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December 04, 1932 Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood

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Chess by Clif SherwoodChess by Clif Sherwood Sun, Dec 4, 1932 – 39 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) · Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, December 04, 1932 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, March 15, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 327 by Percy Bowater, Pasadena, California. Brisbane Courier, 1932. White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/2K3p1/6N1/3k1np1/1P1Bp1Q1/2P1p1nB/3N4 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R3/Qh3

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Clif Sherwood Sunday, December 04, 1932 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

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L.A. Times Problem No. 328 by W. Pauly. Tidsskrift för Schack, 1906. White mates in three.
FEN 4K3/4P3/4N3/3PpP2/4k3/4P3/4Q3/8 w - - 0 1
Key: 1. P-B6/f6
If KxP; 2. P-K4ch and Q-R6mate! If K-B4; 2. Q-KN2.

Frederick D. Yates, many times British champion, passed away recently. He specialized in the Ruy Lopez and was nearly unbeatable in it. The following game is probably one of the last examples of this opening left by him. From the 1932 British championship tourney, when Yates was deposed as titleholder by the young East Indian, Sultan Khan.

L.A. Times Game No. 324

Fred Dewhirst Yates (white) vs. Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-N5 P-QR3
4. B-R4 N-B3
5. O-O P-Q3
6. R-K B-Q2
7. P-QB3 B-K2
8. P-Q4 O-O
9. QN-Q2 PxP
10. PxP N-QN5
11. B-N3 N-Q6
12. R-K3 NxB
13. RxN P-KR3
14. P-K5 N-R2
15. N-K4 B-B4
16. P-KR3 Q-Q2
17. N-N3 P-QB3
18. NxB QxN
19. B-B2 Q-K3
20. Q-Q3 P-KN3
21. QR-K P-Q4
22. N-R2 K-R
23. P-KB4 R-KN
24. K-R QR-KB
25. N-N4  P-KR4
26. N-R6 R-N2
27. P-B5 PxP
28. NxP R-N3
29. Q-Q B-N4
30. R-KB3 P-R5
31. QR-KB B-Q
32. N-Q6 N-N4
33. B-B5 Q-K2
34. BxR NxR
35. QxN Q-N4
36. NxPch 1-0
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6
5. 0-0 d6
6. Re1 Bd7
7. c3 Be7
8. d4 0-0
9. Nd2 exd4
10. cxd4 Nb4
11. Bb3 Nd3
12. Re3 Nxc1
13. Rxc1 h6
14. e5 Nh7
15. Ne4 Bf5
16. h3 Qd7
17. Ng3 c6
18. Nxf5 Qxf5
19. Bc2 Qe6
20. Qd3 g6
21. Re1 d5
22. Nh2 Kh8
23. f4 Rg8
24. Kh1 Rf8
25. Ng4 h5
26. Nh6 Rg7
27. f5 gxf5
28. Nxf5 Rg6
29. Qd1 Bg5
30. Rf3 h4
31. Rf1 Bd8
32. Nd6 Ng5
33. Bf5 Qe7
34. Bxg6 Nxf3
35. Qxf3 Qg5
36. Nxf7+ 1-0
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'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:
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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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