March 24, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 24 Mar 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, March 24, 1935 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 549...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, October 9, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 549 by Leo Valve. White mates in two.
FEN 4R3/8/1P2R1b1/3k2r1/6Pp/pqQ4K/1r1NP3/3N1nB1 w - - 0 1
Key: R-KB6/Rf6

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, March 24, 1935 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 550...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, October 9, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 550 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Percy Bowater, Pasadena. White mates in three.
FEN 6B1/3N4/K2p1P2/3p2qR/2k5/2B5/P3PP2/6Q1 w - - 0 1
Key: B-R5/Ba5

The following game was played in the second round of the City Championship Preliminaries. Black neglected to contest the key square of the opening, his own K4, and paid dearly for his neglect.

Stein (White) vs. Kendall (Black)

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-QN3 N-KB3 3. B-N2 P-B4 4. P-K3 N-QB3 5. B-N5 P-QR3 6. KBxN PxB 7. N-K5 Q-B2 8. P-KB4 P-K3 9. P-KN4 B-K2 10. P-N5 N-Q5 11. P-Q3 N-Q3 12. N-Q2 P-QR4 13. Q-R5 B-Q 14. QN-B3 N-B4 15. P-N6 B-B3 16. PxBPch K-Q 17. QxP R-B 18. Q-N8 B-K2 19. N-N6 N-R3 20. QxP N-B4 21. Q-R7 NxP 22. B-K5 Q-N2 23. NxR NxPch 24. K-B2 NxR 25. Q-N8 1-0

Algebraic

From the Southern California League matches:

Chern, Hollywood (White) vs. Gill, Santa Barbara (Black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-B4 N-KB3 4. N-B3 QN-Q2 5. B-N5 B-K2 6. P-K3 P-B3 7. R-B O-O 8. Q-B2 R-K 9. B-Q3 PxP 10. BxP N-Q4 11. BxB QxB 12. O-O N(Q4)-B3 13. N-K5 NxN 14. PxN N-Q4 15. N-K4 N-N3 16. B-Q3 R-B 17. N-Q6 P-KR3 18. P-B4 N-Q4 19. Q-K2 R-N 20. P-K4 N-B2 21. P-B5 PxP 22. PxP Q-R5 23. R-QB4 Q-Q 24. P-B6 P-KN3 25. Q-K3 K-R2 26. R-KR4 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 0-0 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. 0-0 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Rf8 17. Nd6 h6 18. f4 Nd5 19. Qe2 Rb8 20. e4 Nc7 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Qh4 23. Rc4 Qd8 24. f6 g6 25. Qe3 Kh7 26. Rh4 1-0

An off-hand game played in the Chess and Checker Club:

P. Pellegrini (White) vs. Mr. X (Black)
Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 B-B4 3. P-B4 BxN 4. RxB PxP 5. Q-R5 P-KN4 6. B-B4 Q-K2 7. P-Q4 P-QB3 8. P-Q5 Q-B4 9. QxNP! QxRch 10. K-K2 PxP 11. PxP Q-B4 12. BxP!! QxBch 13. K-B3 N-QB3 14. R-Kch 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 Bxg1 4. Rxg1 exf4 5. Qh5 g5 6. Bc4 Qe7 7. d4 c6 8. d5 Qc5 9. Qxg5! Qxg1+ 10. Ke2 cxd5 11. exd5 Qc5 12. Bxf4!! Qxc4+ 13. Kf3 Nc6 14. Re1+ 1-0

Following is the score of a game Dr. Lasker won from Capablanca in the tournament at Moscow:

Emanuel Lasker vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 9, Feb-27
French Defense: Winawer Variation (C15) 1-0
Black resigns the game without resuming play. The scores:

Vitaly Chekhover vs Emanuel Lasker
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 4, Feb-18
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39) 0-1

Salomon Flohr vs Vasja Pirc
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 4, Feb-18
Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43) 1-0

Rudolf Spielmann vs Vladimir Alatortsev
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 2, Feb-16
Indian Game: Capablanca Variation (A47) 1-0

Andre Lilienthal vs Ilia Abramovich Kan
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 4, Feb-18
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Positional Defense Closed Line (E94) 1-0

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 2, Feb-16
Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation (D90) 1/2-1/2