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August 11, 1940 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 11 Aug 1940, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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CHESS Aug. 11. 1940 LA. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1111 BY A. ELLERMAN White mates In two. (Wh. 6; Bl. 13.) L.A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1112 BY C. SCHWEDE. . White mates In three. (Wh. 9; Bl. 11) Correctloa In Problem 1106. the Black Pawn is on QB4 and not on KB4. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1107: Q-R3. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1108: R-K3. We received solutions from the following- J O D oAe, M. Rudholm, Rev. P. Prichard. J. Fonseca, W. L. Koethen. H. Bruhu, H. J. Gilmore, A. O. Karn, R. Ben-ne. J. C. Drake, R. H Strobe! L. Shen-pard, W. Harmon, E. H Schadee, C. P. Ford D. R. H. Ross, O. R. Halton. C M. Cole. O A. Hall tsorry for the mistake.) J. P. Walsh, H. Matosian. CLL'B NEWS THE HOLLYWOOD OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The finals of the Hollywood open championship began on last Friday night at th. headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave., with , the following players: E. Kovacs. G. Reln- h.rH, w Helnhardt, Mrs. K. Ulster, jT Weisslein. "Visitors are welcoms. Herman Steiner will give a simultaneous exhibition next Wednesday evening at 8 p m at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group.
108 N. Formw Av reservations may be made by eallli g WE-B817 Mr. Stelner will leave short y JTr V.. -kt. h. m oarticipate m the T American Chess Federation Tourna- m,M hlcn urt COMBINATIVE PLAT BY DR. MAX EUWE. (World champion, 1935-37.) . THE PAWN SACRIFICE .. ,.. main tains the expert. In contrast to the ! scorii-lul popular belief which says, the big- ..' .i.rt th. mrtr. h.ailtlfUl It aer ui . is. iniA ,h. matter, one dls- dus on aui" - y ... - : Icoverg that the fineness oi ine - u. ial kg.
at I FvtrV Helf rlDCe .iner that do..; "not obt.m Pn m automatic mate I And nowever omum". ... bishops or knightseven without m'trjM compensatlon-a clear objective bringing success in a few moves la epnt''-,.. n u otherwise with pawn sacrifices. ,;. . mmtake by this, the smallest. V,hrr i after a long sirusmo " .7-,. Vl-ar Viimoensa' -t 'r,rff.nf -j'S''" ?7r,ct does not .net . On. can ony Hop. t ".'IJ'.ckeV'puy. more ijiu at.- m-jh m-rjoic. .miata L"; .,u.iuieaiion- light-he.rted sacrifice of P".fl" .n"1 offer in itself a prospect of making Immense difficulties. Who can say that the opponent may not easily overcome these little, incalculable obstacles and then win on the basic material position? How can we know that continually P''n and if possible, greater obstacles In the way of the opponent will lead to success? in earlier days one answered such questions with a definite affirmative for the sacrifice and merrily played such npen- iinas ss the Evsns Gambit ana me rj.i"ss But Ine aeveioi'mrui.
u. 111 la change of mind and today caution i and Inrerlslon take ine Place oi srn-ctmimr... i?iinriii. i inn ,..v.v. ------ the Kings aamoit: or i. r-nt, ' KI-KBS. Kt-QBSl 3. B-BI, B-Wl i F-ttKII, the Evans Gambit. In a strict sense It Is only this kind of example that can fairly claim the name of pawn sacrifice. Taking as passive Pawn sacrifices those cases where the opponent maKes efforts to win a pawn, w have the classic example of the offer of the queen a knight pawn by White or Black.
in very many openings there Is a possibility of either side playing at an early atase Q-KI3, attacking the opponents pawn at bis CM as well as the pawn at his QKt2. In these cases one has the .. i.BUin 1, In Ihm nnuo- nent to make the unpleasant choice between either taking the pawn and the consequences (often a number of retreating moves with the queen which lose a lot of time,) or refusing the pawn and so making pointless the previous ouern move: Q-KI3 The winner In such cases Is he who most earemiiy weigns mr - 'harm t necessarily the oi snare oi wnai -win n'mc. one wno oners ine narri- gr. -eg cam following game nerwrrn bridge Hormes. iw. 1 P-KI. P-K4I 2 Kt-KBT Kt-KBSt 3. 4 Kl-B:l. KUPs 5 P-OI. P-t B-0:i. B-KSi 7. O-O. Kt-B:ii R.HI R-KKtfil 9 P-B:t. P-Bll 1U.
QKI-Qi. O-Oi 11. Q-KCt. Here we have the critical move, While has sought this position hoping to get his opponent into difficulties through the pin on the pawn at Q and the elmul-taneoua attack on OKt2. This Is, however, a bad policy. 11. , . . K-Rl! Black removes the pin on the nueen s pawn, not bothering with the knight s pawn If White does not take this pawn now the point of hl whole maneuver Is lost. Co'veting the attacked knight and threatening simultaneously to win the nueen With 13, . . Kt-Kt5l 14. PxKt, R-QKtJ. 13 Q-K13, R-KI3. White has won the pawn but now It is not easy to see.
how he will continue. He has made three moves with his queen but It is still not In a good position and consequently the adventure has cost at. least four tempos. The rule for making the sacrifice of a pawn particularly in the opening -Is that three tempos are sufficient comnensatton for a pawn, 14. K-BI, R-Ktli IV Q-B!, B-3 18. P-Klt't. B-RIi 17, P-OR.1. Q-B.1. Black Is In an overwhelming position 18. KI-K5.
diagram i Already While Is aware that h must the the pawn back to obtain some freedom of movement. But he is too t ! J ' J. Z HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor Black can win quickly now with 18. ... BvAt: 19. PxB. G-Kt4! If 20. P-KKt3, KtxP!) He played Instead the weaker 18 ... BxKt; 19. PxB, QxP (insieai of' 19. ... W-Kt! neglecting in t!ie sequence many opportunities of forcing the win and finally making a clumsy mistake through which he lost the game. But wa have given sufficient of the game for our purpose. After this example of the passive pawn sacrifice, we come to our true theme, the active pawn sacrifice.
Prom a game between H Wo!f-A. Rubinstein. Tepliti-Schonau, 1922: Black't position Is superior. He controls the open knieht's file and has a knight which is here much stronger than hia oppenent'a bishop, and finally he hag the better pawn position. A little pustl Is sufliclent finally to tip the balance.
Black begins simply with his queen a rook's pawn offering this, and later still the king s rook's pawn, partly on combinative grounds and partly sensing that their acceptance and the Increase of the sphere of action of the black pieces following their disappearance must, under the circumstances, soon lead to a decision. It Is on the border between a triumphant combination and an instinctive seizing of chances. There followed: 44. F-QR4. After 45. QxP would come 45. . . R-Kt7, threatening 48. . . . Kt-KtSeh, thus. 45. QxP, R-Kt7: 4t. U-KJ, ch: 47. K-Q3, Q-K14 ch; 48. P-B4, Q-K13I and wins. 45. B-KtS, P-R5t 46. Q-KI. O-KRII 47 Q-QBI. R-R:ti 4. B-BI. R-Rl! H-B4. P-R61 ft". B-RJ. Q-R-'l 51. ' Kt-2: 5i. Q-KB1. -R1l 61. R-RI. Kt-Bli 64. Q-QB1. R-QKtl! 65. UxP. R-4)RH! Against the threat of R-Kt7, White had to accept the pawn aacriflce. Now Blaclg has won a new open file. We will sea presently how this positional factor worki out. 6. Q-Kt?, r-s! Providing the queen with an Invadlnt point at K5. That the king g rook's pawn la soon lost does not matter. 57. B-BI. Q-R5I 58.
B-K1. Q-B7t 59. RxP, Q-Khchi fiO. K-KI, Kt-RA! White resigned, for on any queen move. I , Q-K15 or 3-Kt7, 61. ... KtxP l decisive. (Te he continued) UNITED STATES CHAMPION8HIP Mere are some additional scores from the United States tournament: This game decided the United Btelea championship. It would seem aa If Reuben Pine should have won it (say by a more rareful 27 move like P-QN3. or even R-B4 ) At It was, be almost lost the ending.
TWO KNIGHTS DEFENSE Pine White 1- P-K4 2- N-KB3 3- B-B4 4- N-N5 5- PxP 8-B-N5 7- PxP 8- B-K2 8-N-KB3 10- N-K5 11- P-B4 12- 0-0 13- N-OB3 14- PxH 15- P-Q4 1(1 -QxP 17- B-B4 18- K-R1 19- RxN 20- R-KBI 21- U-U. Reshevskf mf-le QR-Kl QxQ V. R-K7! RxR K-B P-QR R-Kt R-QB1 K-K3 K-K4 R-QNl R-Q1 P-R4 PxP P-R5 PxP K-Q4 R-KN1 K-Bl R-NS K-Q4 K-B3 RxP K-Ql R-N R-Q8 R-QN8 R-N7 R-N8 K-Bl 22-B-RS 23- B-Q3 24- Q-N4 25- B-B7! jb-BkN 27-B-B4? 28- QxB 29- P-KN3 m.QxP 31-RxP 32-Q-B3 Prom the recent United States cham pionship: GRUENFELD DEFENSE Reshevskyi Reinfeld Reshevskw Reinfeld White 1- P-Q4 2- P-QH4 3- N-QB3 4- N-B3 5- B-B4 8-P-K3 7- B-Q3 8- BxBP 9- 0-0 10- B-QN3 11- B-K5 12- l'XN 13- BxB 14- P-KR3 15- QxB 18-P-B4 17- P-BS 18- QR-Bl 19- P-Q5 Black White N.KHl 20-BxP RUl't NxP Q-KJ R-Q7 KR-Q1 NxB Q-B3 QxQ. RxR R-Qd R-R8 R-R5 R-R3 kP K-B3 K.S1 P-KN3I 21-BxNP P.04'22-H-K4 B-N2I 23-R-B2 P-B3 O-O PxP QN-Q2 N-N3 KN-Q4 NxN B-N5 KxB BxN Q-B2 N-Q2 QK-Q1 P-K4 PxP 24-KR-QB1 25-QxN 2ti.Q-B3 27- PxQ 28- RxR 29- K-N2 3Q-P-R4 31- K-N3 32- P-B4 33- KxP 34- P-K4 35- P-B3 3-R-B 37-R-B2 Drawn K-B3 SICILIAN Seldman Black P-QB4 P-Q3 PxP N-KB3 P-KN3 B-N2 N-B3 O-O B-K3 N-QR4 R-Bl B-B5 P-QR3 BxB NxN Q-N3 Q-N5 Q-B4 P-K3 KPxP P-Q4 DEFENSE Woliston White 22- P-K5 23- R-QR4 24- B-K1 25- R-KR4 2-K-Nl 27- RXQP 28- N-Q1 29- R-K4 30- QxN 31- PxR 32- Q-B3 33- K-R1 34- PxP 35- N-B2 3W-Q-N4 37-K-N2 3B-K-N1 39- Q-N5 40- KxB 41- Keslgns Seldmsn BlacIC KR-Kl P-QN4 Q-B3 P-Q5 RxP R(B1-Kl N-Q4 NxB RxR RxP B-Q5 Q-Kl RPxP R-K9 R-KS Q-QR1 4. Q-KS BxN Q-K7 Woliston White 1- P-K4 2- N-KB3 3- P-Q4 4- NxP 5- N-QB3 H-B-K2 7- 0-0 8- N-N3 9- K-R1 10- P-B4 11- Q-Kl 12- P-B5 13- B-Q3 14- B-KN5 15- PxB 16- PxN 17- R-R3 18- B-Q2 19- Q-K2 20- P-KN4 21- NPxP SLAV DEFENSE Fine White 1- P-Q4 2- P.QB4 3- N-KB3 4- P-K3 5- QN-Q2 6- NxN 7- N-W2 8- P-BI 9- P-KN3 in-Nxp U-Q-N3 12- B-N2 13- 0-0 14- B-Q2 15- QR-Q1 18-B-B3 17- N-Q2 18- RxN 19- Q-Ql 20- KxB 21- Q-B3 22- P-N3 23- KR-Qt 24- P-QH4 2VP-HS 2-KPxP 27- KxQ 28- BxP 29- R-QN1 Kashdan B!ack P-Q4 P-QB3 N-KB3 P-K3 N-K5 PxN P-KB4 B-Q3 PxP N-Q2 P-B4 O-O Q-K2 N-B3 N-K5 P-ON3 NxN B-N2 BxB QR-Q1 Q-QR2 R-B2 B-BI Q-N2 PxQP QxQ PxP R-Nl B-N5 Fine Kashdan Black BxB RtB2-N2 K-B2 R-Q2 RtNU-Ql R-QNl orti RlNll-NJ R(N2I-B1 RxBP R-NJ RxP R-K5 R-N3 R(N3lxT4 RxP K-B3 R-K7 B-K5 R-KN5 White 30- R-R2 31- RxB 32- K-B4 33- K-KS 3I-P-QN4 35- R-Q1 36- RIQD 37- P-N5 38- R-Rti? 39- R-QK 40- RxKP 41- P-Q5 42- K-Qrt 43- K-B5 44- PxR 45- RxP 48-K-Q4 47- P-R4 48- K-Q3 49- ll-RSf 50- K-K3 51- K-B3 52- R-R7 53- R-Rl' 4- 54- R-R7 55- R-Rrt 56- R-R7 K-B3 P-R4 P-N3 K-B3 K-N2 K-Rl R-K5 Drawn Don't Take My WORD for It! BY FRANK fOI.BV GESTURE N0UX.
A mot ion. of the body or limbs; an act of courtesy or diplomacy. From the large number of questions received by this column about today's word, It is evident that many persons, even those of good education, are not sure whether the first syllable should be like "guess" or like "Jess." The "g" must have the soft sound of "j" as in gem, not the hard sound of "g" aa in get. The second syllable, Jure, as in picture, nature, furniture, nlgnuturr, III era tn re, etc.. mny be pronounced either "clier" or "tyoor, but never "choor." The New Webster's gives "fher" as "the natural pronunciation in general use by unaffected speakers." Correct pronunciation: first choice, JUSS-chcr; second choice, Ji:SH-lyoor. (Capitals Indicate. 'syllables to be accented.) Nte ucau gxte Is a French term that means a graceful ges-. ture or act intended to bo pleasing or conciliatory, neau rhymes with toe; the "g" in rcMo has the "zh" sound as in nznrp. Correct pronunciation: boe.
ZIIKST.. For a personal answer to your questions about words, send a stumped (3-rent.) self-addressed envelope to Frank Colby, care or The Times. Beltesed by tha Bell lyndleate. In. Reshevsky Fine Black White P-K4 33-Q-Q5 N-QB3 34-K-N2 N-B3 35-NxQ P-Q4 36-R-H2 N-QR4 37-KxR P-B3 38-P-B4 PxP 39-P-N3 P-KR3 40-P-QR3 P-K5 41-N-B3 B-Q3 42-K-K3 Q-B2 43-K-Q1 O-O 44-N-NS BxN 45-K-B2 QxP 46-P-QN4 PxP.e p.
47-PxP N-N5 48-P-B5 Q-B4 49-PxP N-B7 50-K-Q3 QxR 51-N-B3 Q-R5 52-N-K2 B-NS 53-K-B3 B-Bt 54-N-B4 f B-K3 55-K-B4 Q-R4 58-P-NS N-B5 57-K-Q5 Q-R9 58-N-Q3 BxB 59-K-B4 P-N4 fiO-N-B4 Q-NS 61-N-Q PxB 62-N-N4J-Q-K3 Dn P-B4.

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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