January 31, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L. A. Times Problem No. 743
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by B. F. Gordon, Los Angeles, Cal. (after V. L. Eaton 725.)
White mates in two.
FEN 4N3/8/1P2P2q/2k5/p3Q3/K1B4r/1R2N2r/2Rb1B2 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-Q4;
1. Nd4 Qxc1 2. Qc6#
1. Nd4 Qxc1 2. Qf5#
1. Nd4 Rxb2 2. Qc6#
1. Nd4 Be2 2. Qc6#
Cooked by N-N3;
1. Ng3 Bc2 2. Rb5#
1. Ng3 Rxg3 2. Rb5#
1. Ng3 Qxc1 2. Bd4#
1. Ng3 Rxb2 2. Bd4#

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L. A. Times Problem No. 744
By Nels Nelson, Minneapolis, Minn.
White mates in three.
FEN 1Q4K1/8/3N1P2/P3kB2/7P/7P/8/7N w - - 0 1
Solution: B-K4;
1. Be4 Kd4 2. Qb2+ Kc5 3. Qb6#
1. Be4 Kf4 2. Qb2 Ke3 3. Qf2#
1. Be4 Kxf6 2. Nc8 Ke6 3. Qd6#

From the City Championship Tournament:

Moses Scholtz (white) vs. Steinbock (black)
Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubov Variation

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-Q4 N-KB3 3. P-B4 P-K3 4. N-B3 P-B3 5. P-K3 QN-Q2 6. B-Q3 B-K2 7. P-QN3 O-O 8. O-O P-QN3 9. B-N2 P-B4 10. BPxP KPxP 11. Q-K2 R-K 12. B-QN5 B-N2 13. KR-Q P-QR3 14. B-Q3 P-QN4 15. PxP BxP 16. QR-QB P-Q5 17. N-N PxP 18. RxB N-N5 19. BxPch KxB 20. N-N5ch K-N 21. QxN P-K7 22. R-K NxR 23. N-K4 N-K3 24. N-B6ch QxN 25. BxQ K-B 26. B-B3 P-B3 27. P-KR4 QR-Q 28. RxP R-Q8ch 29. K-R2 B-Q4 30. RxN Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Rd1 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 d4 17. Nb1 dxe3 18. Rxc5 Ng4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qxg4 e2 22. Re1 Nxc5 23. Ne4 Ne6 24. Nf6+ Qxf6 25. Bxf6 Kf8 26. Bc3 f6 27. h4 Red8 28. Rxe2 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Bd5 30. Rxe6 1-0

(a) Nothing better, if 24. … K-B; 25. B-R3ch R-K2; 26. Q-R4!

Appended are the scores of the games played at Hastings by Dr. Alekhine and Reuben Fine against Eliskases of Austria, whose draw with the former made it necessary for Dr. Alekhine later on to win from Fine to gain the first prize:

Erich Eliskases vs Alexander Alekhine
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 3, Dec-30
Dutch Defense: Blackburne Variation (A81) 1/2-1/2

Erich Eliskases vs Reuben Fine
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 1, Dec-28
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Variation (E34) 0-1

The game below was played in the current Manhattan Chess Club championship. Simonson, who finished second in the national championship last May (1936), makes effective disposition of a dangerous opponent.

Albert C. Simonson (white) vs Samuel S. Cohen (black)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 N-KB3 2. N-QB3 P-B3 3. P-K4 P-Q4 4. P-K5 P-Q5 5. PxN PxN 6. NPxP NPxP 7. P-Q4 P-K4 8. N-B3 B-KN5 9. B-K2 N-Q2 10. O-O R-KN 11. R-K B-K2 12. N-R4 B-R6 13. B-Q3 R-N5 14. P-N3 Q-R4 15. B-Q2 RxN 16. PxR O-O-O 17. K-R P-KB4 18. B-KB B-KN5 19. P-B3 B-R4 20. B-Q3 P-K5 21. B-K2 BxRP 22. R-KB B-N3 23. Q-N3 N-B4 24. Q-Q N-K3 25. P-B4 B-B3 26. Q-B B-K2 27. P-B5 Q-B2 28. B-K3 Q-R4 29. Q-N2 R-Q2 30. QR-N B-B 31. Q-N3 P-R4 32. B-B4 N-Q 33. Q-B2 P-R5 34. R-N4 Q-B2 35. Q-R4 Q-N 36. KR-QN P-B3 37. B-K6!! NxB 38. QxPch K-Q 39. QxN R-KB2 40. Q-Q5ch K-B 41. Q-B6ch Q-B2 42. Q-K8ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 gxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nd7 10. 0-0 Rg8 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nh4 Bh3 13. Bd3 Rg4 14. g3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Rxh4 16. gxh4 0-0-0 17. Kh1 f5 18. Bf1 Bg4 19. f3 Bh5 20. Bd3 e4 21. Be2 Bxh4 22. Rf1 Bg6 23. Qb3 Nc5 24. Qd1 Ne6 25. f4 Bf6 26. Qc1 Be7 27. c5 Qc7 28. Be3 Qa5 29. Qb2 Rd7 30. Rb1 Bf8 31. Qb3 h5 32. Bc4 Nd8 33. Qc2 h4 34. Rb4 Qc7 35. Qa4 Qb8 36. Rbb1 f6 37. Be6!! Nxe6 38. Qxc6+ Kd8 39. Qxe6 Rf7 40. Qd5+ Kc8 41. Qc6+ Qc7 42. Qe8+ 1-0

In this game, from the Podebrad tournament, Flohr stumbles into a prepared variation, and discovers an unexpected sacrifice.

Salomon Flohr vs Erich Eliskases
Podebrady (1936), Podebrady CSR, rd 6, Jul-11
Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation. Main Line (D55) 0-1

CHESS LITERATURE
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William Winter vs Vladas Mikenas
Lodz (1935)
Dutch Defense: Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation General (A97) 1-0

Abraham Solomon Kussman (white) vs. Norman Lessing (black)
Sicilian Defense: Closed

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-QB3 P-K3 3. P-KN3 N-QB3 4. B-N2 KN-K2 5. KN-K2 P-KN3 6. P-Q4 PxP 7. NxP B-N2 8. B-K3 P-QR3 9. P-QR4 O-O 10. O-O Q-B2 11. NxN NxN 12. P-B4 P-Q3 13. P-B5 BxN 14. PxB KPxP 15. B-R6 KR-K1 16. PxP BxP 17. Q-Q2 N-K4 18. RxB PxR 19. Q-N5ch N-N3 20. Q-B6 Q-B4ch 21. K-R1 Q-K4 22. Q-N5 QxBP 23. R-KN1 R-K8 24. P-R4 P-B5 25. P-KR5 RxRch 26. KxR Q-K8ch 27. B-B1 PxP 28. Q-B6 Q-B7ch 29. QxQ PxQch 30. KxP N-K4 31. B-KB4 R-QB1 0-1 (lost on time)

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. Ne2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Be3 a6 9. a4 0-0 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. f4 d6 13. f5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exf5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Rxf5 gxf5 19. Qg5+ Ng6 20. Qf6 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qe5 22. Qg5 Qxc3 23. Rg1 Re1 24. h4 f4 25. h5 Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Qe1+ 27. Bf1 fxg3 28. Qf6 Qf2+ 29. Qxf2 gxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Ne5 31. Bf4 Rc8 0-1

Notes by the winner:
(a) Black's system of development, with pressure on the QB file and adequate resources for both defense and attack, give him—in my opinion—a slight edge.
(b) Rather than surrender the initiative to Black completely, White sacrifices a Pawn for the attack.
(c) A mistake, but if 18. Q-N5, Black has sufficient defensive possibilities, similar in fact to the present line. The sacrifice is certainly premature.
(d) The rub!
(e) Completely annihilating White's chances.
(f) Simplest and best.
(g) White here lost on time, although his game was obviously dead lost in any case.

H Phillips / A Simonson / J Newman vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Consultation simul, 3b (1936) (exhibition), Manhattan CC, New York, NY USA, Dec-13
Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Bogoljubow Variation III (A12) 1-0

Albert Becker vs Paul Johner
non-FIDE Munich Olympiad (1936), Munich GER, rd 19, Aug-30
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Saemisch Variation (E15) 1-0

Albert Becker vs. Paul Johner
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Sämisch Variation

The version provided by Herman Steiner's column differs slightly from the version on chessgames:
16. e4 Nxg5
17. exf5 O-O

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 P-QN3 4. P-KN3 B-N2 5. B-N2 P-B4 6. P-Q5 P-Q3 7. N-B3 P-K4 8. O-O B-K2 9. N-KR4 B-QB 10. P-B4 PxP 11. PxP N-N5 12. N-B3 P-B4 13. P-KR3 N-KR3 14. N-KN5 BxN 15. PxB N-B2 16. P-K4 O-O 17. PxP NxP 18. Q-R5 N-B2 19. P-B6 P-N3 20. Q-R4 N-Q2 21. N-K4 QN-K4 22. B-B4 R-K 23. QR-K B-B4 24. N-N5 NxN 25. BxN N-B2 26. B-QB3 Q-Q2 27. R-K6 BxR 28. PxB QxP 29. B-Q5 Q-K6ch 30. K-R2 P-KR4 31. R-KN Q-R3 32. BxR Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nh4 Bc8 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Ng4 12. Nf3 f5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. fxg5 Nf7 16. e4 0-0 17. exf5 Nxg5 18. Qh5 Nf7 19. f6 g6 20. Qh4 Nd7 21. Ne4 Ne5 22. Bf4 Re8 23. Re1 Bf5 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Bxe5 Nf7 26. Bc3 Qd7 27. Re6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Bd5 Qe3+ 30. Kh2 h5 31. Rg1 Qh6 32. Bxa8 1-0

(Note and scores from the C. S. M.)