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February 12, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 12 Feb 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, February 12, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, June 22, 2020

L.A. Times Problem 2103. Composed for The Los Angeles Times by Bernard H. Mittleman, Cedarhurst, N.Y. White mates in two.
FEN 4N3/3K4/3QB3/R1b2b2/4nBk1/5p2/4nP2/7R w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, February 12, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 2104...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, June 22, 2020

L.A. Times Problem 2104 by K. Hannemann (1st Prize) White mates in three.
FEN 8/Kb2Rr1p/pN4pQ/NpR5/1B1k2P1/r4q2/3P4/1Bb5 w - - 0 1

Reshevsky Games
Here are more games played by Samuel Reshevsky during his visit to Los Angeles late last month. In one exhibition he played against 37, winning 33, drawing three and losing one. In another exhibition he lost one and drew one, winning three.

Petroff Defense
Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. Daniel Amneus (black)
Russian Game: Classical Attack, Staunton Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-KB3
3. NxP P-Q3
4. N-KB3 NxP
5. P-Q4 P-Q4
6. B-Q3 B-Q3
7. O-O O-O
8. P-B4 P-QB3
9. N-B3 B-KN5
10. NxN PxN
11. BxP R-K
12. Q-Q3 P-KN3
13. P-KR3 P-KB4!
14. B-Q5ch PxB
15. PxB PxNP
16. B-N5 Q-B!
17. N-K5 BxN
18. PxB RxP
19. B-B6 Q-KB4!
20. QxQ RxQ
21. B-B3 PxP
22. QR-Q N-B3
23. R-Q7 R-B2
24. KR-Q QR-KB
25. K-R2 RxR
26. RxR R-B2
27. R-Q2 P-QN4
28. P-R3 P-QR4
29. R-Q6 R-B2
30. K-N3 P-N5
31. PxP PxP
32. B-Q2 P-B6
33. PxP P-N6!
34. B-B N-K4
35. K-B4 RxP
36. KxN RxB
37. K-B4 P-N7
0-1
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nxe5 d6
4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. d4 d5
6. Bd3 Bd6
7. 0-0 0-0
8. c4 c6
9. Nc3 Bg4
10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Bxe4 Re8
12. Qd3 g6
13. h3 f5!
14. Bd5+ cxd5
15. hxg4 fxg4
16. Bg5 Qc8!
17. Ne5 Bxe5
18. dxe5 Rxe5
19. Bf6 Qf5!
20. Qxf5 Rxf5
21. Bc3 dxc4
22. Rd1 Nc6
23. Rd7 Rf7
24. Rd1 Rf8
25. Kh2 Rxd7
26. Rxd7 Rf7
27. Rd2 b5
28. a3 a5
29. Rd6 Rc7
30. Kg3 b4
31. axb4 axb4
32. Bd2 c3
33. bxc3 b3!
34. Bc1 Ne5
35. Kf4 Rxc3
36. Kxe5 Rxc1
37. Kf4 b2
0-1

Petroff Defense
Samuel Reshevsky vs. Mrs. Matilda Harmat
Russian Game: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-KB3
3. NxP NxP
4. Q-K2 Q-K2
5. QxN P-Q3
6. P-Q4 PxN
7. PxP N-B3
8. P-KB4 B-Q2
9. N-QB3 O-O-O
10. B-K3 P-KB3
11. O-O-O PxP
12. P-B5 Q-QN5
13. B-B4 B-B4
14. BxB QxB
15. R-Q5 Q-K2
16. QR-Q Q-N4ch
17. K-N BxP
18. RxRch RxR
19. RxRch NxR
20. Q-K2 N-B3
21. B-Q3 BxB
22. PxB N-Q5
23. Q-K4 Q-Q7
24. P-KR3 Q-B7ch
25. K-R1 Q-N8ch
1/2-1/2
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nxe5 Nxe4
4. Qe2 Qe7
5. Qxe4 d6
6. d4 dxe5
7. dxe5 Nc6
8. f4 Bd7
9. Nc3 0-0-0
10. Be3 f6
11. 0-0-0 fxe5
12. f5 Qb4
13. Bc4 Bc5
14. Bxc5 Qxc5
15. Rd5 Qe7
16. Rd1 Qg5+
17. Kb1 Bxf5
18. Rxd8+ Rxd8
19. Rxd8+ Nxd8
20. Qe2 Nc6
21. Bd3 Bxd3
22. cxd3 Nd4
23. Qe4 Qd2
24. h3 Qc2+
25. Ka1 Qc1+
1/2-1/2

'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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