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April 16, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner Sun, Apr 16, 1950 – 84 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 16, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, June 29, 2020

L.A. Times Problem No. 2121 by K.A.K. Larsen (first honorable mention) White mates in two.
FEN 1n2B3/R1pr1p2/p1k2p2/R7/1nPQ2N1/5p2/p1pK1P2/rbN5 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, April 16, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 2122 by C.S. Kipping (second prize). White mates in three.
FEN K1RN3b/3p1Prb/3P1p2/4qk1P/1PB1p2P/2N1Bp1P/3R4/Q7 w - - 0 1
Q-R5/Qa5

Carlos Hugo Maderna vs Herman Pilnik
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 16, Mar-30
French Defense: Advance Variation (C02) 1-0

Hector Rossetto vs Luis Marini
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 17, Apr-01
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation (B59) 1-0

Nicolas Rossolimo vs Mariano Castillo Larenas
Mar del Plata (1950), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 13, Mar-26
Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Fianchetto Variation (B31) 1-0

TEACHER WINS TOURNAMENT
The San Diego County Chess Championship Tournament has been won by George A. Hunnex of La Mesa.
Hunnex, a teacher at Grossmont High School, permitted only three draws and one loss. Hunnex is the only entrant so far who has finished all of his games, but it is mathematically impossible for anyone to equal his score. Second and third-place winners have not yet been decided, but will be announced in a later issue. The latest standings:

Herewith is the score of one of Hunnex's best games:

George A. Hunnex (white) vs. Bertram C. Jenkines (black)
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 P-K3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. NxP P-QR3
5. N-QB3 N-KB3
6. B-Q3 N-B3
7. NxN NPxN
8. O-O B-K2
9. P-K5 N-Q4
10. NxN BPxN
11. B-K3 P-Q3
12. P-KB4 R-QN1
13. Q-N4! P-N3
14. R-B2! PxP
15. PxP RxP
16. QR-KB1 O-O
17. B-R6 B-B4
18. Q-KB4 BxRch
19. RxB Q-K2
20. B-KN5! P-B3
21. PxP Q-KB2
22. P-KR4 RxRP
23. P-R5 R-R8ch
24. K-R2 R-K1
25. B-R6 P-K4
26. Q-N5 P-K5
27. B-K2 R-K8
28. PxP PxP
29. B-R5 K-R2
30. B-N7 Q-B2ch
31. P-N3 B-B4
32. BxPch BxB
33. Q-R6ch K-N1
34. P-B7ch BxP
35. Q-R8 mate
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 a6
5. Nc3 Nf6
6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. 0-0 Be7
9. e5 Nd5
10. Nxd5 cxd5
11. Be3 d6
12. f4 Rb8
13. Qg4! g6
14. Rf2! dxe5
15. fxe5 Rxb2
16. Rf1 0-0
17. Bh6 Bc5
18. Qf4 Bxf2+
19. Rxf2 Qe7
20. Bg5! f6
21. exf6 Qf7
22. h4 Rxa2
23. h5 Ra1+
24. Kh2 Re8
25. Bh6 e5
26. Qg5 e4
27. Be2 Re1
28. hxg6 hxg6
29. Bh5 Kh7
30. Bg7 Qc7+
31. g3 Bf5
32. Bxg6+ Bxg6
33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. f7+ Bxf7
35. Qh8#
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Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'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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