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October 13, 1940 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 13 Oct 1940, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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CHESS Oct. 13, 19tO I. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1129 By T Taverner White mates In two. (Wh. 8; B1.-4) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1125: Q-QR7. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1126: No solution. We received solutions from the follow ing: A. D. Reynolds. A. Asper (welcome to our ladder.) A. Q. Karn, Dr R. H. Ross, G. B. Gee, J. P. Walsh, L. H. Rudelson, C. P. Ford. R. D. Waver, W. Hermon, J. T, Watson. J. O. Dodge, E. L. Danlells, G. A. Hall, H. P. Matosian, M. Rudholm, J. B. Faulkner, W. B. Tudor, H. Bruhm, H. J. Gilmore. L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1130 By C. 8. Kipping "A White mates In three. iWh. 11: BL .) COMBINATIVE PLAT By Dr. Max Zuwe (World Champion. 1935-37) 10. COMBINATIONS IN THE END-GAME. The seventh position occurred In the game Dr. Tartkower-F. D. Yates, New Vork. 1924. White is a pawn ahead, but this advantage is not of much importance because White's majority on the queen's side and tn the center Is blocked. The game would have finished as a draw if White had not found the following nice combination: DIAGRAM 7 ft"" tfcwf.m fpMffA Jf-k-s 'i, & ,A ' i ft'. ; A . 4 ' A h4i 4 .9 w. ' 1 ; ' e i t , r;1 r ' 4 ' '3 ,e3 I 1. BxP! It Is not difficult to see that Black loses at once if ha takes the bishop: 1. . . . PxB; 2. R-R6ch K.-B2; 3. RxRPch K moves; 4. P-Kt6. etc. But the point of White's combination is much deeper. .
R-KB2! Apparently very strong, because if the bishop moves 2. . . RxPch follows, with a satisfactory game for Black. J. R-QKtlt! This is the point of white's combination. It is clear that Black must protect his QK'P. K-B3 3. P-Qch! Another fine move. If 3. . . . KxP; 4. RxPch K-B2; S. R-KB61 decides. K-Ql 4. B BS! As the white king can penetrate via C5. the loss of tha KBP has no importance now. RxPch 8. K-OI Kt-Q2 6. R-ORI K-Bl 7. r-r:i Black resigned DIAGRAM 8 "1 1 i orfn " " " " ?" 1 "& I" This It a Dosition from the game 1927. toiKmoch - Niemzovitch. Niendon.
Black is a pawn up but there ts not much chance to realise this advantage because of the bishops of opposite celnrs. !can be forced past, the black souare at - , . . -Kt!S 3. . . r-rs fiiiowea by p-rs p-RsfTtc. Forced. After 2. BxR PxB; 3. PxP ;K - Kt4; 4. K-B3 KxP; and 5. . . . P-B6 (decides. i tkm Threatening to win by 3. P-Bk, te. a. r-Ki.vn Kit 4. R-R3 F-BS And Black won easily b the co-orra- Hnn nf trtn rA nitt.H na,-. Th.,. followed. 5 r-ku k-bs-, . p-B4 kp: If. K-BZ K-EJ. S. K.-K1 F-QV, 9. K K-Q4, 10. K-B3 B-K;3;
International Chess Master. Address all mail to Chess Editor - 12. K-B2 P-Kt7i 13. P-B5 KPxPs 14. P-KS B-B3. White resigned. . (To be continued)
On request the writer Is publishing a series ef games which were played aa far back as 15 years.
Manhattan Chess Club championship tournament, Nov. 29. 1929: FOUR KNIGHTS OPENING Jackson White 1- P-K4 2- Kt-B3 3- Kt-B3 4- B-KtS 5- 0-0 6- P-03 7- B-K15 8- PxB ft-R-K 10-P-O4 BtelnerlJackson Steiner Black KtPxB K-R R-KKt B-02 P-B4 5R- R-Kt3 Kt-R4 CR-KKt Kt-K8 Q-RS QxPcht S'einer Black " Kt-K4 Kt-K'3 R-K Black White P-K4 Kt-QB3 Kt-B3 B-Kt5 O-O P-C33 BxKt 14- BxKt. 15- Q-Q3 16- Kt-2 17- P-B3 18- P-OB4 19- P-QS 20- Q-K2 Q-K221-0-B2 Kt.-Qi22-Kt-Kt3 B-Kt5j23-R-K2 Kt-K3 24-R-Q2 P-KKt4i2S-B-J3 Kt-BSI26-Resttng 11- B-KB 12- B-R4 13- B-Kt3 Berman White Btelner Black P-X4 Kt.QB3 Kt-B3 Berman White 10- KtxP 11- B-K2 1- P-K4 2- KI-KB3 3- B-B4 4- P-Q3 5- 0-0 6- P-KR3 7- Kt-B3 8- Q-Q2 9- P-Q4 12-P-B4 B-B4i 13-B-Q3 P-B4 P-Q3 ! 14-Ktl Q41 -Kt5 P-BS P-KR3il5-KtxP OxKt O-O 18-P-K5 K-R2 17-Resign PxP1
(Dec. 4. 1929) SCOTCH OPENING PxB! Kusman Steiner I Kusman B'einre E'fk R-K5 K-K B-K3 White 1- P-K4 2- Kt-KB3 3- P-O 4- KtxP 5- Kt-B3 6- KtxKt 7- B-Q3 8- Pxp 9- Q-K2 10- KxQ 11- Kt-K5 12- B-KB4 13- KR-Q 14- P-B4 15- OR-Kt 16- K-B Black White Kt-B3 P-K4 PxP Kt-B3 B-QKt5 KtPxKt P-Q4 Q-K2ch QxQch PxP 17- BxBP 18- Kt-C4 19- B-KKt3 20- R-K 21- RxRch 22- R-K 23- P-KB3 24- PxKt 25- B-R4 2S-R-Q 27-RxB 23-PxP 29- K-Kt 30- R-Q 31- K-R 32- Resigns. KtxR P-KB4 RxP F-B3 P-KKt4 PxB P-RS BxPch P-B8 P-B7ch B-KtS B-R4 K-Q B-Q2 . R-OKt R-Kch PxP
Match game Sept. 22, 1929: QUEENS PAWN OPENING Steiner White 1- P-64 2- Kt-KB3 3- B-B4 4- QKt-Qa 3-P-K3 6- Kt-R4 7- KtxB 8- Q-B3 9- 0-0-0 10- B-Q3 11- BxB 12- OxP 13- Q-B3 14- Q-Kt3 15- RPxQ 16- QR-B 17- Kt-B3 18- BxKt 19- Kt-Kt5 20- R-R4 21- K-02 22- P-KB3 Palmer. Steiner BiacklWhite P-Q4i23-PxP P-OB3I24-KR-R B-B4!25-Kt-R3 P-K3;2-Kt-B4 Palmer Black KR-KB R-B4 Kt-E3 K-B2 P-KKI.4 K-K3 R-KB P-K'S R-KKt K-B2 Kt-B327-Kt-33 B-Q3 PxKt 23-Kt-K5ch 29- K-Q3 30- OR-KKt It-Kt-KrK ' Kt-K5 Kt-Q2 QKt-B3i32-Kt-B4ch QxB ' 33-P-K4 P-KKt3j34-P-K5 R(B4-K:4 Kt-K PxP RxR Kt-K'2 Kt-B4 R-Kt Kt-K'4 33-PxP QQ 36-RxR Kt-KtS37-K-K3 P-KB4i38-KxP Kt-K5i39-P-QB3 BPxB0-P-KKt4 P-KR3 41-K-B2 P-KR442-Kt-B5 K-K2 1 43-K-K13 PxP i Kt.RSrh Kt-Kt3 K-K3 Resigns New York State championship 1929: SICILIAN DEFENSE Steiner Santa sierei Steiner Santasiere White Black White Black 1-P-K4 P-QB4 19-P-QP3 ' B-E4 2-Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 20-KR-K Q-Q 1 3-P-G4 PxP 21-P-KKt4 B-K5 4- KtxP Kt-B3 22-P-K13 BxB 5- Kt-B3 P-Q3 23-PxR BiKt2xP 6- B-C32 P-KKt3 24-QxB PxP 7- 0-0 B-KI2 25-Q-K4 Q-B4 8- B-K3 O-O'2S-0R-Kt R-K' 4 9- P-KR3 P-QR3 27-RxR PxR 10- P-B4 B-Q2 28-QxKP B-B3 11- Kt-Kt3 R-QB 29-Q-K8ch K-K2 12- B-B3 Q-B2 30-B-B2 CxRP 13- Kt-Q5 KtxKt 31-P-Kr5 B-BS 14- PxKt Kt-R4 32-QxKtP 0-B7 15- KtxKt QxKt 33-Q-Kt8 -Q7 1IS-P-B3 R-B5 34-QxQP B-QS 17- Q-Q2 F-OKt4 35-BxBch OxBrh 18- Q-KB2 R-t3Kt 36-K-R Resign
New York Club championship, 1925: QUEEN'S PAWN Steiner . Liebinsteln Steiner Liebinstein White Blsck White Blrk 1- P-Q4 Kt-KB3 19-Q-R4 R-B3 2- Kt-KB3 P-Q4 20-RxR OvR 3- P-B4 P-K3 21-Q-GR3 F-QR3 4- Kt-B3 B-K2 22-R-QB O-Ql 5- B-Kt5 CKt-2 23-R-Kt B-B 6- P-K3 Kt-K5 24-Q-B3 Q-KB 7- BxB QxB 25-Q-K? C-K3 8- R-B KtxKt 26-B-B2 Kt-K 9- PxKt P-QB3 27-B-R4 Kt-Q3 10-B-Q3 O-O 28-Q-B5 B-K3 U-PxP KPxP 29-R-Kt6 R-3 12- 0-0 . R-K 30-B-Kt3 K-B 13- Q-B2 P-KKt3 31-P-KR4 B-B 14- KR-K P-KB4 32-QxQp K-Kt2 13-P-B4 Kt-B3 33-P-R3 Q-B2 16- PxP PxP 34-P-R6ch K-BJ 17- Kt-KS B-K3 35-Kt-B7! Resign 18- P-KR3 KR-QB Manhattan Chess Club championship, 1927: QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING Steiner White 1- Kt-KB3 2- P-B4 3- KNB3 4- P-Q4 5- P-K3 6- KNK5 7- P-B4 8- BPxKt 9- KtxKt 10-Q-Q2 U-P-KI3 12- B-Kt2 13- QxB Samuels White 1- KI-KB3 2- P-QB4 3- P-QKI3 4- B-Kt2 SKt-R4 6- P-KR3 7- P-KKt,4 8- Kf-B3 5- B-Kta Bartha Steiner . Black White Kt-KB3 14-0-0 P-B3 15-B-Q2 P-Q4 16-QR-B B-B4 17-Q-K3 P-K3 18-P-QR4 QKt-Q2 19-B-B3 KtxKt 20-QR-Q Kt-K5 21-K-B4 BxKt 1 22-QR-KB Q-R5ch23-Q-RS Q-Q 24-R-KT4 BxBj2S-Q-R8 PxP'28-R-BS ' ENGLISH OPENING Barth Black B-K2 O-O Q-Q4 P-QK'4 P-QR3 P-QB4 Q-K'2 QR-K PxRP B-Q Q-Q4 P-Kt3 Resign S'einer Black R-Q B-QB4 PxP O-O P-K4 ' , Q-B3 P-Ki BPxKts KtxKP BxHI Q-Ktfifh B-Q4 Steiner Black Kt-KB3 P-Q4 B-B4 P-K3 Samuels White 15-5R-Kt 1H-Q-B 17- Q-B4 18- KtPxP B-KKtS 19-B-KB3 B-R4 20-Q-B Kt-K3l21-B-R3 B-KI3j22-KrxB Kt-2 B-Kt5ch KHK31-B3 23-PxP 10- P-O3 11- K-B 12- Kt-R4 13- Kt-R3 14- Kt-B2 24-K-KtJ ' 23-BxR 28-K-B P-B3 B-K2,27-Resign
Q-KU1 League matches, Marshall C.C. vs. Hungarian C.C.. New York. Feb. 25. 1928: QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING ! Steiner" Smirka ISteiner Smirk i White Blsrklwhtie Biacg ! 1-P-Q4 Kt-KB3I2S-Bx8 ; 2-Kt-B3' P-K3I28-B-R3 Kf-K'J I 3-P-B4 P-QKt3j27-R-KKt Q-Kl 1 4-P-KKt3 B-K'2i28-P-RS! p, I 8-B-Kti B-K2!23-Kt-BSI 7xK S-O-O 0-Ol3ft-KtPxB P-P 7- KI-B3 P-Q.l'31-KtxRP Kt-Rl 8- 0-P2 QKt-OlM32-R-K;. K'-f 9- P-K4 Kt-Kjl.l-R-PS P-KiJ 10- P-Q-( P-K4i34-Kt-Kt8cll K'vKt 11- Kt-Q' B-B.33-PxKt KiQS 12- P-KR3! P-CR4!3;-0-i3 P-KS4 13- P-Kt.l KI-B4 37-KPvP , R-KPt :14-P-KSt4 P-Kt3 -(-RS p.Kl IS-B-Rh . Kt-KK' 2 30-K-lt Kt Ht 18-Kt-K3 P-KH3 41-B-KI4 P-Kt 17-P-R1 P-R5 41-PxP JC'X.P 1R-P-K'4 K'-Kt 41R-B, R r. I 1B-RR-Q R-RJ 14 1--,"4 K.'-04 120- K-P2 B-153 44 S-K'J K Kt 121- R-KKt K -Ri.VR-K Kt-B1 '22-B-B Q-KK' Ul-QxKl Q 1 ;23-P-F4 B-KB:47-Q-K3 Re 124-R-K.t) Kt-K I.

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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.

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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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