February 01, 1953 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L. A. Times Problem No. 2413 By H. Jonsson
White mates in two.
FEN 4RQ1N/8/1K6/3B1qP1/2Pp1krp/5np1/8/4B3 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-K5;
1. Re5 Qxf8 2. Ng6#
1. Re5 g2 2.Qxf5#
1. Re5 d3 2. Qxf5#
1. Re5 h3 2. Qxf5#

L. A. Times Problem No. 2414 By J. Fridlizius
White mates in three.
FEN 1b1N2K1/1pp5/5P2/1p1kN3/2p4P/4BP2/b1P1p3/4Q3 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-B5;
1. Bc5 c3 2. Qxc3 e1=Q 3. Qd4#
1. Bc5 b4 2. Qg1 Kxe5 3. Qg5#
1. Bc5 Ba7 2. Qd2+ Kxc5 3. Nd7#
1. Bc5 Kxe5 2. Qg3+ Kxf6 3. Qg5#

January 25, 1953 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L. A. Times Problem No. 2411 By H. Jonsson
White mates in two.
FEN 3b4/2p5/2K1P1N1/3P1k1b/R7/5p2/BBPQ1P2/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-N;
1. Bb1 Bg5 2. Qd3#
1. Bb1 Kxg6 2. c4#
1. Bb1 Bg4 2. c4#
1. Bb1 Bxg6 2. Qf4#

L. A. Times Problem No. 2412 By J. Fridlizius
White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/3pp1K1/2PN3Q/B2k4/P7/2P2P2/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-B3;
1. Qf3 e5 2. Bc6 Kxc5 3. Qc3#
1. Qf3 Ke5 2. Bb3 dxc5 3. Qf4#
1. Qf3 Kc4 2. Nb6+ Kxc5 3. Qe3#

January 18, 1953 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L. A. Times Problem No. 2409 By H. Jonsson
White mates in two.
FEN 5Qbq/7P/1K2P3/3N4/3kP3/1n1P1p2/5P2/b1B1N3 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B7;
1. Nc7 Nxc1 2. Qc5#
1. Nc7 bc3 2. Qd6#
1. Nc7 Na5 2. Qc5#

L. A. Times Problem No. 2410 By J. Fridlizius
White mates in three.
FEN n6n/K7/3kP2p/4R3/5P2/2R3Qb/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-B7;
1. Rc7 Kxc7 2. Qd3 Nf7 3. Rc5#
1. Rc7 Kxc7 2. Qd3 Nb6 3. Rc5#
1. Rc7 bxe6 2. Rd5+ Kxd5 3. Qd3#

We received solutions from M. Morris, T. D. Kelsey, Traczkowsky, Toscha Seidel, B. McGuire, W. L. Koethen, D. Kopec, C. P. Ford, T. Rothman, S. Willcott, P. V. Nielsen, V. Asher, H. G. Webb, J. J. Adams, N. Lesser, K. Chambers, W. B. Tudor, J. P. Walsh, Y. V. Oganesov, J. Wilcox, C. B. Collins, W. C. Everett, J. R. L. Fowler, R. Mosley, L. A. Victor, J. Kaufman, L. B. Rotter, J. C. Dickson, A. M. Koven, D. Cole, S. W. Nay, D. Golding, E. Davis, L. Harvey, M. A. Padlipsky, J. A. McCamant, A. Weiss, D. D. Newman, J. Neuwirth (send 10 cents plus 3 cents postage), P. O. Bugge (the problem has 5 solutions with the King), P. Martin.

Rapid Transit Winners
Eighteen players took part in the weekly Wednesday evening Rapid Transit Tournament held at the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave. R. W. Banner was the winner with a score of 14½-2½, second place went to J. Belzer, 14-3; third and fourth place was tied between S. Mazner and H. Rogosin 13½-3½. The tournament is open to anyone and visitors are welcome at all times.

Imre Konig's Simultaneous Exhibition and Lecture
Imre Konig, international chess master, will give his first exhibition and lecture today at 2 p.m. at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave. Due to the many requests for reservations it is urgent that those who have not made reservations should go early as only a few boards are left. Participants should take their sets and boards. For further information call WEbster 1-8817.

Hollywood Invitational Tournament
The Hollywood Invitational Championship Tournament started last Friday with the following players in the A group:
Altshuller, Almgren, Belzer, Blumenfeld, Cross, Geller, Hazard, Keckhut, Kashdan, Levin, Mazner, Mrs. G. Piatigorsky, Rogosin, Spiller, Spinner, Steiner, Steven, Standers, Woronzoff.
The B section is not complete yet and still open for entries. In this section one game per week will be played.
Results of the first round: Keckhut 0, Levin 1; Spiller 0, Kashdan 1; Hazard ½, Woronzoff ½; Rivise ½, Almgren ½; Standers 0, Steiner 1; Cross 1, Rogosin 0; Alschiller 1, Steven 0; Mrs. Piatigorsky, Mazner, adj.; Belzer, Blumenfeld, adj.
In the A section the games are scheduled for every Friday and every second Monday. The tournament director is C. Kodil. Visitors are welcome to watch this most important and strongest tournament in California.

Hollywood Tournament Book
The book of the 1952 Hollywood International Tournament is now off the press. It is a neatly produced offset publication of 62 pages, with annotations by Gligoric, Dake, Steiner, Cross and Joyner. The 45 games of the tournament are given with round-by-round accounts, photos and diagrams. The book may be obtained from this column by sending $1 to Herman Steiner, chess editor of The Times.

Los Feliz vs. Cosmo
The Los Feliz Chess Club will play a 10-board match with the Cosmo Chess Club Tuesday at 8 p.m., in the Los Feliz club's quarters in the Hollywood YMCA. Hudson and Selma Aves. Visitors are invited.

Los Angeles County Championship
The Los Angeles County Championship had a dramatic ending when Irving Rivise, leader throughout the tournament, and a half point ahead of the field before the last round, lost his final game to George Steven, while his nearest rivals, Louis Spinner and Arthur Spiller, won their respective games. Spiller won from Keckhut, and Spinner from Rubin, thus making a tie. This will be played off in the near future. Following is the final standing:

Spiller............9½ Spinner............9½ Rivise.............9 Almgren............8 Giritsky...........7½ Rubin..............7½ Steven.............7½ Wallace............7½ Geller.............7 Keckhut............6½ Froomess...........6 Gross..............6

Madrid...........6 Martin...........6 Piatigorsky......6 Quillen..........6 Maron...........5½ Wheeler.........5½ Rolo............5 Wyman...........5½ M. Gordon.......4 Holmes..........4 Young...........3½ Golden..........2

Bernard Madrid (white) vs. Paul Quillen (black)
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Chigorin Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KB4 2. P-K4 PxP 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-KN5 P-B3 5. P-B3 PxP 6. NxP P-Q3 7. B-Q3 B-K3 8. O-O QN-Q2 9. P-QR4 Q-R4 10. B-Q2 Q-R4 11. N-K2 B-N 12. N-N3 Q-B2 13. N-N5 Q-Q4 14. B-K3 P-KN3 15. P-N4 P-N4 16. PxP PxP 17. R-R5 P-QR3 18. P-B4 Q-N2 19. PxP PxP 20. RxRch QxR 21. BxQNP P-KR3 22. N-K4 NxN 23. Q-N4 Q-N2 24. BxNch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 d6 7. Bd3 Be6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qh5 11. Ne2 Bg8 12. Ng3 Qf7 13. Ng5 Qd5 14. Be3 g6 15. b4 b5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Ra5 a6 18. c4 Qb7 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Qxa8 21. Bxb5 h6 22. N5e4 Nxe4 23. Qg4 Qb7 24. Bxd7+ 1-0

January 11, 1953 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L. A. Times Problem No. 2407 By H. Jonsson
White mates in two.
FEN 4b3/1Q1pN3/2p1k1p1/R3pNP1/7P/B4nK1/2n5/1B3R2 w - - 0 1
Solution: NxP;
1. Nxc6 Nxa3 2. Nd8#
1. Nxc6 Nb4 2. Nd8#
1. Nxc6 e4 2. Nd8#
1. Nxc6 Ng1 2. Nd8#

L. A. Times Problem No. 2408 By J. Fridlizius
White mates in three.
FEN 2KB1Q2/p2p2n1/3NP2b/3P4/1N1k4/8/1P6/n6B w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-B;
1. Qf1 dxe6 2. Nc6+ Ke3 3. Nc4#
1. Qf1 Ke3 2. Bf6 Kd2 3. Nc4#
1. Qf1 Bc1 2. Nb5+ Ke3 3. Bg5#
1. Qf1 Nd2 2. Nb5+ Kc5 3. Na6#

We received solutions from: J. A. McCamant (suggest to get “The Enjoyment of Chess Problems” by Kenneth S. Howard, $3 plus postage), M. A. Padlipsky, J. Kaufman, L. Harvey, L. B. Rotter, E. Davis, T. Rothman, S. W. Nay, J. C. Dickson, D. Golding, D. Cole, A. M. Koven, L. A. Victor, D. Kopec, P. V. Nielsen, V. Asher, H. G. Webb, J. J. Adams, N. Lesser, W. B. Tudor, M. Morris, J. P. Walsh, C. P. Ford, Y. V. Oganesov, T. D. Kelsey, S. Willcott, W. L. Koethen, B. McGuire, Toscha Seidel, T. Raczkosky, A. Weiss (there is no chess club in Riverside, Pomona or Orange is the nearest), J. Neuwirth, P. Martin.

Long Beach City Championship
The annual Long Beach City Chess Championship will begin next Saturday at the Lincoln Park Chess Club, Lincon Park, Long Beach.

Hollywood Tournament Book
The book of the 1952 Hollywood International Tournament is now off the press. It is a neatly produced offset publication of 62 pages, with annotations by Gligoric, Dake, Steiner, Cross and Joyner. The 45 games of the tournament are given with round-by-round accounts, photos and diagrams. The book may be obtained from this column by sending $1 to Herman Steiner, chess editor of The Times.

Hollywood Invitational Tournament
The Hollywood Invitational Tournament, which will begin right after the completion of the Los Angeles County League Championship, is shaping up with a line-up of 20 players in the first group. The following have been invited: I. Konig, I. Kashdan, H. Steiner, W. H. Steckel, H. Borochow, J. Cross, E. Levin, I. Rivise, L. Boyette, S. Giritsky, H. Rogosin, R. W. Banner, S. Mazner, M. Casden, L. Woronzoff, Mrs. G. Piatigorsky, A. Weiss, F. Hazard, R. Jacobs, Mrs. S. Graf Stevenson, J. Keckhut, G. Steveen, P. Lapiken, H. Gordon, L. R. Johnson, I. Spero, R. Smith, M. Altshiller, P. Quillen, S. Geller, C. J. Gibbs, E. Rubin, L. Spinner, A. Spiller, R. Martin, S. Almgren, Wallace, Belzer, Blumenfeld, F. Goetze, T. Wyman, P. G. McKenna, D. Karpilowsky, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harmat, C. Henderson, W. Wheeler, D. E. Maron, J. Pond, J. Wolfe, C. Marko, N. Nagley, H. Sigorsky, J. Gross, A. A. Rosate, A. Mego, H. Zander, G. Chase, R. Newport, P. Watterman, T. Gragg, S. Eisgrau, W. Holmes, C. Kodil, W. Banning, L. Bart, N. L. Fielding, D. Amneus, C. Gray, O. Shearer, W. Slezak, H. Dentin, G. Reinbart, W. Reinhardt.
There are many other players of all strengths whose names will later appear. Anyone desiring to participate, regardless of strength, please notify the writer through the column or call WEbster 18817. In the major tournament the first prize will be $150, second $100, third $75, fourth $50, fifth $25. There will be numerous prizes for brilliancy and best games. This tournament will have high national rating.
The tournament will start next Friday at 8 p.m. Those intending to participate, please attend the players' meeting next Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave. Rules and regulations governing the tournament will be discussed.

Imre Konig's Simultaneous Exhibition and Lecture
Imre Konig, international chess master, will give his first exhibition and lecture next Sunday at 2 p.m. at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave. Due to the limited number of boards available, it is urgent that early reservations be made. Phone WEbster 1-8817. Konig was guest of the Golden Gate Chess Club in San Francisco Dec. 30, where he played against 20 boards, winning 14, losing two and drawing four.

Four-Way Tie at Hastings
New York Times
New York, Jan. 10—The 28th annual International Congress of the Hastings Club was concluded yesterday at Hastings with a formal presentation of prizes, according to a report from London.
The first four prizes were awarded to the quartet that tied with scores of 5½-3½ for first place in the masters tournament, including Henry Golombek of England (former British champion), Antonio Medina, champion of Spain; Jonathan Penrose, student at the University of London, and D. A. Yanofsky of Winnipeg, who is studying law at Oxford.
Hans Berliner of Washington, D.C., finished as runner-up to Roman Bordell of Barcelona in the Premier Reserves tournament.
Jaime Mora of Spain captured first in the Reserves A division with a score of 8½-½.
Final standings of the players:
International masters: Golombek, 5½-3½; Medina, 5½-3½; Penrose, 5½-3½; Yanofsky, 5½-4½; Fairhurst, 4-5; Lasker, 3½-5½; Wade 3½-5½; Seitzer, 2½-6½.
Premier reserves: Bordell, 7½-1½; Berliner, 6-3; Hammond, 5½-3½; Mardle, 5½-3½; Clarke, 5-3; Mackay, 5-4; Sergeant, 3½-5½; Thomas, 3-6; Andersen, 2½-6½ and Waterman, 1½-7½.

Spiller and Spinner Tie
Arthur Spiller and Louis Spinner tied for first place in the Los Angeles County League Championship Tournament concluded early yesterday morning. They had 9½ points. Irving Rivise, who had been leading, dropped to third place with 9 points when he lost his final round game to George Steven, Sven Almgren, with 8, was fourth. Complete results will be given next week.

Gene L. Rubin (white) vs. Arthur Spiller (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. Q-B2 P-B4 5. PxP N-B3 6. N-B3 BxP 7. B-B4 P-Q4 8. P-K3 Q-R4 9. B-K2 B-N5 10. O-O BxN 11. PxB O-O 12. KR-Q PxP 13. BxP P-K4 14. B-KN5 P-K5 15. BxN PxN 16. R-Q5 Q-B2 17. R-KN5 P-KR3 18. RxPch 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bf4 d5 8. e3 Qa5 9. Be2 Bb4 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 0-0 12. Rfd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bg5 e4 15. Bxf6 exf3 16. Rd5 Qc7 17. Rg5 h6 18. Rxg7+ 1-0

Theodore Wyman (white) vs. J. Gross (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. P-B4 P-K3 4. N-B3 B-K2 5. B-N5 QN-Q2 6. PxP NxP 7. BxB QxB 8. P-K4 NxN 9. PxN O-O 10. B-Q3 P-QN3 11. O-O B-N2 12. P-K5 P-QB4 13. KR-K KR-B 14. R-K3 R-B2 15. N-Q2 P-KR3 16. R-N3 P-B4 17. N-B4 P-B5 18. R-N4 P-KR4 19. R-N6 P-B6 20. Q-Q2 PxQP 21. PxQP N-B 22. Q-N5 NxR 23. QxN Q-B2 24. Q-R7ch K-B 25. N-Q6 Q-N 26. QxRP PxP 27. NxB RxN 28. B-K4 R-N 29. BxR RxB 30. R-QB K-K2 31. Q-N5ch K-Q2 32. QxP R-B2 33. R-Q Q-B2 34. P-Q5 PxP 35. RxPch K-B 36. Q-N4ch K-N 37. R-Q8ch K-N2 38. Q-K4ch K-R3 39. R-Q5 Q-K 40. Q-K2ch K-N2 41. P-B3 Q-KB 42. R-Q Q-B4ch 43. K-B Q-B3 44. K-B2 1/2-1/2

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 0-0 10. Bd3 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. e5 c5 13. Re1 Rfc8 14. Re3 Rc7 15. Nd2 h6 16. Rg3 f5 17. Nc4 f4 18. Rg4 h5 19. Rg6 f3 20. Qd2 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nf8 22. Qg5 Nxg6 23. Qxg6 Qf7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nd6 Qg8 26. Qxh5 fxg2 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Be4 Rab8 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. Rc1 Ke7 31. Qg5+ Kd7 32. Qxg2 Rc7 33. Rd1 Qf7 34. d5 exd5 35. Rxd5+ Kc8 36. Qg4+ Kb8 37. Rd8+ Kb7 38. Qe4+ Ka6 39. Rd5 Qe8 40. Qe2+ Kb7 41. f3 Qf8 42. Rd1 Qc5+ 43. Kf1 Qc6 44. Kf2 1/2-1/2

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Sven Almgren (white) vs. Sam Geller (black)

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-N5 B-N5 5. PxP QxP 6. N-B3 N-K5 7. B-Q2 BxN 8. PxB NxB 9. QxN N-Q2 10. P-B4 Q-K5 11. B-K2 P-KN3 12. N-N5 Q-N3 13. B-Q3 Q-B3 14. Q-K3 P-KR3 15. N-K4 B-N2 16. O-O B-N2 17. Q-N3 O-O-O 18. P-QR4 N-B3 19. NxN PxN 20. P-Q5 KR-N 21. Q-R3 K-N 22. P-R5 PxQP 23. PxNP PxBP 24. PxRPch K-R 25. KR-K RxB?? 26. PxR BxP 27. QxBch RxQ 28. QxR Q-Q2 29. KR-QN Q-N5ch 30. K-B Q-R6ch 31. K-K Q-K3 32. K-Q2 P-B6ch 33. KxP Q-K4ch 34. P-Q4 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nd7 10. c4 Qe4+ 11. Be2 g6 12. Ng5 Qg4 13. Bd3 Qf3 14. Qe3 h6 15. Ne4

George Steven (white) vs. Charles Wallace (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Accelerated

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-QR3 BxNch 5. PxB P-QB4 6. P-B3 P-Q4 7. P-K3 O-O 8. B-Q3 P-QN3 9. N-K2 B-R3 10. BPxP BxB 11. QxB KPxP 12. O-O N-B3 13. P-K4 PxP 14. BPxP P-KR3 15. P-K5 N-K 16. P-QR4 P-B4 17. B-R3 R-B2 18. QR-B N-R4 19. P-B4 R-QB 20. RxR QxR 21. R-B N-B5 22. B-N4 R-B2 23. N-N3 P-QR4 24. B-K P-N3 25. N-B K-R2 26. B-B2 N-N2 27. N-K3 N-K3 28. NxQP R-B3 29. P-N3 N-N7 30. RxR QxR 31. N-B6ch K-R 32. Q-N3 NxRP 33. P-Q5 Q-B8ch 34. K-N2 N-B4 35. Q-N5 1-0

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. cxd5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5 12. 0-0 Nc6 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 h6 15. e5 Ne8 16. a4 f5 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Rc1 Na5 19. f4 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. Bb4 Rc7 23. Ng3 a5 24. Be1 g6 25. Nf1 Kh7 26. Bf2 Ng7 27. Ne3 Ne6 28. Nxd5 Rc6 29. g3 Nb2 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qb3 Nxa4 33. d5 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Nec5 35. Qb5 1-0

Orlando Milo Rolo (white) vs. Bernard Madrid (black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. P-Q3 P-QN4 6. B-N3 P-Q3 7. P-KR3 N-QR4 8. P-QB3 P-QB4 9. B-B2 B-K2 10. P-QN3 Q-B2 11. P-B4 O-O 12. P-QR4 PxBP 13. NPxP N-B3 14. N-B3 N-QN5 15. O-O P-R3 16. N-KR4 B-K3 17. P-B4 PxP 18. BxP N-Q2 19. N-Q5 BxN 20. KPxB B-B3 21. R-N B-Q5ch 22. K-R N-K4 23. N-B3 NxN 24. RxN Q-K2 25. Q-Q2 KR-K 26. R-KB R-R2 27. B-Q K-R2 28. B-KN3 B-K6 29. Q-K2 B-N4 30. Q-Q2 BxQ 31. RxP K-N 32. BxP NxP 33. P-R5 N-N7 34. R-K R-KB 35. RxQ RxR 36. BxR R-B5 37. B-N5 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. h3 Na5 8. c3 c5 9. Bc2 Be7 10. b3 Qc7 11. c4 0-0 12. a4 bxc4 13. bxc4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. 0-0 h6 16. Nh4 Be6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21. Rb1 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Rxf3 Qe7 25. Qd2 Rfe8 26. Rf1 Ra7 27. Bd1 Kh7 28. Bg3 Be3 29. Qe2 Bg5 30. Qd2 Bxd2 31. Rxf7 Kg8 32. Bxd6 Nxd3 33. a5 Nb2 34. Re1 Rf8 35. Rfxe7 Rxe7 36. Bxe7 Rf4 37. Bg5 1-0

Rapid Transit Winners
The weekly Wednesday evening Rapid Transit Tournament held at the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave., was won by R. W. Banner of Orange. Second place went to J. Belzer, third to H. Rogosin. The tournament is open to anyone and visitors are welcome at all times.

L. A. County League Meeting
A full 1953 program of dynamic chess events for Los Angeles was mapped out at the Jan. 8 meeting of the County Chess League board of directors. The schedule of events with tentative starting dates set are:
City Playground Championship Tournament—March 14.
City Senior High School Championship Tournament—March 21.
Interclub team matches—March 27.
North-South match—Memorial Day week end.
Preliminaries, State Championship Tournament—June 1.
State Championship and State Open Championship—Labor Day week end.
Club championship tournaments—September and October.
County Championship Tournament—Nov. 1.
Pacific Coast Championship and Pacific Coast Women's Championship Tournaments—Dec. 20.
The above schedule will leave July 27 to Aug. 8 free for Los Angeles players who wish to play in the National Open Championship in Milwaukee.
County League officers elected for 1953 were Charles Edward Gray, president; Nathan Negley, vice-president; William Wheeler, treasurer, and John Keckhut, tournament director.

January 04, 1953 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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L. A. Times Problem No. 2405 By H. Jonsson
White mates in two.
FEN 3K1R2/2pQ4/R3p3/2p2N1P/4k3/4pNp1/qP2p1r1/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-R7;
1. Qh7 Qxa6 2. Ne7#
1. Qh7 Qd5+ 2. Nd6#
1. Qh7 e1=N 2. Ne7#

L. A. Times Problem No. 2406 By J. Fridlizius
White mates in three.
FEN 1n6/N5pr/8/2pk2pp/K2NR1P1/b7/2Pp2Q1/n7 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B8;
1. Nc8 c4 2. Rf4+ Kc5 3. Ne6#
1. Nc8 Nd7 2. Ne7+ Kc4 3. Nb5#

Imre Konig Simultaneous
Imre Konig, international master who recently came from England, will give his first simultaneous exhibition and lecture in Los Angeles at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave., Sunday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m.
Because there are only 20 boards available early reservations is advisable. Call WEbster 18817. Konig is author of several chess books which he will be glad to autograph.
Any club or group interested in having Konig for exhibition or lecture please write your editor, care of the column.

Wilshire Chess Club vs. Hollywood Chess Group
The Wilshire Chess Club was guest last Sunday of the Hollywood Chess Group. A 10-board match was played. The old-timers of the Hollywood Chess Group proved their skill over the youngsters of the Wilshire Club, which consists of an enterprising group of college students. The score was 7-3 in favor of Hollywood Chess Group. Wilshire had the white pieces on the odd-numbered boards.
Below are some of the games and individual results:

Fisher (white) vs. Gibbs (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-Q5 3. P-K4 P-QB4 4. P-Q3 N-QB3 5. B-B4 P-B3 6. P-K5 B-N5 7. PxP NPxP 8. P-KR3 B-R4 9. B-K2 P-K4 10. B-R2 N-R3 11. P-KN4 B-N3 12. P-N5 N-B2 13. PxP QxP 14. B-N3 B-K2 15. Q-N3 O-O 16. QN-Q2 N-N5 17. B-R4 Q-K3 18. BxB QxB 19. KR-N K-R 20. QxN P-QR4 21. N-K4 BxN 22. PxB P-R5 23. Q-Q2 P-Q6 24. B-B N-B7ch 25. K-Q2 NxR 26. QxN N-Q3 27. B-N2 NxBPch 28. KxP P-N4 29. Q-QB QR-Qch 30. K-B2 RxN! 31. BxR R-Q7ch 32. QxR NxQ 33. KxN Q-Q3ch 34. K-B2 Q-Q5 35. R-N2 P-B5 36. K-B P-R6 37. B-R5 PxPch 0-1

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e4 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bf4 f6 6. e5 Bg4 7. exf6 gxf6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 e5 10. Bh2 Nh6 11. g4 Bg6 12. g5 Nf7 13. gxf6 Qxf6 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Qb3 0-0 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. Bh4 Qe6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Qxb4 a5 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. dxe4 a4 23. Qd2 d3 24. Bf1

Daniel Amneus (white) vs. Eugene Levin (black)
Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Ranken Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. N-QB3 N-QB3 4. B-N5 P-QR3?! 5. BxN QPxB 6. NxP B-QB4? 7. O-O O-O 8. P-Q3 R-K 9. B-B4 B-Q3 10. P-Q4 Q-K2 11. NxQBP PxN 12. P-K5 B-QN5 13. PxN QxP 14. BxP B-B4 15. P-QR3 BxN 16. PxB Q-N3 17. R-R2 R-K2 18. B-K5 QR-K 19. R-N2 P-B3 20. P-KB4?? PxB 21. BPxP R-KB2 22. Q-K2 R-KB 23. R-K B-K3 24. QR-N R-B7 25. QxR RxQ 26. KxR QxBPch 27. K-N B-Q4 28. R-N8ch K-B2 29. R-Bch K-K3 30. R-B2 QxBP 31. R-N7 Q-K8ch 32. R-B Q-K5 33. RxNP QxQPch 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6? 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Bc5? 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 Re8 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. d4 Qe7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 Bb4 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bxc7 Bf5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qg6 17. Ra2 Re7 18. Be5 Re8 19. Rb2 f6 20. f4?? fxe5 21. fxe5 Rf7 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Re1 Be6 24. Rb1 Rf2 25. Qxf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qxc2+ 27. Kg1 Bd5 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29. Rf1+ Ke6 30. Rf2 Qxc3 31. Rb7 Qe1+ 32. Rf1 Qe4 33. Rxg7 Qxd4+ 0-1

Carl Marko (white) vs. Fred S. Hazard (black)
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP P-KN3 5. B-K3 B-N2 6. N-QB3 P-Q3 7. P-KR3 N-B3 8. P-KN4 Q-R4 9. N-N3 Q-B2 10. B-N2 B-K3 11. P-B4 B-B5 12. N-Q2 N-QR4 13. P-N4 B-QR3 14. N-Q5 NxN 15. PxN N-B5 16. NxN QxN 17. R-QN R-QB 18. B-KB Q-K5 19. K-B2 RxPch 20. B-Q2 QxPch 21. K-K Q-N6mate

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. g4 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg2 Be6 11. f4 Bc4 12. Nd2 Na5 13. b4 Ba6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Bf1 Qe4 19. Kf2 Rxc2+ 20. Bd2 Qxf4+ 21. Ke1 Qg3#

October 25, 1952 Montreal Gazette The Game of Kings by D.M. LeDain

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Chess 25 Oct 1952, Sat The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com

World Championship Interzonal
Alexander Kotov, USSR, won the Interzonal at Saltsjobaden, Sweden, by a wide margin, going through undefeated. Four of his seven draws went to his fellow-countrymen who qualified with him for entry into next year's Candidates tourney. Auerbach's tie was broken by the Sonneborn-Berger system.
Canada's Paul Vaitonis added draws with R. G. Wade, H. Pilnik and H. Golombek in the closing rounds.

October 11, 1952 Montreal Gazette The Game of Kings by D.M. LeDain

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Chess 11 Oct 1952, Sat The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com

October 04, 1952 Montreal Gazette The Game of Kings by D.M. LeDain

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Chess 04 Oct 1952, Sat The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com

World Championship Interzonal
Current scores of all the competitors at Saltsjobaden, Sweden, are: Kotov (USSR) 7-0; Stahlberg (Sweden) 6-2; Petrosian (USSR) 5½-2½; Geller (USSR), Szabo (Hungary) and Taimanov (USSR) 5-2 each; Barcza (Hungary) and Pachman (Czech.) 4½-2½ each; Gligoric (Yugoslavia), Matanovic (Yugoslavia), Pilnik (Argentina) and Auerbach (USSR), 4-4 each; Sanchez (Venezuela) 3½-4½; Stoltz (Sweden) 3-4; Wade (New Zealand) and Unzicker (W. Germany) 3-5 each; Eliskases (Argentina) and H. Steiner (USA) each; Golombek (England) 2-6; Vaitonis (Canada) and Prins (Holland) 1-7 each, Julio Bolbochan, Argentina retired after the second round, due to illness.

June 08, 1952 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 08 Jun 1952, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Sunday, June 08, 1952

World Championship Match
The match held at Moscow last year was the outstanding event for 1951 with official challenger David Bronstein putting up a sturdy fight against the title-holder, Mikhail Botvinnik. The 24-game match ended in a tie after each had won 5 games, the other 14 having been drawn. The match had special historic importance as it marked the first time that the event had come under the control of the world chess governing body, FIDE, which also instituted the system of preliminary play-downs held in various parts of the world during the previous 4 years to find the most worthy challenger.
There are still flaws in the system which give some countries an advantage in securing an overbalanced representation at various stages, but experience should enable the FIDE to arrive at an equitable arrangement. In any case the system is a vast improvement over the situation which obtained with the champion as the autocrat of the chess-table, making his own rules and regulations and picking his own challengers.

World Championship Scroll
Ruy Lopez (Spain)         1570-1575
Leonardo (Italy)          1575-1587
Greco (Italy)             1622-1634
Philidor (France)         1747-1795
Deschappelles (France)    1815-1820
LaBourdonnais (France)    1820-1840
St. Amant (France)        1840-1843
Staunton (England)        1843-1851
Anderssen (Germany)       1851-1858
Morphy (U.S.A.)           1858-1861
Anderssen (Germany)       1862-1866
Steinitz (Austria)        1866-1895
Emanuel Lasker, (Germany) 1894-1921
Capablanca (Cuba)         1921-1927
Alekhine, Dr. (France)    1937-1946
Euwe, Dr. (Holland)       1935-1937
Alekhine, Dr. (France)    1937-1946
Vacant                    1946-1948
Botvinnik (USSR)          1948-?

And here a game from the recent Russian Championship

Tigran V Petrosian vs Nikolai Kopilov
USSR Championship (1951), Moscow URS, rd 1, Nov-11
Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 0-1

(a) H. Golombek in the British Chess Magazine says, “If ever a position merited the description ‘critical’ this one does. The text allows Black to instil fresh vigor into his attack. With the simple, if restrained, 17. PxP! he destroys all chances of any attack by Black. For if then (a) 17. … BxQP; 18. BxPch KxB; 19. QxB N-B3; 20. RxB R-KB1; 21. Q-K4ch and wins. Or (b) 17. … B-Q3; 18. R-K4, winning the N; or (c) 17. … NxBP; 18. KxN B-R5ch; 19. K-N2 Q-N5ch; 20. K-R1 BxR; 21. Q-K2, followed by RxB.

January 03, 1952 The Guardian Chess, London, Manchester

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Chess 03 Jan 1952, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Geller vs. Keres
Included in the scores of the recent U.S.S.R. championships were: Keres 12 points; 2. Geller and Petrosian 11½-4; 4. Smyslov 11½; 5. Botvinnik 10; 6. Averbach, Bronstein and Tajmanov 9; 9. Aronin and Flohr.
The result strongly supports the doubts which were expressed recently in this column, whether tournaments and their vagaries really provide the best method of producing a candidate for a world championship match. Had this contest been the “candidates tournament.” normally an even stronger contest both the actual world champion, Botvinnik, and Bronstein, the runner-up, still in our opinion the strongest players, would have been out of the running.

November 01, 1959 It's Your Move by Russ Kime, The Journal-Times, Racine, Wisconsin

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It's Your Move 01 Nov 1959, Sun The Journal Times (Racine, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com

June 18, 1959 Chess With Sam Laird, Courier Post, Camden, New Jersey

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Chess With Sam Laird 18 Jun 1959, Thu Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

October 04, 1959 Chess by Blake Stevens Express and News, San Antonio, Texas

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Championship Chess 04 Oct 1959, Sun Express and News (San Antonio, Texas) Newspapers.com

September 13, 1959 Speaking of Chess, Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia by Edward M. Foy

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State Congress Here Was Handled Smoothly 13 Sep 1959, Sun Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, West Virginia) Newspapers.com

January 08, 1959 Chess With Sam Laird, Courier Post, Camden, New Jersey

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Chess With Sam Laird 08 Jan 1959, Thu Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

October 11, 1959 It's Your Move by Russ Kime, The Journal-Times, Racine, Wisconsin

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It's Your Move 11 Oct 1959, Sun The Racine Journal-Times Sunday Bulletin (Racine, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com

December 13, 1959 Speaking of Chess, Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia by Edward M. Foy

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Speaking of Chess 13 Dec 1959, Sun Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, West Virginia) Newspapers.com

October 11, 1959 Chess by Blake Stevens Express and News, San Antonio, Texas

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Championship Chess 11 Oct 1959, Sun Express and News (San Antonio, Texas) Newspapers.com

December 13, 1959 It's Your Move by Russ Kime, The Journal-Times, Racine, Wisconsin

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It's Your Move 13 Dec 1959, Sun The Journal Times (Racine, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com

September 20, 1959 Speaking of Chess, Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia by Edward M. Foy

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Speaking of Chess 20 Sep 1959, Sun Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, West Virginia) Newspapers.com

September 27, 1959 Speaking of Chess, Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia by Edward M. Foy

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Rapid-Transit Chess Event Is Scheduled 27 Sep 1959, Sun Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, West Virginia) Newspapers.com

May 15, 1959 Chessically Yours by Henry Overeem Paterson, New Jersey

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Chessically Yours 15 May 1959, Fri The News (Paterson, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

June 06, 1959 Chessically Yours by Henry Overeem Paterson, New Jersey

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Chessically Yours 06 Jun 1959, Sat The News (Paterson, New Jersey) Newspapers.com