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August 12, 1956 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess ChatsChess Chats 12 Aug 1956, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, August 12, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 36 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, February 8, 2020

Problem No. 36 by H. Ahues, Germany. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 5nb1/8/2P2p1r/1BBk4/1P1PR3/3p1KN1/1b4Q1/3n4 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Re6 f5 2. Re5#

Today's the Day

Here's that opening again! This time it is won for Black and those who maintain the Max Lange is a win for Black are celebrating! But the final bolt has NOT been shot in this opening yet!

MAX LANGE

Played by correspondence, 1956.

M. Rinaldi, Switzerland (white) J. Vandiest, Belgium (black).

Unresolved Chess Game
Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-B4 N-B3
4. P-Q4 PxP
5. O-O B-B4
6. P-K5 P-Q4
7. PxN PxB
8. R-K1ch B-K3
9. N-N5 Q-Q4
10. QN-B3 Q-B4
11. N3-K4 B-KB1
12. NxBP KxN
13. N-N5ch K-N1
14. P-KN4 Q-N3
15. PxP B-Q4
16. PxB(Q)ch KxQ 
17. N-R3 B-K3
18. N-B4 Q-B2
19. NxBch QxN
20. P-B4 R-B
21. R-B1 P-Q6 
22. Q-B3 QxQ
23. RxQ N-Q5
24. R-B1 NxP
25. R-N1 B-B4ch
26. K-R1 R-Q1
27. B-Q2 P-N4
28. P-B5 P-N5
29. P-B6 B-Q5
30. P-B7 K-N2
31. B-BR6ch KxB
32. P-B8-Qch RxQ
33. RxR P-Q7
34. R8-B1 N-K6
35. R-N1 P-Q8-Q
36. QRxQ NxR
37. RxN BxP
38. R-Q7 P-B4
39. R-QB7 B-Q5
Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. d4 exd4
5. 0-0 Bc5
6. e5 d5
7. exf6 dxc4
8. Re1+ Be6
9. Ng5 Qd5
10. Nc3 Qf5
11. Ne4 Bf8
12. Nxf7 Kxf7
13. Ng5+ Kg8
14. g4 Qg6
15. fxg7 Bd5
16. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8
17. Nh3 Be6
18. Nf4 Qf7
19. Nxe6+ Qxe6
20. f4

(a) Threatens to win a piece with NxB and Q-R5ch.
(b) The Rubinstein line.
(c) Samisch move and used quite often by Kolstanowski!
(d) According to Keres the best continuation.
(e) If 14. … QxNPch; 15. QxQ, BxQ; 16. P-B7 mate.
(f) And here it is: The refutation by Keres. Gives up the exchange for two Bishops and advantage in development.
(g) Must try to get rid of one of the Bishops.
(h) The critical position. Black now threatens … N-K4.
(i) Sad necessity.
(j) Gains another pawn.
(k) White having made two Queens, it is now time for Black to make one too.
(l) The forward march of the Black pawns cannot be stopped. A game of high theoretical importance. We are now burning up a lot of candles trying to find something to beat back Black's 15th move: B-Q4.

Played in the recent Claire Benedict tournament, Switzerland.

Nimzo-Indian

John Fuller, England (white) vs. Josef Kupper, Switzerland (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation

Unresolved Chess Game
Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-K3
3. N-QB3 B-N5
4. B-N5 P-B4
5. P-Q5 P-KR3
6. B-R4 PxP
7. PxP P-Q3
8. P-K3 O-O
9. B-Q3 P-KN4
10. B-N3 NxP
11. N-K2 Q-B3
12. O-O BxN
13. PxB N-B3
14. B-K4 NxBP
15. NxN QxN
16. QxP B-K3
17. KR-B1 Q-N5
18. P-B3 KR-Q1
19. Q-B7 R-Q2
20. P-QR3 Q-N6
21. QxR BxQ
Resigns a few moves later
0-1
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. Bg5 c5
5. d5 h6
6. Bh4 exd5
7. cxd5 d6
8. e3 0-0
9. Bd3 g5
10. Bg3 Nxd5
11. Ne2 Qf6
12. 0-0 Bxc3
13. bxc3 Nc6
14. Be4 Nxc3
15. Nxc3 Qxc3
16. Qxd6 Be6
17. Rc1 Qb4
18. f3 Rd8
19. Qc7 Rd7
20. a3 Qb3
21. Qxd7 Bxd7
Resigns a few moves later
0-1

(a) More usual is 4. P-K3.
(b) A mistake or a pawn sacrifice? Black takes.
(c) Black is not only a pawn up, he has taken over the lead too.
(d) This loses the Queen and with it the game.
(e) White resigned a few moves later.

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The pawns are the soul of the game.—Philidor

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

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

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

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

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

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