May 23, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 23 May 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, November 16, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 775 By A. Abela
White mates in two.
FEN 7R/8/N3p3/3pP1Q1/2p1b1R1/K1Nk2p1/1P3np1/6B1 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-R5;
1. Rh5 Kd4 2. Qd2#
1. Rh5 d4 2. Nb4#
1. Rh5 Nd1 2. Nb4#

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Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, November 16, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 776 By W. A. Shinkman
White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/1Q6/2p1N2p/3r4/2N1P2P/5k1K w - - 0 1
Solution: P-K3;
1. e3 Rd2 2. Qf5+ Ke2 3. Nc3#
1. e3 Ke2 2. Qh5+ Kf1 3. Qf3#
1. e3 h3 2. Ng3+ Kf2 3. Qf5#
1. e3 Rd4 2. Nxd4 Ke1 3. Qb1#

From the Southern California tournament:

Philip Woliston (white) vs. Kendall (black)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. N-B3 O-O 5. P-K4 P-Q3 6. P-KN3 QN-Q2 7. B-N2 P-K4 8. O-O P-QR4 9. P-KR3 Q-K2 10. P-Q5 N-B4 11. N-K N-K 12. B-K3 P-N3 13. Q-Q2 P-B4 14. PxP BxP 15. P-B4 PxP 16. BxP N-B3 17. P-KN4 B-Q2 18. N-B2 QR-K 19. QR-K Q-Q 20. N-Q4 R-B2 21. N-B6! BxN 22. PxB KR-K2 23. RxR QxR 24. N-Q5 NxN 25. BxNch K-R 26. B-N5 Q-K4 27. R-B7 Q-N6ch 28. Q-N2! R-K8ch 29. R-B B-Q5ch 30. K-R QxQch 31. KxQ RxR 32. KxR BxP 33. B-Q8! N-R3 34. B-K6 B-Q5 35. B-B8 N-N5 36. B-N7 P-Q4 37. BxP PxP 38. B-B4 N-Q4 39. P-B7 NxP 40. BxN K-N2 41. B-R6 P-B6 42. K-K2 K-B2 43. K-Q3 P-KN4 44. B-B8 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. 0-0 a5 9. h3 Qe7 10. d5 Nc5 11. Ne1 Ne8 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nf6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Nc2 Rae8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Nd4 Rf7 21. Nc6! Bxc6 22. dxc6 Rfe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Bg5 Qe5 27. Rf7 Qg3+ 28. Qg2! Re1+ 29. Rf1 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Bxb2 33. Bd8! Na6 34. Be6 Bd4 35. Bc8 Nb4 36. Bb7 d5 37. Bxc7 dxc4 38. Bf4 Nd5 39. c7 Nxc7 40. Bxc7 Kg7 41. Ba6 c3 42. Ke2 Kf7 43. Kd3 g5 44. Bc8 1-0

Following is the score of the game Dr. Tartakower won from Paul Keres at Ostend:

Paul Keres vs Savielly Tartakower
Ostend (1937), Ostend BEL, rd 3, Apr-13
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Old Indian Formation (A15) 0-1

Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander vs Max Euwe
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 5, Aug-14
English Opening: King's English. Two Knights' Variation Reversed Dragon (A22) 0-1

Played in the Moscow Championship

Mikhail Yudovich Sr. vs Vladimir Alatortsev
Ch Moscow (1936), Moscow URS
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C05) 1-0

From the U.S.A. Championship.

Milton Loeb Hanauer vs Israel Albert Horowitz
US Championship (1936), New York, NY USA, rd 1, Apr-25
Budapest Defense: Adler Variation (A52) 0-1

Victor Buerger vs Paul Keres
Margate (1937), Margate ENG, rd 4, Apr-03
Horwitz Defense: General (A40) 0-1