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• Robert J. Fischer, 1955
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Times Problem 2170 by Charles H. Avery. White mates in three.
FEN 8/1b5p/p2rp3/Q2pk2K/7R/5pN1/3P1P2/8 w - - 0 1
Samuel Reshevsky vs Svetozar Gligoric
Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950), Dubrovnik YUG, rd 9, Aug-31
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation with 6.e4 (D72) 1-0
WHAT B PLAYERS CAN DO
Virtually all games presented in this column are those of masters, near masters, or A players. Here is a game played in the recent B city championship playoffs. It was considered the most interesting game played in the B tournament and was Shearer's only loss. His conqueror was Al Russo. The winner of the tournament has not been decided yet.
Al Russo (white) vs. Alexander Shearer (black)
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Closed Variation
Radio Chess Match Set for Tomorrow
Four college chess players will play a match by radio tomorrow with a team representing Santa Monica, champions of Los Angeles county, Calif. The Philadelphia team will assemble at the home of its captain, Charles Badgett, a U. S. Department of Agriculture research chemist, at 725 Garden rd., Glenside Gardens.
Badgett, an amateur radio operator, will convey the moves to the California team, and referees will be on hand at both ends. Representing this area will be Saul Wachs, of Temple University, Pennsylvania junior State champion; Herbert Hickman, captain of the Haverford College chess team; Joseph Cotter, of the University of Pennsylvania, who won a game from the national champion, Samuel Reshevesky, when he played a simultaneous match here recently, and Joseph Gibbons, of Drexel Institute.
SHORT WAVES GAMES
Some interesting chess can result when two strong teams on opposite sides of the continent sit down at their boards and play a match by short wave radio. Here are two games from the recent encounter between the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club and the North City Chess Club of Philadelphia which the former won, 3-1. On the western team were Ray Martin. California State champion, Arthur Spiller, State open champion, William Steckel and George Steven.
NOTES BY GEORGE STEVEN
(a) All Book—per Euwe's “Theory of the Openings” except the QN goes to K3 in this line.
(b) My opponent offered a draw at this point; refused.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Below is the score of one of the games played in the recent California Championship tournament at San Francisco in which Ray Martin of Santa Monica took the State title away from George E. Croy of Los Angeles. Croy won three, lost two and drew two to tie for second place.
George E. Croy (white) vs. Leslie Boyette (black)
Danish Gambit
NOTES BY G. E. CROY
(a) Black prefers to return the sacrificed pawns, as recommended by Fine in “Practical Chess Openings.” The alternative is to defend a very cramped position against a strong attack, made possible by lead in development and open position, due to the pawn sacrifices.
(b) Here, PCO recommends 10. P-B4 and claims better chances for black. My opinion is that White has better chances due to lead in development and safer king position.
(c) White's chances lay in forcing center pawns through, but first the black knights must be hampered, else they can play hob with the works. The text tends to leave white weaker on white squares but I hoped he would not be able to take any advantage from that.
(d) This later proves risky as white weaves a mating net about the black king. He probably disliked the alternative 21. NxN: 22. N-B5 R6-Q4; 23. NxP R1-QN; 24. RxN RxN; 25. P-K7dis.ch wins.
(e) With the strong threat of N-B5 etc. disrupting white's game: 26. N-K4 seems best, (PxPe.p.ch., loses after 27. KxP N-K4; 28. BxN RxB; 29. P-N4ch. etc.) but white's chances are better after 27. R-K4 with mate threats.
(f) A blunder, of course, but white should win anyway.
'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:
“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.
March 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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Chess by Herman Steiner 01 Oct 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Radio Chess Match Set for Tomorrow 03 Jun 1950, Sat The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
