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Chess MasterChess Master Sat, Dec 4, 1971 – 23 · Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

Chess Master by George Koltanowski Saturday, December 04, 1971 Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, November 27, 2020

Problem by Edouard Barthelemy, France. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 8/KN3Q2/1pkN1pr1/6q1/P3p1p1/2B4n/8/2R4b w - - 0 1
Key: N-K8/Ne8

A Bad Start
Petrosian did not fare quite so well in the first game of the Candidates' Finals in Buenos Aires. There his role and that of Bobby Fischer appeared reversed. Fischer playing solid chess and Petrosian attacking chess.

Robert James Fischer vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Fischer - Petrosian Candidates Final (1971), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 1, Sep-30
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Szen Variation (B44) 1-0
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044350
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nc6
5. Nb5 d6
6. Bf4 e5
7. Be3 Nf6
8. Bg5 Be6(a)
9. N1c3 a6
10. Bxf6 gxf6(b)
11. Na3 d5(c)
12. exd5(d) Bxa3
13. bxa3 Qa5
14. Qd2 O-O-O
15. Bc4 Rhg8
16. Rd1 Bf5
17. Bd3 Bxd3
18. Qxd3 Nd4
19. O-O Kb8
20. Kh1 Qxa3
21. f4 Rc8
22. Ne4 Qxd3
23. cxd3 Rc2
24. Rd2 Rxd2
25. Nxd2 f5
26. fxe5 Re8
27. Re1 Nc2
28. Re2 Nd4
29. Re3 Nc2
30. Rh3 Rxe5
31. Nf3 Rxd5
32. Rxh7 Rxd3
33. h4 Ne3
34. Rxf7 Rd1+
35. Kh2 Ra1
36. h5 f4
37. Rxf4 Rxa2
38. Re4 Nxg2
39. Kg3 Ra5
40. Ne5 1-0(e)

(a) Something different. In the first Fischer-Taimanov match, Black played 8 … Q-R4ch.
(b) Cannot play 10. … QxB, as 11. N-B7ch follows.
(c) Petrosian makes a pawn sacrifice in the opening …!
(d) Fischer took close to half an hour on this move.
(e) Black's game has blown a fuse … Not only does he lose his Knight, but to stop White's Rook's pawn from queening will cost him the Rook as well.

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Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'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:
Bobby Fischer's True History
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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