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Chess by Herman Steiner 20 Sep 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, September 20, 1936, Los Angeles,...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, August 23, 2022
L. A. Times Problem No. 705
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Paul Hernandez, Compton, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 2N1B3/2pp2n1/R4b2/N2k1p2/4nQ2/1PP1K3/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: RxB; 1. Rxf6 Nxf6 2. Bf7+ Kc5 3. Qb4#
The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, September 20, 1936, Los Angeles,...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, August 23, 2022
L. A. Times Problem No. 706.
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 1B3K2/8/4kNp1/3pN1Pp/b5pP/4p3/4B3/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-B; 1. Bf1 Kf5 2. Nf3 gxf3 3. Bh3#
In this game, from the Nottingham tournament, Capablanca lost his only game, a mixed-up Queen's Gambit Declined, in which he finally blundered. Thereafter Flohr won in good style.
Salomon Flohr vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 3, Aug-12
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense. Exchange Variation (D59) 1-0
