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

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, November 25, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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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

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, November 25, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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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