April 21, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 21, 1935 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 557...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, October 24, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 557 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by William P. Barbee, San Luis Obispo, California. White mates in two.
FEN 1K1nb1n1/1p1k1p2/2p5/4R3/1B1N4/8/8/5Q2 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-N5/Qb5

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 21, 1935 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 558...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, October 24, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 558 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, California. White mates in three.
FEN 8/2p5/2Rp4/2P1P3/3KN3/4p3/1N1Pk3/3R3B w - - 0 1
Key: QPxP/dxe3

The Hollywood Championship Tournament
More than thirty players have entered this important tournament. We have as yet no details to publish but will give results in our next issue.
We have at hand a most interesting correspondence from Mr. E. Gray, Jesus Maria, Argentine Rep. He relates the occasion of a recent South American tournament in Buenos Aires, in which players from Brazil, Chile and Uruguay met selected Argentines. The places were Argentine 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17. The champions of Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio Janeiro and Santiago de Chile were among the players (17.) The winner was Sr. L. R. Piazzini, who lost only one game to Pleci, the runner-up. The quality of the play in this tournament was the best ever seen in Buenos Aires, there being but three “bad” slips.
The following is the score of the game which the champion lost to the runner-up.

Isaias Pleci vs Luis Roberto Piazzini
Buenos Aires (1935), rd 4
Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation (D32) 1-0

Carlos Torre Repetto vs Reuben Fine
Match (1934), Monterey MEX, rd 1, Nov-??
Caro-Kann Defense: Maroczy Variation (B12) 0-1

Carlos Torre Repetto (White) vs. Reuben Fine (Black)
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Lasker Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 PxP 3. N-KB3 N-KB3 4. N-B3 P-B3 5. P-QR4 B-B4 6. P-K3 N-R3 7. BxP N-QN5 8. O-O P-K3 9. Q-K2 B-N5 10. R-Q B-K2 11. B-N3 O-O 12. P-K4 R-K 13. P-R3 BxN 14. QxB R-QB 15. B-K3 Q-R4 16. P-Q5 KPxP 17. PxP PxP 18. NxP QNxN 19. BxN P-QN3 20. B-B6 KR-Q 21. B-QN5 Q-N5 22. Q-N7 B-B4 23. BxB QxQB 24. KR-QB 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. 0-0 e6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Bb3 0-0 12. e4 Re8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rc8 15. Be3 Qa5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 b6 20. Bc6 Rd8 21. Bb5 Qb4 22. Qb7 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 1/2-1/2

Tamm (White) vs. Kozynski (Black)
Ottmachau Tournament
Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Therkatz-Herzog Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 B-B4 4. P-B3 N-B3 5. P-Q4 PxP 6. PxP B-N5ch 7. N-B3 NxKP 8. O-O BxN 9. P-Q5 B-B3 10. R-K N-K2 11. RxN P-Q3 12. B-N5 BxB 13. NxB O-O 14. NxRP KxN 15. R-R4ch K-N 16. Q-R5 P-KB4 17. P-KN3 B-Q2 18. R-K R-B3 19. RxN QxR 20. Q-R8ch K-B2 21. QxR Q-K8ch 22. K-N2 P-B5 23. K-B3 PxPch 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. d5(a) Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 0-0 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Rh4+ Kg8 16. Qh5 f5(b) 17. g3(c) Bd7(d) 18. Re1 Rf6 19. Rxe7(e) Qxe7 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Qxa8 Qe1+ 22. Kg2 f4(f) 23. Kf3 fxg3+ 0-1

(a) The Moeller attack, designed to forestall P-Q4 by Black.
(b) The continuation of 16. … P-KB3, suggested by Bogoljubov, did not stand up against analysis.
(c) 17. B-K2 would be met by R-K.
(d) Black evidently preferred this to 17. R-K, which has been tested by Wagner.
(e) If 19. R-K6, Black simply plays N-N3.
(f) Threatening Q-K5ch.