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April 05, 1931 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Apr 5, 1931 – 74 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, April 05, 1931 The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No. 217...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, January 12, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 217 by A.J. Fink, San Francisco. First prize, Pittsburgh Times-Gazette, 1914. The favorite composition of the former California champion. White mates in two.
FEN 3K4/1Np4p/pPP1R1nr/q2k4/p1R4p/1b3p1B/2N3n1/B2rbQ2 w - - 0 1
Key: R-K2/Re2

World's Champion Alekhine once played correspondence chess. Here's one of his games played by mail in Russia, 1908. Shows how in his youth he oculdn't resist temptations to venture into combinations that offered brilliancies.

L.A. Times Game No. 234
Vienna Game
White-Wjakhireff vs. Black-Alekhine

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-QB3 N-KB3
3. B-B4 N-B3
4. P-Q3 B-N5
5. KN-K2 P-Q4
6. PxP NxP
7. BxN QxB
8. O-O Q-Q!
9. N-N3 O-O
10. P-B4 P-B4
11. QN-K2 Q-R5
12. K-R B-Q3!
13. P-Q4 P-K5
14. P-B4 R-B3
15. P-B5 R-R3
16. P-KR3 B-B
17. Q-N3ch K-R
18. Q-B3 N-K2!
19. B-K3 B-K3
20. B-B2 Q-B3
21. P-R3 B-Q4
22. B-K3 N-N3
23. P-N4 N-R5
24. K-N N-B6ch!
25. K-B2 Q-R5!
26. P-N5 R-N3
27. KR-B B-K2!
28. K-B RxN
29. NxR QxN
30. B-B2 Q-R7
31. PxN PxP
32. R-B2 R-K!
33. B-K3 Q-R8ch
34. ?-?? B-R5!
35. R-KR2 Q-N7ch!
36. RxQ PxR mate
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nc3 Nf6
3. Bc4 Nc6
4. d3 Bb4
5. Ne2 d5
6. exd5 Nxd5
7. Bxd5 Qxd5
8. 0-0 Qd8!
9. Ng3 0-0
10. f4 f5
11. Nge2 Qh4
12. Kh1 Bd6!
13. d4 e4
14. c4 Rf6
15. c5 Rh6
16. h3 Bf8
17. Qb3+ Kh8
18. Qc3 Ne7!
19. Be3 Be6
20. Bf2 Qf6
21. a3 Bd5
22. Be3 Ng6
23. b4 Nh4
24. Kg1 Nf3+!
25. Kf2 Qh4!
26. b5 Rg6
27. Rc1 Be7!
28. Kf1 Rxg3
29. Nxg3 Qxg3
30. Bf2 Qh2
31. gxf3 exf3
32. Rc2 Re8!
33. Be3 Qh1+

Game was ommitted, but including in the following week's edition.

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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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