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Chess by Cliff Sherwood Sunday, July 14, 1929 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 111...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, October 7, 2020

L.A. Times Problem No. 111 by Rudolph L'Hermet. Les Tours de Force. White mates in two moves.
FEN 2K5/8/2R1P3/6Bn/4bq2/8/NN1kPQ2/8 w - - 0 1
Key: B-R6/Bh6 Four discoveries by pawn.

Chess by Cliff Sherwood Sunday, July 14, 1929 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 112...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, October 7, 2020

L.A. Times Problem No. 112 by Sam Loyd. White mates in two moves.
FEN 8/8/8/1K3p2/5RR1/5Q1p/6qp/7k w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R8/Qa8

Our game this week was played in the recent Pennsylvania State championship tourney which was won by Norman T. Whitaker, a patent lawyer of Washington, D.C. United States Champion Marshall awarded the brilliancy prize to the winner of this game. Whitaker is a former University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia champion, a former principal of a Philadelphia High School, and has for several years been rated near the top among American experts. He represented this country at the 1928 Olympic tourney at The Hague. In 1927 he won the open championship tourney of the United States Chess Federation. In the 1921 Atlantic City masters' tourney he placed ahead of Marshall, whom he defeated in their individual game. He is one of the best simultaneous performers in the world.

L.A. Times Game No. 120
English Opening
Whitaker (White) vs. Sharp (Black)

Descriptive
1. P-QB4 P-QB3
2. P-KN3 P-Q4
3. B-N2 P-K4
4. PxP PxP
5. Q-N3 N-KB3
6. N-QB3 P-K5
7. P-Q3 PxP
8. PxP P-Q5
9. Q-R4ch N-B3
10. N-N5 B-N5ch
11. K-B B-KB4
12. BxNch PxB
13. QxB BxPch
14. K-N2 PxN
15. N-B3 Q-K2
16. R-K B-K5
17. QxPch N-Q2
18. B-N5 P-B3
19. RxB QxR
20. R-K QxR
21. NxQ PxB
22. N-Q3 O-O-O
23. N-N4 N-N
24. P-QR4 R-Q2
25. Q-B5ch K-N2
26. P-R5 KR-Q
27. P-R6ch K-R
28. Q-K5 N-B3
29. NxN P-Q6
30. NxR P-Q7
31. N-B6 Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. c4 c6
2. g3 d5
3. Bg2 e5
4. cxd5 cxd5
5. Qb3 Nf6
6. Nc3 e4
7. d3 exd3
8. exd3 d4
9. Qa4+ Nc6
10. Nb5 Bb4+
11. Kf1 Bf5
12. Bxc6+ bxc6
13. Qxb4 Bxd3+
14. Kg2 cxb5
15. Nf3 Qe7
16. Re1 Be4
17. Qxb5+ Nd7
18. Bg5 f6
19. Rxe4 Qxe4
20. Re1 Qxe1
21. Nxe1 fxg5
22. Nd3 0-0-0
23. Nb4 Nb8
24. a4 Rd7
25. Qc5+ Kb7
26. a5 Rd8
27. a6+ Ka8
28. Qe5 Nc6
29. Nxc6 d3
30. Nxd8 d2
31. Nc6 1-0

As of 10/07/2020 game unlisted.

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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 --
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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