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April 12, 1953 Philadelphia Inquirer Chess Problems by Bill Ruth

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Chess Chess by Bill RuthChess by Bill Ruth 12 Apr 1953, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

WACHS WINS AGAIN
Saul Wachs once again captured the Manhattan Chess Club's weekly rapid transit tournament. He finished with a lead of 1½ games over a very strong field. Philadelphia has a number of experts at this style of play.
Isaac Ash, playing for Franklin, scored a draw with his veteran opponent, Rudolph Smirka of the Marshall Club. Accepting his opponent's queen's gambit, Ash took the initiative early, an attaack that Smirka traded right off the board, when black started to put the pressure on. A draw was probably the only equitable result.

Rudolph Smirka (white) vs. Isaac Ash (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation

Rudolph Smirka vs. Isaac Ash, 1953

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. P-QB4 PxP
3. N-KB3 N-KB3
4. N-B3 P-K3
5. P-K3 P-QR3
6. P-QR4 P-QB4
7. BxP N-B3
8. O-O B-K2
9. PxP Q-B2
10. Q-K2 BxP
11. R-Q O-O
12. P-KR3 P-QN3
13. P-K4 N-K4
14. B-R2 B-N2
15. B-B4 NxN+
16. QxN Q-B3
17. B-QN QR-Q
18. B-B2 B-Q5
19. R-K Q-B4
20. B-K3 BxB
21. RxB R-Q7
22. R-QB KR-Q
23. R-K2 Q-KN4
24. RxR RxR
25. R-Q N-K
26. RxR QxR
27. Q-Q Draw
 
Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. c4 dxc4
3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 e6
5. e3 a6
6. a4 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6
8. 0-0 Be7
9. dxc5 Qc7
10. Qe2 Bxc5
11. Rd1 0-0
12. h3 b6
13. e4 Ne5
14. Ba2 Bb7
15. Bf4 Nxf3+
16. Qxf3 Qc6
17. Bb1 Rfd8
18. Bc2 Bd4
19. Re1 Qc5
20. Be3 Bxe3
21. Rxe3 Rd2
22. Rc1 Rad8
23. Re2 Qg5
24. Rxd2 Rxd2
25. Rd1 Ne8
26. Rxd2 Qxd2
27. Qd1 1/2-1/2

Chess by Bill Ruth Sun, Apr 12, 1953 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Problem No. 5003 by B....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Problem No. 5003 by B. Albert. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 5B2/8/1pp5/pP6/2B1KP2/P1kPN3/RpNpQp1R/6r1 w - - 0 1

Chess by Bill Ruth Sun, Apr 12, 1953 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Problem No. 5004 by C.D.P....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Problem No. 5004 by C.D.P. Hamilton. White to play and mate in three moves.
FEN 1k6/pPr1p3/P7/2NPB2p/1P6/1pKN2pr/7P/n4n2 w - - 0 1
N-B2/Nf2

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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'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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