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September 03, 1950 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess ChatsChess Chats 03 Sep 1950, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Ending by H. Rinck. White to play and win.
FEN 2q5/8/8/8/1N6/8/1k1K1Q2/8 w - - 0 1

1. N-Q3ch K-R6
2. Q-R7ch K-N6
3. Q-N6ch K-B5
4. Q-R5 Q-B1
5. Q-R4ch K-Q4
6. N-B4ch and wins.

1. Nd3+ Ka3
2. Qa7+ Kb3
3. Qb6+ Kc4
4. Qa5 Qf8
5. Qa4+ Kd5
6. Nf4+

Game played in the California State Championship, September 1950.

Vladimir Pafnutieff (white) vs. Charles L. Bagby (black)
Nimzo-Indian

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. P-QR3 BxNch
5. PxB P-B4
6. P-K3 N-B3
7. B-Q3 P-QN3
8. N-K2 O-O
9. P-K4 N-K1
10. O-O P-Q3
11. P-K5! PxP
12. PxP B-N2
13. B-B4 P-N3
14. N-N3 Q-R5
15. Q-B1 Q-K2
16. N-R4! P-B4
17. ?-?? ?-??
18. R-Q1 NxP
19. B-R6 N-K4
 
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 c5
6. e3 Nc6
7. Bd3 b6
8. Ne2 0-0
9. e4 Ne8
10. 0-0 d6
11. e5! dxe5
12. dxc5 Bb7
13. Bf4 g6
14. Ng3 Qh4
15. Qc1 Qe7

4. It's the fashion!
8. … For notes to the opening see Boyette-Bagby game.
10. … Here black switches. P-K4 seems to be best though.
11. Lilienthal's move against Najdorf.
12. … Not NxP!; 13. BxPch wins the Queen.
13. … Trying something different, that is what R. Fine recommends. Namely: 13. …; Q-B2. Bagby says that he did not like this move as White can play 14. Q-B2, P-N3; 15. B-R6 N-N2 16. P-B4 gives White a tremendous game.
14. … Does not want to allow White to bring his Queen to K-N4, which would cramp Black's game completely.
15. … Forced as B-N5, Q-N5; B-K2 was threatened.
16. Threatens B-R6, N-N2; N-B6ch followed by Q-N5.
16. … Not NxP, as B-Q6 wins the exchange.
19. … Decides to give the exchange with the hop of getting out of the tight position he's in.

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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:
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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