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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 26 Nov 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, November 26, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Times Problem 2185 by T.M. Brown. White mates in two.
FEN 1q2b3/6Q1/2R1B3/2n1p1p1/1p1k4/5P2/3K4/8 w - - 0 1

Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, November 26, 1950 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Times Problem 2186 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Times Problem 2186 by C.C. Barnes. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/1B3p2/1Pp4N/3pk3/8/2P2Q1K/8 w - - 0 1

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Jacobs and Rivise are still tied for the lead in the 1950 County Championship Tournament, being played every Friday evening at quarters of the Cosmopolitan Chess Club at 2180 W. Adams Blvd. Standing of players after seven rounds (of a total of 10 in the Swiss system event).

Pairings for the eighth round (Nov. 24): Jacobs-Standers, Rivise-Steckel, Burke-Bersbach, Martin-Spiller, Gordon-Chase, Almgren-Croy, Zander-Banning, Eisgrau-Geller, Weiss-Keckhut, Steven bye; Johnson and Woronzoff have dropped out of the tournament.

William H. Steckel (white) vs. Robert Merton Jacobs (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. P-K3 N-KB3
3. B-Q3 P-KN3
4. N-Q2 B-N2
5. P-QB3 QN-Q2
6. P-KB4 P-B4
7. Q-K2 P-N3
8. KN-B3 B-N2
9. N-K5 QR-B1
10. O-O O-O
11. P-B5 NxN
12. PxN N-Q2
13. P-K6 N-K4
14. PxPch RxP
15. PxP RxRch
16. QxR PxP
17. N-B3 Q-Q3
18. NxN BxN
19. P-KN3 K-N2
20. Q-B3 R-B1
21. Q-N4 Q-KB3
22. Q-K2 P-B5
23. B-B2 B-B1
24. B-Q2 B-R6
25. R-K1 B-Q3
26. P-QN4 B-K4
27. R-Q1 P-K3
28. Q-K1 Q-B6
Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. e3 Nf6
3. Bd3 g6
4. Nd2 Bg7
5. c3 Nbd7
6. f4 c5
7. Qe2 b6
8. Ngf3 Bb7
9. Ne5 Rc8
10. 0-0 0-0
11. f5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Nd7
13. e6 Ne5
14. exf7+ Rxf7
15. fxg6 Rxf1+
16. Qxf1 hxg6
17. Nf3 Qd6
18. Nxe5 Bxe5
19. g3 Kg7
20. Qf3 Rf8
21. Qg4 Qf6
22. Qe2 c4
23. Bc2 Bc8
24. Bd2 Bh3
25. Re1 Bd6
26. b4 Be5
27. Rd1 e6
28. Qe1 Qf3
0-1

VENICE GAMES
Here are more games from the recent international tournament held in Venice in which your editor participated.

Alexander Kotov vs Vasily Smyslov
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 2, Sep-29
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11) 1/2-1/2

Harry Golombek vs Herman Steiner
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 2, Sep-29
English Opening: King's English Variation. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) 1/2-1/2

Vasily Smyslov vs Harry Golombek
Venice (1950), Venice ITA, rd 3, Sep-30
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0

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'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:
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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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