July 25, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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

L. A. Times Problem No. 793
Cincinnati Enquirer, By V. Rosado, San Diego, California
White mates in two.
FEN 7B/b7/r7/1P3B2/2N2K2/R1R5/q1P5/kbr5 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-N6;
1. Nb6 Rxa3 2. Rxa3#
1. Nb6 bxb6 Rc5#
1. Nb6 Rd1 2. Rd3#
1. Nb6 Re1 2. Re3#

L. A. Times Problem No. 794
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by V. L. Eaton, Washington, D. C.
White mates in three.
FEN 1R6/p2pP3/rpk1bN2/q1P2BK1/PP6/2R5/8/4B3 w - - 0 1
Solution: Cooked by B-K4ch;
1. Be4+ Bd5 2. e8=Q Bxe4 3. Qxd7#
1. Be4+ d5 2. e8=Q+ Kc7 3. Bg3#
1. Be4+ Kc7 2. Bg3+ d6 3. Bxd6#
The intended solution is P-K8(N);
1. e8=N d6 2. Bxe6 d5 3. Bxd5#
1. e8=N b5 2. Be4+ d5 3. cxd6#
1. e8=N d6 2. Bxe6 Qxb4 3. Bd5#
1. e8=N d5 2. cxb6+ Qc5 3. Rxc5#

This game was one of many played by Fine in his recent stay in Sweden. He gradually builds up good attacking possibilities and, in characteristic style, allows a pawn to fall before he finally pushes through.

Reuben Fine (white) vs. Jonsson (black)
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Szabo Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 P-Q4 4. Q-N3 PxP 5. QxBP B-N2 6. N-B3 P-B3 7. P-K4 O-O 8. B-K2 P-QN4 9. Q-N3 Q-R4 10. P-K5 B-K3 11. Q-B2 N-Q4 12. B-Q2 NxN 13. BxN P-N5 14. B-Q2 Q-N3 15. B-QB4 B-N5 16. Q-K4 BxN 17. PxB N-Q2 18. P-KR4 P-QB4 19. P-R5 PxQP 20. P-K6 N-K4 21. PxPch NxP 22. B-K6 P-N4 23. BxP QR-Q 24. P-R6 R-Q3 25. B-N3 B-B3 26. B-KB4 K-R 27. BxN RxB 28. BxR Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 c6 7. e4 0-0 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. e5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 b4 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Bc4 Bg4 16. Qe4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd7 18. h4 c5 19. h5 cxd4 20. e6 Ne5 21. exf7+ Nxf7 22. Be6 g5 23. Bxg5 Rd8 24. h6 Rd6 25. Bb3 Bf6 26. Bf4 Kh8 27. Bxf7 Rxf7 28. Bxd6 1-0

This game was awarded first brilliancy prize in the B division of the New York Metropolitan Chess League. Fineman played for the Bronx-Internationals, and Maestre for the Jamaica Y.M.C.A.

Irving Fineman (white) vs. J. Maestre (black)
Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-QB3 B-B4 3. N-B3 N-QB3 4. NxP NxN 5. P-Q4 B-N5 6. PxN BxNch 7. PxB N-K2 8. B-QB4 N-N3 9. P-B4 Q-K2 10. B-K3 P-N3 11. O-O B-N2 12. B-Q5 O-O-O 13. P-QR4 P-QR4 14. Q-Q3 P-Q3 15. Q-B4 BxB 16. PxB K-N 17. QR-N PxP 18. BxP PxB 19. RxPch K-R 20. Q-B6ch K-R2 21. R-R6ch K-N 22. R-R8mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bb4 6. dxe5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8. Bc4 Ng6 9. f4 Qe7 10. Be3 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Bd5 0-0-0 13. a4 a5 14. Qd3 d6 15. Qc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Kb8 17. Rfb1 dxe5 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Rxb6+ Ka8 20. Qc6+ Ka7 21. Ra6+ Kb8 22. Ra8#

A Steiner Brilliancy From Australia

Lajos Steiner vs J W Pitcher
AUS-ch (1937), Perth AUS, rd 10, Jan-07
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Classical Defense Deferred (C70) 1-0