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Chess by Herman Steiner 21 Feb 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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L. A. Times Problem No. 749.
By Nels Nelson.
White mates in two.
FEN 1b4b1/1BBp1p2/3R2n1/2PNk1q1/3p2p1/1K2p3/8/7Q w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B4;
1. Nf4 Bxc7 2. Qe4#
1. Nf4 e2 2. Qe4#
1. Nf4 d3 2. Qe4#
1. Nf4 g3 2. Qe4#

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L. A. Times Problem No. 750
By Nels Nelson
White mates in three.
FEN 8/p3p3/Pp2R3/1P6/5Bp1/1NPp1PN1/3P1k1K/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-N8;
1. Bb8 gxf3 2. Na5 bxa5 3. Bxa7#
1. Bb8 Kxf3 2. Re1 Kf2 3. Rf1#

L. A. City Championship Tournament
With but three more rounds to go, there is an interesting race for first place. In the forefront are Sullivan, Freed, Weinbaum and Gordon with an outside chance. The present standing is as follows:

Charles B. Sumner (white) vs. Sullivan (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Traditional Colle

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-K3 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. P-K3 P-Q4 4. P-QB3 P-QB4 5. B-Q3 N-B3 6. O-O Q-B2 7. N(N)-Q2 B-K2 8. P-K4 PxP 9. NxP PxP 10. PxP O-O 11. B-K3 R-Q 12. Q-B2 P-KR3 13. QR-B Q-R4 14. P-QR3 B-Q2 15. P-QN4 QxRP 16. NxNch BxN 17. R-R QxP 18. KR-N Q-Q3 19. RxP NxP 20. NxN BxN 21. R-R6 Q-K4 22. B-K4 B-K 23. R-B7 B-N3 24. P-KN3 QxR 25. QxQ BxQ 26. BxR RxB and won

Algebraic 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. c3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 cxd4 10. cxd4 0-0 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 Qxa3 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ra1 Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qd6 19. Rxb7 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Ra6 Qe5 22. Be4 Be8 23. Rc7 Bb6 24. g3 Qxc7 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 and won

This game, from the Hastings tournament recently concluded, shows Fine defeating the veteran English master, and former British champion, with accurate positional play. Fine placed second to Alekhine in the tournament.

Reuben Fine vs George Alan Thomas
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 4, Dec-31
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense (D46) 1-0

Black never succeeded in completing the development of his Q side, and ultimately White's pieces, being well posted, brought about a favorable ending.

The two games below were played in the current Marshall Chess Club championship. In the first, Marshall himself, playing in the club championship for the first, outplays his opponent in an Indian. Gradually building up a strong attack, he was able to force his opponent's resignation with a brilliant conclusive stroke.
Old-timers who long for the dazzling gambit attacks of yore will enjoy the Moeller. This attack is seldom met nowadays, but it always leads to spectacular play.

Frank Marshall (white) vs. Rudolph Smirka (black)
Queen's Indian Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 P-QN3 4. B-N5 B-N2 5. N-B3 B-N5 6. R-B O-O 7. P-K3 P-Q3 8. B-Q3 QN-Q2 9. O-O KBxN 10. RxB P-B4 11. B-B4 N-N 12. B-B2 N-B3 13. B-N5 P-KR3 14. B-KR4 Q-K2 15. P-QR3 KR-Q 16. Q-K2 QR-B 17. R-Q N-N 18. P-K4 P-K4 19. P-Q5 QN-Q2 20. B-KN3 P-KN4 21. P-KR4 N-R2 22. PxP PxP 23. N-R2 QN-B3 24. N-N4 NxN 25. QxN R-B2 26. P-B4 B-B 27. P-B5 K-N2 28. K-B2 R-R 29. R-KR B-Q2 30. B-R2 N-B 31. R-R3 N-R2 32. R-R6! QR-B 33. Q-R5 QR-KN 34. RxNch RxR 35. QxRch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Rc1 0-0 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. Rxc3 c5 11. Bf4 Nb8 12. Bc2 Nc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. a3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rd1 Nb8 18. e4 e5 19. d5 Nd7 20. Bg3 g5 21. h4 Nh7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nh2 Ndf6 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Rc7 26. f4 Bc8 27. f5 Kg7 28. Kf2 Rh8 29. Rh1 Bd7 30. Bh2 Nf8 31. Rh3 Nh7 32. Rh6! Rcc8 33. Qh5 Rg8 34. Rxh7+ Rxh7 35. Qxh7+ 1-0

Black's twentieth move really exposes his K position badly, but otherwise White plays 21. N-R4, followed by N-B5, and White has several pieces ready to swing into direct attack. Black should have played for P-K4 earlier, so that when White replied P-Q5, he could continue with P-KB4.

Sidney Bernstein (white) vs Anthony Santasiere (black)
Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Moeller-Therkatz Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 B-B4 4. P-B3 N-B3 5. P-Q4 PxP 6. PxP B-N5ch 7. N-B3 KNxP 8. O-O BxN 9. P-Q5 N-K4 10. Q-K2 O-O 11. PxB NxNch 12. QxN R-K 13. R-K N-Q3 14. RxRch QxR 15. B-B Q-K5 16. Q-N3 P-QN3 17. B-N2 Q-N3 18. Q-R3 Q-B4 19. Q-N3 Q-N3 20. Q-R3 Q-B4 21. Q-N3 N-K5 22. QxBP QxPch 23. K-R B-R3 24. BxB QxB 25. R-KB N-B4 26. B-B8 P-B3 27. BxP Q-K7 28. R-KN Q-K2 29. B-K6ch K-B 30. Q-B6 R-Q 31. R-K Q-Q3 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qe2 0-0 11. bxc3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Re8 13. Re1 Nd6 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Bf1 Qe4 16. Qg3 b6 17. Bb2 Qg6 18. Qh3 Qf5 19. Qg3 Qg6 20. Qh3 Qf5 21. Qg3 Ne4 22. Qxc7 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Qxb2 25. Rf1 Nc5 26. Bc8 f6 27. Bxd7 Qe2 28. Rg1 Qe7 29. Be6+ Kf8 30. Qc6 Rd8 31. Re1 Qd6 1/2-1/2

Albert Simonson (white) vs Abraham Kupchik (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. O-O B-K2 6. Q-K2 P-Q3 7. P-B3 B-N5 8. P-KR3 B-R4 9. P-Q3 Q-Q2 10. QN-Q2 P-R3 11. R-K P-KN4 12. P-KN4 B-N3 13. N-R2 P-KR4 14. P-B3 PxP 15. RPxP P-N4 16. B-N3 N-Q 17. N-B N-R2 18. P-R4 R-QN 19. PxP PxP 20. P-Q4 N-K3 21. R-Q B-B3 22. B-K3 N-B5 23. Q-Q2 O-O 24. N-N3 R-R 25. N-B5 K-R 26. N-B N-B 27. KN-N3 KN-K3 28. Q-R2 Q-K 29. Q-R6 RxR 30. RxR R-R 31. R-Q Q-KB 32. N-R5 B-Q 33. QBxN NxB 34. NxN BxN 35. QxQch KxQ 36. N-Q3 B-Q2 37. PxP B-K2 38. PxP BxQP 39. P-K5 B-K2 40. N-N4 B-K 41. N-Q5 B-Q 42. N-K3 P-QB3 43. N-B5 B-B2 44. R-K B-Q2 45. K-B2 R-K 46. N-Q6 R-K2 47. R-KR B-K3 48. BxB RxB 49. N-K4 RxP 50. R-R8ch K-K2 51. R-KN8 P-N5 52. RxP RxR 53. NxR PxP 54. PxP K-B3 55. N-R3 K-K4 56. K-K3 B-N3ch 57. K-Q3 P-B3 58. P-B4ch K-Q4 59. P-B4ch K-K3 60. K-K4 B-Q 61. N-B2 B-K2 62. N-Q3 B-B 63. N-B B-K2 64. N-N3 P-B4 65. N-B B-B 66. N-K2 B-K2 67. N-B3 B-B 68. N-N5 P-B4ch 69. PxPch K-B3 70. N-B7 K-B2 71. N-K6 B-Q3 72. K-Q5 B-K2 73. K-K5 B-B3ch 74. K-Q6 B-K2ch 75. K-Q7 B-R5 76. NxP K-B3 77. N-Q3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Qe2 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nd2 h6 11. Re1 g5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh2 h5 14. f3 hxg4 15. hxg4 b5 16. Bb3 Nd8 17. Nf1 Nh7 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. d4 Ne6 21. Rd1 Bf6 22. Be3 Nf4 23. Qd2 0-0 24. Ng3 Ra8 25. Nf5 Kh8 26. Nf1

Playing one of his most brilliant games this season. Frank J. Marshall, erstwhile United States champion (retired) checked one of his chief rivals in the pending championship tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Frank Marshall vs David S Polland
Marshall Chess Club Championship (1937), New York, NY USA
Sicilian Defense: Kan. Maroczy Bind Bronstein Variation (B41) 1-0

The following games were contested by Reuben Fine in the tournament at Stockholm, in which he won first prize.

Erik Lundin vs Reuben Fine
Stockholm (1937), Stockholm SWE, rd 6, Jan-21
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense Except Gligoric System (E53) 0-1

Reuben Fine vs Ernst Holm
Stockholm (1937), Stockholm SWE, rd 5, Jan-20
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense (D46) 1-0

Reuben Fine vs Gosta Stoltz
Stockholm (1937), Stockholm SWE, rd 7, Jan-22
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Botvinnik Variation (D60) 1/2-1/2

Reuben Fine vs Gosta Danielsson
Stockholm (1937), Stockholm SWE, rd 3, Jan-18
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Variation (E37) 1-0

Reuben Fine vs Gideon Stahlberg
Stockholm (1937), Stockholm SWE, rd 1, Jan-16
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63) 1/2-1/2