June 16, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 16 Jun 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Pacific Coast Championship Match
The first four games played in the Chess and Checker Club of Los Angeles created much interest. The fifth game was played in the Exposition Park Chess Club, and the sixth today at Santa Barbara at the Vista Mar Monte Hotel at 2 p.m. Plans are in progress for two more games, making altogether eight. The following are the scores of the first four games:

First game.

Arthur William Dake (White) vs. Herman Steiner (Black)
English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 N-QB3 3. P-KN3 P-B4 4. B-N2 N-B3 5. P-Q3 B-N5 6. N-B3 BxNch 7. PxB O-O 8. O-O K-R! 9. R-N P-Q3 10. N-K Q-K 11. N-B2 P-B5! 12. P-K3 P-KN4 13. N-N4 N-K2 14. N-Q5 NxN 15. PxN R-KN 16. P-Q4 Q-N3 17. R-N3 Q-R3 18. P-QB4 B-R6 19. PxKP QPxP 20. B-N2 QR-K 21. BxB QxB 22. Q-B3 P-N5 23. Q-N2 QxQch 24. KxQ P-B6ch 25. K-N P-N3 26. P-K4 K-N2 27. P-KR4 N-Q2 28. R-Q K-B3 29. B-R3 R-QN 30. K-B K-B2 31. K-K N-B3 32. R-K3 KR-Q 33. B-N2 N-Q2 34. R-QR3 R-N2 35. K-Q2 K-B3 36. K-K3 N-B4 37. B-B P-KR4 38. R-B3 R(N2)-N 39. B-R3 K-K2 40. R-QR K-Q2 41. R-QN3 P-QR3 42. R-N N-R5 43. R-Q3 QR-QB 44. R-N4 N-B4 45. R-Q2 R-QN 46. B-N2 K-Q3 47. B-R3 K-Q2 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 0-0 8. 0-0 Kh8! 9. Rb1 d6 10. Ne1 Qe8 11. Nc2 f4! 12. e3 g5 13. Nb4 Ne7 14. Nd5 Nexd5 15. cxd5 Rg8 16. d4 Qg6 17. Rb3 Qh6 18. c4 Bh3 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bb2 Re8 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Qf3 g4 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 f3+ 25. Kg1 b6 26. e4 Kg7 27. h4 Nd7 28. Rd1 Kf6 29. Ba3 Rb8 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke1 Nf6 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Bb2 Nd7 34. Ra3 Rb7 35. Kd2 Kf6 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. Bc1 h5 38. Rc3 Rg8 39. Ba3 Ke7 40. Ra1 Kd7 41. Rb3 a6 42. Rb1 Na4 43. Rd3 Rc8 44. Rb4 Nc5 45. Rd2 Rb8 46. Bb2 Kd6 47. Ba3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

Second game:

Herman Steiner (White) vs. Arthur William Dake (Black)
King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-N3 3. P-KN3 B-N2 4. B-N2 O-O 5. O-O P-Q3 6. P-QB4 QN-Q2 7. N-B3 P-K4 8. P-K4 R-K 9. P-Q5 N-B4 10. N-K P-QR4 11. P-QN3 B-Q2 12. P-KR3 Q-K2 13. B-K3 P-KR3 14. P-QR3 P-QN3 15. P-QN4 N-N2 16. N-Q3 N-R2 17. Q-Q2 Q-B 18. QR-B PxP 19. PxP P-KB4? 20. P-B4! PxBP 21. NxP R-R6 22. N-N5! BxN 23. PxB Q-B2 24. N-K6 R-K2 25. PxP PxP 26. P-N4 Q-K 27. RxKBP R-R8 28. RxR BxR 29. BxRP N-Q 30. R-B B-K4 31. B-K4 NxN 32. PxN RxP 33. B-Q5 K-R 34. BxR QxB 35. B-K3 Q-N6 36. Q-KB2 Q-Q6 37. Q-B3 Q-B7 38. R-B2 Q-Q6 39. K-N2 P-Q4 40. QxP QxB 41. Q-Q8ch K-N2 42. Q-K7ch K-R 43. Q-K8ch K-N2 44. R-B7ch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Re8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Ne1 a5 11. b3 Bd7 12. h3 Qe7 13. Be3 h6 14. a3 b6 15. b4 Nb7 16. Nd3 Nh7 17. Qd2 Qf8 18. Rc1 axb4 19. axb4 f5? 20. f4! exf4 21. Nxf4 Ra3 22. Nb5! Bxb5 23. cxb5 Qf7 24. Ne6 Re7 25. exf5 gxf5 26. g4 Qe8 27. Rxf5 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Bxh6 Nd8 30. Rf1 Be5 31. Be4 Nxe6 32. dxe6 Rxe6 33. Bd5 Kh8 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Be3 Qb3 36. Qf2 Qd3 37. Qf3 Qc2 38. Rf2 Qd3 39. Kg2 d5 40. Qxd5 Qxe3 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Rf7+ 1-0

Third game:

Arthur William Dake (White) vs. Herman Steiner (Black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 P-Q3 5. BxNch PxB 6. P-Q4 PxP 7. NxP P-QB4 8. N-K2 N-B3 9. QN-B3 QR-N 10. O-O B-K2 11. P-QN3 O-O 12. B-N2 R-K 13. Q-Q3 B-B 14. QR-Q B-Q2 15. P-B3 P-QR4 16. N-B4 B-B3 17. P-QR4 Q-B 18. N-N5 N-Q2 19. N-R5 N-K4 20. Q-B3 BxN 21. PxB RxP 22. P-KR3 P-B5! 23. P-B4 N-N3 24. NxP KRxP 25. P-B5 N-K4 26. N-R5 Q-Q 27. Q-N3ch K-R 28. R-B4 RxR 29. QxR P-KB3 30. Q-KB B-R3 31. BxN RxB 32. QxP RxP 33. R-Q5 RxR 34. QxR Q-K2? 35. Q-R8ch B-B 36. QxRP Q-K6ch 37. K-R2 Q-K4ch 38. QxQ BPxQ 39. K-N3 K-N 40. K-N4 K-B2 41. K-B5 B-K2 42. N-N3 P-R3 43. N-K4 B-Q 44. P-QB4 B-K2 45. P-QN4 P-B3 46. P-QN5 P-Q4 47. PxBP 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. 0-0 Be7 11. b3 0-0 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. f3 a5 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. a4 Qc8 18. Nb5 Nd7 19. Nh5 Ne5 20. Qc3 Bxb5 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. h3 c4! 23. f4 Ng6 24. Nxg7 Rxe4 25. f5 Ne5 26. Nh5 Qd8 27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Rf4 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 f6 30. Qf1 Bh6 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Qxc4 Rxf5 33. Rd5 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Qe7? 35. Qa8+ Bf8 36. Qxa5 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Qxe5 fxe5 39. Kg3 Kg8 40. Kg4 Kf7 41. Kf5 Be7 42. Ng3 h6 43. Ne4 Bd8 44. c4 Be7 45. b4 c6 46. b5 d5 47. bxc6 1-0

Fourth game:

Herman Steiner (White) vs. Arthur William Dake (Black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-Q4 3. P-QB4 PxP 4. N-QB3 P-QR3 5. P-K3 P-K3 6. BxP P-QN4 7. B-Q3 B-N2 8. O-O P-B4 9. Q-K2 N-B3 10. R-Q PxP 11. PxP N-QN5 12. B-N B-K2 13. P-QR3 QN-Q4 14. N-K4 NxN 15. BxN Q-N3 16. N-K5 N-B3 17. B-B3 B-Q4 18. P-QR4 Q-N2 19. B-N5 O-O 20. P-B4 P-N3 21. PxP PxP 22. B-Q3 RxR 23. RxR R-R 24. RxRch QxR 25. BxN BxB 26. BxQNP Q-R8ch 27. K-B2 Q-KR8 28. K-N3 Q-KN8 29. Q-Q2? B-R5ch! 30. K-R3 B-B7 31. N-B3 BxN 32. PxB BxP 33. B-B4 B-K6 34. Q-Q8ch K-N2 35. Q-N5 Q-B7 36. Q-N2 Q-K8 37. Q-N5 B-Q5 38. P-N3 Q-K6 39. Q-N3 B-B4 40. K-N2 B-Q3 41. Q-B2 QxP 42. K-R B-K4 43. Q-K2 P-R4 44. P-N4 P-N4 45. P-N5 B-Q5 46. K-N2 P-N5 47. PxP PxP 48. P-R3! PxPch 49. KxP K-B 50. K-N2 B-K4 51. Q-Q3 Q-R7ch 52. K-B3 K-N2 53. K-K3 Q-B5ch 54. K-K2 B-Q5 55. Q-B3 Q-N4 56. K-Q3 Q-N8 57. K-QB2 B-K6 58. B-B B-N4 59. K-N3 P-B4 60. B-Q3 Q-K6! 61. Q-Q?? BxQ 62. K-B2 K-B3 63. K-Q K-N4 64. K-K2 BxP 65. P-N6 K-B5 66. B-B4 P-K4 67. B-K6 P-K5 68. B-Q7 K-K4 69. B-B6 P-B5 70. B-N7 P-B6ch 71. K-B K-B5 72. B-B6 P-K6 73. B-N5 B-R4 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. 0-0 c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Bb1 Be7 13. a3 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qb6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Bf3 Bd5 18. a4 Qb7 19. Bg5 0-0

World Champion Dr. Alexander Alekhine won the following pretty game (and the tourney as well) in his last tourney at Orebro, Sweden.
It is rare occasion, indeed, to see him playing the Sicilian:

Artur Mellgren vs Alexander Alekhine
Orebro (1935), Orebro SWE, rd 8, Apr-14
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Exchange Variation (B33) 0-1

Unknown (white) vs. Dr. Max Lange (black)
Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 N-Q5 4. NxN PxN 5. B-B4 N-B3 6. P-K5 P-Q4 7. B-N3 B-KN5! 8. P-KB3 N-K5 9. O-O P-Q6! 10. PxB B-B4ch 11. K-R1 N-N6ch 12. PxN Q-N4! 13. R-B5 P-KR4! 14. NPxP QxR 15. P-KN4 RxPch!! 16. PxR Q-K5! 17. Q-B3 Q-R5ch 18. Q-R3 Q-K8ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Bb3 Bg4! 8. f3 Ne4 9. 0-0 d3! 10. fxg4 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng3+ 12. hxg3 Qg5! 13. Rf5 h5! 14. gxh5 Qxf5 15. g4 Rxh5+!! 16. gxh5 Qe4! 17. Qf3 Qh4+ 18. Qh3 Qe1+ 0-1

Chess Set Unique 16 Jun 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

CHESS SET UNIQUE
Richmond (Va.) June 15. (UP)— A set of oriental chess men owned by J. G. Mitchell of Richmond were brought from Canton, China, in 1823 by his grandfather. They are beautifully carved in many grotesque patterns.