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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 17 Mar 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
L.A. Times Problem No. 547. Composed for the Los Angeles Times by H. L. Winings, Decatur, Illionois. White mates in two.

L.A. Times Problem No. 547. Composed for the Los Angeles Times by H. L. Winings, Decatur, Illionois. White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/1R1N4/8/3B4/5B2/2k5/R3K3 w - - 0 1
Key: R-N4 followed by castling.

L.A. Times Problem No. 548 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Wm. P. Barbee, Halcyon, California. White mates in three.

L.A. Times Problem No. 548 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Wm. P. Barbee, Halcyon, California. White mates in three.
FEN 3K4/7p/3R1P1k/Q2N3P/2P2p2/4pB2/4N3/8 w - - 0 1
Key: Cooked. Intended solution, 1. NxKP PxN; 2. R-Q2 PxR; 3. QxP mate. See March 31, 1935 edition of Chess by Herman Steiner for further details.

Nikolai Riumin vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 1, Feb-15
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Variation (E37) 1-0

Andre Lilienthal vs Viacheslav Ragozin
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 2, Feb-16
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Accelerated (E24) 0-1

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Rudolf Spielmann
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 1, Feb-15
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack. Modern Defense Reifir-Spielmann Line (B13) 1-0

Vladimir Alatortsev vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 3, Feb-17
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation (D50) 0-1

Salomon Flohr vs Georgy Lisitsin
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 2, Feb-16
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (E46) 1-0

Appended are the scores of games from the deciding match in the Metropolitan League of New York:

Anthony Santasiere (White) vs. Abraham Kupchik (Black)
King's Indian Attack

Descriptive
1. N-KB3 P-Q4
2. P-KN3 N-Q2
3. P-Q4 P-K3
4. B-N2 KN-B3
5. O-O B-Q3
6. QN-Q2 O-O
7. P-B4 P-B3
8. Q-B2 R-K
9. R-Q N-B
10. P-K4 PxP
11. NxP NxN
12. QxN N-N3
13. B-K3 Q-B2
14. QR-B B-Q2
15. Q-B2 QR-Q
16. N-Q2 B-QB
17. P-B4 P-QB4
18. N-B3 P-N3
19. Q-B2 B-N2
20. R-Q2 N-K2
21. N-R4 PxP
22. BxP N-B3
23. B-K3 B-K2
24. N-B3 N-N5
25. N-Q4 BxB
26. QxB B-B4
27. P-N3 P-K4
28. N-B5 PxP
29. RxR RxR
30. PxP BxBch
31. NxB QxKBP
32. Q-N3 QxQch
33. PxQ NxP
34. R-R R-Q7
35. N-Q5 P-KR4
36. P-QN4 K-B
37. P-N5 P-N4
38. R-KB R-Q6
39. K-N2 N-B6
40. N-N4 R-Q5
41. R-B NxP
0-1
 
Algebraic
1. Nf3 d5
2. g3 Nd7
3. d4 e6
4. Bg2 Ngf6
5. 0-0 Bd6
6. Nd2 0-0
7. c4 c6
8. Qc2 Re8
9. Rd1 Nf8
10. e4 dxe4
11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 Ng6
13. Be3 Qc7
14. Rc1 Bd7
15. Qc2 Rd8
16. Nd2 Bc8
17. f4 c5
18. Nf3 b6
19. Qf2 Bb7
20. Rd2 Ne7
21. Nh4 cxd4
22. Bxd4 Nc6
23. Be3 Be7
24. Nf3 Nb4
25. Nd4 Bxg2
26. Qxg2 Bc5
27. b3 e5
28. Nf5 exf4
29. Rxd8 Rxd8
30. gxf4 Bxe3+
31. Nxe3 Qxf4
32. Qg3 Qxg3+
33. hxg3 Nxa2
34. Ra1 Rd2
35. Nd5 h5
36. b4 Kf8
37. b5 g5
38. Rf1 Rd3
39. Kg2 Nc3
40. Nb4 Rd4
41. Rc1 Nxb5
0-1

Alexander Kevitz (White) vs. Frank Marshall (Black)
English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System

Descriptive
1. P-QB4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. N-B3 P-B4
4. P-Q4 P-K5
5. N-K5 P-Q3
6. NxN PxN
7. P-B3 P-Q4
8. PxKP BPxP
9. Q-R4 B-Q2
10. Q-R5 R-N
11. P-QR3 N-B3
12. PxP PxP
13. NxQP B-Q3
14. B-B4 BxB
15. NxB O-O
16. P-K3 RxP
17. B-B4ch K-R
18. O-O N-N5
19. Q-R5 R-N3
20. B-K6 RxB
21. QxN QR-KB3
22. Q-N3 B-N4
23. KR-B P-B3
24. P-QR4 B-R3
25. R-B3 Q-R4
26. R-B5 Q-Q7
27. Q-B2 Q-N5
28. P-R4 B-Q6
29. K-R2 Q-N
30. Q-N3 P-KR3
31. QR-QB RxN
32. PxR RxP
33. R-K5 R-B3
34. R-K7 Q-KB
35. RxRP P-K6
36. R-N7 R-B5
37. QxP RxPch
38. K-N Q-Q3
39. Q-K5 Q-N3
40. R-N8ch K-R2
41. Q-K8 Q-Q3
42. Q-K5 Q-N3
43. R-N2 B-K5
44. R-K R-N5
45. R(K)-K2 B-Q6
46. R-K3 B-K5
47. R(K3)-K2 B-Q6
48. R-K3 B-K5
49. P-N3 B-Q4
50. K-B2 R-N4
51. Q-K7 R-B4ch
52. K-K Q-N5
53. Q-R4 Q-N3
54. Q-K7 R-B2
55. Q-K5 R-B4
56. Q-K7 R-B2
57. Q-R3 B-B5
58. Q-B3 R-B8ch
59. K-Q2 Q-B2
60. Q-B2ch P-N3
61. K-B3 R-QR8
62. K-N4 B-K3
63. QxP B-Q2
64. Q-B5 RxPch
65. K-B3 B-K3
66. RxB Q-B6ch
67. K-B2 1-0
 
Algebraic
1. c4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Nc3 f5
4. d4 e4
5. Ne5 d6
6. Nxc6 bxc6
7. f3 d5
8. fxe4 fxe4
9. Qa4 Bd7
10. Qa5 Rb8
11. a3 Nf6
12. cxd5 cxd5
13. Nxd5 Bd6
14. Bf4 Bxf4
15. Nxf4 0-0
16. e3 Rxb2
17. Bc4+ Kh8
18. 0-0 Ng4
19. Qh5 Rb6
20. Be6 Rxe6
21. Qxg4 Ref6
22. Qg3 Bb5
23. Rc1 c6
24. a4 Ba6
25. Rc3 Qa5
26. Rc5 Qd2
27. Qf2 Qb4
28. h4 Bd3
29. Kh2 Qb8
30. Qg3 h6
31. Rc1 Rxf4
32. exf4 Rxf4
33. Re5 Rf6
34. Re7 Qf8
35. Rxa7 e3
36. Rb7 Rf4
37. Qxe3 Rxh4+
38. Kg1 Qd6
39. Qe5 Qg6
40. Rb8+ Kh7
41. Qe8 Qd6
42. Qe5 Qg6
43. Rb2 Be4
44. Re1 Rg4
45. Ree2 Bd3
46. Re3 Be4
47. Ree2 Bd3
48. Re3 Be4
49. g3 Bd5
50. Kf2 Rg5
51. Qe7 Rf5+
52. Ke1 Qg4
53. Qh4 Qg6
54. Qe7 Rf7
55. Qe5 Rf5
56. Qe7 Rf7
57. Qa3 Bc4
58. Qc3 Rf1+
59. Kd2 Qf7
60. Qc2+ g6
61. Kc3 Ra1
62. Kb4 Be6
63. Qxc6 Bd7
64. Qc5 Rxa4+
65. Kc3 Be6
66. Rxe6 Qf3+
67. Kc2 1-0

Isaac Kashdan vs Fred Reinfeld
Metropolitan Chess League (1935), New York, NY
Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1-0

Robert Willman (White) vs. Schlesinger (Black)
French Defense: Classical Variation, Richter Attack

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. N-QB3 N-KB3
4. B-N5 B-K2
5. BxN BxB
6. N-B3 P-B4
7. KPxP O-O
8. Q-Q2 BPxP
9. NxP PxP
10. O-O-O N-B3
11. N-N3 B-K3
12. NxP P-QR4
13. P-QR4 B-N4
14. P-B4 BxN
15. PxB N-N5
16. N-Q4 R-B
17. P-QN3 Q-B2
18. K-N2 KR-Q
19. P-B3 N-B3
20. B-N5 N-R2
21. R-QB NxB
22. NxN BxQNP
23. NxQ RxQch
24. KxB RxN
25. KR-Q R(B2)-Q2
26. RxR RxR
27. R-K K-B
28. R-K5 P-QN3
29. R-N5 RxP
30. P-R4 R-N8
31. K-B4 R-N5ch
32. K-Q5 RxQRP
33. RxNP RxP
34. P-B4 R-N5
35. P-B5 RxPch
36. K-Q6 P-N3
37. P-B6 R-N8
38. P-B7 R-QB8
39. R-B6 1-0
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7
5. Bxf6 Bxf6
6. Nf3 c5
7. exd5 0-0
8. Qd2 cxd4
9. Nxd4 exd5
10. 0-0-0 Nc6
11. Nb3 Be6
12. Nxd5 a5
13. a4 Bg5
14. f4 Bxd5
15. fxg5 Nb4
16. Nd4 Rc8
17. b3 Qc7
18. Kb2 Rd8
19. c3 Nc6
20. Bb5 Na7
21. Rc1 Nxb5
22. Nxb5 Bxb3
23. Nxc7 Rxd2+
24. Kxb3 Rxc7
25. Rd1 Rd7
26. Rxd2 Rxd2
27. Re1 Kf8
28. Re5 b6
29. Rb5 Rxg2
30. h4 Rg1
31. Kc4 Rg4+
32. Kd5 Rxa4
33. Rxb6 Rxh4
34. c4 Rg4
35. c5 Rxg5+
36. Kd6 g6
37. c6 Rg1
38. c7 Rc1
39. Rc6 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:
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 --
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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.

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