September 19, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 19 Sep 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, September 19, 1937 Los Angeles,...

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L. A. Times Problem No. 809
By W. A. Shinkman
White mates in two.
FEN 8/3p1p1Q/1K2k3/1N1Np3/8/1B6/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-R4;
1. Ba4 Kxd5 2. Bb3#
1. Ba4 e4 2. Qxe4#
1. Ba4 d6 2. Nbc7#
1. Ba4 f6 2. Ndc7#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, September 19, 1937 Los Angeles,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, January 26, 2023

L. A. Times Problem No. 810
By C. Bayer
White mates in three.
FEN 5q2/1rpr1P2/1p1R4/4k1Pb/1P2N3/B5p1/6Q1/6K1 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B3;
1. Nc3 Kxd6 2. Qc6+ Kxc6 3. b5#
1. Nc3 b5 2. Qxg3+ Kf5 3. Rf6#
1. Nc3 c6 2. Qxd3+ Kf5 3. Rf6#
1. Nc3 c5 2. Qxg3+ Kf5 3. Rf6#

Match Exposition vs. Hollywood

Sigismund Wolff ((white)Exposition C.C.) vs. Charles Whipple ((black) Hollywood C.C.)
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-Q4 P-K3 3. P-K3 N-KB3 4. P-B4 P-B3 5. N-B3 QN-Q2 6. Q-B2 B-Q3 7. PxP KPxP 8. B-Q3 O-O 9. O-O R-K 10. P-QR3 P-QR4 11. B-Q2 N-KB 12. QR-QB B-KN5 13. N-K N-K5 14. NxN PxN 15. BxP B-K7 16. N-B3 BxR 17. KxB QR-QB 18. B-B5 R-R 19. P-K4 B-K2 20. Q-N3! R-QN 21. N-K5 QxP 22. B-B3 Q-Q3 23. QxPch K-R 24. N-N6ch!! QxN 25. BxQ B-B3 26. BxB PxB 27. QxPch K-N 28. B-B7mate

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 Nf8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Ne1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Be2 16. Nf3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rc8 18. Bf5 Ra8 19. e4 Be7 20. Qb3! Rb8 21. Ne5 Qxd4 22. Bc3 Qd6 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Ng6+!! Qxg6 25. Bxg6 Bf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Bf7#

Paul Morphy vs Adolf Anderssen
Anderssen - Morphy (1858), Paris FRA, rd 9, Dec-27
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Szen Variation (B44) 1-0

From Prague International Tournament

Paul Keres vs Karl Gilg
Prague (1937), Prague CSR, rd 5, Apr-30
Budapest Defense: Alekhine. Abonyi Variation (A52) 1-0