August 15, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 15 Aug 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L. A. Times Problem No. 799
“Cincinnati Enquirer, dedicated to S. Keith.” by V. Rosado, San Diego, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/8/8/2p5/B1p2B2/2k2P2/R2RK3 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-Q3; followed by Castling!
1. Ke2 Kb3 2. Rdb1+ Kc2 3. Be4#

L. A. Times Problem No. 800
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by R. C. Mankowski, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/3p4/2Nr1n2/Q7/n2b1p2/3k1K1B w - - 0 1
Solution: The intended solution is Q-N2. Cooked by Q-N3ch, followed by N-R3.
1. Qb2 Nc3 2. Na3 Nfe2 3. Qc2#

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

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

Played in National Chess League Correspondence Tourney

Wood (white) vs. Hussain (black)
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Gianutio Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-KB4 PxP 3. B-B4 P-KB4 4. Q-K2 Q-R5ch 5. K-Q PxP 6. QxPch N-K2 7. P-Q4 P-Q4 8. BxQP Q-R4ch 9. N-B3 QxB 10. QxBP N-B3 11. R-K B-B4 12. P-B4 Q-Q2 13. B-Q2 O-O-O 14. P-Q5 BxQN 15. RxB N-N5 16. BxN Q-R5ch 17. K-B QxB 18. P-QR3 Q-R5 19. N-K5 P-KN3 20. N-B7 N-B4 21. P-QN3 QxRPch 22. K-B2 B-N2 23. NxQR Q-R7ch 24. K-Q3 B-R3 25. Q-N4 Q-Q7ch 26. K-K4 KxN 27. Q-R4ch N-K2 28. K-B3 R-KBch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Qe2 Qh4+ 5. Kd1 fxe4 6. Qxe4+ Ne7 7. d4 d5 8. Bxd5 Qh5+ 9. Nf3 Qxd5 10. Qxf4 Nbc6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. c4 Qd7 13. Bd2 0-0-0 14. d5 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Qa4+ 17. Kc1 Qxb4 18. a3 Qa4 19. Ne5 g6 20. Nf7 Nf5 21. b3 Qxa3+ 22. Kc2 Bg7 23. Nxd8 Qa2+ 24. Kd3 Bh6 25. Qg4 Qd2+ 26. Ke4 Kxd8 27. Qh4+ Ne7 28. Kf3 Rf8+ 0-1