December 09, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 09 Dec 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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

From the Southern California Chess League:

W. H. English, Santa Barbara (white) vs. S. Spero, East Los Angeles (black)
Philidor Defense

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

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