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June 25, 1950 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner Sun, Jun 25, 1950 – 44 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, June 25, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 2141 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, July 9, 2020

L.A. Times Problem 2141 by Anonymous. White mates in two.
FEN 8/6p1/3K2Q1/8/3kp3/1n6/4B3/5R2 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, June 25, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 2142 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, July 9, 2020

L.A. Times Problem 2142 by Anonymous. White mates in three.
FEN 4n3/K7/N2B4/pk1bP3/3R4/1P1P4/8/8 w - - 0 1

MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB VS. MARSHALL CHESS CLUB

Samuel Reshevsky (white) vs. Albert Simonson (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-KN3 P-Q4
3. N-KB3 B-B4
4. B-N2 P-K3
5. O-O QN-Q2
6. P-B4 P-B3
7. QN-Q2 P-KR3
8. P-QR3 B-Q3
9. Q-N3 Q-B2
10. P-B5 B-K2
11. Q-B3 P-KN4
12. P-QN4 P-N5
13. N-K5 R-Q!
14. P-B4 P-KR4
15. P-QR4 P-R5
16. R-R3 P-R4!
17. P-N5 NxP
18. PxN BPxP
19. N-N3 P-N5
20. Q-Q4 PxR
21. BxP P-R6
22. B-R R-KN
23. B-QN2 B-B7
0-1
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. g3 d5
3. Nf3 Bf5
4. Bg2 e6
5. 0-0 Nd7
6. c4 c6
7. Nbd2 h6
8. a3 Bd6
9. Qb3 Qc7
10. c5 Be7
11. Qc3 g5
12. b4 g4
13. Ne5 Rd8!
14. f4 h5
15. a4 h4
16. Ra3 a5!
17. b5 Nxc5
18. dxc5 cxb5
19. Nb3 b4
20. Qd4 bxa3
21. Bxa3 h3
22. Bh1 Rg8
23. Bb2 Bc2

Black won eventually.

0-1

Williams (white) vs. Elliot Hearst (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. N-KB3 P-K3
3. P-B4 P-KB4
4. N-B3 N-KB3
5. P-K3 P-B3
6. B-Q3 B-Q3
7. N-K5! O-O
8. O-O??! BxN!?
9. PxB N-N5
10. P-B4 P-Q5!
11. P-KR3? NxKP!
12. PxN PxN
13. Q-B2! N-Q2!
14. QxP Q-B2
15. P-K4! QxP
16. B-Q2! P-B5!
17. B-B2 Q-B4ch
18. K-R P-K4
19. P-QN4 Q-K2
20. QR-Q N-B3
21. B-K P-KN4
22. B-B2 R-K!
23. B-B5 Q-N2
24. R-Q2 P-N5
25. R(1)-Q P-N3
26. B-B2 P-N6
27. B-KN B-N5!
28. R-KB Q-R3
29. P-B5 BxP!
30. PxB QxPch
31. B-R2 QxRch
32. B-N K-R!
33. R-N2 N-N5
34. B-Q3 N-B7ch!
35. RxN Q-R6ch
Resigns
Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. Nf3 e6
3. c4 f5
4. Nc3 Nf6
5. e3 c6
6. Bd3 Bd6
7. Ne5! 0-0
8. 0-0 Bxe5?
9. dxe5 Ng4
10. f4 d4!
11. h3? Nxe5!
12. fxe5 dxc3
13. Qc2! Nd7!
14. Qxc3 Qc7
15. e4! Qxe5
16. Bd2! f4!
17. Bc2 Qc5+
18. Kh1 e5
19. b4 Qe7
20. Rd1 Nf6
21. Be1 g5
22. Bf2 Re8!
23. Bc5 Qg7
24. Rd2 g4
25. Rd1 b6
26. Bf2 g3
27. Bg1 Bg4!
28. Rf1 Qh6
29. c5 Bxh3!
30. gxh3 Qxh3+
31. Bh2 Qxf1+
32. Bg1 Kh8!
33. Rg2 Ng4
34. Bd3 Nf2+!
35. Rxf2 Qh3+
0-1

Isaac Boleslavsky vs Salomon Flohr
Budapest Candidates (1950), Budapest HUN, rd 10, Apr-29
Spanish Game: Closed. Kholmov Variation (C92) 1-0

'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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