August 29, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 29 Aug 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, August 29, 1937 Los Angeles, California L....

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L. A. Times Problem No. 803 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by J. Greenbaum, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 7Q/1B1Kp3/5r1N/1Rp1k3/2rn1q2/4PP2/N5nB/b2R4 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-QN4;
1. Nb4 Nxb5 2. Nd3#
1. Nb4 e6 2. Nd3#
1. Nb4 Qg3 2. Nd3#
1. Nb4 Ne1 2. exf4#

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L. A. Times Problem No. 804
“Atlanta Journal” by V. Rosado, San Diego, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 7K/8/8/Q4B2/8/p6p/6kr/4B3 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-R4;
1. Bh4 Kf3 2. Qe1 Rf2 3. Qxf2#
1. Bh4 Rh1 2. Qd2+ Kf1 3. Qf2#
1. Bh4 Kf3 2. Qe1 Kf4 3. Qe4#
1. Bh4 a2 2. Be4+ Kf1 3. Qe1#

The following is the first game of the Paul Morphy tournament played in Chicago, under the auspices of the American Chess Federation by Herman Steiner and F. S. H. Hacard:

Herman Steiner (white) vs. F. S. H. Hacard (black)
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KB4 2. P-K4 PxP 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-N5 N-B3 5. P-B3 PxP 6. NxP P-Q4 7. B-N5 B-N5 8. P-KR3 B-R4 9. P-KN4 B-B2 10. N-K5 Q-Q3 11. Q-B3 P-QR3 12. BxNch PxB 13. B-B4 Q-K3 14. O-O-O B-N3 15. NxB PxN 16. BxP P-N4 17. KR-K Q-Q2 18. B-K5 O-O-O 19. N-R4 Q-R2 20. N-B5 N-Q2 21. Q-B5 P-N3 22. Q-K6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 d5 7. Bb5 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bf7 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. Qf3 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. 0-0-0 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bxc7 g5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Be5 0-0-0 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Nc5 Nd7 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qe6 1-0

Played in Chicago, August 24, at Paul Morphy tournament by Herman Steiner and H. M. Woods:

H. M. Woods (white) vs. Herman Steiner (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-KB4 2. P-QB4 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 P-K3 4. P-K3 B-N5 5. Q-B2 O-O 6. P-QR3 BxN 7. QxB P-Q3 8. P-Q3 N-K5 9. Q-B2 N-Q2 10. B-Q2 QN-B3 11. BxN PxB 12. N-Q2 P-Q4 13. O-O P-B3 14. P-QN4 B-Q2 15. N-N3 B-K 16. N-B5 Q-K2 17. B-Q2 B-R4 18. PxP KPxP 19. B-K R-B2 20. N-N3 QR-KB 21. P-R3 P-KN4 22. P-KN4 B-N3 23. Q-K2 P-KR4 24. P-B3 PxBP 25. RxP B-K5 26. R-B2 PxP 27. PxP R-R2 28. R-R2 RxR 29. QxR NxP 30. Q-R3 Q-R2 31. QxQch KxQ 32. N-B6 R-B6 33. NxB PxN 34. B-Q2 NxP 35. R-K N-B5 36. B-B P-K6 37. K-N2 P-N5 38. R-K2 K-N3 39. P-R4 K-B4 40. R-QB2 P-N4 41. R-R2 K-B5 42. R-R2 K-B5 43. RxP RxB7ch 44. K-N R-B7 45. R-B7ch K-N6 46. R-B R-N7ch 47. K-R N-Q7 48. R-N RxRch 49. KxR K-B6 50. P-Q5 N-B5 51. K-B P-N6 52. P-Q6 P-K7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 d6 8. d3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Bd2 Nf6

Jan Foltys vs Philip Stuart Milner-Barry
Margate (1937), Margate ENG, rd 1, Mar-31
Queen's Gambit Declined: Westphalian Variation (D51) 1-0