May 19, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 19 May 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 565 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by H. L. Winings, Decatur, Illinois. White mates in two.
FEN 8/1p1B1p2/1P1p1P2/R1p2ppQ/NN1pkP2/1PpR4/7B/4K1n1 w - - 0 1
Key: N-B2/Nc2

L.A. Times Problem No. 566 by Olavi Heino. White mates in three.
FEN 8/5Rpp/7k/3N4/6K1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: N-B4/Nf4

Played in informal tournament at Los Angeles Chess and Checker Club.

Harry Borochow (White) vs. Louis Millstein (Black)
French Defense: Burn Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. QN-B3 KN-B3 4. B-KN5 PxP 5. NxP B-K2 6. BxN BxB 7. N-KB3 N-Q2 8. P-B3 O-O 9. Q-B2 P-K4 10. O-O-O Q-K2 11. B-Q3 PxP 12. PxP P-B3 13. KR-K Q-Q 14. P-KR4 P-KN3 15. P-R5 N-N3 16. R-R K-N2 17. Q-Q2 R-R 18. PxP RPxP 19. RxR QxR 20. NxB KxN 21. Q-B4ch K-N2 22. N-N5 P-B3 23. Q-K4 Q-R4 24. Q-K7ch K-R3 25. N-B7ch K-N2 26. N-K5ch K-R3 27. Q-B8ch K-N4 28. N-B7ch K-B5 29. Q-Q6ch K-N5 30. Q-N3 mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. c3 0-0 9. Qc2 e5(a) 10. 0-0-0 Qe7 11. Bd3 exd4 12. cxd4(b) c6 13. Re1(c) Qd8 14. h4 g6(d) 15. h5 Nb6 16. Rh1 Kg7 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. hxg6(e) hxg6 19. Rxh8 Qxh8(f) 20. Nxf6 Kxf6 21. Qf4+ Kg7(g) 22. Ng5 f6(h) 23. Qe4! Qh5(i) 24. Qe7+ Kh6 25. Nf7+ Kg7 26. Ne5+ Kh6 27. Qf8+ Kg5 28. Nf7+ Kf4 29. Qd6+ Kg4 30. Qg3#

Notes by the winner:

(a) Premature. Black should concern himself with complete development before attempting any counter-thrusts.
(b) Deliberately isolating this pawn to command K5 and QB5, and further hinder black's development of his Q-side pieces.
(c) P-KN4 instead looks very tempting, but after 13 … Q-K3 the ensuing complications are difficult to fathom. I therefore chose the restraining move, which prevents Q-K3.
(d) It is necessary for Black to move his Kt, and this cannot be accomplished without first weakening the K side. 14. … P-KR3 would be met by P-KN4 with an overwhelming attack.
(e) More crushing is 18. P-R6ch putting Black's KR completely out of play but in view of the interesting complications that arise, from the text, I chose PxP.
(f) 19. … KxR leads to many interesting variations. For example 20. N-N5 BxN; 21. R-Rch K-N; 22. PxB winning. Or 20. … B-K3; 21. NxNPch K-N2; 22. R-R PxN; 23. Q-R6ch K-B2; 24. Q-B4 (threatening NxB followed by R-R7ch; as well as N-N5ch etc.) N-Q4 (forced); 25. N-Q6ch K-N; 26. Q-R2 Q-K2; 27. BxP with ensuing complications problematical for the sacrificed piece, which of course was not essential for WHite. Or White might go astray as follows: after 23. … K-B2; 24. N-Q6ch K-K2! (Not QxN; 25. QxPch K-K2; 26. R-R7ch K-Q; 27. QxBch K-B; 28. B-B5! Q-B5ch; 29. K-Q K-N! (not QxB; 30. Q-R8 mate;) 30. Q-Q8ch B-B (N-B is met with BxB;) 31. P-KN3 Q-B6ch; 32. K-B P-R3; 33. BxB NxB; 34. Q-B7ch K-R2; 35. QxNP mate) 25. Q-B4 Q-KN!; with continuation difficult to fathom.
(g) K-K2 leads to immediate loss, and B-B4 permits Q-K5 mate.
(h) Losing at once, though with B-K3; 23. Q-K5ch K-N; 24. NxB QxQ; 25. PxQ PxN; 26. BxP, etc., with an easily won position.
(i) If 23. … PxN; 24. QxPch K-B; 25. Q-Q6ch K-N; 26. R-K B-Q2 (if N-Q4; 27. Q-N6ch and R-K8 mate;) 27. R-K7 B-K (Q-R4; 28. Q-B6 forces mate;) 28. B-N6 wins, as it threatens Q-K6ch followed, if K-B; by R-K7ch, etc.