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October 13, 1921 Los Angeles Evening Express, Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood 13 Oct 1921, Thu Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

White mates in two moves. By W.S. Waterman, San Pedro.

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, January 13, 2020

Express Problem No. 4, By W.S. Waterman, San Pedro. White mates in two moves.
FEN b3B3/2r5/8/2B2R2/2kp4/2pN4/2K5/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bd6 Rb7 2. Rc5#

Stasch Mlotkowski vs Carl Bergman
Club ch (1921), Los Angeles, CA USA
King's Gambit: Accepted. Bishop's Gambit (C33) 1-0

Descriptive
1. P-KB4 P-K4
2. P-K4 PxP
3. B-B4 P-Q4
4. BxP Q-R5ch
5. K-B P-KKt4
6. P-Q4 B-Kt2
7. P-B3 Kt-K2
8. B-B4 Castles
9. Kt-B3 Q-R4
10. P-KR4 P-KR3
11. K-Kt P-Kt5
12. Kt-K P-QB4
13. P-Q5 Kt-Kt3
14. Kt-Q3 Kt-Q2
15. KtxKBP KtxKt
16. BxKt Kt-K4
17. Kt-Q2 B-Q2
18. Q-K2 P-R3
19. R-KB P-Kt4
20. B-Q3 P-B5
21. B-Kt QR-K
22. P-KKt3 P-B4
23. K-Kt2 PxP
24. KtxP Kt-B6
25. Q-K3 QxQP
26. R-Q Q-B3
27. R-Q6 Q-B
28. BxP B-B4
29. BxB KxB
30. Q-R6ch K-Kt
31. KR-Q RxKt
32. R-Kt6ch BxR
33. QxBch K-R
34. BxR Q-B2
35. Q-R6ch Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. f4 e5
2. e4 exf4
3. Bc4 d5
4. Bxd5 Qh4+
5. Kf1 g5
6. d4 Bg7
7. c3 Ne7
8. Bc4 0-0
9. Nf3 Qh5
10. h4 h6
11. Kg1 g4
12. Ne1 c5
13. d5 Ng6
14. Nd3 Nd7
15. Nxf4 Nxf4
16. Bxf4 Ne5
17. Nd2 Bd7
18. Qe2 a6
19. Rf1 b5
20. Bd3 c4
21. Bb1 Re8
22. g3 f5
23. Kg2 fxe4
24. Nxe4 Nf3
25. Qe3 Qxd5
26. Rd1 Qc6
27. Rd6 Qc8
28. Bxh6 Bf5
29. Bxg7 Kxg7
30. Qh6+ Kg8
31. Rd1 Rxe4
32. Rg6+ Bxg6
33. Qxg6+ Kh8
34. Bxe4 Qc7
35. Qh6+ 1-0
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'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:
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Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
“What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.		 To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

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

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

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

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