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Chess by Herman Steiner 09 Aug 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, August 09, 1936, Los Angeles, California L....
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, August 21, 2022
L. A. Times Problem No. 693
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by E. R. Jolly, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN KR6/pN1p4/1p1R4/Nk1p4/4p3/4Qp2/B4B2/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bxd5 bxa5 2. Qb3#
The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, August 09, 1936, Los Angeles, California L....
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, August 21, 2022
L. A. Times Problem No. 694
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by V. L. Eaton, Washington, D. C.
White mates in three.
FEN B2B2K1/1n1pp3/p2p4/Rb2k1P1/N1P3P1/2P5/4PPN1/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bc7 e6 2. f3 Nxa5 3. f4#
Alexander Alekhine vs Erich Eliskases
Podebrady (1936), Podebrady CSR, rd 2, Jul-06
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 1-0
Alexander Alekhine vs Karl Helling
Dresden (1936), Dresden GER, rd 1, Jun-07
Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Variation (D16) 1-0
Gideon Stahlberg vs Alexander Alekhine
Dresden (1936), Dresden GER, rd 2, Jun-08
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation (A84) 1/2-1/2
These two games, played in a recent tournament at Dresden, may not be accurate, watertight chess, but at least they are interesting and full of enterprise.
Paul Keres vs Gideon Stahlberg
Dresden (1936), Dresden GER, rd 1, Jun-07
French Defense: Advance Variation. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 0-1
Efim Bogoljubov vs Karl Helling
Dresden (1936), Dresden GER, rd 4, Jun-09
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11) 0-1
The date of the annual British Chess Federation championship was advanced this year so as not to conflict with the Nottingham event. It was held at Bournemouth and resulted in a victory for W. Winter of London, who won for the second consecutive time. In the game below he disposes of one of the few blind to enter in first-class competition.
Rupert Cross vs William Winter
British Championship (1936), Bournemouth ENG, rd 9, Jun-17
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Milner-Barry Variation (E33) 0-1
This game, from a minor tournament held at Ostend, Belgium, earlier this year, is distinguished by a clever counter-combination with which the Swiss, Grob, downed the Swedish Stahlberg.
Gideon Stahlberg vs Henri Grob
Ostend (1936), Ostend BEL, rd 7, May-02
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Classical Variation (D68) 0-1
