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March 26, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner Sun, Mar 26, 1950 – 63 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem 2115 by Dr. A. van der Ven. White mates in two.
FEN 1r2n3/B7/BrQ3K1/8/4p3/7R/7R/6k1 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem 2116 by A. Ellerman. White mates in three.
FEN 4N3/2p1R3/2pp3B/R1nbbk1B/7P/3PPp2/5p2/5K2 w - - 0 1

SAN DIEGO TOURNAMENT
At the end of six weeks of play, here are the standings of the players in the San Diego County Chess Championship Tournament. It is a double round-robin tournament. This means that each participant must play a total of 22 games—two games with each opponent.

                       W        L
Hunnex, George        14½       1½
Gilson, George         8        2
Alexander, John        5        2
Hirsch, Leo            4        2
Jenkines, B. C.        6½       3½
Lutz, A. H.            3        3
De Graaf, Peter        2        3
Thompson, A. J.        2        3
Lessner, W. J.         2        7
Higgins, Olga          2        8
Page, John             0        6
Critchlow, Arthur      0        8

Three of the most interesting games from the tournament are presented herewith.

John L Alexander vs George Gilson
San Diego County Championship (1950), San Diego, CA USA
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Chistyakov Defense (C07) 1-0

George Hunnex (white) vs. Olga Higgins (black)
Queen's Pawn Game

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-KB3
2. P-K4 P-Q4
3. PxP QxP
4. N-QB3 Q-Q1
5. B-Q3 N-QB3
6. Q-R5ch K-Q2
7. P-Q5 N-K4
8. B-B5ch K-Q3
9. N-K4ch KxP
10. B-K3 K-B3
11. R-Q1 B-Q2
12. BxBch NxB
13. Q-Q5 mate
 
Algebraic
1. d4 f6
2. e4 d5
3. exd5 Qxd5
4. Nc3 Qd8
5. Bd3 Nc6
6. Qh5+ Kd7
7. d5 Ne5
8. Bf5+ Kd6
9. Ne4+ Kxd5
10. Be3 Kc6
11. Rd1 Bd7
12. Bxd7+ Nxd7
13. Qd5#

Peter De Graaf (white) vs. George Hunnex (black)
French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K3
2. N-KB3 P-QB4
3. P-QB3 N-QB3
4. P-Q4 P-Q4
5. P-K5 N-K2
6. B-Q3 N-N3
7. O-O B-K2
8. B-K3 B-Q2
9. P-QN3 R-QB1
10. N-Q2 O-O
11. R-B1 P-B3
12. BxN PxB
13. KPxP BxP
14. PxP P-K4
15. P-KR3 P-K5
16. N-Q4 N-K4
17. P-QN4 N-Q6
18. R-B2 BxN
19. BxB Q-R5
20. N-N3 R-KB2
21. P-KB3 R(B1)-B1
22. B-B2 Q-R4
23. B-N3 R-B3
24. R-Q2 Q-N4
25. K-R2 R-K1
26. PxP PxP
27. RxR PxR
28. N-Q4 P-B4
29. N-K2 B-N4
30. B-Q6 B-B5
31. P-QR4 P-B5
32. N-Q4 Q-N6ch
33. K-N1 Q-K6ch
34. K-R2 N-B7
35. Q-QB1 Q-N6ch
36. K-N1 NxRPch
37. K-R1 P-K6
38. R-K2 N-B7ch
39. K-N1 B-Q4
40. Q-B1 Q-R5
41. RxN PxRch
42. QxP R-K8ch
43. QxR QxQch
Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. Nf3 c5
3. c3 Nc6
4. d4 d5
5. e5 Nge7
6. Bd3 Ng6
7. 0-0 Be7
8. Be3 Bd7
9. b3 Rc8
10. Nd2 0-0
11. Rc1 f6
12. Bxg6 hxg6
13. exf6 Bxf6
14. dxc5 e5
15. h3 e4
16. Nd4 Ne5
17. b4 Nd3
18. Rc2 Bxd4
19. Bxd4 Qh4
20. Nb3 Rf7
21. f3 Rf8
22. Bf2 Qh5
23. Bg3 Rf6
24. Rd2 Qg5
25. Kh2 Re8
26. fxe4 dxe4
27. Rxf6 gxf6
28. Nd4 f5
29. Ne2 Bb5
30. Bd6 Bc4
31. a4 f4
32. Nd4 Qg3+
33. Kg1 Qe3+
34. Kh2 Nf2
35. Qc1 Qg3+
36. Kg1 Nxh3+
37. Kh1 e3
38. Re2 Nf2+
39. Kg1 Bd5
40. Qf1 Qh4
41. Rxf2 exf2+
42. Qxf2 Re1+
43. Qxe1 Qxe1+
0-1

YUGOSLAV GAMES
Here are more games from the recent United States-Yugoslavia radio match:

Borislav Ivkov vs Arthur Bisguier
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Feb-11
Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Variation (C78) 0-1

Milan Vidmar Jr vs Olaf Ulvestad
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (E11) 1-0

Robert Byrne vs Borislav Kostic
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit. Alapin Variation (D08) 1/2-1/2

Aleksandar Matanovic vs Albert Pinkus
USA - Yugoslavia Radio Match (1950), New York, NY, USA - Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Feb-13
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense (C98) 1-0

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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 --
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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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