.
Arturo Pomar of Spain is a player who never fulfilled his early promise as a prodigy. He drew with Alekhine, then world champion, when only 12 or 13 and Alekhine forecast a great future for him; but Pomar, though a grandmaster, lacks the physical resilience of Fischer and Spassky and has never got near the world title. Maybe the trend is for international chess to become a game for six-foot athletes; this week's game, from the recent Canary Islands tournament, shows Pomar's king chased round the board by an ex-world champion's pieces.

Arturo Pomar Salamanca vs Vasily Smyslov
Las Palmas (1972), Las Palmas ESP, rd 10, Jun-09
Gruenfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack (D82) 0-1

Chess by Leonard Barden 17 Jul 1972, Mon Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com Chess Solution 17 Jul 1972, Mon Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

November 18, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 18 Nov 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 513 “H. C. W.” by M. Segers. White mates in two.
FEN B2R3B/4p3/r1q1N1K1/Rn3n1Q/4kp1p/6p1/2PPN1b1/b7 w - - 0 1
Key: N-N/Ng1

Key: N-B5/Nf5
See variations in the December 09, 1934 edition of Chess by Herman Steiner, Los Angeles Times.

From the Southern California Chess League:

Dr. Leon Bankoff - Exposition “B” (white) vs. Ramsey - Pasadena “B” (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-N5 B-K2 5. P-K3 P-B3 6. N-B3 QN-Q2 7. Q-B2 PxP 8. BxP P-QN4 9. B-Q3 P-KR3 10. B-R4 O-O 11. O-O B-N2 12. QR-B R-B 13. N-K4 Q-B2 14. P-QR3 KR-K 15. NxNch NxN 16. BxN BxB 17. BxNP R-K2 18. B-Q3 Q-Q3 19. KR-Q! P-K4 20. PxP BxP 21. B-R7ch K-R 22. RxQ and won

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 0-0 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. a3 Re8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxb5 Re7 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. Rd1! e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rxd6 and won

Isaac Kashdan, challenger for the United States chess title now held by Frank J. Marshall, won an important exhibition game from Sammy Reshevsky last Sunday, for Sammy has finished ahead of him in the last two tournaments in which both have competed.
We take pleasure in publishing the score of this encounter, which took place in New Bedford, Massachusetts:

Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. Isaac Kashdan (black)
Exhibition Game (November 11, 1934) New Bedford, Massachusetts Chess Club
Semi-Slav Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-B3 3. N-QB3 P-Q4 4. N-B3 P-K3 5. PxP BPxP 6. B-N5 QN-Q2 7. P-QR3 B-K2 8. P-K3 P-QR3 9. B-Q3 P-N4 10. O-O B-N2 11. R-B1 O-O 12. Q-K2 N-K5 13. BxB QxB 14. N-K5 QR-B1 15. KNxN QxN 16. N-R2 N-Q3 17. RxR RxR 18. N-B1 N-B5 19. N-N3 P-N3 20. N-B5 Q-K2 21. P-B4 R-N1 22. P-QN3 N-Q3 23. P-QR4 B-B1 24. PxP PxP 25. R-R1 Q-B2 26. Q-Q2 Q-B3 27. Q-N4 R-R1 28. R-R5 RxR 29. QxR K-N2 30. K-B2 B-Q2 31. Q-Q8 B-K1 32. P-KN4 K-B1 33. Q-B6 N-K5ch 34. BxN PxB 35. P-R4 Q-Q4 36. Q-R8ch K-K2 37. QxP Q-R 38. P-R5 Q-R7ch 39. K-N3 Q-K7 40. K-R4 QxKP 41. Q-N7 QxBP 42. Q-K5 Q-B7ch 43. K-R3 PxP 44. PxP P-K6 45. N-K4 Q-B6ch 46. K-R2 P-B3 47. Q-B5ch K-B2 48. N-Q6ch K-B1 49. NxBch KxN 50. Q-B8ch K-K2 51. Q-B7ch K-B1 52. P-R6 Q-R4ch 53. K-N2 QxP 54. K-B3 Q-R8ch 55. KxP Q-K8ch 56. K-B3 Q-Q8ch 57. K-N2 QxNP 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Nd7 7. a3 Be7 8. e3 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Rc1 0-0 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Na2 Nd6 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Nc1 Nc4 19. Nb3 g6 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. f4 Rb8 22. b3 Nd6 23. a4 Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 Qc7 26. Qd2 Qc6 27. Qb4 Ra8 28. Ra5 Rxa5 29. Qxa5 Kg7 30. Kf2 Bd7 31. Qd8 Be8 32. g4 Kf8 33. Qf6 Ne4+ 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. h4 Qd5 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qxh7 Qa8 38. h5 Qa2+ 39. Kg3 Qe2 40. Kh4 Qxe3 41. Qg7 Qxf4 42. Qe5 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 gxh5 44. gxh5 e3 45. Ne4 Qf3+ 46. Kh2 f6 47. Qc5+ Kf7 48. Nd6+ Kf8 49. Nxe8+ Kxe8 50. Qc8+ Ke7 51. Qc7+ Kf8 52. h6 Qh5+ 53. Kg2 Qxh6 54. Kf3 Qh1+ 55. Kxe3 Qe1+ 56. Kf3 Qd1+ 57. Kg2 Qxb3 0-1

Favored In Title Quest
Although both have been defeated once, Isaac Kashdan and Abraham Kupchik are still strong favorites for the honors in the annual tournament for the championship of the Manhattan Chess Club. From now on it will be a close race between them. Following are two specimens of their play in this tournament.

Joseph Richman (White) vs. Isaac Kashdan (Black)
Manhattan CC ch (1934), New York, NY USA
French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz 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 KN-Q2 6. BxB QxB 7. P-B4 O-O 8. N-B3 P-QB4 9. B-Q3 P-B3 10. O-O PxQP 11. KNxP PxP 12. PxP RxRch 13. BxR NxP 14. Q-R5 N-N3 15. NxQP Q-Q 16. B-B4 PxN 17. BxPch K-R 18. R-K N-B3 19. NxN PxN 20. B-B7 Q-Q5ch 21. K-R B-N5 22. Q-KN5 Q-B7 23. R-KN QxB 24. QxB QxP 25. Q-Q7 Q-Q4 26. Q-N7 R-K 27. QxRP N-B5 28. Q-B2 N-R6 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. Bd3 f6 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. Nxd4 fxe5 12. fxe5 Rxf1+ 13. Bxf1 Nxe5 14. Qh5 Ng6 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Bc4 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bf7 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Bg4 22. Qg5 Qf2 23. Rg1 Qxf7 24. Qxg4 Qxa2 25. Qd7 Qd5 26. Qb7 Re8 27. Qxa7 Nf4 28. Qf2 Nh3 0-1

Edward S Jackson vs Abraham Kupchik
Manhattan CC ch (1934), New York, NY USA
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit. Carlsbad Variation (B20) 0-1

Quakers Held In Check
While their companions at the top board were bowing before the prowess of their opponents in the intercity match at Philadelphia, Frank J. Marshall and Reuben Fine stemmed the tide at the first and second tables in behalf of the Marshall Chess Club. They were opposed by Jacob Levin and D. G. Weiner of the Mercantile Library Chess Association, respectively, both of whom succeeded in drawing.

Jacob Levin (white) vs. Frank J. Marshall (black)
Marshall CC v. Mercantile Library (1934), Philadelphia, PA USA, Oct-21
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 P-QN3 4. P-KN3 B-N2 5. B-N2 B-K2 6. O-O O-O 7. N-B3 N-K5 8. Q-B2 NxN 9. QxN P-QB4 10. B-K3 N-B3 11. QR-Q B-B3 12. Q-Q2 NxP 13. NxN PxN 14. BxP QBxB 15. KxB P-Q4 16. BxB QxB 17. PxP PxP 18. Q-Q4 Q-K3 19. R-Q2 QR-B 20. QxQP QxQch 21. RxQ R-B7 22. R-Q7 RxKP 23. RxRP RxP 24. R-Q P-N3 25. KR-Q7 P-QN4 26. KR-N7 P-N5 27. P-KR4 P-R4 28. K-B3 K-R 29. R-R4 R-B 30. KRxNP R-Q7 31. R-Q4 R-N7 32. K-N2 KR-B7 33. R-KB4 RxP 34. RxR RxR 35. RxP K-N 36. R-N7 R-B7 37. R-N6 K-R2 38. R-K6 R-N7 39. K-B3 R-R7 40. K-K3 R-N7 41. P-B3 R-N2 42. K-B4 R-B2ch 43. K-K4 R-R2 44. R-K5 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Bf6 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 d5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qd4 Qe6 19. Rd2 Rfc8 20. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 21. Rxd5 Rc2 22. Rd7 Rxe2 23. Rxa7 Rxb2 24. Rd1 g6 25. Rd7 b5 26. Rdb7 b4 27. h4 h5 28. Kf3 Kh8 29. Ra4 Rc8 30. Rxb4 Rd2 31. Rd4 Rb2 32. Kg2 Rcc2 33. Rf4 Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Rxf7 Kg8 36. Rb7 Rc2 37. Rb6 Kh7 38. Re6 Rb2 39. Kf3 Ra2 40. Ke3 Rb2 41. f3 Rb7 42. Kf4 Rf7+ 43. Ke4 Ra7 44. Re5 1/2-1/2

Reuben Fine vs G Weiner
Marshall CC v. Mercantile Library (1934), Philadelphia, PA USA, Oct-21
French Defense: Winawer. Bogoljubow Variation (C17) 1/2-1/2

Still another sterling effort was Sharp's victory over Smirka, in which the Philadelphia veteran displayed all his old-time precision in the end-game.

Rudolph Smirka (White) vs. Sydney Thomas Sharp (Black)
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 P-QB3 4. P-K3 N-B3 5. N-B3 QN-Q2 6. Q-B2 B-K2 7. PxP PxP 8. B-Q3 O-O 9. O-O B-Q3 10. P-KR3 R-K 11. R-K N-B 12. P-K4 PxP 13. NxP NxN 14. BxN B-K3 15. B-Q2 B-B2 16. QR-Q B-Q4 17. P-QN3 Q-Q3 18. BxB QxB 19. Q-QB5 QxQ 20. PxQ N-K3 21. P-QN4 P-QR4 22. P-R3 PxP 23. PxP KR-Q 24. B-N5 P-B3 25. RxRch NxR 26. B-Q2 K-B2 27. P-N3 N-K3 28. B-K3 R-R5 29. R-QN P-B4 30. B-Q2 P-B5 31. P-N4 R-R6 32. K-N2 R-Q6 33. R-N2 N-Q5 34. NxN RxN 35. P-B3 R-Q6 36. B-K B-K4 37. R-K2 K-K3 38. B-B2 K-Q4 39. R-K4 P-KN4 40. R-K2 P-R3 41. R-K4 R-N6 42. B-N R-Q6 43. R-K2 B-Q5 44. BxB RxB 45. R-K7 RxP 46. R-R7 KxP 47. RxP R-Q5 48. P-R4 PxP 49. RxP P-N4 50. P-N5 P-N5 51. P-N6 R-Q 52. RxP R-KN 53. R-N4 P-N6 54. K-B2 P-N7 55. R-N K-Q5 56. K-K2 RxP 57. R-Qch K-B6 58. R-Q3ch K-B7 59. R-Q2ch K-N6 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Nf8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Be6 15. Bd2 Bc7 16. Red1 Bd5 17. b3 Qd6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 Ne6 21. b4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Red8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bd2 Kf7 27. g3 Ne6 28. Be3 Ra4 29. Rb1 f5 30. Bd2 f4 31. g4 Ra3 32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Rb2 Nd4 34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. f3 Rd3 36. Be1 Be5 37. Re2 Ke6 38. Bf2 Kd5 39. Re4 g5 40. Re2 h6 41. Re4 Rb3 42. Bg1 Rd3 43. Re2 Bd4 44. Bxd4 Rxd4 45. Re7 Rxb4 46. Rh7 Kxc5 47. Rxh6 Rd4 48. h4 gxh4 49. Rxh4 b5 50. g5 b4 51. g6 Rd8 52. Rxf4 Rg8 53. Rg4 b3 54. Kf2 b2 55. Rg1 Kd4 56. Ke2 Rxg6 57. Rd1+ Kc3 58. Rd3+ Kc2 59. Rd2+ Kb3 0-1