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September 10, 1933 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 10 Sep 1933, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 392 from the international two-mover tourney of the Budapest Chess Club, 1933. Fifth and sixth prize by L. Schor. White mates in two.
FEN 3Q4/r3p3/p7/3NkP1R/r7/1Pp2q2/p3N1B1/K3R3 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-N6/Qb6
Only one person failed to solve this problem. His answer, N-B4ch, would be answered by K-Q5, and there is no possible mate.

Misprint (above) in FEN

L.A. Times Problem No. 393 by Percy Bowater, Pasadena. White mates in three.
FEN 1b6/1K6/N3p3/1N1kp3/P1q3Q1/8/B1Pn4/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R4!/Qh4
Quite a lot of solvers were fooled by a very strong try. Q-K2, but the answer to that is B-R2! This strong move defeats all possibilities of mating in three moves.

In Game No. 1 the given move has been entirely different than the theory advised. I shall therefore publish a few games on this opening which have been played in some of the international tournaments in which I have participated.
Played in Stubnyansky Teplice (Czechoslovakia, 1930).

Herman Steiner (White) vs. May (Black)
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Lasker Variation

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-QB3
3. N-QB3 P-Q4
4. N-B3 PxP
5. P-QR4 B-B4
6. P-K3 N-R3
7. BxP N-QN5
8. O-O P-K3
9. Q-K2 N-K5
10. N-K5 B-K2
11. P-B3 N-Q3
12. B-N3 P-B3
13. P-K4 PxN
14. PxP N-B2
15. PxB PxP
16. P-B4 Q-Q6
17. Q-KB2 Q-R3
18. B-K3 N-Q6
19. Q-B2 R-Q
20. QR-Q K-B
21. N-Q5 RxN
22. BxR N-N5
23. QxBP NxB
24. P-K6 N-B3
25. PxN KxP
26. P-QN3 Q-K7
27. KR-K Q-N7
28. R-Q7 1-0
 
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 c6
3. Nc3 d5
4. Nf3 dxc4
5. a4 Bf5
6. e3 Na6
7. Bxc4 Nb4
8. 0-0 e6
9. Qe2 Ne4
10. Ne5 Be7
11. f3 Nd6
12. Bb3 f6
13. e4 fxe5
14. dxe5 Nf7
15. exf5 exf5
16. f4 Qd3
17. Qf2 Qa6
18. Be3 Nd3
19. Qc2 Rd8
20. Rd1 Kf8
21. Nd5 Rxd5
22. Bxd5 Nb4
23. Qxc6 Nxd5
24. e6 Nf6
25. exf7 Kxf7
26. b3 Qe2
27. Re1 Qb2
28. Rd7 1-0

Played in the international tournament at Brunn (Czecho-Slovakia, 1931)
Herman Steiner vs Vladas Mikenas
Brno (1931)
Slav Defense: Czech. Lasker Variation (D18) 1-0

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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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