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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 17 Jan 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, January 17, 1937 Los Angeles, California L....

Posted by Chess Problems on Monday, October 3, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 739
“The Chess Review”
By G. Mott-Smith, New York, N. Y.
White mates in two.
FEN BK3b1Q/4n3/2r1n2q/8/3p4/8/pR6/2R3Nk w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-R7; 1. Qh7 Qxh7 2. Nh3#
1. Qh7 Ng5 2. Nh3#
1. Qh7 Nf4 2. Nh3#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, January 17, 1937 Los Angeles, California L....

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L. A. Times Problem No. 740
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by J. C. Drake, Kansas City, Mo.
White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/4p3/2PkN3/K7/3P4/1p1B4/1B1R4 w - - 0 1
Solution: P-Q4; 1. d4 Kxd4 2. Bf4+ Kxc5 3. Be3#

From City Championship Tournament

Sullivan (white) vs. Steinbock (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation

Sullivan vs. Steinbock, 1937

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. P-QB4 P-K4
3. PxKP P-Q5
4. N-KB3 N-QB3
5. P-KN3 KN-K2
6. B-N2 B-K3
7. P-N3 Q-Q2
8. O-O O-O-O
9. N-N5 NxP
10. NxB QxN
11. B-N2 N(K2)-B3
12. N-Q2 P-B4
13. N-B3 B-B4
14. P-QR3 P-QR4
15. Q-Q2 N-KN5
16. N-N5 Q-R3
17. P-R3 N(N5)-K4
18. P-B4 B-K2
19. P-KR4 N-KN5
20. N-B7 Q-R4
21. NxQR RxN
22. R-B3 B-B4
23. R-Q3 N-K6
24. BxN PxB
25. R-K Q-N5
26. K-R2 P-N4
27. BPxP P-B5
28. RxN QPxR
29. QxRP QxNPch
30. K-R QxPch
31. K-N QxPch
32. K-B K-N
33. B-K5 QxB
34. P-N4 Q-R4!
Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e5
3. dxe5 d4
4. Nf3 Nc6
5. g3 Nge7
6. Bg2 Be6
7. b3 Qd7
8. 0-0 0-0-0
9. Ng5 Nxe5
10. Nxe6 Qxe6
11. Bb2 N7c6
12. Nd2 f5
13. Nf3 Bc5
14. a3 a5
15. Qd2 Ng4
16. Ng5 Qh6
17. h3 Ne5
18. f4 Be7
19. h4 Ng4
20. Nf7 Qh5
21. Nxd8 Rxd8
22. Rf3 Bc5
23. Rd3 Ne3
24. Bxc6 bxc6
25. Re1 Qg4
26. Kh2 g5
27. fxg5 f4
28. Rxe3 dxe3
29. Qxa5 Qxg3+
30. Kh1 Qxh4+
31. Kg1 Qxg5+
32. Kf1 Kb8
33. Be5 Qxe5
34. b4 Qh5!
0-1

Three Games From Nottingham Tournament

William Winter vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 12, Aug-24
Indian Game: Pseudo-Queen's Indian. Marienbad System (A47) 0-1

William Winter vs Alexander Alekhine
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 10, Aug-21
French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01) 0-1

Efim Bogoljubov vs Salomon Flohr
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 14, Aug-27
French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn Variation General (C18) 0-1

The game below is Fine's only loss in his present stay in Europe. It occurred in the Amsterdam tournament, the first round in which Euwe also defeated Alekhine. Fine and Euwe tied for first honors, despite his initial setback.
The young New York expert drifted into a bad ending, and was unable to avert defeat, though only after a prolonged struggle.

Hans Kmoch vs Reuben Fine
Amsterdam (1936), Amsterdam NED, rd 1, Oct-10
Queen's Gambit Declined: Manhattan Variation (D51) 1-0

In this game, from a recent Belgian championship, the winning combination parallels at least four master games. We refer the reader to Chapter III of Znosko-Borowski's “Art of Chess Combination.” Koltanowski, undoubtedly familiar with at least one of these, was able to adopt the underlying sacrificial motif to his needs, thereby winning a brilliancy prize.

Georges Koltanowski vs Marcel Defosse
BEL-ch (1936), Ghent BEL, Oct-??
Colle System (D05) 1-0

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Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:
Bobby Fischer's True History
Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
“What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.		 To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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