February 10, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 10 Feb 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, February 10, 1935 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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.

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, February 10, 1935 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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