ARon 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 RodrÃguez 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.…”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 …”
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.…”
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…
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…”
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.…”
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…”
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.…”
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 …”
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
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…”
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.…”
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 …
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!
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.…”
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.…”
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.…”
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.…”
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.…”
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…”
(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
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.
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.…”
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…”
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.…”
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.…”
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.…”
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.…”
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.…”
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
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.…”
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.”
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
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…”
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.…”
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.…”
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……”
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……”
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
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.…”
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.
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.…”
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.…”
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.…”
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……”
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……”
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.
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.”
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…
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
