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October 29, 1933 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 29 Oct 1933, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 29, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, May 11, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 406. Composed for the L.A. Times (original) by A.D. Gibbs, Long Beach. White mates in two.
FEN 8/1Q1p1p1B/1R4r1/R1rN4/3Pkp1P/4N2K/4P3/B7 w - - 0 1
Key: N-B5!/Nf5
In order to help those who sent in wrong solutions the writer will show Black's defense to these moves. R-KB6; Q-N8; and QxP will be answered by RxN! R-R8, by R-B! PxR, by PxN! and N-KN4 by P-B6! Good work, Mr. Gibbs, and we thank you!

The Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner Sunday, October 29, 1933 Los Angeles, California L.A. Times Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, May 11, 2021

L.A. Times Problem No. 407 by K.E. Nord. First prize, Schachvarlagen, 1933. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/4p3/2Q1K3/p7/1pR5/k7 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-Q3/Qd3
1. Q-Q3, If P-N8(Q) 2. QxPch
1. Q-Q3, If P-R7 2. Q-B3
1. Q-Q3, If K-R7 2. Q-KB
1. Q-Q3, If K-N8 2. R-QB3ch

Game Department
From the Southern California tournament.

R. E. McBride (white) vs. Meyer Schleifer (black)
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Canal Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-B4 N-B3
4. P-Q4 PxP
5. O-O NxP
6. R-K P-Q4
7. N-B3 PxN
8. BxP P-B4
9. N-N5 B-K2
10. RxN K-B
11. N-B7 Q-Q2
12. R-K N-N5
13. B-N3 QxQ
14. RxQ NxP
15. R-N N-R6
16. PxN P-B7
17. B-KB4 PxQR(Q)
18. RxQ R-KN
19. BxP P-KN4
20. B-Q5 R-N2
21. N-Q6 B-B3
22. B-R5 R-Q2
23. B-N4 B-K2
24. NxB BxB
25. B-K6 R-QB2
26. PxB QRxN
27. BxR RxB
28. K-B R-B7
29. R-N3 RxP
30. R-QB3 P-N3
31. R-B3 P-B5
32. P-N3 R-N7
33. PxP RxP
34. PxP d.ch K-N2
35. R-B6 P-QR4
1-0
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. d4 exd4
5. 0-0 Nxe4
6. Re1 d5
7. Nc3 dxc3
8. Bxd5 f5
9. Ng5 Be7
10. Rxe4 Kf8
11. Nf7 Qd7
12. Re1 Nb4
13. Bb3 Qxd1
14. Rxd1 Nxc2
15. Rb1 Na3
16. bxa3 c2
17. Bf4 cxb1=Q
18. Rxb1 Rg8
19. Bxc7 g5
20. Bd5 Rg7
21. Nd6 Bf6
22. Ba5 Rd7
23. Bb4 Be7
24. Nxc8 Bxb4
25. Be6 Rc7
26. axb4 Rxc8
27. Bxc8 Rxc8
28. Kf1 Rc2
29. Rb3 Rxa2
30. Rc3 b6
31. Rf3 f4
32. g3 Rb2
33. gxf4 Rxb4
34. fxg5+ Kg7
35. Rf6 a5
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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