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October 21, 1956 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess ChatsChess Chats 21 Oct 1956, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, October 21, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 46 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Problem No. 46 by Leah Colton, San Francisco. White to play and mate in three moves.
FEN KR2Nbq1/PP2kr1p/1N2P1bP/BPp2p1p/2B2P1P/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nd5+ Kxe6 2. Ndf6+ Ke7 3. Bd8#

How Far Ahead?

Oklahoma City: Question asked of Grandmasters: “How many moves ahead do you see?”
Alekhine: “Mostly four moves, seldom more than six, but find now and then combinations consisting of 10 moves or more.” Capablanca: “Depends on the position, sometimes as may as 25 or 30 moves.” Marshall: “Two moves, but then two good moves.” Reshevsky: “One more than my opponent.”

Robert Sinclair Brieger vs Joaquin Camarena
57th US Open (1956), Oklahoma City, OK USA, rd 12, Jul-28
Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation (B00) 1-0

Game of the Week

Here follows a real sparkler from the 1956 Russian Championship in which Black only castles on his 17th move, but then it is decisive.

Iivo Nei vs Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich
Russian Team Ch (1956), USSR
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Anglo-Grünfeld Variation (A16) 0-1

Descriptive
1. P-QB4 N-KB3
2. N-QB3 P-Q4
3. PxP NxP
4. N-B3 P-KN3
5. P-KR4 P-KR3
6. P-K3 B-N2
7. B-B4 N-N3
8. B-N3 P-QB4
9. N-K4 P-B5
10. BxP NxB
11. Q-R4ch N-B3
12. QxN B-B4
13. N-B5 QR-B1
14. P-KN4 P-QN4!
15. QxP QBxP
16. N-R2 B-B4
17. P-K4 O-O!
18. PxB Q-Q4
19. O-O PxP
20. P-Q3 N-Q5
Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. c4 Nf6
2. Nc3 d5
3. cxd5 Nxd5
4. Nf3 g6
5. h4 h6
6. e3 Bg7
7. Bc4 Nb6
8. Bb3 c5
9. Ne4 c4
10. Bxc4 Nxc4
11. Qa4+ Nc6
12. Qxc4 Bf5
13. Nc5 Rc8
14. g4 b5!
15. Qxb5 Bxg4
16. Nh2 Bf5
17. e4 0-0
18. exf5 Qd5
19. 0-0 gxf5
20. d3 Nd4
 0-1
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Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'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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