August 01, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 01 Aug 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, December 7, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 795
“Emery Memorial Book”
By V. Rosado, San Diego, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 6R1/5pN1/5pbQ/4P1rp/1K1R3p/5BkP/6P1/6B1 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-Q3;
1. Rd3 Bxd3 2. Nxh5# 1. Rd3 Rg4+ 2. Be4#
1. Rd3 Kf4 2. Bh2#
1. Rd3 Rxe5 2. Be4#

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Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, December 7, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 796
“Cincinnati Enquirer”
By V. Rosado, San Diego, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 4R3/5pp1/5B1P/5P2/5K1P/2N2R2/3pP3/3Bk3 w - - 0 1
Solution: P-K4;
1. e4 g6 2. Kg5 gxf5 3. exf5#
1. e4 g5+ 2. Kg4 gxh4 3. Bxh4#
1. e4 gxf6 2. e5 fxe5+ 3. Rxe5#

For the City High School Championship:

Philip Woliston (white) vs. Steinbock (black)
Semi-Slav Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. P-B4 P-K3 4. N-B3 P-B3 5. B-N5 QN-Q2 6. P-QR3 P-QR3 7. PxP KPxP 8. P-K3 B-Q3 9. B-Q3 P-KR3 10. B-R4 O-O 11. Q-B2 R-K 12. O-O Q-B2 13. KR-B P-KN4 14. B-N3 BxB 15. RPxB N-N3 16. N-N N-K5 17. QN-Q2 B-B4 18. BxN PxB 19. N-R2 N-Q4 20. P-QN4 R-K3 21. N-N3 QR-K 22. N-B5 R-B3 23. P-N4 B-N3 24. Q-Q2 P-KR4 25. P-QR4 Q-B 26. PxP BxP 27. P-N5 RPxP 28. PxP Q-B4 29. NxNP K-N2 30. RxP RxR 31. PxR R-KR 32. R-R5 B-B6 33. NxB PxN and wins

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nd7 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Bd6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 0-0 11. Qc2 Re8 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Rfc1 g5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Nb6 16. Nb1 Ne4 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nh2 Nd5 20. b4 Re6 21. Nb3 Re8 22. Nc5 Rf6 23. g4 Bg6 24. Qd2 h5 25. a4 Qc8 26. gxh5 Bxh5 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Qf5 29. Nxb7 Kg7 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. bxc6 Rh8 32. Ra5 Bf3 33. Nxf3 exf3 and wins

Rudolf Spielmann's genius revels in discovering sacrificial attack in seemingly simple positions and the following example is typical of his style. His surprise packets seem to be inexhaustible and the veteran has not lost any of his skill that astounded the world while the future grand master was an infant prodigy.

Rudolf Spielmann vs Baldur Hoenlinger
Trebitsch Memorial (1936), Vienna AUT, rd 1, Oct-19
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (D37) 1-0

George Alan Thomas vs Alexander Alekhine
Margate (1937), Margate ENG, rd 4, Apr-03
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Wormald Attack (C77) 0-1

Gideon Stahlberg vs Reuben Fine
Match (1937), Gothenburg SWE, rd 2, Jan-31
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation. Schallopp Defense (D12) 1-0

From Australia

Lajos Steiner (white) vs. Cecil Purdy (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-KN3 6. B-K2 B-N2 7. B-K3 N-B3 8. P-B3 O-O 9. Q-Q2 P-Q4 10. NxN PxN 11. P-K5 N-Q2 12. P-B4 P-K3 13. O-O Q-K2 14. N-R4 P-QR4 15. Q-B3 B-QR3 16. BxB RxB 17. N-B5 QR-R 18. P-QR4 KR-B 19. N-N3 P-QB4 20. Q-K P-B5 21. NxP P-B6 22. N-N3 PxP 23. R-R2 RxBP 24. R-B2 R-B8 25. NxR P-N8(Q) 26. KR-N2 Q-K5 27. P-R5 P-B3 28. PxP BxP 29. R-K2 B-Q5 30. N-N3 BxBch 31. RxB Q(K5)-N5 32. R-Q2 N-B4 33. N-Q4 Q-Q3 34. N-B3 QxP 35. P-N3 Q-B3 36. Q-K2 N-K5 37. R-B2 QxP 38. K-N2 Q-R3 39. Q-Q R-KB Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f3 0-0 9. Qd2 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 e6 13. 0-0 Qe7 14. Na4 a5 15. Qc3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Nc5 Raa8 18. a4 Rc8 19. Nb3 c5 20. Qe1 c4 21. Nxa5 c3 22. Nb3 cxb2 23. Ra2 Rxc2 24. Rf2 Rc1 25. Nxc1 b1=Q 26. Rb2 Qe4 27. a5 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Re2 Bd4 30. Nb3 Bxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Qb4 32. Rd2 Nc5 33. Nd4 Qd6 34. Nf3 Qdxf4 35. g3 Qf6 36. Qe2 Ne4 37. Rc2 Qxa5 38. Kg2 Qa6 39. Qd1 Rf8 0-1