October 04, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 04 Oct 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, October 04, 1936, Los Angeles,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, August 24, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 709
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by B. B. Wisegarver, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN b5Qq/1n1p1pb1/8/2pBRp2/3k1P2/BP5R/1K1P4/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-R; 1. Bh1 Qxg8 2. Rd5#
1. Bh1 Qxg8 2. Rd5#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, October 04, 1936, Los Angeles,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, August 24, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 710
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by V. L. Eaton, Washington, D.C.
White mates in three.
FEN r4N1k/p5R1/K5P1/8/8/8/1B3P1r/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-K6; 1. Ne6 Re8 2. Re7+ Kg8 3. Rxe8#
1. Ne6 Rh7 2. Rxh7+ Kg8 3. Rh8#

The following game was played at Nottingham:

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Alexander Alekhine
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 2, Aug-11
Dutch Defense: Alekhine Variation (A92) 1-0

Emanuel Lasker vs Samuel Reshevsky Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 11, Aug-22 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense (D26) 0-1

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Max Euwe Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 11, Aug-22 Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Classical System (D18) 1/2-1/2

The Evans Gambit is practically extinct so far as master chess is concerned; but it does crop up occasionally, especially among older players. The game below was played in the recent New York championship held at Poughkeepsie. Mr. Helms who finished tied for second, is a fixture in American chess, having edited the chess column of the Brooklyn Eagle for the past thirty-odd years, in addition to running the American Chess Bulletin, and handling the publicity for every important international chess tournament held in this county for the past quarter century.

Hermann Helms (white) vs. Edward Sterling Carter (black)
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, McDonnell Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 B-B4 4. P-QN4 BxP 5. P-B3 B-B4 6. O-O P-Q3 7. P-Q4 PxP 8. NxP N-K4 9. B-N3 N-K2 10. P-KR3 P-QB3 11. B-K3 P-QR4 12. P-QR4 B-Q2 13. P-KB4 QN-N3 14. N-Q2 P-N4 15. K-R2 Q-N3 16. R-QN P-N5 17. N-B4 Q-B2 18. N-B5 NxN 19. BxB PxB 20. PxN NxP 21. N-Q6ch K-B 22. RxN R-Q 23. PxP BPxP 24. R-N2 B-B 25. R-Q2 P-R4 26. P-N3 P-R5 27. NxP PxPch 28. KxP RxR 29. QxR R-R2 30. N-N5 R-R4 31. K-N4 P-N3 32. B-K6 K-N2 33. Q-Q4ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. h3 c6 11. Be3 a5 12. a4 Bd7 13. f4 N5g6 14. Nd2 b5 15. Kh2 Qb6 16. Rb1 b4 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. exf5 Nxf4 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Rxf4 Rd8 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Rb2 Bc8 25. Rd2 h5 26. g3 h4 27. Nxf7 hxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Rh7 30. Ng5 Rh5 31. Kg4 g6 32. Be6 Kg7 33. Qd4+ 1-0