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Fischer Forges Ahead In War of Attrition
Bobby Fischer's defeat of ex-world champion, Tigran Petrosian, USSR, in the 6th game (67 moves) and the 7th (34 moves), after drawing the 5th, in their 12 game match at Buenos Aires, has left the American grandmaster with a two point cushion, 4½-2½ pts. He needs only two more points to clinch the right to a match with world champion Boris Spassky, USSR, in 1972.
Petrosian's usual plan of wearing out his opponents with ultra-conservative defensive play and wait for a break seemed well-conceived. He defeated Hubner and Korchnoi earlier by a single win and a string of draws, and this match appeared to be going the same way, until Fischer steadied down and accepted the challenge of nerves, applying his special brand of care and forcefulness, plus his amazing accuracy once he gets the upper hand.
Problem No. 1270 by V. Bartulovic. White mates in two moves.
FEN 8/1B1RR1Bb/1b6/q5p1/p2pp3/3pk2N/3n2Q1/3K2Nn w - - 0 1
Key: 1. R-Q5/Rd5.
Chess by Harry Mather Fischer Leads Petrosian After seven games in a 12-game world match, Fischer leads Petrosian by a 4½ to 2½ point score. With only five games remaining, Petrosian will certainly be hard pressed to equalize against a player of Fischer's calibre, but of course the match is not won (or lost) yet. Of the remaining five games Petrosian will have the white pieces three times against Fischer's two. Regardless of the final outcome Petrosian has certainly put up a firm defense against his opponent and has broken Fischer's long winning streak.
Prior to meeting Petrosian, Fischer won 20 games without giving up even a draw, but so far in the present match he has given up one loss and three draws.
L.A. Times Problem No. 89 by G. Chocolous, from the Two-Move Chess Problem. White mates in two.
FEN r6Q/7B/8/8/8/5p2/7B/R4K1k w - - 0 1
Key: B-B7/Bc7
Occasionally a dual may be cured by turning the board to change the direction of pawn moves. Give this problem a quarter turn to the right and the key B-KN6 permits only one mate after pawn move, whereas in original position after pawn move there are three mates—a triple.
L.A. Times Problem No. 90 by J.F. Tracy, Ontario, California. First publication. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/1PPk1P2/3p1P1p/P6K/3BN1P1/1BR5 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. B-K3/Be3
If PxB; 2. R-B2 (Indian theme) K-K5; 3. R-Q? mate. If P-Q6; 2. N-B3ch, etc. Some called this a tough one.
David Janowski vs Jose Raul Capablanca
New York (1924), New York, NY USA, rd 1, Mar-16
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Janowski Variation (D67) 1/2-1/2
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1102094
Notes by Alekhine
(a) Of greater promise than this antiquated method seems to be P-B3 so as to meet 5. P-K3 with QN-Q2; 6. B-Q3, PxP; 7. BxBP, P-QN4; 8. B-Q3, P-QR3 followed by P-QB4.
(b) If this is not a new move (in these days one can hardly make such a claim for sooner or later some one will come forward and claim black on white that he used this move decades ago in some Class C tourney and hence claim parental recognition.) it has nevertheless been well forgotten. Doubtless it is more promising than 10. BxB, QxB; 11. Castles, etc.
(c) This weakening of the K3sq is not justified and causes embarrassment to black. Instead he should have held the position in abeyance while completing his development.
(d) In order to meet 17. N-K5 favorably with Q-B4, (the pin preventing N-K4.)
(e) Black now emerges from a somewhat precarious situation. White must accept the sacrifice or obtain no return for the lost pawn.
(f) Forced, since 20. KR2, QxBPch' 21. K-R, QxR; 22. B-B2, Q-R3; would lead to nothing.
L.A. Times Problem No. 87 by R.B. Green, Council Bluffs, Iowa. First publication. White mates in two.
FEN 1N6/8/3p4/4p3/1Nk1p3/4B3/8/QK6 w - - 0 1
Key: N-Q5/Nd5
Four mates by Q of which two are pure, meaning no square in the black king's field is commanded by more than one piece.
L.A. Times Problem No. 88 by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, California. First publication. White mates in three.
FEN 8/1b2B3/p3P3/p1Nk4/5K2/1P3n2/p7/Q7 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R/Qh1. If K-Q5; 2. Q-Qch, if K-B6; 3. N-R4 mate! If others; 2. QxNch, etc.
L.A. Time Problem No. 86 by Frank Janet, Good Companions, May 1919. White mates in two.
FEN 2bb3r/1RqpkPpn/4P3/2R5/QBK1N2N/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-B6/Qc6. Pickaninny theme—four separate moves of a single black pawn causing four separate and distinct mates.
L.A. Times Problem No. 85 by A.F. Mackenzie. White mates in two.
FEN 2RQ4/4pNB1/4r3/2bN4/B1kpp2R/P7/8/2K5 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-N8/Qg8
Ambuscading theme—withdrawing keypiece to apparently useless square behind some other piece.
L.A. Times Problem No. 83 by Sam Loyd. White mates in two.
FEN 2B2B2/8/1pkP4/1p2Q3/3P4/8/nKN4p/5R1q w - - 0 1
Key: Q-K2/Qe2
L.A. Times Problem No. 84 by J. Dobrusky. First prize winner in a Russian tourney. White mates in four. No. 84 shows tour of the white queen which, originally standing in one corner, visits every corner, following the sides of the board in a regular course (with black's best defense, but other defenses permit shorter mates.)
FEN 8/3B4/1K1p4/2pNk3/2bn1b2/3p4/5N2/Q7 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. Q-R8 N-K3; 2. Q-R8ch, N-N2 3. Q-R, BxN; 4. Q-Rmate. Black's best moves are given; others permit shorter mates. If B-KN4; 2. N-N4ch, K-K5; 3. QN-B6d.ch, K-B5; 4. N-R5mate.
L.A. Times Problem No. 81 by H. Weenink, Good Companions, April 1919. White mates in two.
FEN 8/3KN3/8/2p1k3/7Q/3P4/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: N-Q5/Nd5
L.A. Times Problem No. 82 by H.F.L. Meyer. From Rayner's Chess Problems. Showing a single pawn promoted to Q, R, B or N, depending on Black's defense. Problem laws do not license P equals P or K when reaching eighth rank. White mates in three.
FEN 4b3/3PB2R/4k3/7p/PP2P2P/4N3/8/1K6 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. B-Q6/Bd6 If B-B2; 2. P-Q8 (Q) etc. If KxB; 2. PxB (R) etc. If K-B3; 2. PxB (B) etc. If B-N3; 2. P-Q8 (N) ch. etc. If BxP; 2. P-K5, etc. Showing P promotion to Q, R, B or N according to black's defense. Pawn promotion to K, P or piece of opposite color is not allowed, except in Christmas or April Fool puzzles problems.
L.A. Times Problem No. 79 by Clif Sherwood, Los Angeles, American Chess Bulletin, Jan. 1929. White mate sin two.
FEN 4n3/3N3p/6bp/5p1k/5K2/pQp3P1/P2p4/1nqR4 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-B2/ A changemate problem, meaning all mates are prepared were black to move first, but white in moving first must give up one or more of the set mates and prepare one or more others. In this, the key gives up two set mates—B-B2; 2. QxBmate and P-B7; 2. Q-KB3mate—and prepares a new mate—B-B2; QxKBPmate. Other mates are not changed.
Times Problem No. 80 by Sam Loyd. White mates in three.
FEN 8/p5p1/8/k1Kp1B2/1p1P4/1P6/P7/5nr1 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. P-R3 If PxP; 2. P-N4ch, etc. If K-K3; 2. B-B8ch, etc. If others; 2. PxPch, etc.
L.A. Times Problem No. 77 by W.A. Shinkman, Good Companions, February, 1919. White mates in two.
FEN 2n1Q3/2k5/K7/2BB4/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: B-Q4/Bd4
Two-move miniatures (having seven pieces or less) ar enot easy to compose.
L.A. Times Problem No. 78 by E. Ferber, Forbach, France. L'Echiquier, December 1928. White mates in three.
FEN 8/2b5/1p1p4/kp1p4/p2N4/8/2Q5/1K6 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. Q-KB5. If K-N5; 2. N-B6ch, etc. If K-R3; 2. Q-B8ch, etc. If P-R6; 2. N-B6ch. If P-N5; 2. QxPch or Q-Q3, a harmless duel. 1. Q-B6 defeated by K-N5.
L.A. Times Problem No. 75 by T.B. Rowland, from the Problem Art. White mates in two.
FEN rN1K3k/7B/8/8/8/2N5/PR5R/B6r w - - 0 1
Key: N-N/Nb1
14 discoveries (maximum) by the rook.
L.A. Times Problem No. 76 by H.S. Pike, Long Beach, California. First Publication. White mates in three.
FEN 4Nb2/6p1/R2pk1Pp/1bB1Np2/5KP1/2P5/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. B-B2/Bf2
If K-Q4; 2. N-QB7 (short mate). If K-K2; 2. B-R4ch. etc. If BxR 2. N-B7ch, etc. If BxN; 2. PxPch, etc. If P any; 2. N-B7ch, etc.
L.A. Times Problem No. 73 by Rudolph L'Hermet. From the Two-Move Chess Problem. Has several delusive 'tries' which appear to solve, but don't. White mates in two.
FEN 7Q/2p1p3/2Pk4/1K1p2N1/8/6P1/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R4/Qh4
L.A. Times Problem No. 74 by J.F. Tracy, Ontario, California. First publication. White mates in three.
FEN 8/3Q4/2p5/2P3p1/4k2p/3Npb2/4N2R/3K4 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. R-R3/Rh3
If BxNch 2. KxK, etc. If P-N5; 2. RxB, etc. (If KxR 3. QxPmate). If B-N5; 2. QxBch, etc. If B-R4; 2. Q-K6ch, etc.
R. F. Lyon, a former Boston champion, was leading in the local club's major tourney when he withdrew a month ago, forfeiting his unplayed games. His vigorous style is shown pretty well in the following, from above tourney. He's another advocate of N for Knight.
Carlos Torre, famous young Mexican master, included the following gamelet in a recent article in the Boletin de Jedrez, to which he is a regular contributor.
(a) In his notes, Torre states that to thoroughly judge the soundness of the queen sacrifice, account must be taken of the following: If P-KR3 10. N-N6ch, K-Q2; 11. NxR B-R4; 12. P-KN4 B-K; 13. P-KR4 to assure the withdrawal of the knight.
L.A. Times Problem No. 71 by Alain C. White, Litchfield, Ct. Good Companions, 1918. From 'The Properties of Castling' White mates in two.
FEN 5k1r/7p/1p3K2/5N1N/7Q/5R2/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: K-B6. If Castles, 2. KN-B7 mate.
L.A. Times Problem No. 72 by J. Hartong. First prize--Op de Hoogte, 1916. Contributed by Louis Sheppard. White mates in two.
FEN 1q6/p3p3/4Pp2/3Q1P2/2PPb2p/1R3BkP/3B2Pb/K2N4 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R8/Qa8 Q-Q8 defeated by BxB
L.A. Times Problem No. 69 by George Hume, Nottingham, Eng. Good Companions, 1923. From Alain C. White's 1928 Christmas series, 'The Properties of Castling'. White mates in two.
FEN 4k2r/2p1p2p/2p1P2p/2K2P1P/2PR4/3P4/6Q1/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-N2/Qb2
If Castles; 2. NxP mate. Other; 2. Q or R mates. 1. QxP defeated by BxK!
L.A. Times Problem No. 70 by Alain C. White, Litchfield, Ct. Deutsches Wochenschach, 1911. Another from 'The Properties of Castling'. White mates in two.
FEN 4k2r/2p1p3/2N3P1/b6q/1Q1B1pBp/6P1/2P5/R3K2R w - - 0 1
Key: Castles(K) If Castles; 2. NxP mate. Others; 2. Q or R mates. 1. QxPch defeated by BxK!
L.A. Times Problem No. 67 by W.A. Shinkman. St. Louis Globe Democrat, 1887. A freak position shown in Alain C. White's 1928 Christmas series, 'The Properties of Castling.'
White mates in eight.
FEN k7/P7/P7/P7/P7/P7/P7/R3K3 w - - 0 1
Solution No. 67: 1. Castles, KxP; 2. R-Q8 KxP; 3. R-Q7 KxP; 4. R-Q6 KxP; 5. R-Q5 KxP; 6. R-Q4 KxP; 7. R-Q3 K-R8; 8. R mates.
L.A. Times Problem No. 68 by A.C. White and J.C.J. Wainwright. Les Tours de Force sur L'Echiquier, 1906). White mates in two.
The world's greatest problem authority, Alain C. White, writes that he is doing practically nothing with chess but might feel the urge again some time. His famous problem collection is now in custody of G. Hume of England, who contributes No. 68 above as a correction of our unsound No. 53 which we picked from one of the many chess mediums which reprinted same before discovering its unsoundness. Mr. Hume writes: 'This furnishes an excellent illustration of the difficulty of overtaking an error once it has been put into print.'
FEN 3r1B2/1p6/5Q1K/1Ppkp1P1/R1p1p2R/2q3p1/N1nPn1N1/1B1r2b1 w - - 0 1
Key: P-Q4/ Ten-fold sacrifice of a pawn.
While Capablanca is still arguing in favor of changing chess to a larger board and adding pieces, Alekhin says “Psychology is the most important factor in chess. My success against Capablanca was due solely to my superiority in the sense of psychology. Capablanca played almost entirely by a marvelous gift of intuition, but he lacked the psychological sense. From the commencement of the game a player must know his opponent; then the game becomes something more than the moving of pieces—it becomes a question of nerves, personality and vanity. Vanity plays a great part in deciding the result of a game.”
To become a champion, study a champion. Mebbe so. So here's a fast one by the present world's champion, played at St. Petersburg, 1912.
Jose R. Capablanca gave an interesting exhibition of simultaneous play at the Franklin Chess Club Tuesday, December 12 [1911]. His final score was as follows: 20 games played, won 16, lost 3, drawn 1. The score compared most favorably with his score at the Manhattan Chess Club, where he played 26 games and won all but two, one he lost and one was drawn. The following is the score in detail. . .
Four Knights Game
Jose R. Capablanca (White) vs. William H. Stewart (Black)
The following two interesting games were played in Jose R. Capablanca's recent simultaneous exhibition at the Franklin Chess Club. Both of the Franklin players deserve high credit for winning against the Cuban expert.
(a) We prefer B-Kt5, nevertheless the present move can be safely played and if not properly answered yields Black an excellent game.
(b) White evidently overlooked the full strength of this move, when some moves back, he entered into a combination, allowing Black to win the QUeen for two pieces.
(c) For White now threatens RxKt followed by QxB.
No. 1161 by F. Giegold. White mates in three moves at the latest, against any defence. There is only a single important line of play in this fine problem—but earlier solvers have commented on both it's difficulty and its attractive solution.
FEN: 4K1n1/2p5/2R5/3p1kPP/4pPp1/p3ppB1/5R2/3B4 w - - 0 1
Key: B-K2/Be2
'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.
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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.
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.
The Game of Kings Sat, Oct 23, 1971 – 50 · The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada) · Newspapers.com
