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February 25, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 25 Feb 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, February 25, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, May 31, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 440. From the International Two-Move Tourney of the Budapest Chess Club, 1933. First honorable mention. By C. de Rooij. White mates in two.
FEN qB2R3/p3N3/B4p2/r7/b5Pp/1Ppp1p1K/3Nkpp1/2QR2b1 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-B2/Qc2
To help those who sent in wrong solutions, the writer will show Black's defense to these moves. B-N5 and N-N will be defeated by P-B8(Q). N-B by PxN(Q)ch. N-B6 d. ch by R-K5. N-K4 by QxN.

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, February 25, 1934 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, May 31, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 441. From the Washington Post. By John A. McIlvane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/4p3/4kPR1/2Q5/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1
Key: R-N7/Rg7
1. R-N7 PxP; 2. R-N6 P-B6; 3. Q-B5 mate.
1. R-N7 K-Q3; 2. Q-B7ch K-Q4; 3. R-Q7 mate.
1. R-N7 K-B3; 2. Q-B7 P-K4; 3. Q-B7 mate.
...................... PxP; 3. Q-K7 mate.

Game Department
Herman Steiner, L.A.A.C. (White) vs. A. V. Taylor, Pasadena C.C. (Black)
Torre Attack

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. N-KB3 P-K3
3. B-N5 B-K2
4. P-B4 P-Q4
5. P-K3 QN-Q2
6. QN-Q2 P-QB4
7. B-Q3 BPxP
8. KPxP PxP
9. NxP O-O
10. O-O N-Q4
11. B-Q2 N(Q2)-B3
12. P-QR3 B-Q2
13. N(B4)-K5 R-B
14. Q-K2 P-QR3
15. QR-K N-B2
16. NxB QxN
17. B-KB4 N(B2)-Q4
18. B-K5 KR-Q
19. N-N5 P-R3
20. P-B4 K-B
21. N-R3 P-KN3
22. P-KN4 P-KR4
23. PxP NxRP
24. P-B5 KPxP
25. BxBP N(R4)-B5
26. NxN QxB
27. NxN Q-N4ch
28. B-N3 RxN
29. Q-K6 B-B3
30. QxRch K-N2
31. K-R BxP
32. RxPch KxR
33. Q-K6ch K-N2
34. Q-K7ch K-R3
35. Q-B8ch K-R4
36. Q-B3ch 1-0
 
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 e6
3. Bg5 Be7
4. c4 d5
5. e3 Nbd7
6. Nd2 c5
7. Bd3 cxd4
8. exd4 dxc4
9. Nxc4 0-0
10. 0-0 Nd5
11. Bd2 N7f6
12. a3 Bd7
13. Nce5 Rc8
14. Qe2 a6
15. Re1 Nc7
16. Nxd7 Qxd7
17. Bf4 Ncd5
18. Be5 Rd8
19. Ng5 h6
20. f4 Kf8
21. Nh3 g6
22. g4 h5
23. gxh5 Nxh5
24. f5 exf5
25. Bxf5 Nf4
26. Nxf4 Qxf5
27. Nxd5 Qg5+
28. Bg3 Rxd5
29. Qe6 Bf6
30. Qxc8+ Kg7
31. Kh1 Bxd4
32. Rxf7+ Kxf7
33. Qe6+ Kg7
34. Qe7+ Kh6
35. Qf8+ Kh5
36. Qf3+ 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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