April 25, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 25 Apr 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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L. A. Times Problem No. 767 by J. Paluzie
White mates in two.
FEN 1R6/p5Qp/Kb2P1bP/5n1N/3pp3/3N3p/3R3B/7k w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B5;
1. Nc5 Nxg7 2. Ng3#
1. Nc5 d3 2. Qa1#
1. Nc5 Bf7 2. Qg1#

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Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, November 6, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 768 by N. Nelson
White mates in three.
FEN 4R1b1/2Q2n2/8/1r1kB3/1p2NPpb/6p1/1K6/3B4 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-QB3;
1. Bc3 b3 2. Be2 Nd6 3. Qxd6#
1. Bc3 b3 2. Be2 Be7 3. Qc4#
1. Bc3 bxc3+ 2. Kxc3 Be7 3. Qc4#
1. Bc3 Be7 2. Nf6+ Bxf6 3. Bb3#

Exposition Park tournament:

Goldberg (white) vs. Saarela (black)
King's Indian Defense: Smyslov Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. N-B3 P-Q3 5. B-N5 O-O 6. Q-Q2 B-N5 7. P-K3 BxN 8. PxB QN-Q2 9. P-K4 P-B4 10. P-Q5 N-K4 11. B-K2 Q-B2 12. B-R6 KR-B 13. BxB KxB 14. P-B4 N(K4)-Q2 15. P-B5 N-K4 16. P-B4 N-N5 17. P-KR3 N-R3 18. PxP BPxP 19. P-B5 R-B 20. PxP PxP 21. R-KN N-R2 22. B-R5 R-B3 23. Q-N2 N-B 24. O-O-O K-B2 25. Q-N5 N-N 26. P-K5 PxP 27. N-K4 R-R3 28. P-Q6 PxP 29. BxPch NxB 30. QxNch K-K2 31. QR-B Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. e3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Bh6 Rfc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 Ne5 16. f4 Ng4 17. h3 Nh6 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. f5 Rf8 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Rg1 Nh7 22. Bh5 Rf6 23. Qg2 Nf8 24. 0-0-0 Kf7 25. Qg5 Ng8 26. e5 dxe5 27. Ne4 Ra6 28. d6 exd6 29. Bxg6+ Nxg6 30. Qxg6+ Ke7 31. Rf1 1-0

A Brilliancy From Munich Olympiad

Gideon Stahlberg vs Vladas Mikenas
non-FIDE Munich Olympiad (1936), Munich GER, rd 7, Aug-21
Mikenas Defense (A40) 0-1

Another Game From Munich

This lively encounter is replete with critical moments from start to finish: the way Black wrests the initiative is besides instructive.

Paul Johner vs Ragnar Krogius
non-FIDE Munich Olympiad (1936), Munich GER, rd 7, Aug-21
Benoni Defense: Old Benoni. Russian Variation (A44) 0-1

Emanuel Lasker vs William Ewart Napier
Cambridge Springs (1904), Cambridge Springs, PA USA, rd 3, Apr-28
Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation. Traditional (B25) 1-0