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August 06, 1983 Ottawa Citizen Chess by Lawrence Day

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Chess by Lawrence DayChess by Lawrence Day Sat, Aug 6, 1983 – 51 · The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Newspapers.com

A moving force in Canadian chess dead
We note with regret the recent passing of Bernard Freedman, one of the founders of organized chess in Canada. Born in 1894 in Belgium, Freedman emigrated to Canada in 1929 and lived in Toronto. After organizing clubs at the local level he went on to help form the Canadian Chess Federation in 1932.
He pressed for Canadian participation internationally and was the moving force in getting a Canadian team to the 1939 Olympiad in Buenos Aires. In 1947, the modern World Chess Federation was established for which he served as vice-president.
Junior chess was his special passion. He organized the first Toronto junior championships, served as mentor to Abe Yanofsky and Frank Anderson while they were developing their talent, and brought the World Junior Championship to Toronto in 1957. He is survived by his wife Annabelle who was herself a strong player. Under her maiden name of Lougheed she represented Canada in the 7th Women's World Championship in 1939.

This week's game was played in the Canadian Open. It is a good example of the incisive attacking play of co-champion Bozidar Ivanovic of Yugoslavia.

Bozidar Ivanovic (white) vs. Deen Hergott (black)
French Defense

Descriptive
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Nc6
4. Ngf3 Nf6
5. e5 Nd7
6. Bb5 a5
7. O-O Na7
8. Bd3 c5
9. c3 Nc6
10. Re1 cd
11. cd Qb6
12. Ng5! Nxd4
13. N2f3 Bc5
14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Qh5 g6
16. Qf3 Rf8
17. Nxh7 Nxe5
18. Rxe5 Bxe5
19. Nxf8 Kxf8
20. Bxg6 Qc7
21. h4 Kg8
22. Bd3 f5
23. Bg5!? Bxb2
24. Re1 Bd7?
25. Bxf5! ef
26. Qxd5+ Kh8
27. Qf7 Bg7
28. Re7 Qc3
29. Bh6 Qa1+
30. Kh2 Rg8
31. Bf4 Qf6
32. Qh5+ Bh6
33. Rxd7 Rg6
34. Bxh6 Rxh6
35. Qe8+ 1-0

12. Ng5! With this and the next move Ivanovic unscrambles his awkward Knight at d2 and takes a fierce initiative.
17. Nxh7 Nxe5 The position is quite unclear and both players were drifting into serious time trouble.
24. Re1 Bd7? Necessary was 24. ... Qf7 first when it is not easy to say whose position is preferable. Now Ivanovic decides the game elegantly.
35. Qe8+ and Black resigned.

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Chess by Lawrence Day Saturday, August 06, 1983 The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Chess Problem 446. White to...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, October 26, 2020

Chess Problem 446. White to play and mate in two. Composed by F. Healey, 1887.
FEN KQ6/8/2R5/3p2p1/3k4/4n2r/1P3N2/4N3 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. Qh2 Rh8+ 2. Qxh8#; Rf3 2. Nxf3#; g4 2. Qf4#; N-any 2. Nc2#.

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“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 --
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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.

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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