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August 05, 1934 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 05 Aug 1934, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 485, The Chess Review by Hugo Legler. White mates in two.
FEN 3K2B1/5p2/3N4/1P1k2P1/1R1r2n1/2pbB1Q1/3P2N1/2R5 w - - 0 1
Key: NxP(?)

L.A. Times Problem No. 486, Newark Evening News by J.F. Tracy, Ontario, California. White mates in three.
FEN KN4b1/Pp2Pn1p/1R3n1P/2k1p3/3pPp2/bP2P3/8/1Q2B3 w - - 0 1
Key: Q-R2(?)

From the international tournament at Budapest

Lilienthal (White) vs. Flohr (Black)
Benoni Defense

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-QB4
2. P-K3 PxP
3. PxP P-Q4
4. B-Q3 N-QB3
5. P-QB3 N-B3
6. N-K2 B-N5
7. Q-Q2 P-K3
8. P-B3 B-R4
9. N-N3 B-N3
10. P-KB4 BxB
11. QxB B-Q3
12. Q-K2 Q-B2
13. N-B5 B-B
14. N-Q2 P-KR4
15. N-KN3 P-R5
16. N-B3 B-Q3
17. N-R5 N-K5
18. N-K5 P-B4
19. N-B3 QPxN
20. NxKN NxN
21. P-KR3 B-K2
22. BPxN P-KN4
23. P-R4 KR-N
24. P-R5 P-N3
25. P-B6 R-N3
26. K-R2 Q-Q2
27. Q-N5 QR-N
28. Q-N3 P-N5
29. R-KN B-N5
30. B-B4 RxB
31. BxB K-N
32. QR-KB P-K6
33. Q-N4 PxP
34. Q-B4 R-N6
35. PxP RxR
36. RxR RxR
37. R-KN Q-N2ch
38. KxR Q-N6
39. K-R Q-K6ch
40. QxP Q-Q7ch
41. K-N2 Q-B8ch
42. K-R QxPch
43. K-N2 Q-B8ch
44. K-R Q-Q7ch
45. K-N2 1/2-1/2
Algebraic
1. d4 c5
2. e3 cxd4
3. exd4 d5
4. Bd3 Nc6
5. c3 Nf6
6. Ne2 Bg4
7. Qd2 e6
8. f3 Bh5
9. Ng3 Bg6
10. f4 Bxd3
11. Qxd3 Bd6
12. Qe2 Qc7
13. Nf5 Bf8
14. Nd2 h5
15. Ng3 h4
16. Nf3 Bd6
17. Nh5 Ne4
18. Ne5 f5

Stahlberg (White) vs. Vidmar (Black)
Queen's Gambit Declined

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. P-QB4 P-QB3
3. N-KB3 N-B3
4. P-K3 P-K3
5. B-Q3 PxP
6. BxBP KN-Q2
7. O-O B-Q3
8. N-B3 O-O
9. P-K4 P-K4
10. B-KN5 Q-K2
11. B-N3 R-K
12. R-K N-B
13. PxP BxP
14. NxB QxN
15. P-B4 Q-B4ch
16. K-R N-N5
17. B-KR4 N-B7ch
18. BxN QxB
19. P-B5! Q-R5
20. Q-Q6 Q-K2
21. Q-B4 Q-K4
22. Q-B2 P-QN3
23. QR-Q B-N2
24. R-K2 R-K2
25. QR-K QR-K
26. P-N4 B-B
27. P-N5 B-R3
28. R-K3 R-Q2
29. R-R3 R-Q6
30. RxR BxR
31. P-N6 R-Q
32. BxPch K-R
33. Q-N3 QxQ
34. PxQ PxP
35. PxP R-Q3
36. K-N2 RxP
37. BxR NxB
38. N-B3 K-N
39. R-Q B-B5
40. R-Q8ch K-R2
41. P-N3 B-K3
42. K-K3 P-B4
43. N-Q5 P-N4
44. N-B7 1-0
Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6
4. e3 e6
5. Bd3 dxc4
6. Bxc4 Nd7
7. 0-0 Bd6
8. Nc3 0-0
9. e4 e5
10. Bg5 Qe7
11. Bb3 Re8
12. Re1 Nf8
13. dxe5 Bxe5
14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. f4 Qc5+
16. Kh1 Ng4
17. Bh4 Nf2+
18. Bxf2 Qxf2
19. f5! Qh4
20. Qd6 Qe7
21. Qf4 Qe5
22. Qf2 b6
23. Rd1 Bb7
24. Re2 Re7
25. Re1 Re8
26. g4 Bc8
27. g5 Ba6
28. Re3 Rd7
29. Rh3 Rd3
30. Rxd3 Bxd3
31. g6 Rd8
32. Bxf7+ Kh8
33. Qg3 Qxg3
34. hxg3 hxg6
35. fxg6 Rd6
36. Kg2 Rxg6
37. Bxg6 Nxg6

Tartakower (White) vs. Lilienthal (Black)
Zukertort Opening

Descriptive
1. N-KB3 N-KB3
2. P-QN3 P-KN3
3. B-N2 B-N2
4. P-N3 P-N3
5. B-N2 B-N2
6. O-O O-O
7. P-Q3 P-B4
8. P-K4 P-Q4
9. PxP BxP
10. N-B3 B-N2
11. R-K QN-Q2
12. Q-K2 P-K3
13. QR-N Q-N
14. N-KR4 BxB
15. NxB Q-N2
16. N-B4 KR-K
17. N-K4 NxN
18. QxN QxQ
19. RxQ BxB
20. RxB N-B3
21. R-K P-K4
22. N-N2 P-K5
23. PxP NxP
24. P-QB4 N-N4
25. RxRch RxR
26. K-K3 N-B6ch
27. K-N2 N-Q5
28. N-K3 R-K5
29. N-B2 NxN
30. RxN R-Q5
31. R-K2 1/2-1/2
Algebraic
1. Nf3 Nf6
2. b3 g6
3. Bb2 Bg7
4. g3 b6
5. Bg2 Bb7
6. 0-0 0-0
7. d3 c5
8. e4 d5
9. exd5 Bxd5
10. Nc3 Bb7
11. Re1 Nd7
12. Qe2 e6
13. Rb1 Qb8
14. Nh4 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 Qb7
16. Nf4 Re8
17. Ne4 Nxe4
18. Qxe4 Qxe4
19. Rxe4 Bxb2
20. Rxb2 Nf6
21. Re1 e5
22. Ng2 e4
23. dxe4 Nxe4
24. c4 Ng5
25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Ne3 Nf3+
27. Kg2 Nd4

'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, 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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