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October 15, 1933 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 15 Oct 1933, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 15, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, May 6, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 402. Originally composed for the Los Angeles Times by A.D. Gibbs, Long Beach. White mates in two.
FEN 8/R1Ppp3/b1pkP1nK/2RP2NP/3P4/B4rp1/4Q3/1q6 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-N5!/Qb5
Congratulations to Mr. Gibbs for this splendid problem. This is the only problem where eight tries have been sent in, as solutions. Each one had its points. In order to help those who sent in wrong solutions, the writer will show Black's defense to these moves. Q-R2? QxR?, and Q-B4? will be defeated by PxKP! R-N5? d. Ch., and R-R5? d. ch, will be defeated by P-B4! QxB? by Q-N2. N-K4?ch., with QxN! and Q-K4? by Q-N5, and there is no mate on the next move.

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 15, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem 403...

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L.A. Times Problem 403 by L. Herskovics. “A Chess Fantasia.” White mates in three.
FEN k7/3R4/4PPPP/P2P4/2P5/1K6/ppQppppp/qrbr4 w - - 0 1
Key: K-R4!/Ka4
K-R3 will be defeated by queening one of the pawns and if 2. Q-N3, with threat to mate, Q goes on the sixth rank and White is unable to mate with the Q because the K is pinned.

Fine Keeps Western Chess Title
In the Thirty-fourth Western Chess Congress Fine was again winner with the good score of 12 to 1, the only game he lost being the one played agaisnt the former boy wonder, Samuel Reshevsky, who was a good second. The latter did not lose a single game but unfortunately drew four. The final standings of the contestants were:

The following are the two most important games of the tournament:

Samuel Reshevsky vs Reuben Fine
Western Championship (1933), Detroit, MI USA, rd 6, Sep-27
Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation (E11) 1-0

Reuben Fine vs Arthur William Dake
Western Championship (1933), Detroit, MI USA, rd 10, Sep-29
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack (D70) 1-0

From The Southern California Championship Tournament

Edward Everett (white) vs. R. McBride (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. P-K5 B-B4
4. B-Q3 B-N3
5. N-K2 P-K3
6. O-O N-Q2
7. B-K3 N-K2
8. N-N3 Q-B2
9. N-QB3 P-QR3
10. QN-K2 P-QB4
11. P-QB3 N-QB3
12. QR-B B-K2
13. P-KB4 P-KB4
14. PxPe.p. PxP
15. P-B5 B-B2
16. BPxP BxP
17. B-B5 BxB
18. NxB O-O-O
19. N-B4 N-KB
20. QPxP QN-K4
21. NxQP BxP
22. NxQ BxBch
23. NxB RxQ
24. QRxR KxN
25. RxP N(KB)-Q2
26. N-Q5ch K-N
27. R-Q6 K-R2
28. N-KB6 NxN
29. RxN P-KR4
30. QR-Q5 N-N5
31. R-K6 R-KN
32. P-KR3
1-0
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. e5 Bf5
4. Bd3 Bg6
5. Ne2 e6
6. 0-0 Nd7
7. Be3 Ne7
8. Ng3 Qc7
9. Nc3 a6
10. Nce2 c5
11. c3 Nc6
12. Rc1 Be7
13. f4 f5
14. exf6e.p. gxf6
15. f5 Bf7
16. fxe6 Bxe6
17. Bf5 Bxf5
18. Nxf5 0-0-0
19. Nf4 Nf8
20. dxc5 Ne5
21. Nxd5 Bxc5
22. Nxc7 Bxe3+
23. Nxe3 Rxd1
24. Rcxd1 Kxc7
25. Rxf6 Nd7
26. Nd5+ Kb8
27. Rd6 Ka7
28. Nf6 Nxf6
29. Rxf6 h5
30. Rd5 Ng4
31. Re6 Rg8
32. h3 1-0
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Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'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's True History
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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