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Chess by Herman Steiner 27 Dec 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, December 27, 1936 Los Angeles,...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, September 20, 2022
L. A. Times Problem No. 733
Composed for the Los Angeles Times and dedicated to Herman Steiner and his, with best wishes, is this Christmas tree problem.
By Bert F. Gordon, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 3B4/3p1KN1/2pkpn2/1R3R2/2PbP3/3b4/8/3Q4 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-QR5;
1. Ra5 Ng4 2. Ne8#
1. Ra5 c5 2. Ra6#
The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, December 27, 1936 Los Angeles,...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, September 20, 2022
L. A. Times Problem No. 734.
Composed for the Los Angeles Times and dedicated to all our ladderites and theirs, with a wish of health and good fortune is this cross problem (after my own 691.) By Bert F. Gordon, Los Angeles, Cal.
FEN 8/8/3R4/1nkBNn2/3R4/8/Q2p4/3N2K1 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-B6ch;
1. Rc6+ Kxd4 2. Nf3+ Kd3 3. Qxd2#. The intended solution is Q-R5;
1. Qa5 Nxd4 2. Nd3+ Kxd6 3. Qd8#
1. Rc6+ Kxd4 2. Qxd2+ Kxe5 3. Re6#
From the City Championship Tournament.
M. Fried (white) vs. L. Steinbock (black)
Zukertort Opening
From the North American championship, Section A-5. Correspondence Chess League of America.
James Ephraim Narraway (white) vs. William Edward Rudolph (black)
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alekhine Gambit
Annotated By Herman Steiner
(a) BPxP may be played here, although it gives White a majority of Pawns on the Queen's side, but for that, Black will have some counter-play on the QB file.
(b) This is definitely bad, as White does not have to take the Pawn, and can easily get control of his K5, which is the key point of this opening.
(c) Why not P-B5?
(d) A bad reply after an inferior move. With PxP, Black might have built up a counter attack. With the text move, he actually forces his opponent to make the best move.
(e) White quickly takes advantage of his opponent's weak move and builds up his center.
(f) Black cannot afford to let this powerful N get into the game via Q4.
(g) Black has a very difficult problem to solve, namely, how to get his pieces posted without disturbing the already cramped position.
(h) A blunder, as the following continuation will show. R-KN3 was the only move which would have given sufficient defense for Black.
(i) Taking advantage of Black's weak move, the text will cut off the Black forces from the defense.
(j) Forced. The seemingly good looking NxP would be defeated by 25. RxN PxR; 26. R-K7 etc.
(k) And not K-R, because of 27. R-K4 threatens 28. RxQP or QxN!
(l) The next few moves are the most accurate and the quickest way to finish the game.
(m) Q-K3 would have made the struggle a little longer, but the result would have been the same. If Q-K3; 29. BxP and the B cannot be taken because of the unpleasant check at N8 with the Q followed by Q-K8 mate. If 29. K-K2; 30. QxP R-KB; 31. BxP K-Q2; 32. R-B6 etc.
(n) Mates next move.
George Alan Thomas vs Max Euwe
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 15, Aug-28
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation. Main Line (B05) 0-1
Ilia Kan vs Salomon Flohr
Moscow (1936), Moscow URS, rd 9, May-24
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0
