Bobby Fischer History Notes: August 05, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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August 05, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner Sun, Aug 5, 1951 – 92 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, August 05, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2257 by...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, April 26, 2020

Times Problem 2257 by Nicholas Gabor (2nd Prize). White mates in two.
FEN 2Qb2Bn/q1NR1p1K/8/2p1P3/Ppk5/3N3R/P2PP3/1b6 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, August 05, 1951 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2258 by...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, April 26, 2020

Times Problem 2258 by H.M. Huse (1st Prize). White mates in three.
FEN b7/3pK2Q/8/P4Np1/Pr2k3/4p3/1rP1NnP1/6bn w - - 0 1

State Preliminaries
After the fourth round of the southern preliminaries of the annual State Tournament to be held over the Labor Day week end, Irving Rivise leads with four wins and no losses, clinching his present lead with a victory over Sam Geller. Morris Gordon had a fairly certain win over Blumenfeld, but overlooked a discovered check, the death of many a chess player, and lost. William Steckel came fighting back into the battle in a game with George Hunnex which tried to capture the record for sacrifices and number of checks.

Following are the results after the fourth round of play:

                  W    L
Rivise .......... 4    0
Almgren ......... 3    1
Blumenfeld ...... 3    1
Geller .......... 3    1
Jacobs .......... 3    1
H. Gordon ....... 2½   1½
Steckel ......... 2½   1½
Weiss ........... 2½   1½
Bersbach ........ 2    2
M. Gordon ....... 2    2
Wheeler ......... 2    2
Banning ......... 1½   2½
Hunnex .......... 1    3
Johnson ......... 1    3
Namson .......... 1    3
Paliwoda ........ 1    3

Here are two games from the preliminaries. In the following game from Round 4, Steckel had a psychological victory long before the game's conclusion.

Wing Gambit
George Hunnex (white) vs. William Steckel (black)
Zukertort Opening: Santasiere's Folly

Descriptive
1. N-KB3 P-Q4
2. P-QN4 P-QR4
3. P-N5 P-QB4
4. PxPe.p. NxP
5. B-N2 N-KB3
6. P-K3 B-N5
7. P-Q4 R-B
8. QN-Q2 P-K3
9. P-QR3 B-Q3
10. P-QB4 O-O
11. PxP PxP
12. B-Q3 R-K
13. Q-N3 N-K5
14. R-QN NxN
15. NxN Q-R5
16. P-N3 RxPch!
17. PxR BxPch!
18. PxB QxRch
19. N-B R-K
20. QxNP? RxPch
21. K-Q2 RxBch!
22. KxR Q-K5ch
23. K-Q2 Q-K7ch
24. K-B3 Q-B6ch
25. K-Q2 Q-K7ch
26. K-B3 Q-B6ch
27. K-Q2 Q-B7ch
28. K-B3 QxQPch
29. K-B2 B-B4ch
30. K-B Q-QB5ch
31. K-Q2 Q-Q6ch
32. K-K QxRch
33. K-B2 Q-B7ch
34. K-N Q-B4ch
35. K-N2 P-KR3
Resigns

Algebraic
1. Nf3 d5
2. b4 a5
3. b5 c5
4. bxc6e.p. Nxc6
5. Bb2 Nf6
6. e3 Bg4
7. d4 Rc8
8. Nbd2 e6
9. a3 Bd6
10. c4 0-0
11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bd3 Re8
13. Qb3 Ne4
14. Rb1 Nxd2
15. Nxd2 Qh4
16. g3 Rxe3+!
17. fxe3 Bxg3+!
18. hxg3 Qxh1+
19. Nf1 Re8
20. Qxb7? Rxe3+
21. Kd2 Rxd3+!
22. Kxd3 Qe4+
23. Kd2 Qe2+
24. Kc3 Qf3+
25. Kd2 Qe2+
26. Kc3 Qf3+
27. Kd2 Qf2+
28. Kc3 Qxd4+
29. Kc2 Bf5+
30. Kc1 Qc4+
31. Kd2 Qd3+
32. Ke1 Qxb1+
33. Kf2 Qc2+
34. Kg1 Qc5+
35. Kg2 h6
0-1

Hyman Gordon vs. William Steckel
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. N-KB3 N-KB3
3. P-QB4 P-K3
4. N-QB3 B-K2
5. Q-B2 O-O
6. P-K4 PxP
7. NxP NxN
8. QxN B-N5ch
9. B-Q2 BxBch
10. NxB N-Q2
11. N-N3 N-B3
12. Q-R4 P-QR4
13. B-K2 P-R5
14. N-Q2 Q-Q3
15. O-O Q-N5
16. Q-B4 QxNP
17. KR-N Q-B6
18. R-B Q-N5
19. QR-N Q-K2
20. R-B3 R-R4
21. R-KN3 P-K4
22. Q-N5 P-KN3
23. N-K4 K-N2
24. R-B3 N-N
25. Q-Q2 P-N3
26. P-B5 P-B4
27. PxP PxP
28. RxNP R-Q4
29. N-B5 QxN
30. PxQ RxQ
31. R-K3 P-K5
32. P-B3 N-B3
33. B-B4 R-B7
34. R-N4 R-Q
35. R-K2 RxB
36. RxR B-R3

Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. Nf3 Nf6
3. c4 e6
4. Nc3 Be7
5. Qc2 0-0
6. e4 dxe4
7. Nxe4 Nxe4
8. Qxe4 Bb4+
9. Bd2 Bxd2+
10. Nxd2 Nd7
11. Nb3 Nf6
12. Qh4 a5
13. Be2 a4
14. Nd2 Qd6
15. 0-0 Qb4
16. Qf4 Qxb2
17. Rfb1 Qc3
18. Rc1 Qb4
19. Rb1 Qe7
20. Rc3 Ra5
21. Rg3 e5
22. Qg5 g6
23. Ne4 Kg7
24. Rf3 Ng8
25. Qd2 b6
26. c5 f5
27. cxb6 cxb6
28. Rxb6 Rd5
29. Nc5 Qxc5
30. dxc5 Rxd2
31. Re3 e4
32. f3 Nf6
33. Bc4 Rc2
34. Rb4 Rd8
35. Re2 Rxc4
36. Rxc4 Ba6

White resigns after a few more moves.
FEN 3r4/6kp/b4np1/2P2p2/p1R1p3/5P2/P3R1PP/6K1 w - - 0 1

'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:

Tweets by swilkinsonbc

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 1956

March 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.

August 05, 1951 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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