March 28, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 28 Mar 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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L. A. Times Problem No. 759
By Nels Nelson, Hopkins, Minnesota
White mates in two.
FEN r7/P1pnN2P/2R3p1/1R1P1pn1/1K1k4/3b2P1/5N2/2Q5 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-Q6;
1. Rd6 cxd6 2. Nc6#
1. Rd6 Ne5 2. Qc5#
1. Rd6 Bc4 2. Nc6#

L. A. Times Problem No. 760
“April Fool Joke”
By Nels Nelson, Hopkins, Minnesota
White mates in three
FEN 4nNr1/3RPNk1/8/2B3Pp/8/8/6P1/4K1bR w - - 0 1
Solution:

From the City Championship Tournament

Albert H. Bierwirth (white) vs. Morris Freed (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. P-KB3 P-K3 4. B-KB4 PxP 5. PxP B-N5ch 6. P-B3 B-Q3 7. P-K5 B-K2 8. B-Q3 P-KN3 9. N-B3 Q-N3 10. Q-B2 N-QR3 11. QN-Q2 P-QB4 12. N-B4 Q-B2 13. P-KR4 B-Q2 14. P-R5 O-O-O 15. PxKNP KBPxP 16. N-Q6ch BxN 17. PxB Q-N3 18. B-K5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Bf4 dxe4 5. fxe4 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. e5 Be7 8. Bd3 g6 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Nd2 c5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 0-0-0 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Qb6 18. Be5 1-0

Paul Saladin Leonhardt vs Rudolf Spielmann
15th DSB Kongress (Nuremberg) (1906), Nuremberg GER, rd 15, Aug-09
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Declined (C44) 0-1

After winning the first game of his match with G. Stahlberg and losing the second at Stockholm, Reuben Fine took the third and fourth. The score follows:

Reuben Fine vs Gideon Stahlberg
Match (1937), Gothenburg SWE, rd 3, Feb-02
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Rubinstein Variation Flohr Line (D62) 1-0

Gideon Stahlberg vs Reuben Fine
Match (1937), Gothenburg SWE, rd 4, Feb-03
Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43) 0-1