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June 11, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner Sun, Jun 11, 1950 – 94 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem 2137 by Anonymous. White mates in two.
FEN 8/4p2N/5p2/2Q1nP1p/1B2K2k/3R2R1/4N2b/8 w - - 0 1

L.A. Times Problem 2138 by Anonymous. White mates in three.
FEN 8/3p4/3N2p1/2p3N1/2Pk4/5PQn/3K3P/6r1 w - - 0 1
QxRch/Qxg1+

SOUTH VS. NORTH MATCH

A. A. Rosate (white) vs. George B. Oakes (black)
Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubov Variation, Stonewall Line

Descriptive
1. N-KB3 P-K3
2. P-B4 P-Q4
3. P-KN3 P-QB3
4. P-N3 N-B3
5. B-QN2 B-K2
6. B-N2 O-O
7. O-O P-KR3
8. P-Q3 Q-N3
9. QN-Q2 QN-Q2
10. P-K4 N-B4
11. Q-B2 PxKP
12. PxP R-Q
13. N-K5 KN-Q2
14. QN-B3 NxN
15. NxN B-Q2
16. Q-K2 B-K
17. KR-Q P-B3
18. N-B3 B-N3
19. P-K5 PxP
20. NxP B-R2
21. N-N4 B-B4
22. Q-K5 B-B
23. N-K3 N-Q6
24. RxN! RxR
25. NxB PxN
26. Q-K6ch K-R
27. QxBP R-Q7
28. B-K4! K-N
29. Q-K6ch K-R
30. QxPch K-N
31. QxR R-Q
32. Q-N5 Q-B2
33. B-N6 Q-Q3
34. Q-R5 B-K2
35. Q-R7ch Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. Nf3 e6
2. c4 d5
3. g3 c6
4. b3 Nf6
5. Bb2 Be7
6. Bg2 0-0
7. 0-0 h6
8. d3 Qb6
9. Nbd2 Nfd7
10. e4 Nc5
11. Qc2 dxe4
12. dxe4 Rd8
13. Ne5 Nd7
14. Nf3 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bd7
16. Qe2 Be8
17. Rd1 f6
18. Nf3 Bg6
19. e5 fxe5
20. Nxe5 Bh7
21. Ng4 Bf5
22. Qe5 Bf8
23. Ne3 Nd3
24. Rxd3! Rxd3
25. Nxf5 exf5
26. Qe6+ Kh8
27. Qxf5 Rd2
28. Be4! Kg8
29. Qe6+ Kh8
30. Qxh6+ Kg8
31. Qxd2 Rd8
32. Qg5 Qc7
33. Bg6 Qd6
34. Qh5 Be7
35. Qh7+ 1-0

Isaac Boleslavsky vs Alexander Kotov
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 8, Apr-24
Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit. Main Line (D31) 1-0

Salomon Flohr vs Vasily Smyslov Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 8, Apr-24 Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85) 1/2-1/2

Andre Lilienthal vs Paul Keres
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 8, Apr-24
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Main Lines (D27) 1/2-1/2

David Bronstein vs Gideon Stahlberg
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 8, Apr-24
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Breyer Variation (C13) 0-1

Miguel Najdorf vs Laszlo Szabo
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 8, Apr-24
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Korchnoi Line (A28) 1/2-1/2

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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 --
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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