April 28, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 28, 1935 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 559. Composed for The Los Angeles Times by H.L. Winings, Decatur, Illinois. White mates in two.
FEN 2q1n1Q1/3rP3/1p6/1B1b4/2rk3K/1RN3N1/3P4/B1R5 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-N5/Qg5

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 28, 1935 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 560. Composed for The Los Angeles Times by James Stichka, Jr., Ontario, California. White mates in three.
FEN 3rr3/2B5/2P4N/3Rp1p1/1K2k3/Q1Pp1RP1/7p/3N1B2 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R4/Qa4

Miss Menchik, woman champion, scored the following neat victory at the expense of Milner-Barry at Hasting:

Vera Menchik vs Philip Stuart Milner-Barry
Hastings (1934/35), Hastings ENG, rd 8, Jan-04
Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation (D15) 1-0

Rudolf Spielmann: A Prize Winner
Upon leaving Moscow, where he won the fifth prize, Rudolf Spielmann of Vienna stopped off at Helsingfors and participated in a tournament with Finnish experts early this month, and shared first and second prizes with Eero Book, the national champion. Their totals were 5½-5½, neither having lost a game. Loven, 4—3, and Solin, 3½-3½, were the other prize winners. Dr. Adolf Seitz of Augsburg participated, but was not at his best.
Following are the scores of two of the games won by Spielmann:

Rudolf Spielmann (white) vs. Arthur Allan Candolin (black)
Helsingfors (April 1935) Tournament
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Pillsbury Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 N-KB3 4. N-B3 P-B4 5. B-N5 PxQP 6. KNxP P-K4 7. N-B3 P-Q5 8. N-Q5 N-B3 9. P-K4 B-K2 10. BxN BxB 11. P-QR3 O-O 12. B-Q3 B-K3 13. O-O R-K 14. R-K R-QB 15. P-QN4 N-K2 16. N-Q2 N-N3 17. P-N3 B-N4 18. R-R2 Q-Q2 19. N-N3 P-N3 20. P-QR4 B-N5 21. B-K2 BxB 22. QxB Q-R6 23. P-R5 R-B3 24. P-N5 R-Q3 25. Q-B Q-R4 26. PxP PxP 27. P-B5 PxP 28. P-N6 N-B5 29. NxN PxN 30. P-N7 R-N 31. R-R8 QR-Q 32. Q-R6 B-K2 33. RxR RxR 34. Q-QB6 Q-R6 35. P-K5 Q-K3 36. Q-B7 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. Nd5 Nc6 9. e4 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. a3 0-0 12. Bd3 Be6 13. 0-0 Re8 14. Re1 Rc8 15. b4 Ne7 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. g3 Bg5 18. Ra2 Qd7 19. Nb3 b6 20. a4 Bg4 21. Be2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Qh3 23. a5 Rc6 24. b5 Rd6 25. Qf1 Qh5 26. axb6 axb6 27. c5 bxc5 28. b6 Nf4 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. b7 Rb8 31. Ra8 Rd8 32. Qa6 Be7 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Qc6 Qh3 35. e5 Qe6 36. Qc7 1-0

Rudolf Spielmann (White) vs. Jakob Adolf Seitz (Black)
Helsingfors (April 1935) Tournament
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit Accepted

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KB4 2. P-K4 PxP 3. N-QB3 P-KN3 4. NxP P-Q4 5. N-N5 B-N2 6. B-Q3 N-KB3 7. KN-B3 O-O 8. N-K5 N-B3 9. P-QB3 NxN 10. PxN N-K5 11. BxN PxB 12. Q-N3ch P-K3 13. NxKP BxN 14. QxBch K-R 15. O-O Q-R5 16. P-KN3 Q-R4 17. Q-Q5 Q-N5 18. B-K3 P-B3 19. Q-B4 Q-B4 20. QR-K KR-K 21. B-Q4 BxP 22. P-B3 BxBch 23. QxBch Q-K4 24. RxP QxQch 25. RxQ R-K7 26. R-B2 R-K2 27. KR-Q2 R-QB 28. R-Q7 QR-B2 29. RxQR RxR 30. P-KB4 K-N2 31. K-B2 K-B3 32. K-B3 R-K2 33. R-Q6ch K-B2 34. P-KN4 R-B2 35. P-N5 R-K2 36. P-KR4 K-N2 37. K-N4 K-B2 38. P-R5 R-B2 39. P-B5 PxBPch 40. KxP K-N2 41. K-K6 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Ng5 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. N1f3 0-0 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. c3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qb3+ e6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. 0-0 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. Qd5 Qg4 18. Be3 c6 19. Qc4 Qf5 20. Re1 Re8 21. Bd4 Bxe5 22. f3 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4+ Qe5 24. Rxe4 Qxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Re2 26. Rf2 Re7 27. Rd2 Rc8 28. Rd7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. f4 Kg7 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Kf3 Re7 33. Rd6+ Kf7 34. g4 Rc7 35. g5 Re7 36. h4 Kg7 37. Kg4 Kf7 38. h5 Rc7 39. f5 gxf5+ 40. Kxf5 Kg7 41. Ke6 1-0

Alekhine Wins Tourney In Sweden
Dr. Alexander Alekhine has added to his long list of laurels by winning a small tournament at Orebro, Sweden, according to a cable message received from Stockholm. The world champion finished with a score of 8½—½. The other contestants were all Swedes, of whom E. Lundon, 7½; G. Stahlberg, 6½, and G. Stoltz, 6, were also prize winners.

From the Moscow International Tournament.

Emanuel Lasker vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 3, Feb-17
French Defense: Winawer. Bogoljubow Variation (C17) 1/2-1/2

Following game played in the fifth round of the Los Angeles city championship prelminaries, Section 1, March 28, 1935;

Sam Geller (white) vs. Alfred N. Pray (black)
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. B-B4 N-KB3 3. P-Q4 NxP 4. Q-K2 P-Q4 5. N-KB3 B-K2 6. B-Q3 O-O 7. NxP N-QB3 8. NxN PxN 9. O-O P-KB4 10. N-Q2 B-Q3 11. N-B3 P-KR3 12. P-QB3 Q-B3 13. P-KR3 B-Q2 14. N-R2 QR-K 15. Q-R5 R-K2 16. P-KB3 N-N6 17. N-N4 PxN 18. BPxP

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nxe5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 f5 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Nf3 h6 12. c3 Qf6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nh2 Re8 15. Qh5 Re7 16. f3 Ng3 17. Ng4 fxg4 18. fxg4

mates in three? …
1. Qh4 Qxf1+ 2. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 3. Kh2 Rh1# ??

Following game played in the third round of the Los Angeles city championship preliminaries, Section 1, March 20, 1935:

Alfred N. Pray (white) vs. Dr. Moses Scholtz (black)
Old Indian Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-Q3 3. N-KB3 P-KN3 4. N-B3 QN-Q2 5. B-KN5 B-N2 6. P-KN3 O-O 7. B-N2 P-QB4 8. Q-Q2 PxP 9. NxP N-B4 10. R-QB R-QN 11. O-O N-N5 12. N-Q5 P-B3 13. B-K3 P-K3 14. N-QB3 NxB 15. QxN P-B4 16. KR-Q P-B5! 17. Q-Q2 PxP 18. RPxP Q-B3 19. N-B3 R-Q 20. P-QN4 N-R3 21. N-K4 Q-B 22. P-N5 N-B2 23. Q-R5 P-N3 24. QxRP R-N2 25. Q-R3 P-Q4 26. Q-Q3 B-Q2 27. N(K4)-N5 P-K4 28. NxKP! B-B4 29. P-K4 BxN 30. PxB QxP 31. QxQ PxQ 32. RxP RxR 33. BxRch NxB 34. PxN R-Q2 35. R-B8ch K-N2 36. N-K6ch K-B3 37. R-B6 R-Q3 38. P-KB4 RxP 39. N-B7ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 c5 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. 0-0 Ng4 12. Nd5 f6 13. Be3 e6 14. Nc3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 f5 16. Rd1 f4! 17. Qd2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qf6 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. b4 Na6 21. Ne4 Qf8 22. b5 Nc7 23. Qa5 b6 24. Qxa7 Rb7 25. Qa3 d5 26. Qd3 Bd7 27. Ng5 e5 28. Nxe5! Bf5 29. e4 Bxe5 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Bxd5+ Nxd5 34. cxd5 Rd7 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. Rc6 Rd6 38. f4 Rxd5 39. Nc7+ 1-0

If 39. … R-Q3, then 40. N-K8ch.