February 09, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 09 Feb 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, Sunday, February 09, 1936, Los Angeles, California L. A. Times Problem...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, August 4, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 641
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by J. M. Meinhardt, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 5kr1/4n1bR/3N4/8/4K3/2R5/8/Q7 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Rc7 Bxa1 2. Rf7#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, Sunday, February 09, 1936, Los Angeles, California L. A. Times Problem...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, August 4, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 642
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by H. S. Pike, San Fernando, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 6b1/2N5/6R1/4kp2/2p1p3/KP1p3q/4R3/4Q1B1 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bd4+ Kxd4 2. Qc3+ Kxc3 3. Nb5#

FROM AN INFORMAL MATCH

Kenneth Lee Haegg (white) vs. Alfred N. Pray (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Fianchetto Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-N5 QN-Q2 5. P-K3 B-K2 6. N-B3 P-B3 7. R-B O-O 8. B-Q3 PxP 9. BxP P-QN4 10. B-Q3 P-QR3 11. P-QR4! P-N5 12. BxN NxB 13. N-K4 Q-R4 14. O-O B-N2 15. N-K5! KR-B 16. N-B5! BxN 17. RxB Q-B2 18. P-R5 N-Q4 19. Q-N3 P-B3 20. N-B3 K-R 21. B-B4 KR-QN 22. P-K4 N-B5 23. P-N3 N-N3 24. BxKP Q-K2 25. R-K N-B 26. B-R3 B-B 27. BxB RxB 28. QxP QR-N 29. Q-B3 Q-K3 30. P-Q5 PxP 31. PxP Q-N5 32. R-B6 R-Q 33. P-Q6 R-N4 34. RxP R-B 35. R-B6 R-R 36. P-R6 P-R4 37. R-K7 N-N3 38. R-N7 N-B5 39. Q-B4 RxR 40. QxN QxQ 41. PxQ RxNP 42. P-Q7 R(N7)-N 43. N-Q4 R-Q 44. R-B7 K-R2 45. N-K6 R-KN 46. P-R7! K-N3 47. R-N7! K-B4 48. P-Q8(Q) KRxQ 49. NxR KxP 50. N-B6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Rc1 0-0 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. a4! b4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne4 Qa5 14. 0-0 Bb7 15. Ne5! Rfc8 16. Nc5! Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qc7 18. a5 Nd5 19. Qb3 f6 20. Nf3 Kh8 21. Bc4 Rcb8 22. e4 Nf4 23. g3 Ng6 24. Bxe6 Qe7 25. Re1 Nf8 26. Bh3 Bc8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Qxb4 Rb8 29. Qc3 Qe6 30. d5 cxd5 31. exd5 Qg4 32. Rc6 Rd8 33. d6 Rb5 34. Rxa6 Rc8 35. Rc6 Ra8 36. a6 h5 37. Re7 Ng6 38. Rb7 Nf4 39. Qc4 Rxb7 40. Qxf4 Qxf4 41. gxf4 Rxb2 42. d7 Rbb8 43. Nd4 Rd8 44. Rc7 Kh7 45. Ne6 Rg8 46. a7! Kg6 47. Rb7! Kf5 48. d8=Q Rxd8 49. Nxd8 Kxf4 50. Nc6 1-0

NOTES BY THE WINNER
(a) Played once by Showalter.
(b) PxB is correct.
(c) Or B-B; 25. BxB QxB; 26. KR-B N-K2; 27. P-Q5! wins a Pawn.
(d) If RxR; 36. QxR RxRP; 37. R-K8 K-N; 38. P-Q7, if Q-R6; 39. RxNch!
(e) A faulty combination.
(f) Right is 40. PxR R-R8ch; 41. Q-QB! as the NP cannot be stopped.
(g) Or K-N; 45. N-K6 K-B2; (R-N; P-R7) 46. NxRch RxN; 47. P-R7 K-K2; 48. R-B8.
(h) Desperation if RxN; so R-N8; R-K8ch; 51. K-N2 R-QR8; 52. P-R8(Q.)

From the Hastings Christmas congress:

Savielly Tartakower vs Reuben Fine
Hastings (1935/36), Hastings ENG, rd 8, Jan-03
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Canal Variation (C50) 1/2-1/2