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February 19, 1950 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess ChatsChess Chats Sun, Feb 19, 1950 – 23 · The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) · Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, February 19, 1950 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California End Game Study by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, March 31, 2020

End Game Study by S. Saiovici, Bucharest. White to play and win.
FEN 3N4/1p1K4/pp1R4/k3p3/r2p3r/2P1P3/2PP4/8 w - - 0 1
1. NxPch K-N4
2. R-Q4ch K-B5
3. R-B5ch PxR
4. N-Q6 K-Q4
5. P-B4ch RxP
6. P-K4ch RxP
7. P-Q3! and mate next move.

Reshevsky Beats Dake

Recently Reshevsky played Arthur Dake a match in Portland, Ore. Here's the game.

Sicilian Defense
A. Dake (white) vs. S. Reshevsky (black)

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 P-Q3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. NxP N-KB3
5. N-QB3 P-KN3
6. B-K2 B-N2
7. O-O O-O
8. B-K3 N-QB3
9. N-N3 B-K3
10. P-B4 Q-QB1
11. Q-Q2 R-Q1
12. B-B3 B-N5
13. QR-K1 BxB
14. PxB Q-R6
15. N-Q5 QR-B1
16. P-B4 P-KN3
17. R-B1 P-K3
18. NxNch BxN
19. R-B2 P-Q4!
20. BPxP PxP
21. PxP N-K2
22. RxR QxR
23. R-B1 Q-Q2
24. B-Q4 Q-B4
25. BxB QxB
26. Q-Q4 QxQc
27. NxQ NxP
28. P-B5 N-B5
29. P-B6 P-KR4
30. N-B6 R-Q7
31. N-K7ch K-R2
32. R-B7 P-KN4
33. RxP RN7ch
34. K-B1 RxRP
35. R-R8 N-K3
36. P-QN4 R-QB7
37. P-QR4 P-KR5
38. K-N1 N-Q5
39. R-KN8 NxPch
40. K-B1 P-R6
41. R-N7ch K-R3
42. N-B5ch K-R4
43. RxBP K-N3
44. N-Q6 P-R7
Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 g6
6. Be2 Bg7
7. 0-0 0-0
8. Be3 Nc6
9. Nb3 Be6
10. f4 Qc8
11. Qd2 Rd8
12. Bf3 Bg4
13. Re1 Bxf3
14. gxf3 Qh3
15. Nd5 Rc8
16. c4 e6
17. Rc1

5. An interesting innovation.
12. Gets rid of white's strong bishop.
14. Don't like this at all. White reckons he will open file for attack. 19. N-Q4 and exchange the minor pieces was better.
19. ... Only a temporary sacrifice of a pawn but it certainly opens up the game.
24. Defends and attacks.
27. White's bad pawn formation loses the game.
28. Threatens RxN even after R-Q1.
29. Not RxN as R-B8 mates!
33. Black is not bothered with the queen's side, he has the white king where he wants him.
35. This move settles the game. The black pawns have free rein.
44. A good game.

As of 3/31/2020, game not listed among the games of Arthur William Dake vs. Samuel Reshevsky

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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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