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May 17, 1936 The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Chess by R.T. Waters

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ChessChess 17 May 1936, Sun The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

Reuben Fine vs Albert Simonson
US Championship (1936), New York, NY USA, rd 10, May-07
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation. General (D37) 0-1

Samuel D Factor vs George Nelson Treysman
US Championship (1936), New York, NY USA, rd 10, May-07
Queen Pawn Game: Colle System (D04) 0-1

September 12, 1937 Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia Chess by Paul J. Miller

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Chess by Paul J. Miller, Jr.Chess by Paul J. Miller, Jr. 12 Sep 1937, Sun Evening Star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com

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BY PAUL J. MILLER. Jr., America'! Authority on Social Chess. Puerto Rican Chess. SAN JUAN, capital and chess center of Puerto Rico, is the hub of the movement that is popularizing the "game of queens" in the island territory, writes Antonio Higuera, a former attendant at local schools and an active member of the Washington Interhigh Chess Association.
Chess clubs have been formed in Toa Alta. Caguas. Ponce, Yauco and Mayaguez. A team match between San Juan and Caguas was won by the former with the small lead of 1 point. Sen Joan ts. Caguas. Cintron _ - 1 Sitirchc _ 0 Prieto -0 Ramirer „ J 8oler - Vi Dr. Aponts Vi Padilla - 1 Vilar 0 Ramire*. R-O Dr. Cambiasi .
1 Zeno -J R Sarlego 0 Vargas - V* Gandara _ Vi 4 a Cintron, chess champion of Puerto Rico,- defeated Sitiriche, champion of Caguas; Soler, ex-champion of San Juan, drew with Dr. Rivera Aponte, while San Juan Champion Padilla scored against Vilar. Caguas in an intercity match with Ponce won, 7-4. Rafael Cintron is leading in a practice tournament at the San Juan Chess Club. Manuel Zeno is runner-up, Francisco Benitez occupies third place, F. Soler, G. Tgaravidez and D. Suria are trailing Engaging the Puerto Rican champion in an Informal game, youthful Higuera obtained the resignation of Cintron on the twenty-fifth move! Notation of the game according to Higuera: CARO-KANN DEFENSE, White, Block, White. Block. Higuera.
I rpHAT social chess in the District j is begetting a race of strong chess players Is exemplified by Antonio Higuera's tilt with Cintron, Robert Knox and William Reynolds, excellent scores in individual encounters, and now comes Gerald Yagodkin, erstwhile District school player, who gave Albert W. Fox a real tussle in the master's simultaneous exhibition two years ago against representatives from all schools in the Nation's Capital, to the front by his victory in the class B tournament of the Southern Chess Association, held recently at Atlanta. W. N. Woodbury of Birmingham.
Ala , without the loss of a single game or the yielding of a single draw, triumphed over eight class A stars to garner the S. C. A, championship. Maj. J. B. Holt of Jackson, Miss,, a frequent visitor to Washington, jockeyed into second place and R. L. Strelitz of Winston-Salem, N. C., half a point behind Maj. Holt, skidded into third position. Others in class A were P, J. Walker, Savannah; J, E. Jackson, Atlanta; H. B. Tompkins, Atlanta; W. M. P. j Mitchell. Brookline, Mass.; Prof James McClure, Nashville, Tenn., and | A. T. Henderson, Lynchburg, Va._ A cross section summary of indiI vidual play; Player. 1. 2. 3.
Atlanta, placed second to J Yagodkin, who resides at present in J Knoxville, Tenn. H. P. Barton, Savannah, was third, with Milton H. Davis, Atlanta: Mrs. J. G. Harrison, Macon; Paul Donehoo, Atlanta, and E. A. Brown, Atlanta, scoring in the I order named.
Organized some 15-odd years ago, i the current Southern Chess Associa! tion has functioned as the Georgia- i j Florida Chess Association, also as the J Southeastern Chess Association. Chess Problem No. 97. (Angel Chess Ladderites Only.) By M Havel, Czechoslovakia. Courtesy ot Chess Review.
BLACK—3 MEN. I I WHITE—I MEN. White to Play and Mate in Five. JiAUL HODGES (ladders will be run only for two and three move problems), A. G. Dreyer and Sergt. i Alton Coppage give correct solutions for problem No. 93. a 4-er by Havel, i No solution received so far from A. ! W. Allen? QET in the swim. Enter The Star's Pall problem solving tourney today. Review the two problems that have appeared the last two Sundays, send in jour suggested problem, your name and address on each individual sheet—and also, if you are a beginner, try for the consolation prize to be given the low scorer who has the wittiest wisecracks on tha problems he didn’t solve. Chess Problem No. 98.
'Fall Problem Solving Contest ! BY J. C J. WAINWRIGHT. Soc. Chess Q BI.ACK—» MEN.
WHITE—T MEN. W’hite to Plsy and Mate In Two. Solutions to problem No. 1*4 arrive from Melvin Bers C'm.v first attempt' I. Willis H Waldo C. D. Franks (problems In this contest will have only one correct key. unless I slip upi Henry Lybrand, Emanuel Simpson. William Burko, M. L. Levy. Dr. A. L. Phillips (your correct key to No. 1)11 to hand but please do not send two different problem keys on the same postcard'. Raymond W\ Lewis Abram Kleinman, Stephen J. Kurtz, Clara Louise Stafford. Norman Le Roux. Guy Smith (place a return address on solutions mailed in envelopes, please).
A. G. Dreyer and Paul M. Hodges. Remember two-movers and three-movers count the number of points it takes to solve them plus one.
Correct keys will appear in this column about three weeks after publication of the respective problem. Any reader of this column is eligible to compete for any of the three prizes —2-move class, 3-move class, Consolation class. Each winner has his choice of either chessmen, book, medal or possibly a membership in the Washington Social Chess Divan, the maximum value of the award to average $5. Chesspourrl. {^IMON NAIDEL, tournament director, and Norval Wigginton, chess director of the Divan, are planning a championship fray to decide who’s who in chess in the Divan.
It is to be an elimination double-round robin. Topnotchers C. C. Bettinger, A. Y. and Carl Hesse, Abe Seideryberg, Simon Naidel and the leaders in the current quintet tournament will vie for titular honors. Each Wednesday at 8 p m. the Divan members have special play at 1336 I street northwest. Visitors are welcome. Kirk D.
Holland is the major domo of the American Chess Federation for the ensuing year. He succeeds Arpad Elo, retiring president. If any reader of this column has copies of the defunct Midwest Chess and Checker Magazine that emanated from Chicago a year or so ago under the guiding hand of Edward Hanna, please inform us of the number of issues, with dates. fCopyright. Sept. 12, 1937, by Paul Miller.).
U.S. Chess Star LeadsU.S. Chess Star Leads 12 Sep 1937, Sun Evening Star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com

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U. S. CHESS STAR LEADS R*6heveRky’s Score Ir in Austrian Tournament. SEMMERING, Austria, September 11 UP).—Jose R. Capablanca of Cuba drew with two opponents in adjourned name* of the International Chess Masters Tournament today to enter a four- Way tie for third place.
Leading scorers were S. Reshevesky, United States. 2>i—6, Flohr, Czechoslovakia. 2—1; Capablanca; Reuben Fine, United States; P. Keres, Estonia, and V. Ragosin, Russia, 1 >,— 14.

August 17, 1958 Connecticut Chess by G.E. Avery, Hartford Courant

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Chess by G.E. AveryChess by G.E. Avery 17 Aug 1958, Sun Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Newspapers.com

I still have a few copies of old American Chess Bulletins. The issue of July 1906 is devoted to Harry Nelson Pillsbury, who died June 17, 1906, aged 34 years. At the time, he was United States champion. A detailed account of his chess life is given, starting at Boston, and taking through several tournaments from 1893 to 1904. … The Golden Treasury of Chess, a compilation of interesting and strategic chess games, was dedicated to the memory of Harry Pillsbury. This game was played at St. Petersburg in 1896.

Harry Nelson Pillsbury vs Emanuel Lasker
St. Petersburg (1895/96), St. Petersburg RUE, rd 10, Jan-04
Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch. Primitive Pillsbury Variation (D50) 0-1

Descriptive
1. P-Q4  P-Q4
2. P-QB4 P-K3
3. N-QB3 N-KB3
4. N-B3  P-B4
5. B-N5 BPxP
6. QxP N-B3
7. Q-R4 B-K2
8. 0-0-0 Q-R4
9. P-K3 B-Q2
10. K-N1 P-KR3
11. PxP PxP
12. N-Q4 0-0
13. BxN BxB
14. Q-R5 NxN
15. PxN B-K3
16. P-B4 QR-B1
17. P-B5 RxN
18. PxB R-QR6
19. PxPch RxP
20. PxR Q-N3ch
21. B-N5 QxBch
22. K-R1 R-B2
23. R-Q2 R-B5
24. KR-Q1 R-B6
25. Q-B5 Q-B5
26. K-N2 RxP
27. Q-K6ch K-R2
28. KxR Q-B6ch
29. K-R4 P-N4ch
30. KxP Q-B5ch
31. K-R5 B-Q1ch
32. Q-N6 PxQ mate
Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Nf3 c5
5. Bg5 cxd4
6. Qxd4 Nc6
7. Qh4 Be7
8. 0-0-0 Qa5
9. e3 Bd7
10. Kb1 h6
11. cxd5 exd5
12. Nd4 0-0
13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Qh5 Nxd4
15. exd4 Be6
16. f4 Rc8
17. f5 Rxc3
18. fxe6 Ra3
19. exf7+ Rxf7
20. bxa3 Qb6+
21. Bb5 Qxb5+
22. Ka1 Rc7
23. Rd2 Rc4
24. Rd1 Rc3
25. Qf5 Qc4
26. Kb2 Rxa3
27. Qe6+ Kh7
28. Kxa3 Qc3+
29. Ka4 b5+
30. Kxb5 Qc4+
31. Ka5 Bd8+
32. Qb6 axb6#

August 14, 1958 Chess With Sam Laird, Courier Post, Camden, New Jersey

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Chess With Sam LairdChess With Sam Laird 14 Aug 1958, Thu Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

Anthony S. Cantone, Penn State Ogontz Center star, annotates another of his games in the recent National Junior Championship at Homestead, Fla., a Max Lange that is even more exciting than the average game this aggressive opening produces.

Max Burkett vs. Anthony S. Cantone, 1958 Junior Championship
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Long Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. B-QB4 B-B4
5. Castles N-B3
6. P-K5 P-Q4
7. PxN PxB
8. R-Kch B-K3
9. N-N5 Q-Q4
10. N-QB3 Q-B4
11. QN-K4 Castles
12. KNxB PxN
13. PxP(a) KR-N
14. N-N3 Q-N3
15. Q-R5 B-N5
16. R-K4 P-Q6
17. QxQ(b) PxQ
18. P-QB3 B-B4
19. B-R6 B-K2(c)
20. R-Q P-QN4
21. B-B4(d) RxP
22. RxKP B-Q3
23. B-N5 QR-Q2
24. N-K4 N-Q
25. NxBch RxN(e)
26. R-K4 N-K3
27. B-K3 P-N4
28. P-KN3 P-KN5
29. K-N2 P-R4(f)
30. P-N3 PxP
31. PxP P-B4
32. R-K5 R-QB2
33. P-N4(g) RPxP
34. PxP P-B5
35. RxNP P-B6
36. R-QR5 P-Q7(h)
37. R-R8ch K-Q2
38. P-R3 PxPch
39. KxP K-K2(i)
40. R-R8 P-B7
41. RxP P-B8(Q)
42. R-R7ch K-K
43. R-R8ch N-B
44. RxR Q-R8ch
Resigns(j)
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4
4. Bc4 Bc5
5. 0-0 Nf6
6. e5 d5
7. exf6 dxc4
8. Re1+ Be6
9. Ng5 Qd5
10. Nc3 Qf5
11. Nce4 0-0-0
12. Nxe6 fxe6
13. fxg7 Rhg8
14. Ng3 Qg6
15. Qh5 Bb4
16. Re4 d3
17. Qxg6 hxg6
18. c3 Bc5
19. Bh6 Be7
20. Rd1 b5
21. Bf4 Rxg7
22. Rxe6 Bd6
23. Bg5 Rdd7
24. Ne4 Nd8
25. Nxd6+ Rxd6
26. Re4 Ne6
27. Be3 g5
28. g3 g4
29. Kg2 a5
30. b3 cxb3
31. axb3 c5
32. Re5 Rc7
33. b4 axb4
34. cxb4 c4
35. Rxb5 c3
36. Ra5 d2
37. Ra8+ Kd7
38. h3 gxh3+
39. Kxh3 Ke7
40. Rh8 c2
41. Rxd2 c1=Q
42. Rh7+ Ke8
43. Rh8+ Nf8
44. Rxd6 Qh1+
Resigns

(a) Premature. Now P-KN4 cannot be played by White because of Black's RxP pinning the NP. Better was 13. P-KN4, Q-K4; 14. PxP, KR-N; 15. B-R6 P-Q6; 16. P-B3 and it is now a matter of who can press his advantage the most quickly. White's attack is based on the exposed position of Black's KB and later on his advanced passed KNP while Black plays for expansion in the ccenter and the K-side attack.
(b) If 17. R-N4. P-Q7; 18. BxP. QxQ; 19. NxQ, BxB; 20. N-B6, B-R3; 21. NxR RxN; 22. R-R4, BxP; 23. RxRP, BxP; and Black's BP becomes very strong.
(c) This loss of time by Black is not necessary. 18 … B-K2 is better than the text.
(d) I never did discover why White did not continue 21. RxKP, R-Q3, simply winning a pawn.
(e) 25 … PxN deserves to be investigated. Pushing this QP and then advancing the QR and QN pawns shows promise.
(f) This advance, long postponed, could have been played on move 27.
(g) Break after break have combined to cancel out Black's mistakes and give him a decent game.
(h) Why not?
(i) Not 39 … P-B7; 40. RxP, RxR; 41. BxR and the game is drawn.
(j) The three pawns are just not enough compensation for the Queen!

March 24, 1957 Connecticut Chess by G.E. Avery, Hartford Courant

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Connecticut Chess by G.E. AveryConnecticut Chess by G.E. Avery 24 Mar 1957, Sun Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Newspapers.com

Here is the game won by Murray Powell at the Horowitz exhibition. The master on being asked to autograph the score, complied, and also added “swindler” after doing so. Play the game and see.

Al Horowitz v. Murray Powell, Horowitz Exhibition 1957
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. N-QB3 B-QN5
4. PxP BxNch
5. PxB PxP
6. N-KB3 N-K2
7. N-K5 0-0
8. B-Q3 B-K3
9. 0-0 N-Q2
10. P-KB4 P-KB4
11. Q-K2 B-B2
12. B-R3 R-K1
13. NxB KxN
14. Q-R5ch K-N1
15. BxP NxB
16. QxN N-KB3
17. Q-Q3 P-QB3
18. P-QB4 Q-Q2
19. PxP PxP
20. P-QB4 PxP
21. QxPch Q-Q4
22. KR-QB1 R-K8ch
23. K-B2 QxQ
24. RxQ RxR
Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. exd5 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 exd5
6. Nf3 Ne7
7. Ne5 0-0
8. Bd3 Be6
9. 0-0 Nd7
10. f4 f5
11. Qe2 Bf7
12. Ba3 Re8
13. Nxf7 Kxf7
14. Qh5+ Kg8
15. Bxf5 Nxf5
16. Qxf5 Nf6
17. Qd3 c6
18. c4 Qd7
19. cxd5 cxd5
20. c4 dxc4
21. Qxc4+ Qd5
22. Rc1 Re1+
23. Kf2 Qxc4
24. Rxc4 Rxa1
0-1

GM Sundararajan Kidambi: “Played through the game. It's not there in the database. In chess terms ‘swindle’ isn't a negative thing. In the game White (Horowitz) was a pawn up and having a better game, but one moment of lack of alertness led to a tactic (quite standard) which led to a loss of rook for him. You can call it a trap. Its also called a swindle in chess circles. It was an exhibition game and perhaps a simultaneous game and clearly Horowitz wasn't taking his opponent seriously. Thanks for sharing the game!”

April 28, 1956 Province, Chess News, Vancouver British Columbia by Frank Fillery

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Chess NewsChess News 28 Apr 1956, Sat The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Newspapers.com

The following game (received this week) was played in Round One of the 1956 B.C. major championship. Other good games from this event would also be appreciated.

G. Neufahrt (White) vs. Frank May (Black)
Réti Opening

Descriptive
1. N-KB3 P-Q4
2. P-QB4 P-QB3
3. P-KN3 N-KB3
4. B-N2 QN-Q2
5. 0-0 P-K4
6. P-Q3 B-Q3
7. N-B3 0-0
8. PxP PxP
9. N-QN5 B-K2
10. P-Q4 P-K5
11. N-R4 P-QR3
12. N-QB3 N-N3
13. P-B3 PxP
14. NxBP N-B5
15. N-K5? NxN
16. PxN B-B4ch
17. P-K3 N-N5
18. BxQP Q-N4
19. N-K4 BxPch
20. BxB QxBch
21. K-R1 B-K3!
22. R-B4 QR-Q1
23. RxN BxB
24. Q-R4 P-QN4
25. Q-N4 P-QR4
26. R-K1 Q-B6ch
Resigns
Algebraic
1. Nf3 d5
2. c4 c6
3. g3 Nf6
4. Bg2 Nd7
5. 0-0(a) e5
6. d3 Bd6
7. Nc3 0-0
8. cxd5 cxd5
9. Nb5 Be7
10. d4 e4(b)
11. Nh4 a6
12. Nc3 Nb6
13. f3(c) exf3
14. Nxf3 Nc4
15. Ne5? Nxe5
16. dxe5 Bc5+
17. e3(d) Ng4
18. Bxd5(e) Qg5
19. Ne4 Bxe3+
20. Bxe3 Qxe3+
21. Kh1 Be6!
22. Rf4(f) Rd8
23. Rxg4(g) Bxd5
24. Qa4(h) b5(i)
25. Qb4 a5
26. Re1 Qf3+
0-1

Notes by Frank May
(a) 5. P-Q5 was better.
(b) Black now has the initiative.
(c) Black threatened 13. … N-K1 followed by 14. … BxN or P-N4.
(d) 17. K-R1 (beat) N-N5; 18. Q-K1 NxP and White's KP is weak.
(e) Threatens 19. BxPch—but exposed the B.
(f) If 22. R-B3 Q-R3 wins a piece.
(g) Hoping for 23. … BxR; 24. QxB RxB; 25. N-B6ch.
(h) Not 24. Q-K1 Q-B6ch.
(i) If now 24. … Q-B6ch; 25. K-N1 QxR; 26. N-B6ch and White wins!

April 14, 1956 Province, Chess News, Vancouver British Columbia by Frank Fillery

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Chess NewsChess News 14 Apr 1956, Sat The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Newspapers.com

The game below is from the 7-round-Swiss major tournament of the 1956 B.C. Championship, which was won by Walter Jursevskis of North Burnaby, with 6½-½. There were twelve entries.
This fourth-round game was the only loss sustained by UBC Champion Frank May, who scored 6-1 for second place, Eugene Butkov, recently awarded a National Research Council scholarship which takes him to McGill, and who held the Vancouver city championship for the past three consecutive years, tied with Jack Kegel, each 4½-2½, for third and fourth places.

Walter Jursevskis (white) vs. Frank May (black)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation

Descriptive
1. P-QB4 N-KB3
2. N-KB3 P-KN3
3. P-QN3 B-N2
4. B-N2 P-B4
5. P-N3 N-B3
6. B-N2 0-0
7. 0-0 P-Q3
8. P-Q3 P-K4
9. P-K3 Q-B2
10. N-B3 P-QR3
11. P-QR3 B-N5
12. P-R3 B-Q2
13. K-R2 QR-Q1
14. Q-B2 P-R3
15. QR-Q1 N-K2
16. P-Q4 KPxP
17. PxP B-B4
18. Q-B1 Q-N3
19. PxP PxP
20. RxR RxR
21. R-Q1 RxR
22. QxR N-K5
23. N-QR4 Q-B2
24. BxB KxB
25. Q-K2 P-KN4
26. N-Q2 NxN
27. QxN P-N3
28. N-B3 Q-K4
29. N-Q5 NxN
30. BxN P-QR4
31. P-QN4 BPxP
32. PxP P-R5
33. Q-R2 Q-Q5
34. QxP QxPch
35. B-N2 Q-N7
36. Q-B6 QxP
37. P-N4 B-Q6
38. B-Q5 Q-B4
39. Q-N7 Q-B7ch
40. K-R1 B-B8
41. B-B3 BxBP
42. Q-K4 Q-B4
43. K-R2 P-N4
44. B-K2 Q-B7ch
Resigns
Algebraic
1. c4 Nf6
2. Nf3 g6
3. b3 Bg7
4. Bb2 c5
5. g3 Nc6
6. Bg2 0-0
7. 0-0 d6
8. d3 e5
9. e3 Qc7
10. Nc3 a6
11. a3 Bg4
12. h3 Bd7
13. Kh2 Rd8
14. Qc2 h6
15. Rd1 Ne7
16. d4 exd4
17. exd4 Bf5
18. Qc1 Qb6
19. dxc5 dxc5
20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rxd1
22. Qxd1 Ne4
23. Na4 Qc7
24. Bxg7 Kxg7
25. Qe2 g5
26. Nd2 Nxd2
27. Qxd2 b6
28. Nc3 Qe5
29. Nd5 Nxd5
30. Bxd5 a5
31. b4 cxb4
32. axb4 a4
33. Qa2 Qd4
34. Qxa4 Qxf2+
35. Bg2 Qb2
36. Qc6 Qxb4
37. g4 Bd3
38. Bd5 Qc5
39. Qb7 Qf2+
40. Kh1 Bf1
41. Bf3 Bxc4
42. Qe4 Qc5
43. Kh2 b5
44. Be2 Qf2+
0-1

March 31, 1956 Province, Chess News, Vancouver British Columbia by Frank Fillery

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Arthur Bisguier vs Andreas Dueckstein
Zagreb (1955), Zagreb YUG, rd 14, Nov-17
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Korchnoi Line (A28) 1-0

January 07, 1956 Province, Chess News, Vancouver British Columbia by Frank Fillery

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Chess News by Frank FilleryChess News by Frank Fillery 07 Jan 1956, Sat The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Newspapers.com

The game which follows features the individual encounter between Mrs. Nanny Roos of Los Angeles and Mrs. G. K. Gresser of New York, who tied in the 1955 U.S. Women's championship in New York to become co-champions. These two experts each scored 9-2, topping Miss M. Karff, the former titleholder, who scored 8½-2½.
Polish Opening, White: Mrs. Nanny Roos. Black: Mrs. Gisela Gresser.

Descriptive
1. P-QN4 P-K3
2. B-N2 N-KB3
3. P-QR3 P-Q4
4. P-K3 P-QR4
5. P-N5 P-B4
6. P-QB4 QN-Q2
7. PxP PxP
8. P-QR4 B-K2
9. N-KB3 O-O
10. B-K2 N-N3
11. 0-0 B-B4
12. P-Q3 R-B1
13. QN-Q2 KN-Q2
14. R-B1 B-B3
15. B-R3 R-K1
16. P-R3 N-R1
17. Q-N3 P-Q5
18. P-K4 B-K3
19. N-B4 QN-N3
20. Q-Q1 NxN
21. PxN Q-B2
22. B-Q3 P-QN3
23. R-B2 N-B1
24. B-B1 P-R3
25. N-K1 QR-Q1
26. P-B4 B-B1
27. Q-R5 B-N2
28. P-K5 B-K2
29. R-K2 R-B1
30. P-B5 B-N4
31. BxB PxB
32. P-B6 PxP
33. RxP N-K3
34. Q-R7ch K-B1
35. QR-KB2 N-Q1
36. Q-R6ch K-K2
37. QxP K-B1
38. R-N6 QxP
39. R-N8 mate
Algebraic
1. b4 e6
2. Bb2 Nf6
3. a3 d5
4. e3 a5
5. b5 c5
6. c4 Nd7
7. cxd5 exd5
8. a4 Be7
9. Nf3 0-0
10. Be2 Nb6
11. 0-0 Bf5
12. d3 Rc8
13. Nd2 Nfd7
14. Rc1 Bf6
15. Ba3 Re8
16. h3 Na8
17. Qb3 d4
18. e4 Be6
19. Nc4 Nb6
20. Qd1 Nxc4
21. dxc4 Qc7
22. Bd3 b6
23. Rc2 Nf8
24. Bc1 h6
25. Ne1 Rd8
26. f4 Bc8
27. Qh5 Bb7
28. e5 Be7
29. Re2 Rc8
30. f5 Bg5
31. Bxg5 hxg5
32. f6 gxf6
33. Rxf6 Ne6
34. Qh7+ Kf8
35. Ref2 Nd8
36. Qh6+ Ke7
37. Qxg5 Kf8
38. Rg6 Qxe5
39. Rg8#

August 04, 1992 Chess by Shelby Lyman, Newsday, Long Island, New York

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ChessChess 04 Aug 1992, Tue Newsday (Suffolk Edition) (Melville, New York) Newspapers.com

Chess: The Return of Bobby Fischer? by Shelby Lyman
After a 20-year absence from competitive play, Bobby Fischer's recent decision to play a match with Boris Spassky for a $5 million purse in war-torn Yugoslavia is unexpected and astonishing.
Fischer has always been independent and original, but there are more likely moments for a comeback than a contest played in the midst of a civil war in violation of a UN boycott.
If the match should take place — it is scheduled to begin Sept. 2 — each move made by Fischer will be watched for signs of his old prowess. Hopefully the event will be a successful preamble to another try at the world title, which he won from Spassky in 1972 but forfeited three years later.
At 49—even without a 20-year layoff— it is to be expected that the American chess genius is past his prime. But normal assumptions do not always apply to Fischer. And there are the relevant examples of Mikhail Botvinnik, who regained his title from Mikhail Tal at Fischer's present age, and Viktor Korchnoi, who came within a hair of defeating Anatoly Karpov when only two years younger.
Although the September confrontation — which will conclude when one player has won 10 games or both players have won nine — seems to be a promoter's dream, it could easily become a protracted nightmare.
Yugoslavia is a country with rich chess traditions — a favorite venue for Fischer in his youth. Before the process of dismemberment began, it had more players with international ratings than any country in the world. Hopefully, Fischer-Spassky 1992 will not be of undue length.
Below is Game 5 from the 1972 Fischer-Spassky Match.

Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer
Spassky - Fischer World Championship Match (1972), Reykjavik ISL, rd 5, Jul-20
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Huebner Variation. Main Line (E41) 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 b6 15. O-O O-O 16. a4 a5 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Rb2 Rb8 19. Rbf2 Qe7 20. Bc2 g5 21. Bd2 Qe8 22. Be1 Qg6 23. Qd3 Nh5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bd1 Nf4 27. Qc2 Bxa4 White resigns(a)

(a) If 28. Qxa4 then … Qxe4 threatening both 29. … Qxg2 mate and 29. … Qxe1 mate.

August 03, 1992 Chess by Peter Parr, The Sydney Morning Herald, New South Wales, Australia

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ChessChess 03 Aug 1992, Mon The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Newspapers.com

The reclusive Bobby Fischer (USA) has been staying in a private villa surrounded by 50 bodyguards for the last 10 days in the Yugoslav resort island of Sveti Stefan.
The return Fischer-Spassky match will commence on September 2.
The winner will receive $A4.9 million and the loser $A2.3 million.
Fischer made headlines on September 1, 1972, by beating Spassky in Iceland to become America's only world chess champion.
Fischer has not played a tournament game since.

August 02, 1992 The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Chess by Shelby Lyman

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ChessChess 02 Aug 1992, Sun The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Chess: Hydra-headed Monster Stalks World Chess Match by Shelby Lyman
Although teams from the Soviet Union have won virtually every World Chess Olympics held during the last 40 years, the traditional four-board Olympic format showcased only a fraction of the Soviet talent available.
Perhaps naively, players and experts from other countries welcomed the breakup of the Soviet chess colossus as an occasion of new opportunity in Olympic chess competition. Instead they have found themselves presented with a curious phenomenon.
At the recent 1992 World Chess Olympics in Manila, in place of the customary Soviet men's and women's teams, they were forced to contend with a hydra-headed monster of 24 teams from 13 former Soviet republics.
In the 102-team men's section, easily won by Russia who scored 39 points, teams from former republics took six of the first none places. An unheralded entry from Uzbekistan finished second with 35 points. In third with 34.5 points was Armenia, a half point ahead of the United States.
After losing to an untitled Lithuanian player, former U.S. Champion Joe Benjamin exclaimed: “Can't they put the country back together again?”
Women's teams from the thirteen republics achieved a comparable success when Georgia and the Ukraine finishing one-two in the 62 team women's section, followed by China, Hungary, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhistan and the United States.
As usual, the Olympics was an occasion of friendship and celebration. But a sad note was the absence of former world champion Mikhail Tal who had been expected to play on the Latvian team. Tal, who was reported to be gravely ill, died a few days after the competition was ended.
Below is a sharp tactical win from Manila by the emerging 17-year-old Russian star Vladimir Kramnik over Jean Costa of Switzerland.

August 02, 1992 Lexington Herald-Leader, Chess by Shelby Lyman, Lexington, Kentucky

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ChessChess 02 Aug 1992, Sun Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

August 02, 1992 The Morning Call, Chess by Shelby Lyman, Allentown, Pennsylvania

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ChessChess 02 Aug 1992, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

August 02, 1992 Tallahassee Democrat Chess by Shelby Lyman

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August 02, 1992 Chess by Shelby Lyman, Palm Beach Post, Florida

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ChessChess 02 Aug 1992, Sun The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida) Newspapers.com

August 02, 1992 On Chess by Shelby Lyman, Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey

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ChessChess 02 Aug 1992, Sun Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

August 02, 1992 Speculative Chess Gossip and Idle Rumors by Edwin Albaugh, Baltimore Sun

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Chess Speculative Gossip and Wild RumorsChess Speculative Gossip and Wild Rumors 02 Aug 1992, Sun The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) Newspapers.com

August 02, 1992 Chess Gossip and Wild, Speculative Idle Rumors by Harold Dondis, Boston Globe

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Chess Gossip and Idle RumorsChess Gossip and Idle Rumors 02 Aug 1992, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

August 02, 1990 Los Angeles Times Chess by Jack Peters

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ChessChess 02 Aug 1992, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com / / /

Jezdimir Vasiljevic, owner of the Jugoskandik Bank in Yugoslavia, has announced that he will sponsor a match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, beginning Sept. 2 in the resort of Sveti Stefan in Yugoslavia. Fischer has not played publicly since he became world champion in 1972 by defeating Spassky in the “Match of the Century” in Reykjavik, Iceland. Vasiljevic says that Fischer approached him to organize the match and that Fischer was supervising the arrangements. The contract calls for a $5-million purse, with 5/8 to the player who wins 10 games. Reportedly, Fischer has already accepted $100,000 from Vasiljevic.
Since 1972, Fischer has discussed matches with many chess stars, including former world champions Spassky (now living in France) and Anatoly Karpov of Russia ([who continued to duck out of the way, to avoid any real confrontations by refusing to return Fischer's invitation by personal telex provided him by Campomanes to meet, then, on numerous occasions, stated to world press he simply “couldn't *tsk* locate Fischer”. See 1975 Bobby Fischer newspaper collections]); and grandmasters Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia, Victor Korchnoi of Switzerland, Henrique Mecking of Brazil, Miguel Quinteros of Argentina and Viswanathan Anand of India. Although the current negotiations appear to have progressed further than those of the past, one must remain skeptical of the 49-year-old Fischer's return until he actually sits down to play ([just as Fischer was wise to remain skeptical of ulterior motives of organizers! and so-called journalists.]) Previous matches have been canceled after Fischer repeatedly raised objections to the playing conditions ([such as when antisemitic organizers attempted to force Fischer to break his sabbath, while in the Christian Worldwide Church of God, just as the Soviets labeled Sam the “Reshevsky Problem” for also worshiping the Saturday Sabbath, and refusing to play. *tsk* or when Irving Rivise, planning his personal trip to the U.S. Open in San Francisco, up and changes the start time to 11 a.m., without Fischer's consent resulting in Fischer refusing to show after which organizers illegally awarded the game to Fischer's opponent, which led to a cancellation of the tournament, due to Organizers... bad organizers who broke rules, in both cases.]) Fischer has claimed that he was robbed of the world championship title by the World Chess Federation (FIDE), that there was a plot against him during his retirement ([understatement! of the century]), and that the series of Gary Kasparov-Anatoly Karpov world championship matches was fixed. He has demanded that all journalists be kept away from him until the match, and he has persuaded Vasiljevic to sue a television station in Belgrade that broadcast film of Fischer. Meanwhile, American diplomats in Belgrade have sidestepped questions of whether the proposed match would violate the United Nations sanctions against Yugoslavia.

August 02, 1992 Hartford Courant, Chess by Shelby Lyman

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August 02, 1992 The Greenville News, Greenville, SC Chess by Shelby Lyman

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ChessChess 02 Aug 1992, Sun The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina) Newspapers.com

August 02, 1992 The Daily News, Mamaroneck, New York Chess by Shelby Lyman

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ChessChess 02 Aug 1992, Sun The Daily Times (Mamaroneck, New York) Newspapers.com

Chess by Shelby Lyman
Mikhail Tal Was A True Inspiration
BEGINNER'S CORNER - hint and explanation: Divert its defender.

Beginner's Corner

White Wins The Queen
FEN 6q1/5Qpk/6R1/4rp2/4p3/4P1PP/5PK1/8 w - - 0 1
White moves

Mikhail Tal, the former world champion who recently died in Moscow at the age of 55, was an authentic genius of chess. So awesome were his mental powers that one famous grandmaster complained that it was unfair to have to play Tal because he had the memory and calculating ability of a computer.
But Tal was much more than a human chess machine. He was an elemental creative force as well, a man who had a passionate love affair with chess and life itself. His brilliance at the chessboard, charming wit, modesty and warmth earned him worldwide admiration and affection.
From his youth, the “magician of Riga” suffered from chronic and often debilitating illness, resulting finally in his premature death.
I first met Tal in 1956, a vital dark-haired youth with a piercing but friendly stare and a striking charisma.
Thirty years later, I met him again in Brussels. He seemed 10 or 15 years older than his actual age. But it was the same Tal with the same chess powers and wit, and he was even more respected and admired than before.
Below is a dynamic draw Tal played with Bobby Fischer in the 1960 Leipzig World Chess Olympics.

Robert James Fischer vs Mikhail Tal
Leipzig Olympiad Final-A (1960), Leipzig GDR, rd 5, Nov-01
French Defense: Winawer. Retreat Variation Armenian Line (C18) 1/2-1/2

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bg5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Nxf7 Bxf1 17. Nxd8 Rxg5 18. Nxe6 Rxg2+ 19. Kh1 Qe5 20. Rxf1 Qxe6

SOLVE-IT
After 21. Kxg2
Tal

Solve-It

Fischer
Black To Play
(See text & game score)

21. Kxg2 Qg4+(a) 1/2-1/2

(a) White cannot avoid perpetual check.

Solution to Beginner's Corner: 1. Rh6ch! Kxh6 (the pawn is “pinned” Qxg8).

Shelby Lyman is a syndicated writer whose column appears weekly.

August 01, 1992 Chess by Larry Bevand, The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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ChessChess 01 Aug 1992, Sat The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com

Chess; Stars to Shine as Fischer-Spassky Rematch Takes Shape by Larry Bevand
There it was in black and white.
Last Sunday, while vacationing in Cape Cod, I picked up the Boston Globe and a headline read: Spassky-Fischer Rematch Set.
The article went on to say that the $5-million, nine-game rematch will be played in Yugoslavia, beginning Sept. 2. The winner would pocket two-thirds of the purse while the remaining third would go to the loser.
It has been exactly 20 years since Bobby Fischer, an American, defeated Boris Spassky, a Soviet, to become world champion and put chess on the map. To give you an idea of the impact this match had on chess in this city, the 1972 Quebec Open, held in October, drew 750 participants compared to about 50 in previous years. Fischer has not played since, although he has been offered sums larger than this in the past.
While this is great news, before we get too excited, let's look at this thing a little more closely.
The money has been put up by Jesdimir Vasiljevic, owner of a Serbian bank. He has stated that the match has been organized to defy UN sanctions. (The Security Council has imposed a trade embargo on Yugoslavia.)
The report indicates that Spassky has confirmed he will participate, although there is no mention of Fischer. Spassky has always been a willing participant. This event will make him a millionaire and he could retire from the tournament scene which he no longer enjoys. Fischer, on the other hand, has always been the wild card.
Rumors like this have cropped up on a regular basis since 1972. The encouraging news is that the date mentioned is only a month away. While objectively, I can't see what makes this event more likely to happen than previous proposals, I've still got my fingers crossed.
Of course, a rematch would make everyone a winner as chess might experience another boom. Paramount Pictures, which is presently filming Searching for Bobby Fischer, in Toronto, would have a new ending and an instant success. Who knows, maybe the idea of making a comeback, exactly 20 years later, appeals to Fischer.

From the 1992 Chess Olympiad

Gata Kamsky vs Lajos Portisch
Manila Olympiad (1992), Manila PHI, rd 10, Jun-18
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (E12) 1-0

July 31, 1992 Chess by Chris Depasquale, The Age, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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ChessChess 31 Jul 1992, Fri The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Newspapers.com

If you had the task of upstaging the Olympic Games, how would you do it? Start World War III? Convert the Pope to Buddhism? Find a cure for the common cold? Reunite the Beatles? Some of those feats might go close, but with the whole world gripped by Olympics fever, even such monumental achievements would be unlikely to push Barcelona off the front page.
Back in 1972, however, one event did upstage the Olympics, and that was the Fischer-Spassky match for the world chess championship. A quick poll of Melbourne taxi drivers confirmed that while only 53 per cent could recall where the 1972 Olympics were held, 100 per cent claimed to have followed the match in Reykjavik, Iceland, move by move.
(Incidentally, 74 per cent of all Melbourne taxi drivers know somebody who could have given Fischer a rook start and whipped him comfortably. All my attempts to locate a person who knows 74 per cent of Melbourne tax drivers have proved fruitless; if he/she is out there somewhere, please drop me a line.)
There have been numerous Fischer comeback rumors before, but this one has more substance than a weight-lifter, has moved more quickly than Ben Johnson, and holds more water than an Olympic swimming pool. The match is scheduled to begin on 2 September in the Montenegrin resort of Sveti Stefan, and will conclude in Belgrade, according to the sponsor of the match, Serbian banker Jezdimir Vasiljevic.
The 16-page contract includes a clause that allows Fischer to choose a new venue if gunfire can be heard from the venue. Given the proximity to Dubrovnik, and assuming Vasiljevic has as much political clout as money, this could be the break that the UN needs to achieve a lasting ceasefire in the region. Such a contract has the distinct overtones of Bobby Fischer, and it is no secret that Yugoslavia was his preferred site for the 1972 match.
The purse for the match is $US5 million, just half that offered by American film-maker Darney Hoffman for a Fischer-Spassky rematch. Hoffman, however, annoyed the reclusive Fischer by tracking him down while making his film, ‘The Bobby Fischer Story’. That film, when completed, is sure to focus on the 1972 match, in which the following game was crucial.
Trailing by one game, Fischer appears to break every rule of positional chess, ceding the two bishops allowing his king-side pawns to be weakened, giving his opponent a protected passed pawn, and giving himself a backward b-pawn, but still sweeps the then world champion aside.

Spassky vs. Fischer, 1. d4, Nf6; 2. c4 e6; 3. Nc3 Bb4; 4. Nf3, c5; 5. e3 Nc6; 6. Bd3 Bxc3+; 7. bxc3 d6; 8. e4 e5; 9. d5 Ne7; 10. Nh4 h6; 11. f4 Ng6; 12. Nxg6 fxg6; 13. fxe5 dxe5; 14. Be3 b6; 15. O-O O-O; 16. a4 a5; 17. Rb1 Bd7; 18. Rb2 Rb8; 19. Rbf2 Qe7; 20. Bc2 g5; 21. Bd2 Qe8; 22. Be1 Qg6; 23. Qd3 Nh5; 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8; 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8; 26. Bd1 Nf4; (see diagram) 27. Qc2 Bxa4; and White resigned in view of 28. Qxa4, Qxe4 threatening both Qxe1 and Qxg2, or 28. Qb1, Bxd1; 29. Qxd1 Qxe4.

January 26, 1992 The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Chess by Shelby Lyman

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ChessChess 26 Jan 1992, Sun The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

January 25, 1992 The Guardian Chess by Leonard Barden, London, Manchester

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ChessChess 25 Jan 1992, Sat The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

January 23, 1992 Chess by Leonard Barden, Evening Standard, London

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January 19, 1992 The Morning Call, Chess by Shelby Lyman, Allentown, Pennsylvania

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January 19, 1992 On Chess by Shelby Lyman, Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey

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January 19, 1992 Lexington Herald-Leader, Chess by Shelby Lyman, Lexington, Kentucky

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January 19, 1992 Chess by Garry Koshnitsky, The Syndney Morning Herald, New South Wales, Australia

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ChessChess 19 Jan 1992, Sun The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Newspapers.com

January 19, 1992 The Greenville News, Greenville, SC Chess by Shelby Lyman

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ChessChess 19 Jan 1992, Sun The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina) Newspapers.com

January 19, 1992 The Daily News, Mamaroneck, New York Chess by Shelby Lyman

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ChessChess 19 Jan 1992, Sun The Daily Times (Mamaroneck, New York) Newspapers.com

January 19, 1992 Tallahassee Democrat Chess by Shelby Lyman

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January 19, 1992 Hartford Courant, Chess by Shelby Lyman

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ChessChess 19 Jan 1992, Sun Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Newspapers.com

January 17, 1992 Chess by Shelby Lyman, Palm Beach Post, Florida

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ChessChess 17 Jan 1992, Fri The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida) Newspapers.com

January 14, 1992 Chess by Shelby Lyman, Newsday, Long Island, New York

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ChessChess 14 Jan 1992, Tue Newsday (Suffolk Edition) (Melville, New York) Newspapers.com

January 12, 1992 Chess by Humberto Cruz, Sun-Sentinel South Florida

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ChessChess 12 Jan 1992, Sun South Florida Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Newspapers.com

January 04, 1992 Chess Gossip and Idle Rumors by Larry Evans, Reno Gazette

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Chess Gossip and Idle RumorsChess Gossip and Idle Rumors 04 Jan 1992, Sat Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, Nevada) Newspapers.com

January 18, 1992 Chess Gossip and Idle Rumors by Larry Evans, Reno Gazette

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ChessChess 18 Jan 1992, Sat Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, Nevada) Newspapers.com

Gata Kamsky, 17, also proved that ([Fischer was not without supporting evidence]). After winning the USA Championship, he groused: “Even in America, Kasparov tries to stop my talent. He is the Caligula of professional chess. Fischer was poisoned just like me. I was sick almost a whole month when I got home from a tournament in Europe.”

([How selectively forgetful of Larry Evans to omit the reported threats on the life of Robert Fischer by staunchly Pro-Soviet, Anti-American Icelanders.])

Threat on the Life of Robert Fischer made in 1972 IcelandThreat on the Life of Robert Fischer made in 1972 Iceland 15 Jul 1972, Sat The Marion Star (Marion, Ohio) Newspapers.com

'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, 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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