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April 05, 1953 Philadelphia Inquirer Chess Problems by Bill Ruth

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Chess by Bill RuthChess by Bill Ruth 05 Apr 1953, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

Problem No. 5001 by C. Promislo. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 5Q2/1b2p1Pq/1N5p/2P5/2RBk3/R5P1/1Pp2P2/K1b1nr2 w - - 0 1

Problem 5002 by D.J. Densmore. White to play and mate in three moves.
FEN 6K1/5RQ1/4P3/6R1/3P4/6rB/6Pp/4B1kr w - - 0 1
K-R8/Kh8
Mates in two moves.
1. Kh8 Rf3 2. gxf3#

In the recent match between the Franklin and Marshall clubs, DiCamillo scored a noteworthy victory for Philadelphia over his veteran opponent Edward Lasker of New York. Games of this nature, where a definite plan can be formulated so early in the play, are not too usual. Black's conduct of the entire game was predicated on his sixth move! The motif: to give white a structural weakness, to control his own king's fourth and by a judicious diminishment of force to bring about a favorable end game position. The result was satisfactory even though a clever opportunist might well have reversed the decision. All's well that ends well.

Edward Lasker (white) vs. Attilio Di Camillo (black)
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard Development

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-KN3
3. N-QB3 B-N2
4. P-K4 P-Q3
5. B-K2 QN-Q2
6. P-KB4 P-K4
7. BPxP PxP
8. PxP NxP
9. QxQ+ KxQ
10. B-B4 KN-Q2
11. N-R3 P-QB3
12. O-O P-KR3
13. QR-Q K-K2
14. B-K3 P-N3
15. P-QN4 B-N2
16. P-B5 P-QN4
17. B-Q4 N-B
18. N-B4 N-K3
19. NxN PxN
20. P-QR4 P-QR3
21. P-KN4 QR-Q
22. K-N2 KR-B
23. RxR RxR
24. BxN BxB
25. R-Q3 R-Q
26. RxR KxR
27. N-N K-K2
28. P-R3 K-B3
29. B-B3 K-N4
30. PxP RPxP
31. N-R3 K-B5
32. N-B2 B-B6
33. K-B2 P-K4
34. K-K2 B-B
35. B-N2 B-K3
36. K-Q3 B-N7
37. N-K3 K-N6
38. B-B B-B8
0-1
 
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6
5. Be2 Nd7
6. f4 e5
7. fxe5 dxe5
8. dxe5 Nxe5
9. Qxd8+ Kxd8
10. Bf4 Nbd7
11. Nh3 c6
12. 0-0 h6
13. Rd1 Ke7
14. Be3 b6
15. b4 Bb7
16. c5 b5
17. Bd4 Nf8
18. Nf4 Ne6
19. Nxe6 fxe6
20. a4 a6
21. g4 Rd8
22. Kg2 Rf8
23. Rxf8 Rxf8
24. Bxe5 Bxe5
25. Rd3 Rd8
26. Rxd8 Kxd8
27. Nb1 Ke7
28. h3 Kf6
29. Bf3 Kg5
30. axb5 axb5
31. Na3 Kf4
32. Nc2 Bc3
33. Kf2 e5
34. Ke2 Bc8
35. Bg2 Be6
36. Kd3 Bb2
37. Ne3 Kg3
38. Bf1 Bc1
0-1

At this point, White overstepped the time limit. His position is absolutely helpless.

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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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