August 21, 1958 Chess With Sam Laird, Courier Post, Camden, New Jersey

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Chess With Sam Laird: Upset Winner Produced 2d Time by U.S. Open 21 Aug 1958, Thu Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

U.S. Master DiCamillo has annotated two of his victories in the U.S. Open at Rochester, one showing him playing the black side of the Sicilian, the other the white side. The first game was played against Ballbe in the third round. The second is from Round 2 against Marshall Rohland, USCF secretary, and is surely an outstanding brilliancy even for the Philadelphia champion who has been called America's foremost combinative finisher.

Francisco Ballbe Anglada (white) vs. Atillio DiCamillo (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 N-B3 6. QN-B3 B-N2 7. P-B3 Castles 8. B-QB4 Q-N3 9. N-N5 P-QR3 10. N-B5 Q-R4ch 11. B-Q2 Q-Q 12. N-R6ch BxN 13. BxB PxN 14. B-K2 P-Q4 (a) 15. PxP QxP 16. QxQ NxQ 17. BxR KxB 18. BxP N-K6 19. K-B2 NxBP 20. QR-QB N-Q5 21. B-B4 P-KR4 22. KR-N B-B4 23. P-KN4 PxP 24. PxP B-K3 25. P-QR3 N-K4 26. BxB NxB 27. K-N3 P-KN4 28. KR-Q K-N2 29. R-Q5 P-B3 30. P-R3 N-KB5 31. RxN PxR (b) 32. R-B7 K-B3 33. RxNP R-R 34. R-N6ch P-K3 35. K-B3 RxPch 36. K-K4 N-Q4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Bc4 Qb6 9. Ncb5 a6 10. Nf5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Nh6+ Bxh6 13. Bxh6 axb5 14. Be2 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Bxb5 Ne3 19. Kf2 Nxc2 20. Rc1 N2d4 21. Bc4 h5 22. Rhg1 Bf5 23. g4 hxg4 24. fxg4 Be6 25. a3 Ne5 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 27. Kg3 g5 28. Rd1 Kg7 29. Rd5 f6 30. h3 Nf4 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Rc7 Kf6 33. Rxb7 Rh8 34. Rb6+ e6 35. Kf3 Rxh3+ 36. Ke4 Nd5 0-1

(a) R-K risks a strong attack by P-KR4. Still there are some who would prefer playing a piece ahead.
(b) Desperation R-R is threatened with mate to follow.

Attilio Di Camillo vs Marshall Rohland
59th US Open (1958), Rochester, MN USA, rd 2, Aug-05
Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Levenfish Variation Main Line (B71) 1-0

(a) Not PxB because of NxBch.
(b) Or BxP; B-B6ch, K-B; N-Q5, Q-R4; P-QN4, and White will come out ahead.

Alina Markowski v. John Biddle 1955

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Chess News 28 Jan 1956, Sat The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Newspapers.com

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-Q3 N-KB3 3. QN-Q2 N-B3 4. P-B3 P-K4 5. P-K4 PxP 6. PxP B-QB4 7. P-QR4 N-KN5 8. B-N5 NxBP 9. Q-N3 NxR 10. NxP Q-R5ch 11. P-N3 B-B7ch 12. K-Q1 Q-R4ch 13. QN-B3 B-K3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. e4 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5 7. a4 Ng4 8. Bb5 Nxf2 9. Qb3 Nxh1

Bobby Fischer's Adamant Dislike for Garry Kasparov

Wahoo! Brother Bobby, you got that right. Neocons all belong in prison for their war crimes, and Kasparov, is a Neocon… “Neoconservative”
Neocons Should Be Held Criminally Liable for Failed Iraq War Predictions and Damages to Our Country

Has everyone seen the video of the UN's report, evidence of War Crimes committed by Israel? Time to proceed with hearings and hopefully punishments to maximum extent of international law, including the crimes committed by U.S. in Middle East. Great, then everyone understands now why Bobby was angry at U.S. support for Israel.

Neoconservative Garry Kasparov… backing Bush Regime on the Yugoslav sanctions… is very suspect.

Damning evidence if I ever saw any.
The above article mentions Kasparov BACKING BUSH'S REGIME, on the non-crime of Fischer playing Chess in Yugoslavia.

I have long suspected that Kasparov, being Neoconservative, helped pull some strings with his good friends among war hawk neocons to persecute Bobby. He is a Neoconservative after all and a pet of the rightwing Bush/Cheney/John Bolton/Nikki Haley war crime gang that belong in prison. Kasparov has regularly attended Neoconservative political think tanks and speeches and the whole nine yards of a TRAITOR to Democracy.

Bobby Fischer did not like him for a plethora of perfectly reasonable reasons.

I suspect, Kasparov was directly involved in motivating his good friends in the Bush regime, to further single out, harass and —eventually cancel the passport, and jail Fischer.

You know… the Neocons, or Neoconservatives who are solely responsible for all this lawless war hawk mass murder:

Fischer; “He wrote me a letter A COUPLE YEARS AGO…” (putting the date at around 1990.)

The date in which the Bush-Neoconservative War Regime “oddly singled out” Fischer and indicted him for a chess game… while overlooking fraud and crimes of the white-collar corporate shills right beneath the nose of the Bush Justice Department… 1992.

Legal experts & scholars expressed shock and dismay, that of all the possible criminals to go after… the Justice Department selected a chess champion and ignored bigger fish…

New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, December 16, 1992
Fischer Is Indicted Over Chess Match
Games With Spassky Violated Embargo on Yugoslavia Government Charges

Justice's pursuit of Bobby Fischer is embarrassing
The Courier Waterloo, Iowa Wednesday, January 27, 1993 - Page 13

After the brutality, harassment, defamation and personal harm Robert Fischer was forced to endure, perhaps, they were trying to push Bobby Fischer off the edge through their relentless barbarous persecution. They failed. No human being… deserved the dastardly persecution, harassment, stalking, intimidation, threats.

Shame on Kasparov and his poor sense of sportsmanship!

Garry Kasparov's misplaced political loyalties make him untrustworthy as he is a greedy self-serving rightwing fascist bigot.
"The games...have something of the most beautiful that can be played in chess." - Bozidar Ivanovic
"His play is quite good." - Viswanathan Anand

Damn right!

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Saturday, July 17, 2004
Game May Be Over for Chess King Fischer
Former world champ is held in Japan, accused of using an illegal passport. A fugitive since 1992, he faces deportation to the United States.
By BRUCE WALLACE
Times Staff Writer

WAR FOR PROFIT

You simply must check out Kasparov's extensive interviews with Neocon extraordinaire Bill Kristol a few years back, it's all up on Youtube last I checked. Garry truly is an unhinged neocon talking point regurgitator.

— Karate McAwesome (@KarateMc4w350m3) June 11, 2018

An unhinged supporter of mass murder and theft.

Hi, I'm from Venezuela, this whole family has been linked to the dirtiest business that have ever been in he country, from ban fraud to drug trafficking and terrorism.

— Pablo E. Peña P. (@P3P510) June 10, 2018

Kasparov should stick to chess. He comes off as a really unhinged anti-Russia Russian. His book is the only one I ever returned to Amazon for its shitty quality.

— eric_c_anderson (@eric_c_anderson) February 26, 2019

Another highly recommended read:

Book Review: My Great Predecessors Part V by Garry Kasparov
“…Kasparov makes a bad book even worse and wastes many pages trying to prove that Karpov would have defeated Fischer if they had played a match in 1975. That is impossible as Karpov is hopelessly weak against attacks by knights. That is why he persistently lost to Kasparov and that’s why Fischer would have won.”

Fischer bad for chess, Garry Kasparov says 19 Sep 1992, Sat The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) Newspapers.com U.S. officials try to checkmate latest move by former chess champ 28 Aug 1992, Fri The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com Kasparov Scared Stiffski 03 Dec 1992, Thu The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) Newspapers.com

“I'd welcome some girls in chess.”
- Robert J. “Bobby” Fischer to Dick Cavett, 1972

The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saturday, October 20, 1990

The Signal (Santa Clarita, California) 07 Nov 1992, Sat • 21

Fischer boasts of victory, takes swipe at Kasparov 07 Nov 1992, Sat The Signal (Santa Clarita, California) Newspapers.com

Falsely Reported Nixon Invitation by Brad Darrach and Harry Benson

Gaslighting is a cruel, vindictive form of psychological violence. Did Nixon actually invite Fischer (while cut off from communications in Iceland) or did yellow journalist Darrach just make up the whole story and lied to millions of Americans? Robert Fischer confirmed he NEVER received an invitation.

The White House declined comment because there was no truth to the report.

New York Times, August 7, 1972

Harry Benson also made the fake claim that while Bobby was in our church, the Worldwide Church of God, a Pseudo-Christian sect, when Mr. Fischer was a fervent believer he was of the Hebrew tribe of Manasseh and Ephraim (not Jews), Harry Benson reportedly made the claim that Bobby confided, “But they especially don’t want to lose it to a Jew from Brooklyn.”

Only Hitler himself could love the “Jewish Race Lie,” that Zionist propaganda which purports Jews are of a so-called “race” and given special privilege to steal Palestinian land.

Bobby Fischer affirmed in 1984, he was not nor ever had been a Jew, confirming beyond a scintilla of a doubt he was also uncircumcised. Circumcision is a mandatory prerequisite for identifying with Judaism or Jewish customs.

Compartmentalization and Cult

Ethics of APA's Goldwater Rule
“Section 7.3 of the code of ethics of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) cautions psychiatrists against making public statements about public figures whom they have not formally evaluated. The APA's concern is to safeguard the public perception of psychiatry as a scientific and credible profession. The ethic is that diagnostic terminology and theory should not be used for speculative or ad hominem attacks that promote the interests of the individual physician or for political and ideological causes.”
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online June 2016, 44 (2) 226-235,
Barry Goldwater vs. Ralph Ginzburg
Goldwater vs. Ginzburg

An answer I had searched for about Bobby, myself and fellow cult members… in the cult, we were forbidden normal social interaction, somewhat, a ‘secretive life’. This phenomena baffled the outside world. They called Bobby “unpredictable” all the time — Bobby ended up doing something entirely different than what they presumed he would. Some baffled how they did not know Bobby. But, Bobby described doing this… and times he may have seemed to give mixed signals, fitting in the world around him — whilst letting “his other side” slip when he told Larry Evans, “the world is coming to an end,” — as if two separate mentalities are at work,

“…I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too.”
- Bobby Fischer
https://hwarmstrong.com/ar/Fischer.html

I recall doing things like this in my youth. You had to. It was necessary, how else would you function around people who did not share your beliefs, and further, we were forbidden to discuss with the outside world.

It has a name:

“…Psychology defines “COMPARTMENTALIZATION” as a defense mechanism, or a coping strategy, which doesn’t impart a very good connotation. Put simply, it’s how our minds deal with conflicting internal standpoints simultaneously. Some examples would be: a doctor who is religious, but has to separate her belief system from her practice at a women’s health clinic; a man who leaves his office at 6pm, and refuses to think about work for the rest of the evening, so he can enjoy his time with his family or, at its extreme, soldiers who need to file away the trauma of horrific events in their minds, so they can continue operating in battle.
“…Coping strategies are short-term solutions, and they have positive and negative aspects. You want to compartmentalize, but not push out. For instance, those soldiers I just mentioned; pushing out trauma works in combat, but once they come back to their regular lives, they often find those pushed away memories coming back to haunt them, like in cases of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanblair/2012/06/26/5-steps-of-compartmentalization/#5c10965a1a62

Bobby described some of the same psychological damage as described in the following paper, which involves “Compartmentalization” — how cults change people, into a different person, “Disassociation”:

The Dictionary of Psychology states that the term dissociation is
“…Used generally to characterize the process (or its result) whereby a coordinated set of activities, thoughts, attitudes, or emotions becomes separated from the rest of the person’s personality and functions independently. Mild forms are seen in compartmentalization … more extreme forms are observed in the dissociative disorders. (Reber & Reber, 2001)

BOBBY FISCHER:
“…once you start distrusting your own mind, you're finished.”
“…this idea of Herbert's that you can't trust your own thoughts-that's the key doctrine that I think has to be blasted out. I would say that if there's one thing that is the whole essence of Armstrongism, that's it. That's how he screws up your mind. That's how he hangs on to people.”
“The pressure he puts on you! You can't do this, you can't do that, you can't tell your friends this, you can't see unconverted people, you can't eat this, you can't eat that, on the sabbath you have to rest, you have to listen to the radio program every day, you have to study the correspondence course… and then you're supposed to pray…”
https://hwarmstrong.com/ar/Fischer.html

An Investigation into Cult Pseudo-Personality: What Is It and How Does It Form?
“…I was a stranger to myself. Magdalene is still present in me, and her voice is different from mine. I fight her a lot of the time because they told us our parents deserved to die. I am exhausted and mixed up.
Jenny’s very self, and her personality, were sharply changed and deeply and utterly affected by the experience of being with this group of people.”
https://www.icsahome.com/articles/pseudopersonality

Same cult M.O. is described,

“…then they get sucked in, and suddenly a few lies get mixed in. They are told that their human nature is wicked…” -Bobby Fischer

“…She was…told God was angry with her for her “bad attitude,” …Later, they told her God would reject her (she would go to Hell) if she did not change her attitude and become more surrendered to God and the community.” - Jenny

“…and these nice people who gave them all these things wouldn't be lying to them, would they?” -Bobby Fischer

“…She felt angry with herself and ashamed for questioning in the first place… Her fellow’s whole demeanour changed, becoming cold and hard; and she said in a chilling voice that Magdalene had no right to question such a request… She soon learned that, if she complied, she would feel accepted and a part of things, and, if she did not, she would receive similar rebukes and, often, silences.” - Jenny

BOBBY FISCHER:
“…Church members shouldn't let themselves be confused. They begin not trusting in their own judgment, and then they're finished. That's a terrible, terrible thing. First, they get conducted in with a nice sweet program, no money, everything free, free, free. And then they get sucked in, and suddenly a few lies get mixed in. They are told that their human nature is wicked and these nice people who gave them all these things wouldn't be lying to them, would they? And then I think once you start distrusting your own mind you're finished. From there you just get more and more confused. Once you think that your own mind is not your friend any more-your own conscience and your own mind is not your friend-then I think you are on your way to insanity. You have been stripped bare. All your defenses are gone. You must trust Armstrongism, his ministers, doctrines, and organization. Otherwise you're going in the wrong direction, and you know where that leads. Herbert Armstrong claims to be freeing you from the world's churches, freeing you from all the trash you've heard all your life. He's freeing you, and finally you're coming to know the truth that will set you free, free, free, and the next thing you know you are really a zombie..”
https://hwarmstrong.com/ar/Fischer.html

Quacks giving “diagnoses” of Bobby Fischer when experts admit:

“…topics related to cult involvement, something that the mental health field tends to know little about…” - Psychology Today

*THIS* is why if any person attacks or criticizes Bobby Fischer, I feel rage toward them. They completely lack comprehension of the devastation the cult had on Bobby… I remember going the same direction he took with his life, and know exactly how I got there. You're isolated, your activities controlled, taught to question your own mind, judgment, reality, till nothing is left… and an altered reality with persistent threat the “world is coming to an end.” Every news headline, is filtered through the Bible and sanitized by cult leader Armstrong. You are trapped in an altered reality, different than others. And after 15 years of getting threatened with Nazi death camps coming to invade the USA… when he investigated their literature, (he was Autistic in addition to the mess he was in), but was credulous (lacking in life experience due to the cult isolating him for 15 years and conditioning his every thought) — and wasn't prepared to see through the menacing deception that is in Nazi literature. They wrap nuggets of a fact (i.e., yes, there was a man named Karl Marx, but he was an Atheist, not a Jew, and yes, Marx lead the Communist Revolution… not to promote Judaism, as the Nazi lies claim) bits of truth with layers and layers of lies.
Bobby Fischer fell into their trap of deception — in his mind, the “Judeo Bolshevik World Conspiracy Myth” took root.

Most of these experts have dealt with persons who fell prey to one cult, but seldom or never TWO.

Bobby Fischer was preyed on by the

1. The Herbert W. Armstrong Religious Cult
2. The Antisemitic Political Cult

How “intelligent” do Bobby's critics expect him to have been to have magically navigated his way out of such a cult-induced mental hell hole? Hypocrites would've barely survived the first cult, so they should not criticize and condemn what they don't understand themselves. I do understand because I lived through it.

“…I just returned from the International Cultic Studies Association's (ICSA) annual conference and wanted to tell you about soul murder, the term coined by psychoanalyst Leonard Shengold to describe the intentional attempt to stamp out or compromise the separate identity of another person.That is what destructive cults do. My interest in cults grew out of my shock many years ago upon discovering how deeply my brother was involved in Transcendental Meditation (TM), so deeply that he lost the ability to think for himself. Since then I have treated a number of patients who had been profoundly damaged by cults, and when I heard about the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) some years ago, I joined and have attended and presented on topics related to cult involvement, something that the mental health field tends to know little about…”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mind-body-connection/201407/cults-and-the-mind-body-connection

The Brad Darrach article republished in NY Times that claims Bobby planned to buy a house and adapt to a normal life, really bothers me, because everyone knows — that did NOT happen. Fischer's nerves fell apart after 1972. During that same time period (late 1960's and early 1970's) the church was telling members to prepare for the “escape to the place of safety”.

Fischer speaks of it in his 1977 interview, when the church didn't flee, he became very upset with Herbert Armstrong:

“…I thought, “This doesn't seem right. I gave all my money. Everybody has been telling me this [1972 would be the date the WCG would flee to a place of safety] for years. And now, he's half-denying he ever said it when I remember him saying it a hundred times.”
https://hwarmstrong.com/ar/Fischer.html

He'd given all his money to the church (not bought a house) which fits in the scenario given in the “Flying Free From Fundamentalism” account… members were preparing for an exodus. Grummette does confirm Bobby said something to the effect of buying a house(s) (this is NOT an endorsement of Brad Darrach)… but Lina Grummette also states, “…but then who can tell about Bobby?” As if she had reservations, doubts or suspicions that he'd do something entirely different.

That's what I was searching earlier, about cult-related “Compartmentalization” where Bobby described “splitting his life in two pieces” — one person, but living two very different ‘lives’… where people really don't see the other side of who you are and what you really believe. People considered him unpredictable… it's a coping mechanism, and he wasn't allowed to discuss his religion with the public.

I do notice she knows Bobby doesn't like reporters, and yet here she is, speaking to one. I wonder how that boded with Bobby after he found out. The “paranoia” of media, is explained by Grummette… and I really like the way she puts it. This explains a lot of the reason Fischer became very stand-offish toward the media, after 1972-1973.

My guess is Bobby knew a lot of “friends” (as I myself have complained) — they only liked him because he was a chess champion… not for “Bobby” and who he really was. He was distrustful of people, and having Autism, it's really hard to detect what people are really thinking, or ulterior motives. He was distrustful… which may also help account for some of the so-called “paranoia” toward people… thinking people were spying on him to run to the press. Using him for media exposure. After all, they had done it to him, again and again.

Tribute to Robert J. Fischer - Rediscovered Chess Games

These games are labeled “lost” because they were not found on the internet.

All work done in this endeavor is in tribute to the honored memory of Robert James Fischer, 1943-2008.

Have not found on chessgames yet. Three listings exist there for Robert Fischer vs. Robert E. Burger, but this game is...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, January 1, 2021

Three listings exist on chessgames.com for Robert Fischer vs. Robert E. Burger, but this game is not the same game published by George Koltanowski.

Game played in a San Francisco exhibition, 1965.

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 N-B3 4. N-N5 P-Q4 5. PxP N-Q5 6. P-QB3 P-QN4 7. B-B1 NxQP 8. PxN QxN 9. BxPch K-Q1 10. O-O PxP 11. Q-B3 B-N2 12. QxP N-B3 Resigns 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. Bf1 Nxd5 8. cxd4 Qxg5 9. Bxb5+ Kd8 10. 0-0 exd4 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Qxf7 Nf6 Resigns 0-1

• Exhibition game. Bobby Fischer v. Robert Moore, Simultaneous, Los Angeles, California. January 25, 1961.

• Al Horowitz v. Murray Powell, Horowitz Exhibition 1957

• G. Neufahrt v. Frank May, 1956 B.C. Major Championship

• Walter Jursevskis vs Frank May, 1956 B.C. Championship

• Arthur Bisguier v. Andreas Duckstein Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1955

• Mrs. Nanny Roos of Los Angeles and Mrs. G. K. Gresser

• Max Burkett vs. Anthony S. Cantone, 1958 Junior Championship

• Atillo DiCamillo vs. Ballbe, 1958 US Open

• Stasch Mlotkowski v. Bergman, 1921

• Forsberg v. Marshall, 1921. (Greco Counter Gambit).

• William R. Lighton v. F.W. Grabill, Ruy Lopez, 1921.

• Harry N. Pillsbury vs. Everest R. Perry, (Simultaneous Exhibition). Unlisted on the internet, as of 1/14/2020.

• Stasch Mlotkowski v. C. H. Whipple, Evans Gambit.

• Game suggested as possibly played between Morphy v. Martinez 1865

• Holt vs. Perry, Giuoco Piano. 1921.

• Gowdy v. Mlotkowski, 1921, Queen's Gambit Declined.

• Maroczy vs Jennings, February 4, 1925. Blindfold exhibition. No listing on internet/chess game database as of 1/18/2020.

• Carlos Torre vs. E.B. Adams on Saturday, February 07, 1925. Unlisted as of 1/18/2020.

• Lester Samuels vs. Carlos Torre. 1925.

• Meyer. Schroeder. vs. Katz. Maroczy. 1925.

• Pal Benko vs. Donald Byrne, 1958 New Western Open, won by Benko.

• H.M. Phillips vs. C.D. Franz, March 18, 1922

• Howard. L. Dolde vs Fenerstein.

• Demeter v. Kostich

• A.J. McClure vs. Arthur Hale

• Gunlach vs Edward Lasker

• Bergman vs Donald Mugridge

• Edward Lasker vs. Sparrow and Dittus

• Grabill vs. Whipple.

• Lombardy vs. Jones

• A.A. Cohen, Brooklyn C.C., vs Walter Frere Newark Rice C.C.

• Richard Reti vs. Taylor

• Stanton vs. O'Kelly and P. Vaitonis vs. G. Fuster

• Lemaire vs. Pilnik

• Krabbendam, Holland vs Dr. Petar Trifunovic, Yugoslavia

• P. Muller vs. E. Nievergeldt, A. Rothen vs. A. Sieber, E. Klein vs. Joukovsky

• Sherman Walker vs. Al Johnson, M. Velasquez vs. R. Lontoc Jr., Romula Reyes vs C. Benitez

• F. Canon vs E. DeFlaguet

• M. Botvinnik vs H. Grob

• Botvinnik vs Bhend

• J.H. Blackburne vs William Wisker

• Botvinnik vs Rosset

• G. Koltanowski vs Hugo Arnfast

• A. Drago vs Robert Durkin and Wroble vs. Schneider

• Fuller, England vs. Kupper, Switzerland

• G. Rasmussen vs Jack Strong

• E. Walther vs. Dr. P. Leiser and W. Bello vs. J.R. Phillips

• Hamilton, 1868.

• Izak Aloni vs. Laszlo Szabo, Robert G. Wade vs Samuel Reshevsky

• A. Torok (white) H. Heinicke

• H. Emden vs. H. Johner

• Boris Garfinkel vs. Ivan Romanenko

• Bakos vs Sherwin, 1959

• Samuel Reshevsky vs Gideon Stahlberg

• and many others…

Any of the work I do… I want Bobby Fischer given credit for it. He did not have a single true friend while he was living, to speak to him about the historical facts of who and what the Bolsheviks were, and the driving forces behind the Zionist movement… these sleazy political powers, including their Nazi allies, WANTED, ENCOURAGED Bobby Fischer (my church brother) to say things which were slightly inaccurate details in history and current politics. They WANTED him to be in error — to bolster their own destructive, deceptive political movements. So, now, I'm setting the record straight. He was a good man — without a single sincere friend to act as a sounding board on History. He was not insane, but he was surrounded by people who encouraged and nurtured that impression for the public — out of their own agenda to peddle racist, Apartheid political corruption. (Few were the voices of a true friends, who insisted otherwise than the lies belched out by Hollywood and its media outlets). You can bet they were raking in money from it too. Israel pays handsomely for propaganda.

The biggest inaccuracy of all, for starters!

Neturei Karta International … and how I wish somebody would have explained all this to Bobby Fischer!!! He would've used caution not to say “Jew” when he meant “Zionist”. MOST Zionists, are Christian Fundamentalists!!!

Mostly… Bobby Fischer was Historically CORRECT.
Human Rights Watch: Israel Using Draconian Military Orders to Repress Palestinians.
“The Israeli government continued to enforce severe and discriminatory restrictions on Palestinians’ human rights; restrict the movement of people and goods into and out of the Gaza Strip; and facilitate the unlawful transfer of Israeli citizens to settlements in the occupied West Bank.”
World Report 2019: Israel and Palestine.

Bobby Fischer spoke up against #Apartheid in Israel: “The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Bobby Fischer's IQ of 123 Tested by Erasmus Hall High School (Superior Intelligence Range)

Bobby Fischer confirms they never gave him his IQ score. So where does everyone get that he had an 180 IQ (Old Fable), 123 IQ (Pittsburgh Press)? 130 or 140, (“...Although he has a high IQ of 130 or 140…” -Arthur Feuerstein)… Bobby says, they tested him, but (14:02 / 21:10) never gave him the score: https://youtu.be/zIE3CFNpZ5Y?t=841

(Then makes it clear (15:14 / 21:10) he doesn't like discussing these kind of things, i.e., “intellectual gifts”. https://youtu.be/zIE3CFNpZ5Y?t=914)

The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sunday, June 18, 1972 - Page 208
★ ★

The King And His 64 Squares “Bobby, the perpetual Boy Wonder, the prodigy whose IQ tested only 123 at Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, has decided he's going to sock it to the Red Chinese, too.
“I'll play all the best Chinese players at one time,” he hoots. “I'll beat them blind. It was China's idea that we send over our ping-pong team. We wanted to show them that we are good guys, and we got slaughtered. But I'll show them.” Bobby's bravura, both comic and endearing, emerges as he sweeps an imagined opponent's king off the board with boyish glee. Then, he proceeds to set up the pieces for another game of solitaire chess. Somberly, giving Spassky the white pieces, he moves P-Q4 for him. Then he sets his jaw and glares maliciously at the board.

“Said to be of generally superior intelligence by school authorities, Bobby is no better than an average student. His wakeful moments are for chess.”

Boy Chess Champ From Brooklyn 22 Jan 1958, Wed St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com

Is 123 IQ a Good Score?
“Yes, 123 is a good IQ score. In fact, 123 IQ means that you have superior intelligence. A 123 is not on top of the IQ scale, but it is higher than normal.”

The “Nice Round 180 Guesstimate” was repeated the many years, a myth, as Yasser Seirawan said:

“…Tons of garbage was spewed and constantly recycled. Fiction became fact, repeated by one writing after another.”

“…He is also very bright, with an IQ of 123, which places him in the 95th percentile. […]
However, because their IQ is so high, they generally don't qualify for most disability funding arrangements, which would cover an integration aide or other services.
‘We have blind schools, deaf schools and schools for kids with intellectual disabilities … but very few schools for kids with high IQ and a few other behavioural issues. We need something like this in the government system.’
Their high IQ also means they can't enroll in specialist schools, which are mostly designed for students with an intellectual disability.”

In 1958, staff at Bobby Fischer's school were quoted in newspapers. Bobby Fischer confirmed they never gave him his IQ score (https://youtu.be/zIE3CFNpZ5Y?t=841) and Bobby Fischer didn't like discussing such things like IQs and quirks, but that wont stop the 180 IQ myth from circulation! Bad News for the Highly Intelligent: Superior IQs are associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-news-for-the-highly-intelligent/

Star-Gazette Elmira, New York Sunday, January 30, 1972 - Page 77

GSA vs. Erasmus Hall High School
… The keyword in Lee's happiness at GSA is “caring.”
“In New York, teaching is just a job, nobody cares about how you're doing or whether you even come to class,” he said. “It's different up here. The teachers are real friendly and we know we can go to them with our problems.
“It's much easier to study, too, and I guess it's paid off. In New York I had a D average but here I get B's in my courses.”
Lee's ambition is to continue his education in college and then return as a teach or coach at GSA.
“I like to work with kids,” he said, “and I'd like to help GSA because they helped me.”
Brad American, a GSA senior, attended Brooklyn's Erasmus Hall High School, at one time one of the top academic schools in the city and the alma mater of such personalities as Barbara Streisand, and chess champion Bobby Fischer, great Columbia and Chicago Bear quarterback Sid Luckman and Philadelphia '76er basketball star Billy Cunningham. Today its just another of the overcrowded and troubled schools common to New York.
“The biggest difference here is that someone yells at me once in a while. Like to get me up in the morning. But I like it here. It's nice, I get good marks, learn and meet people. And most important, I'm doing better.”
One of American's teachers said that the GSA student recently handed in a lengthy report. “He said it was the first he had ever done,” the teacher stated.
“At Erasmus, if you didn't get what the teacher said the first time, you didn't get it at all and most of the time I didn't get it too often,” American chuckled.
“But here the classes are smaller and I catch on to what's happening.”

GSA vs. Erasmus Hall High School Sun, Jan 30, 1972 – 77 · Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York) · Newspapers.com

[Sounds like the kind of academic environment conducive to young, future chess champions, on the Autism Spectrum… dropping out.]

“The boy's intelligence quotient has never been made public, but school authorities indicate that it is high in the upper percentile.”
This was written by Harold C. Schonberg in an article entitled “Fourteen-year-old ‘Mozart of Chess’” in the New York Times, 23 February 1958. See page 51 of The Joys of Chess by Fred Reinfeld (New York, 1961), which reproduced the article.”

GM Robert Byrne Explains Bobby Fischer's Absences from Competition Prior to 1972 World Chess Championship

“…According to Bobby, their team has played for draws against each other while going for the kill when pitted against Western grandmasters. At the last two world championships, which are only held every three years, he went on strike.”

Byrne describes one of Fischer's AUTISM SPECTRUM meltdowns…:

“…At the 1968 Chess Olympiad, officials rejected his demands for better playing conditions, and he stormed out. He even announced his retirement ‘to plot my revenge,’ but after leisurely second thought, rejoined active competition in a year and a half, now with a ‘sense of mission’.”

See Robert Fischer on Soviet Grandmaster Draws

Daily News New York, New York Sunday, June 11, 1972 - Page 152

Chess Champs Stalemated? 11 Jun 1972, Sun Daily News (New York, New York) Newspapers.com

Bobby Fischer Autism Spectrum

This bit of conversation is very sentimental to me. I use to do the same thing. I was unaware of it. If anyone visited, I had a one-track mind, and would talk them to death about the Pseudo-Communism, fake poser that destroyed “Socialism” (aka the “Bolsheviks” Bobby was on about). I didn't have many friends because of it, but I didn't see that or what I was doing to others!

It wasn't until my son was observed at the school and by physicians, and eventually diagnosed by a specialist through diagnostic testing: Asperger's Syndrome. When he was diagnosed, I thought, “No way!” because Autism, I had always thought, was non-verbal and severe intellectual deficits.

I studied, and learned most of what is believed about Autism, are MYTHS.
I began seeing for the first time what I was doing to people unintentionally. I forced myself to discuss things like “the weather”… or force myself to speak to others, about “their interests” instead of just my own.

As I read about one young child on Autism spectrum, if he talked with you about “Sharks” (his pet topic, as Chess was for Bobby) … its because the child liked you. If he did not like you, he would not speak with you at all.

So, it takes one to know one,

CONVERSATION WITH A LIFELONG ASPERGER (Autism Spectrum WHO IS UNAWARE OF THEIR Autism Spectrum:

Bobby Fischer (elder): "Another thing. But, my idea. People think I'm anti-chess, no I'm not anti-chess, I'm pro-chess, I'm trying to keep it alive..."

Reporter. “It's very.”

Bobby: “It's just the reverse…”

Reporter: “It's very…”

Bobby: “I'm not coming up with anything radical at all.”

Reporter: “I asked two Icelandic Grandmasters the other day…”

Bobby: “Yeah”

Reporter: “who was the best chess player ever…”

Bobby: “Yeah… yeah”

Reporter: “in the history of chess.”

Bobby: “Yeah… yeah”

Reporter: “They both said (inaudible) and I asked them objectively speaking, they both said, ‘Bobby Fischer is the best player ever’. Do you agree with that? (inaudible)”

Bobby: “I want to get back to Fischerandom.”

Ron Gross Caught Fabricating Bobby Fischer's Youth Narrative

Ron Gross' false narrative of Bobby Fischer's youth has just came undone with this factual account from a 1955 Newspaper. Compare with the account given by E J Rodríguez based on Ron Gross's many fictions:

“Mid-fifties. A couple of kids walk through the streets of New York. [...] only two thirteen-year-olds [...] One of them has just moved from California to New York.”

In January 1955, Ron Gross was living in Compton, California and he was no “kid”. Ron Gross was 18 years of age and Bobby was merely 11 years old. Ron Gross' account further falls apart in light of the fact, Bobby was isolated in his interest in chess and Regina Fischer took out classified advertising, to seek “some child” to play chess with her son.

Long Beach Independent Long Beach, California Monday, January 03, 1955 - Page 2

Teen Chess Paces Tournament 03 Jan 1955, Mon Independent (Long Beach, California) Newspapers.com

The Age, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Tuesday, September 30, 1958 - Page 12
By “The Age” Correspondent in New York

“Bobby's exceptional ability was brought to light when his mother, anxious to keep his mind occupied, advertised in a local newspaper for some child to play chess with him.
A chess critic saw the advertisement and suggested that the boy should enter a chess exhibition at Brooklyn public library, where a well-known chess player was taking on all-comers.”

Chess Wonder, Australia, The Age. 30 Sep 1958, Tue The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Newspapers.com

Isaac Kashdan, reports Ronald Gross as still active in California's local chess. Not a resident of New York. So Bobby and Gross are not "hobnobbing daily at chess" in 1956, either. By this time, Bobby was already on his way toward championship chess. The version given by Gross is quite different.

The Los Angeles Times California 19 Feb 1956, Sunday

Ron Gross 19 Feb 1956, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

This report comes up for 1958… Isaac Kashdan reports Ron Gross, of COMPTON, California. Gross was not living in New York, supposedly “close friends” with Bobby Fischer in mid-50's as he claimed. He was living in the Los Angeles, California area, competing in a completely different league than Bobby Fischer.

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 24, 1958

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, May 28, 1961 and GM Isaac Kashdan still reports Ron Gross as a resident of Compton, California.

Ron Gross Residency in Southern California 28 May 1961, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Yet again, L.A. Times, California, Reshevsky on tour in Exhibition play in the California area, and locals compete. Sunday, January 28, 1962. Gross still is no resident of New York. But Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, New York is already in the big leagues competing in Sweden Interzonal.

Ron Gross in Southern California 28 Jan 1962, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Bobby is busy competing with Havana, Cuba and Ronald Gross is still a resident in California, competing at local venues "The Southern California Chess League," and no resident in N.Y.
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 19, 1965

Needless to add, a consistent record (courtesy of GM Isaac Kashdan and California press), substantiate beyond reasonable doubt, Ronald Gross was not a resident of New York during Bobby Fischer's formidable years, nor his “close friend”.

“Chess Play Won by Santa Monican”
Independent Long Beach, California Monday, May 20, 1968 - Page 12

Chess Play Won by Santa Monican 20 May 1968, Mon Independent (Long Beach, California) Newspapers.com

As anticipated, The Los Angeles Times, California, Sunday, December 07, 1969, GM Isaac Kashdan again, reports Ron Gross as a resident of Southern California who apparently moved from Compton, California this time, to Long Beach, California! But Ron Gross was no resident of New York between 1955-1969, nor Bobby Fischer's “close friend”.

What I have just culled from the column of GM Isaac Kashdan, documenting Ron Gross' residence as Compton, California and Long Beach, California (1955-1969)… correlates with WHY Ron Gross was IGNORANT of when Bobby's “religious phase” actually began: 1962.
1963, Bobby Fischer became a full 10% tithing contributor to the Church.

Ron Gross, living in Compton, California and active in the Southern California chess circuit did not know that, and was barely acquainted with Bobby Fischer beyond what he could read in chess publications or newspaper columns… Fischer, who was living thousands of miles away in Brooklyn, NY and circulating in the big league of International Chess.

“…by the way, there was no trace of anti-Semitism in him back then. That came later, after his religious phase in the early 70's. When he got involved with The Church of God …”
- Ron Gross, constant failed attempts at putting himself where he was not present.

Ron Gross' quote proceeds to mangle the doctrines of the WCG as well as Bobby Fischer's beliefs, due to his utter ignorance about Bobby Fischer's personal life.

The implications? Ron Gross has been debunked with credible documentation on his claims about Bobby Fischer's life from 1955-1969, meaning everything else he said, is UNTRUSTWORTHY, including his pseudoscientific garble that a licensed practitioner of dentistry removed fillings in Bobby's teeth, leaving gaping cavities exposed to bacterial infection.

1955

Long Beach Independent Long Beach, California Monday, January 03, 1955 - Page 2 — Teen Chess Paces Tournament

“…Chess Wizard Larry Remlinger, 13 (left) matches his skill against Ronald Gross, 18, of Compton, Sunday at the Lincoln Park Chess Club's annual tournament.…”

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Long Beach Independent Long Beach, California Friday, January 14, 1955 - Page 10 — Nine Unbeaten in 2nd Round of Chess Play

“…Nine out of 37 players in the Lincoln Park Chess and Checker Club city chess championship tournament held perfect scores Thursday at the end of the second round of 10-round Swiss system play. … Ronald Gross …”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, April 10, 1955 - Page 53 — Chess by Herman Steiner

“…Last Friday the annual Nevada State Open Invitational Tournament started in Las Vegas. Several California players are participating, among whom are Larry Remlinger, Ronald Gross, Kyle Forrest and John Rinaldo. The tournament is a seven-round Swiss system and finished today.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, June 26, 1955 - Page 42 — Chess by Herman Steiner — The weekly Tuesday evening Rapid Transit Tournament played at the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave. was won by Ronald Gross…

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 31, 1955 - Page 60 — Chess by Herman Steiner — California Juniors Score High

“…Winners in the U.S. Junior Championship completed last week in Lincoln, Neb., were Charles Kalme, Philadelphia, who came in first with a score of 9-1: Larry Remlinger, 13, Long Beach, won second prize for his second time, 7½-2½; Robert Cross, Santa Monica, came in third with 7-3; Ronald Gross, Compton, scored 6-4, and Andrew Staklis, Lincoln, Neb. 6-4…”

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Long Beach Independent Long Beach, California Wednesday, August 10, 1955 - Page 3 — Young Chess Whiz Wins 1st Match

“…Thirteen year old Larry Remlinger defeated a 70-year-old Iowan in first-round play Monday night in the U.S. Open Chess Tornament at Municiple Recreation Center … Only other Long Beach area contestant to win his first-round match was Ronald Gross of Compton who outplayed Olga Higgins of Santa Barbara.…”

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Long Beach Independent Long Beach, California Friday, August 12, 1955 - Page 13 — L.B. Chess Prodigy, New Yorker in Draw

“…Larry Remlinger, Long Beach's 13-year-old chess prodigy, battled highly favored Alen Kaufman of New York to a deadlock in an adjourned game in Municiple Recreation Center, where the U.S. Open Chess Tournament is under way. … Compton's Ronald Gross, 19, suffered his first loss in play Wednesday night at the hands of Peter Lapiken of Los Angeles…”

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Long Beach Independent Long Beach, California Saturday, August 13, 1955 - Page 3 — Top Chess Play Ends In Draw

“…Only two local entrants scored victories in Thursday's play. They were William Boyer, 227 Norton Ave., who won by default over John Alexander of San Diego and Ronald Gross, 19, of 409 S. Mayo St., Compton, who downed K.R. Jones of Reno, Nev.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 14, 1955 - Page 54 — Chess by Herman Steiner — U.S. Open Chess Championship

“…The eyes of the chess world last week were on Long Beach, where the U.S. Open Championship is currently being played. Play is at the Municiple Recreation Center, 350 E. Ocean Blvd. … Following is a complete list of the contestants: … Ronald Gross …”

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To shed perspective by satellite on the whopper Ron Gross was pawning on the public,

Long Beach Independent Long Beach, California Tuesday, August 16, 1955

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Independent Press-Telegram Long Beach, California Sunday, August 21, 1955 - Page 32 — Champion of Chess En Route

“…Thirteen-Year-Old Larry Remlinger of Long Beach, the tournament's youngest player, led local contestants with an 8-4 record by defeating Zoltan Kovacs of Los Angeles. Remlinger finished in a tie for sixth place…Other Friday local results: Ronnie Gross, Compton, defeated J.G. Sullivan, Knoxville, Tenn.…”

1956

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 25, 1956 - Page 58 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…10th round of the masters' section of the Herman Steiner Chess Group Tournament… R. Gross has clinched first prize in the experts' section, completing his schedule for a score of 7½-2½…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 02, 1956 - Page 28 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Surprising is the poor start of Robert Jacobs, winner of the Steiner Chess Club Masters' Tournament early this year. Jacobs has lost to Frank Burke and schoolboy Stephen Sholomson. Actor Jose Ferrer has also lost twice to Ronald Gross and Robert Hamman.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, October 14, 1956 - Page 71

“…Larry Remlinger maintained his point margin over the field by drawing with Irving Rivise in the seventh round of the Southern California Qualifying Tournament, being played Sundays at the Herman Steiner Chess Club … Round Seven; R. Gross 1 …

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 23, 1956 - Page 20 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Entries are coming in for the various sections of the Herman Steiner Memorial Tournament which will feature the 1957 second at the Herman Steiner Chess Club … Fifteen of the strongest players in the city have been invited to the masters' section of the tournament. Your editor is on the list, as well as Seven Almgren, Harry Borochow, Robert Cross, James Cross, Ronald Gross, Robert Jacobs……”

1957

More exposing Ronald Gross as a fraud and charlatan where it concerns Bobby Fischer's personal life. Mr. Ronald Gross reported patent falsehoods to the press that he supposedly moved to New York, and supposedly knew so many insights about Fischer. But all of it was fabricated, fake, fraud. One more piece of evidence. Ron Gross was living in Compton, California in September 1957. Every year, from 1954-1970s, Ron Gross is documented living in Southern California by both Los Angeles Times (California) and New York Times (NY).

The California Chess Reporter, September 1957

Remember the names of the people and the organizations who collaborated on promoting the fake stories of Ronald Gross. These people and the organizations which allowed them to abuse not only Bobby Fischer, but the once prestigious names of some established organizations to promote unsavory political agendas, care nothing for chess!

Catalog of this 1950's report

1958

Ron Gross, still competing in the local Southern California Chess Circuit…

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 26, 1958 - Page 70 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…The first round of the masters' section of the Herman Steiner Club Tournament was contested on schedule last Sunday afternoon. The winners were Sven Almgren, Harry Borochow, Ronald Gross, Dr. Eugene Levin and Irving Rivise.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 02, 1958 - Page 65 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Starting 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Bent Larsen, Danish grandmaster, will contest eight clock games simultaneously at the Herman Steiner Chess Club. His opponents will be most of the leading players in Los Angeles: Sven Almgren, Harry Borowchow, Robert Brieger, Robert Cross, Ronald Gross, Ray Martin, Irving Rivise and George Soules.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 16, 1958 - Page 69 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…There was little change in the standings of the leaders in the masters' section of the Herman Steiner Club Tournament last week. Two of the key games, Zoltan Kovacs versus Sven Almgren and Ronald Gross versus Irving Rivise, were adjourned after five hours of play.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 23, 1958 - Page 58 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Irving Rivise has the best percentage with 2½-½. He has two adjourned games to complete with Ronald Gross and Robert Lorber.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 02, 1958 - Page 64 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Rivise has a score of 4½-½, with another unfinished game against Ronald Gross, which he is expected to win.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 09, 1958 - Page 30 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Irving Rivise, who defeated Marcos Kerllenevich in the seventh round of the masters' section of the Herman Steiner Club Tournament, is still leading the field with five wins and one draw. He has a favorable position in an unfinished game against Ronald Gross … Gross 1½-4½…”

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(View) Exercise caution when trusting ANY Chess organization pawning corrupt political agendas. All those fake stories that claim Ron Gross moved to Brooklyn New York in the middle 1950s and supposedly became best of buddies, such long time spent together, as best pals, growing up as a pair of “13 year olds” walking the streets of New York, playing in the busiest chess clubs with dreams of becoming world champion. Imagine that! Gross was actually an adult, age 21 in 1958 and a full time resident of COMPTON, CALIFORNIA. The NY Times, feature two parallel tournaments...

Star Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota Monday, August 04, 1958 - 150 to Open National Chess Tournament at Rochester (Minnesota)

New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, August 09, 1958

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 17, 1958 - Page 57 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “Ronald Gross of Compton is the leading California entrant, with 5½-2½.

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 24, 1958 - Page 30 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan “…Ronald Gross of Compton and Henry Gross of San Francisco tied with a number of others with 7½-4½.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 16, 1958 - Page 47 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…In one of the critical games of the masters' section of the Herman Steiner Club Tournament, Irving Rivise defeated Harry Borochow to maintain his slim lead. He has six wins and one draw, with an adjourned game against Ronald Gross still to be completed.…”

1959

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 08, 1959 - Page 51 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…California Masters … 8. Ronald Gross, Compton…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 09, 1958 - Page 63 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Sven Almgren and Harry Borochow, who are leading in the masters' section of the Herman Steiner Club Tournament, both registered their third straight triumph last Sunday afternoon. Almgren defeated George Soules and Borochow took the measure of Ronald Gross. … Tied for fourth are 1½-1½ are Gross, Robert Hamman, Zoltan Kovacs and Robert Lorber.…”

1960

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 06, 1960 - Page 66 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Tied at 5-3 are Morris Gordon and Ronald Gross.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 13, 1960 - Page 23 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Second place is shared by Ronald Gross and Steven Mazner, with 6-3.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 20, 1960 - Page 36 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Ronald Gross who had been hovering back of the leaders, slipped into second place by defeating Gene Rubin.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, May 08, 1960 - Page 48 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“…Steve Matzner of Fullerton Junior College and Ronald Gross of Long Beach State College tied for first with the score of 4½-½ in the second annual California Intercollegiate Chess Champion.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 25, 1960 - Page 78 — “…competing for the Southern California Chess Championship… The five leaders with 2-0 scores after the second round of the tournament are Ronald Gross, Morris Gordon, Lynn Mercy, Gene Rubin and Saul Yarmak.…”

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The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Wednesday, August 16, 1961 - Page 7 — “…2nd Round of Chess Tournament…Here are partial results in last night's play… R. Gross d. R Plock … Here are results of Monday night's round: Ronald Gross d. Eugene Lien…”

1961

Ron Gross, still playing the local California chess circuit.

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, June 25, 1961 - Page 65 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

Ron Gross, Permanent Resident of Southern California 25 Jun 1961, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 02, 1961 - Page 30 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — Southern California Open Title

“…The victory was worth $250 to Simon, as well as a championship trophy. He drew with Mortz of South Gate in the second round and defeated Gray, Harold Milner, Ronald Gross and Imre Barlai.
Hanken, finishing with a 5-1 score, shared second to sixth prizes with Gross, Zoltan Kovacs, Irving Rivise and Tibor Weinberger. Both Kovacs and Weinberger lost only to Hanken, Rivise lost to Kalish, and Gross succumbed to Simon.…”

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The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Sunday, August 20, 1961 - Page 8
Bisguier, Kovacs Lead Chess Match

“William Addison of San Francisco was second with a score of 6½ to 1½ while Bisguier and Ronald Gross of COMPTON tied for third place with scores of 5 to 3.”

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The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Wednesday, May 10, 1961 - Page 22 — 370-Minute Marathon — Dave Gibson, a San Bernardino Valley College student from Barstow, led the local talent by finishing 10th.
Next came Tim Delaney (20th), Victor Hellman (21st) and the city champion, Dr. Max Schlosser (22nd).
Two San Bernardino players battled for 105 moves, the tournament's only 100-move affair. Dr. Schlosser finally edged stubborn young Leon Blackwell, a Pacific High junior, aged 16. Blackwell deserved to draw, but lost a difficult end-game. Each player had a knight and a pawn.
The longest game, time-wise, dragged out six hours and 10 minutes. Cunningham finally outgenerated Ronald Gross of Compton.
Gross was the only man to win his first four games. He lost his last two, however, under the incredible nervous strain.
The writer of this column, who finished 30th with a 2-4 record can testify that playing tournament chess is harder work than digging ditches or writing a hot story on deadline.
It's too bad, however, that the San Bernardino Open comes but once a year.
The red-hot chessnuts can hardly wait to try again.

370-Minute Marathon 10 May 1961, Wed The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, California) Newspapers.com

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Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Monday, August 28, 1961 - Page 17 — “…Here are the complete final standings of players competing in the two-week U.S. open chess tournament which ended Saturday night at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco… 11 Points, Paul Benko … 6 Points … Ronald Gross…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 03, 1961 - Page 13 — “…Mrs. Eva Aronson of Chicago won the U.S. Women's Open Championship, scoring 7-5 to finish ahead of the group of women participants. Her most notable victory was against Ronald Gross of Compton, who has a national master's rating.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 10, 1961 - Page 73 — “…tournament at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Play was at a rate of 10 seconds per move.
William Addison of San Francisco was second with 6½-1½. Arthur Bisguier of New York and Ronald Gross of Los Angeles tied for third with 5-3 scores.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 31, 1961 - Page 32 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…The Los Angeles County speed championship will start at 1 p.m. Monday at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, with registration starting at noon.… At the regular Tuesday rapid transit tournament at the Steiner Club, with an unusually large attendance, Jim Lazos scored 22½-½ for a good winning margin, Irving Rivise was second with 20-3, followed by Ronald Gross and Carl Pilnick with 17½-5½ and David Conwit with 17-6.…”

1962

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 14, 1962 - Page 88 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…Former U.S. champion Samuel Reshevsky has arrived in Los Angeles as a major stopover on his transcontinental lecture and exhibition tour. At 1 p.m. this afternoon he will face eight picked opponents at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 8801 Cashio St.
The club team will be Sven Almgren, Ronald Gross, Walt Cunningham……”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 28, 1962 - Page 48 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…The six who bowed to Reshevsky were Sven Almgren, Ronald Gross, Robert Jacobs……”

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1962… no, Ron Gross was not a resident of New York to personally get closely acquainted with Bobby Fischer, but he is a resident of Compton, California and competing in Los Angeles area chess circles whilst Bobby Fischer is in Curacao, competing with the real masters of Chess.

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, July 01, 1962 - Page 72 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, November 04, 1962 - Page 62 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…The regular Tuesday evening rapid transit tournament at the Herman Steiner Chess Club was won by Charles Henin with a score of 7½-1½. Carl Pilnick took second prize with 7-2, followed by Ronald Gross, 6½-2½.…”

1963

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 08, 1963 - Page 80 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…Weinberger and Loftsson drew their individual encounter. In addition Weinberger drew with Ronald Gross and Loftsson with Roy Hoppe.
Addison and Ronald Gross tied for fourth with scores of 5½-1½ along with Julius Blackstone, Henry Gross and Arthur Wang.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, October 13, 1963 - Page 112 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…Former U.S. champion Larry Evans came in from Las Vegas last weekend for the sole purpose of playing in the Pacific and Southwest Open Tournament at the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club.
Tied at 4½-1½ were R. Gross, Henin, E. Kennedy and I. Rivise.…”

1964

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 09, 1964 - Page 70 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…Quillen ended in a tie at 4½-1½ with Ronald Gross, Roy Hoppe and Jim Lazos.…”

1965

The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Friday, May 07, 1965 - Page 38 — Gross Earns $150 Top Chess Prize in 7th S.B. Open

Ronald Gross of Compton captured the $150 top prize by scoring 5½ of a possible 6 points in the seventh annual San Bernardino Open Chess Tournament.
Dr. Allen Hendy of San Bernardino reported the results. The 54-player tournament ended late Saturday night.
Below first place, ties occurred for every other cash prize.
Sven Almgren of Hollywood and Enos Wicher of Claremont tied for second place, winning $52.50 each.
Time DeLaney of Rialto figured in a five-way tie for third place. Each player who earned 4½ points received $10.
Steven Skrypzak of Redlands figured in a five-way tie for first in Class A, and Greg Harlick of Redlands tied for first in the junior division.

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, June 06, 1965 - Page 77 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…San Bernardino Open…Ronald Gross won out with a score of 5½-½ in a record field of 54 participants in the San Bernardino Open Tournament.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 19, 1965 - Page 108 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “The Tournament of Champions, one of the major annual events sponsored by the Southern California Chess League, will start Thursday evening at the Herman Steiner Chess Club … Most of the entrants will be from the Los Angeles area. Those who may commute from outer areas are Rod Freeman and Jose Tossas of San Diego, Donald Cotten and Tim Delaney of Riverside and Enos Wicher of Claremont.
Other qualifiers are… Ronald Gross…
Garden Grove Open … Ronald Gross scored 5½-½ to take the first prize in the second annual open tournament of the Garden Grove Chess Club. He won five games and drew in the fourth round with Ben Kakimi.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, November 21, 1965 - Page 105 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…sponsored by the Southern California Chess League and held at the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 8801 Cashio St.
Ronald Gross took second place with a score of 4½-1½, having lost to Maillard and drawn with Touradj Saidi.…”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 19, 1965 - Page 77 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…Leader of the Southern contingent at last report was defending State champion Zoltan Kovacs, with a score of 3-0. Arthur Spiller, who lost only to Kovacs, had 3-1. Other totals were Ronald Gross, 1½-2½……”

1966

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 06, 1966 - Page 102 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…Tibor Weinberger is the only senior master in Los Angeles, barely qualifying with 2403 points. Among the masters in this area are: Walter Cunningham, 2222; Ronald Gross, 2205; Charles Henin, 2261……”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 20, 1966 - Page 100 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan — “…Ronald Gross winning five games and drawing once with T. Saidi, made off with the first prize in the open tournament of the Downey Chess Club, which meets Thursday evenings at Imperial Park, Imperial at Rives in Downey……”

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1966… Ron Gross is not listed as any resident of Brooklyn, NY to have been any “close friend” at all of Bobby Fischer! No, Ron Gross is a resident of “Compton, California” — and if Israel and the Soviet Union were that desperate they had to scrape this low in the barrel for propaganda to discredit Fischer's criticisms of their corrupt politics, they're truly desperate indeed.

Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Saturday, August 27, 1966 - Page 9 — Berkley Man Wins 4th in Chess Open

Seattle (AP) — The 67th annual U.S. Open Chess Championship tournament ended here tonight with Robert Byrne of Indianapolis and Pal Benko of New York City finishing in a tie for the tourney championship.
Both international grandmaster scored 11 out of 13 points. Byrne drew with Duncan Suttles of Vancouver, BC in a French defense opening that lasted 13 moves. Benko beat international grandmaster William Lombardy in the final round to tie with Byrne.
The two winners split $1,600 in first prize money.
Benko used a Sicilian defense of 54 moves.
In third place was Suttles with 10-3. Tied for fourth place at 9½-3½ were Anthony Saidy, Berkeley; Ronald Gross, Compton, Calif.; Grand master Arthur Bisguier, Westchester, N.Y.; Peter Cleghorn, Anchorage, Alaska; Ivars Dalbergs, Portland and Touradi Saidi, San Francisco.
Saidi took the expert prize with the highest score in his rating class.

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The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Saturday, August 27, 1966 - Page 8 — U.S. Open Chess Tourney Ends In Stalemate

“…Ronald Gross, Compton, Calif.…”

1967

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, December 10, 1967 - Page 120 — Chess by Isaac Kashdan

“The four other representatives from this area, all winners in the Southern California Chess Championship, are Walter Browne, Laszlo Binet, Ronald Gross and Jerry Hanken.”

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The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, December 19, 1967 - Page 36 — California Chess Crown Won by Brooklyn Man by Isaac Kashdan

Walter Browne of Brooklyn, who is on an extended visit to Los Angeles, won the California State Chess Championship in a tournament, completed early Monday at the Herman Steiner Chess Club in West Los Angeles.
Browne, a former U.S. junior chess champion, won six games and drew three for a total point score of 7½-1½. He was the only undefeated player in the field of 10 finalists in the title competition.
Tied for second place with scores of 6-3 were John Blackstone of Saratoga and Laszlo Binet of Los Angeles. Both won after difficult games in the final round, Blackstone from defending champion Charles Henin of Los Angeles, and Binet from Norris Weaver of Berkeley.
Henin finished in a tie with Jerome Hanken of Los Angeles, each tallying 4½-4½. Just behind them was former California junior champion Jim Tarjan of Sherman Oaks.
Other final scores were: Weaver and Ronald Gross of Los Angeles, 3½-5½; Erik Osbun, Santa Rosa, 3-6, and Dennis Fritzinger, San Francisco, 2½-6½.
The tournament was under the auspices of the California State Chess Federation. Gordon Barrett of Granada Hills was the director.

This might provide perspective for some. By doing a search on NY Times archive, Bobby Fischer + Chess between 01/01/1955-12/31/1969 yields 862 results. But when the name is replaced with "Ron Gross"? 5 search results are yielded, and only 1 seems fully relevant, and it too notes, Ron Gross of COMPTON, California. The NY Times is keen on following Chess activities in the NY area. So if Ron Gross had been there competing, making waves, they'd reported on it, but the search comes up empty.

This is more like it! I switched up "Ronald Gross" in the search field instead of "Ron Gross". The NYTimes yielded 48 results, and in a random sample article from 1955, 1958, 1960... all articles list the residency of Ron Gross as Compton, California. Ron Gross was no "Brooklynite" and he did not hob nob with Bobby Fischer in his youth.

Ronald Joseph Gross claimed he moved to New York and was “13 Years Old”. Translated the blue section via Google.
Gross was 18 years of age in 1955! But claims he was “13 years old” and 'hanging out' with Bobby in New York?? when Bobby was still 11 or 12 years old? Funny how the New York Times is completely absent of any mention of Ronald Gross competing anywhere in the Manhattan Chess Club or any chess clubs for that matter... but the Los Angeles Times does, GM Kashdan's chess column following Gross' activities from the 1950's through to the 1970s because Southern California is where Gross lived, that entire time. Ron Gross made a serious attempt to mislead and commit breach of public trust!

Long Beach Independent Long Beach, California 03 Jan 1955, Monday

Games of Ronald J. Gross…
“An interesting story which I'd never heard before. Gross should have been expelled from the tournament… It might be relevant that Gross lived in Compton, just a few miles from the tournament site in Long Beach.”
“…The tournament officials were probably used to Gross misconduct from him.”

48 of 48 Games, but I didn't find any mention in the list of his many games at the Manhattan Chess Club, nor any where he's hobnobbing about with Bobby Fischer. You'd think if Ron Gross were hanging about Bobby Fischer as much as he pretended to have done, there would be many more games (Fischer vs. Gross) than there is.

Another Ron Gross lie gutted.
The Quack Joseph Ponterotto unethically made a public diagnosis based on FAKE slander as this!
And foolish Frank Brady, regurgitated the fraudulent rumor mill as though it were “history”. Shame on him! As he confessed. He is no scholar.

Deseret News and Salt Lake Telegram Salt Lake City, Utah Thursday, July 25, 1957 ★
Let's Play Chess: Utahn, 15, Plays Well In U.S. Open Tourney
Richard Owen, Utah's 15-year-old budding chess genius, returned from the United States Junior Open Chess Championship in San Francisco with the remarkably high score of 4½-4½. This was Richard's first major tournament.
A high point of his play was his drawing with Gilbert Ramirez, California Junior and Open champion. Winner of the tournament was Bobby Fischer, 14, of Brooklyn who retained his title. Bobby, about whose chess talents this column was devoted three weeks ago, scored 8½-½. He was matched with most of the leaders in the 33-player Swiss System tournament. Defeating eight of his opponents, Bobby played to a draw with Ramirez in the fifth round. Ramirez took second prizes with a 7½-1½ score. He also was undefeated but drew three times, with our Richard Owen, Ronald Thacker of Richmond, Calif., as well as Fischer.

Richard came home with several prizes—and also the memory of being a room mate of Fischer and Ramirez, for whom he has high praise.
Final Standings…

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A very RARE article which contains both the name of Ron Gross, age 19 years old and Robert Fischer (in the 12 and under category) because Ron Gross, didn't actually befriend Bobby as he claimed. That's why there's NOT bunches of articles in following years mentioning both of them in competitions.
We see William Lombardy and Fischer mentioned regularly together, and we see Fischer and Benko mentioned regularly… but NOT Ron Gross, who was a resident of California.

Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska Monday, July 25, 1955 - Page 7 ★ · ★

Young Native of Latvia Wins Junior Chess Contest
A Philadelphia youth born in Latvia 15 years ago has won the 10th U.S. Junior Chess Championship.
Charles Kalme earned $75 worth of prizes after winning nine of his 10 matches in the tournament at the Lincoln YMCA.
Larry Remlinger, 13, of Long Beach, Calif., placed second with a 7½-2½ score. Third was Robert Cross, 20, of Santa Monica, Calif., with 7-3.
Andy Staklis, 16, of Lincoln and Ronald Gross, 19, of Compton, Calif., tied for fourth.
Other high finishers in the meet, which attracted 25 entries, were John Rinaldo, 16, of Long Beach, Calif.; Robert Lorber, 16, of Reseda, Calif., Sanford Greene, 18, of New York; Victor Pupols, 20, of Tacoma, Wash.; and Barton Lewis, 20, of Lincoln.
A special trophy for contestants 12 and younger went to Robert Fischer of New York.
Alexander Liepnieks was director of the tournament, which began July 15.

Young Native of Latvia Wins Junior Chess Contest 25 Jul 1955, Mon Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) Newspapers.com