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

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Posted by Chess Problems on Saturday, October 29, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 757
“From Musical World Suiy, 1859.”
By W. H. of Philadelphia.
White mates in two.
FEN 2B5/8/8/2K3P1/4k3/6R1/3B4/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-N2;
1. Rg2 Kd3 2. Bf5#
1. Rg2 Ke5 2. Re2#
1. Rg2 Kf3 2. Bb7#

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L. A. Times Problem No. 758
By S. Loyd.
White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/1R6/r7/1p5P/1p6/kb1R2QK w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-N8;
1. Qg8 Ra7 2. Qh7 Rxh7 3. Ra5#
1. Qg8 Ra6 2. Qg6 Rxg6 3. Ra5#
1. Qg8 Ra3 2. Qh7 Ka2 3. Qxb1#

From the recent Russian tournament:

Barnoff (white) vs. Rochlin (black)
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. B-KN5 QN-Q2 6. N-KB3 B-K2 7. NxNch BxN 8. BxB QxB 9. Q-Q2 O-O 10. B-Q3 P-B4 11. O-O-O PxP 12. N-N5 P-KN3 13. P-KR4 R-Q1 14. P-R5 N-B1 15. PxP BPxP 16. R-R6 R-Q2 17. QR-R1 P-N3 18. N-K4 Q-K4 19. P-KB4 Q-N2 20. P-B5 KPxP 21. B-B4ch K-R1 22. N-N5 Q-B3 23. Q-B4 P-R4 24. P-KN4 P-N4 25. NxP RxN 26. RxRch NxR 27. RxNch KxR 28. P-N5 QxP 29. QxQ PxB 30. Q-N2 R-R2 31. Q-R2ch K-N2 32. Q-N8 R-KB2 33. QxB P-B5 34. QxP P-B6 35. QxPch K-R3 36. Q-KR4ch K-N2 37. Q-B2 P-N4 38. K-Q2 K-N3 39. K-K3 R-B5 40. QxP Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qd2 0-0 10. Bd3 c5 11. 0-0-0 cxd4 12. Ng5 g6 13. h4 Rd8 14. h5 Nf8 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Rh6 Rd7 17. Rh1 b6 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. f4 Qg7 20. f5 exf5 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Qf6 23. Qf4 a5 24. g4 b5 25. Nxh7 Rxh7 26. Rxh7+ Nxh7 27. Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. g5 Qxg5 29. Qxg5 bxc4 30. Qg2 Ra7 31. Qh2+ Kg7 32. Qb8 Rf7 33. Qxc8 f4 34. Qxc4 f3 35. Qxd4+ Kh6 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. Qf2 g5 38. Kd2 Kg6 39. Ke3 Rf4 40. Qxf3 1-0

From Indian National Chess League Correspondence Tourney

Professor E. Wood (white) vs. R. Subramaniam (black)
Alekhine Defense: Two Pawn Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 N-KB3 2. P-K5 N-Q4 3. P-QB4 N-N3 4. P-Q4 P-Q4 5. PxP NxP 6. N-QB3 P-K3 7. P-B4 Q-R5ch 8. P-N3 Q-Q 9. B-N2 B-K2 10. Q-N4 O-O 11. NxN PxN 12. P-B5 K-R 13. N-R3 P-B4 14. O-O N-B3 15. Q-R5 P-B3 16. N-B4 BxP 17. P-KN4 PxKP 18. PxKP B-B7 19. R-B2 N-Q5 20. B-K3 B-KR5 21. R-Q2 RxN 22. P-K6 B-N3 23. Q-K5 RxNP 24. BxN PxB 25. P-KR3 B-B3 26. P-K7 Q-Q2 27. R-KB RxBch 28. RxR QxKP 29. QxQ BxQ 30. R-K B-K5 31. R-N4 B-QB4 32. R-QB B-QN3 33. K-R2 P-Q6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. f4 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qd8 9. Bg2 Be7 10. Qg4 0-0 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. f5 Kh8 13. Nh3 c5 14. 0-0 Nc6 15. Qh5 f6 16. Nf4 Bxf5 17. g4 fxe5 18. dxe5 Bc2 19. Rf2 Nd4 20. Be3 Bh4 21. Rd2 Rxf4 22. e6 Bg6 23. Qe5 Rxg4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. h3 Bf6 26. e7 Qd7 27. Rf1 Rxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Qxe7 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Re1 Be4 31. Rg4 Bc5 32. Rc1 Bb6 33. Kh2 d3 0-1

From Nottingham Congress:

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Theodore Henry Tylor
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 8, Aug-18
Catalan Opening: Closed. Botvinnik Variation (E07) 1-0

The game below was contested in the current Marshall Chess Club championship. Last year's winner, at present writing second to Marshall himself in the standing, who is noted for bizarre play, winds up with a sacrificial mating attack.

Anthony Santasiere vs Fred Reinfeld
Marshall CC-ch (1937), New York, NY USA
Polish Opening: Zukertort System (A04) 1-0

Games From Hastings Christmas Congress, 1937

Alexander Alekhine vs Milan Vidmar
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 2, Dec-29
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Rubinstein Attack (D65) 1-0

Erich Eliskases vs William Winter
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 6, Jan-02
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) 1-0

Alexander Alekhine vs George Alan Thomas
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 6, Jan-02
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Saemisch Variation (D35) 1-0

Milan Vidmar vs Vera Menchik
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 6, Jan-02
Benoni Defense: Classical Variation. General (A70) 1/2-1/2