April 18, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 18 Apr 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, November 5, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 765 By Nels Nelson, Hopkins, Minnesota
White mates in two.
FEN 7n/3pKp1r/3B1Nkp/5NrR/8/8/8/5RQ1 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-QR;
1. Ra1 Kxf5 2. Qb1#
1. Ra1 Rxg1 2. Rxg1#
1. Ra1 Rg2 2. Qxg2#

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Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, November 5, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 766 Composed for The Los Angeles Times by J. Greenbaum, Hollywood, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 8/2N1p2n/5kPP/2P1p2B/6P1/3nP3/3B4/K6R w - - 0 1
Solution: P-N7;
1. g7 Nf4 2. g8=Q Nxh5 3. Ne8#
1. g7 e4 2. g8=N+ Ke5 3. Bc3#
1. g7 e6 2. g8=N+ Kg5 3. Nxe6#
1. g7 Nc1 2. g8=N+ Kg5 3. e4#

Played in the Exposition Park Chess Club Tournament, March 26.

Philip Reinhold Geffe-Woliston (white) vs. Newman (black)
Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 P-QB3 4. P-K4 PxKP 5. NxP B-K2 6. N-KB3 N-KB3 7. N-N3 O-O 8. B-Q3 B-N5ch 9. B-Q2 P-B4 10. BxB PxB 11. O-O N-B3 12. R-K P-QR4 13. B-B2 P-QN3 14. Q-Q3 B-R3 15. QR-Q P-KN3 16. P-KR4 P-KR4 17. N-N5 B-N2 18. NxKP PxN 19. QxPch K-R 20. NxP Q-K2 21. RxP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Ng3 0-0 8. Bd3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 c5 10. Bxb4 cxb4 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Re1 a5 13. Bc2 b6 14. Qd3 Ba6 15. Rd1 g6 16. h4 h5 17. Ng5 Bb7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Nxh5 Qe7 21. Rxe6 1-0

Fine Wins Moscow Tournament
The final scores of the tournament are shown in detail in the following table:

Shortly before he left Russia to play at Margate, Fine was in a second tournament, this one at Leningrad, where he led a field of six with a score of 4-1. Loewenfisch was second with 3-2, followed by Rabinowitsch, 2½-2½; Budo, 2-3; Rauser, 2-3; Iljin-Genewsky, 1½-3½.

Appended are the scores of two games played by Fine in the Moscow tournament:

Ilia Kan (white) vs Reuben Fine (black)
King's Indian Attack: French Variation

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-KN3 P-QB4 3. B-N2 N-QB3 4. P-Q4 B-B4 5. O-O P-K3 6. P-B3 N-B3 7. QN-Q2 P-KR3 8. P-QR3 P-QR4 9. Q-N3 Q-B2 10. PxP BxP 11. Q-N5 B-QR2 12. P-B4 R-Q 13. P-B5 P-K4 14. P-QN4 B-Q2 15. PxP P-K5 16. N-K NxP 17. Q-N BxP 18. N-N3 NxN 19. QxN B-B3 20. N-B2 O-O 21. B-N2 P-Q5 22. N-N4 B-N4 23. KR-K Q-N3 24. B-KB P-Q6 25. P-K3 KR-K 26. QR-N Q-K3 27. QxQ RxQ 28. BxN RxB 29. N-Q5 RxN 30. RxB BxKP 31. RxR BxPch 32. K-N2 BxR 33. R-Q4 R-B7ch 34. K-N P-Q7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Bf5 5. 0-0 e6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. a3 a5 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qb5 Ba7 12. c4 Rd8 13. c5 e5 14. b4 Bd7 15. bxa5 e4 16. Ne1 Nxa5 17. Qb1 Bxc5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Bc6 20. Nc2 0-0 21. Bb2 d4 22. Nb4 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Qb6 24. Bf1 d3 25. e3 Re8 26. Rb1 Qe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Nd5 Rxd5 30. Rxb5 Bxe3 31. Rxd5 Bxf2+ 32. Kg2 Bxe1 33. Rd4 Rf2+ 34. Kg1 d2 0-1

Reuben Fine (white) vs. M. Judowitsch (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Pillsbury Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. N-B3 P-B4 5. B-N5 BPxP 6. KNxP P-K4 7. KN-N5 P-QR3 8. NxP PxN 9. NxNch QxN 10. BxQ B-N5ch 11. Q-Q2 BxQch 12. KxB PxB 13. PxP B-K3 Black won after 44 moves.

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb5 a6 8. Nxd5 axb5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bxf6 Bb4+ 11. Qd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 gxf6 13. cxb5 Be6 Black won after 44 moves.

(a) For once Fine is lured into waters beyond his depth. Black's clever retort spoils his whole combination.

This is a consultation game played at Moscow early in January. Lilienthal is well known in international competition, having emerged as a master in Hungary, although he is now reported to live in Russia.

Andre Lilienthal / Vasily Panov (white) vs. Benjamin Blumenfeld / Alexander Kotov (black)
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 P-QN3 4. P-KN3 B-N2 5. B-N2 B-K2 6. O-O O-O 7. N-B3 N-K5 8. Q-B2 NxN 9. QxN P-Q3 10. Q-B2 Q-B 11. P-K4 P-QB4 12. P-Q5 P-K4 13. N-K Q-K 14. P-B4 P-QN4 15. PxKP PxKP 16. N-Q3 B-Q3 17. B-K3 N-R3 18. Q-N3 P-N5 19. P-QR3 Q-K2 20. PxP NxP 21. NxN PxN 22. R-R5 KR-B 23. R-B R-B4 24. QxP QR-QB 25. BxR BxBch 26. RxB Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. e4 c5 12. d5 e5 13. Ne1 Qe8 14. f4 b5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. Be3 Na6 18. Qb3 b4 19. a3 Qe7 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4 cxb4 22. Ra5 Rc8 23. Rc1 Rc5 24. Qxb4 Rc8 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26. Rxc5 1-0

Following is the score of the seventh game in the match which Fine won from Stahlberg at Stockholm by 4-2, with two games drawn:

Reuben Fine vs Gideon Stahlberg
Match (1937), Gothenburg SWE, rd 7, Feb-06
Benoni Defense: King's Indian System (A56) 1-0

One of the lesser known of Europe's younger masters is P. Keres of Estonia. He is at present playing in the Margate (England) tournament. Here is one of his brilliancies from the Helsingfors tournament of last year.

Paul Keres vs Arthur Allan Candolin
Helsinki (1935), Helsinki FIN, rd 6, Oct-15
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78) 1-0