May 05, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 05 May 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Imagine waiting eight years for revenge and then obtaining it in so historic a fashion!

Harry Nelson Pillsbury vs Emanuel Lasker
Cambridge Springs (1904), Cambridge Springs, PA USA, rd 6, May-03
Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch. Primitive Pillsbury Variation (D50) 1-0

From the Metropolitan League matches, New York City. This fine game received the brilliancy prize.

Price (White) vs. Silverman (Black)
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-Q4 3. P-B4 P-B3 4. P-K3 P-K3 5. B-Q3 QN-Q2 6. QN-Q2 B-K2 7. P-QN3 O-O 8. B-N2 P-B4 9. O-O BPxP 10. KPxP PxP 11. NxP P-QR3 12. N(B4)-K5 NxN 13. NxN B-Q2 14. R-B1 B-Q3 15. P-B4 Q-N3 16. Q-B3 QR-B1 17. Q-R3! B-N4 18. B-N1 P-R3 19. RxR RxR 20. R-B2 BxN 21. QPxB N-Q4 22. P-B5 N-B5 23. Q-KB3 N-K7ch 24. K-R1 N-Q5 25. Q-K3 Q-B4 26. R-Q2 N-K7 27. QxQ Resigns (1-0) 28. R-Q8ch RxQ 29. PxPdch K-R2 30. PxP P-N3

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 c5 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 a6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd7 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. f4 Qb6 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Qh3! Bb5 18. Bb1 h6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rf2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 22. f5 Nf4 23. Qf3 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nd4 25. Qe3 Qc5 26. Rd2 Ne2 27. Qxc5 1-0

Notes By The Winner
(a) Retaining the valuable Bishop. 18. … BxR is impossible because of the reply 19. N-Q7. (20. NxQ would then be threatened, as well as 20. NxNch, with the terrible 21. QxRP mate, to follow.—H.R.B.)
(b) Relinquishes the open file, but further weakening the defenses of Black's King.
(c) Enabling White to recapture the Bishop in the most favorable way on the following move. If instead, 20. R-B3, Black's game is defendable.
(d) Black must seek counter-play against the threat of P-KN4.
(e) With the powerful threats of PxP and P-B6.
(f) Inviting the following continuation:
(g) If, instead, Q-B4, Black would escape by means of the line actually followed.
(h) Should White now capture the N with Q or B, he would end up a whole R down. The move made wins by force; for if now 26. … Q-B8ch 27. BxQ RxBch; 28. Q-N1 RxQch; 29. KxR. White would be able to win the N if Black played 29. … NxP, and on any other move could force the BP through to Q, as in the conclusion of the game.
(i) 26. … NxBP would have been equally hopeless, due to the reply 27. QxQ RxQ; 28. R-Q8ch K-R2; 29. P-KN4, again winning the N. In the resulting endgame. White's extra piece would easily win, as the Black R would be completely tied up the Bishops.

The following two games won by the late P. S. Leonhardt at Ostend in 1905, as tributes to his genius:

Paul Saladin Leonhardt vs Richard Teichmann
Ostend Supplementary Tournament (1905), Ostend BEL, Jul-??
Italian Game: Classical. De la Bourdonnais Variation (C53) 1-0

The following victory obtained a special prize for him:

Paul Saladin Leonhardt vs Siegbert Tarrasch
Ostend (1905), Ostend BEL, rd 13, Jun-29
Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation (B23) 1-0