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December 11, 1949 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess ChatsChess Chats 11 Dec 1949, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Southern Tournament

Below is Hans Berliner's most brilliant effort in the recent southern championship tournament.

Nestor Hernandez (white) vs. Hans Jack Berliner (black)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. N-KB3 P-KN3
3. P-B4 B-N2
4. N-B3 Castles
5. P-K4 P-Q3
6. B-Q3 QN-Q2
7. Castles P-K4
8. PxP PxP
9. Q-K2 P-B3
10. P-QN3 Q-B2
11. B-R3 R-Q
12. KR-Q B-B
13. B-N2 N-R4
14. P-N3 N-B4
15. B-B2 B-KN5
16. K-N2 N-K3
17. Q-K3 B-QB4
18. Q-B N-B5ch
19. PxN NxPch
20. K-N3 BxN
21. KxB RxR
22. QxR R-Q
23. N-Q5 PxN
24. BPxP Q-K2
25. Q-Q2 Q-N4
26. BxP Q-R4ch
0-1
 
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 g6
3. c4 Bg7
4. Nc3 0-0
5. e4 d6
6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. 0-0 e5
8. dxe5 dxe5
9. Qe2 c6
10. b3 Qc7
11. Ba3 Rd8
12. Rd1 Bf8
13. Bb2 Nh5
14. g3 Nc5
15. Bc2 Bg4
16. Kg2 Ne6
17. Qe3 Bc5
18. Qc1 Nf4+
19. gxf4 Nxf4+
20. Kg3 Bxf3
21. Kxf3 Rxd1
22. Qxd1 Rd8
23. Nd5 cxd5
24. cxd5 Qe7
25. Qd2 Qg5
26. Bxe5 Qh5+
0-1

Golombek Wins British Championship

H. Golombek has again won the British championship, this time in a Swiss tournament with 32 entries. After 11 rounds, Golombek led D.M. Horne and S. Fazekat by a half point. Sir George Thomas, many times former champion, was fourth.
Below is one of Golombek's wins:

Philip W. Sergeant (white) vs. Harry Golombek (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. N-QB3 PxP
4. NxP N-Q2
5. N-KB3 N-KB3
6. N-N3 P-K3
7. B-Q3 B-Q3
8. Castles Castles
9. Q-K2 Q-B2
10. N-K4 B-B5
11. NxNch NxN
12. N-K5 BxB
13. QRxB P-B4
14. PxP QxP
15. P-B4 P-QN3
16. P-QR3 P-QR4
17. B-K4 NxB
18. QxN R-R2
19. KR-Q R-B2
20. R-B3 P-B3
21. N-B3 R-K
22. N-Q4 R-Q2
23. R(Q)-Q3 B-N2
24. Q-K3 P-K4
25. N-N5 KR-Q
26. RxR RxR
27. Q-K2 P-R5
28. K-B B-R3
29. K-K Q-B3
30. P-B3 Q-B4
31. Q-K3 Q-B3
32. Q-K2 K-B
33. R-Q3 QxQBP
34. RxR QxQch
35. KxQ BxNch
36. R-Q3 K-K2
0-1
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Nf3 Ngf6
6. Ng3 e6
7. Bd3 Bd6
8. 0-0 0-0
9. Qe2 Qc7
10. Ne4 Bf4
11. Nxf6+ Nxf6
12. Ne5 Bxc1
13. Rxc1 c5
14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. c4 b6
16. a3 a5
17. Be4 Nxe4
18. Qxe4 Ra7
19. Rd1 Rc7
20. Rc3 f6
21. Nf3 Re8
22. Nd4 Rd7
23. Rd3 Bb7
24. Qe3 e5
25. Nb5 Rd8
26. Rxd7 Rxd7
27. Qe2 a4
28. Kf1 Ba6
29. Ke1 Qc6
30. f3 Qc5
31. Qe3 Qc6
32. Qe2 Kf8
33. Rd3 Qxc4
34. Rxd7 Qxe2+
35. Kxe2 Bxb5+
36. Rd3 Ke7
0-1
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Recommended Books

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:
Bobby Fischer's True History
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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