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March 31, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 31 Mar 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 551 by A. Tschepurnoff. White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/3Kn1B1/8/2k5/Qp2P3/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
Key: R-QR2/Ra2

L.A. Times Problem No. 552 by Julius Gunst. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/5K2/8/BpRN4/8/kb5R w - - 0 1
Key: R-B2/Rc2

City Championship Preliminaries
The following game was played in the fourth round:

Pellegrini (White) vs. Stein (Black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Richter Variation

Descriptive
1. N-QB3 P-Q4
2. P-Q4 N-KB3
3. B-N5 B-B4
4. P-B3 QN-Q2
5. P-K3 P-KR3
6. B-R4 P-K3
7. P-K4 PxP
8. PxP B-N5
9. B-K2 BxB
10. KNxB B-K2
11. Q-Q3 P-R3
12. Q-B3 P-K4
13. O-O-O Q-B
14. B-N3 PxP
15. NxP N-R2
16. N-Q5 B-N4ch
17. K-N B-Q
18. P-K5 N-N4
19. Q-K3 O-O
20. P-KR4 N-K3
21. N-B5 R-K
22. KR-B QN-B
23. Q-B3 K-R2
24. Q-R5 N-N3
25. NxRP PxN
26. RxPch N-N2
27. N-B6ch BxN
28. PxB R-KN
29. QR-Q7 1-0
 
Algebraic
1. Nc3 d5
2. d4 Nf6
3. Bg5 Bf5
4. f3 Nd7
5. e3 h6
6. Bh4 e6
7. e4 dxe4
8. fxe4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxe2
10. Nxe2 Be7
11. Qd3 a6
12. Qf3 e5
13. 0-0-0 Qc8
14. Bg3 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nh7
16. Nd5 Bg5+
17. Kb1 Bd8
18. e5 Ng5
19. Qe3 0-0
20. h4 Ne6
21. Nf5 Re8
22. Rf1 Ndf8
23. Qc3 Kh7
24. Qa5 Ng6
25. Nxh6 gxh6
26. Rxf7+ Ng7
27. Nf6+ Bxf6
28. exf6 Rg8
29. Rd7 1-0

Following are additional scores of games played in the recent international tournament at Moscow:

Rudolf Spielmann vs Emanuel Lasker
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 8, Feb-24
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation (C45) 1/2-1/2

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Ilia Abramovich Kan
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 8, Feb-24
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D67) 1-0

Viktor Goglidze vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 9, Feb-27
Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation (D90) 0-1

Gideon Stahlberg vs Salomon Flohr
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 10, Feb-28
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 0-1

Rudolf Spielmann vs Vitaly Chekhover
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 10, Feb-28
Indian Game: Saemisch-Indian (A50) 1-0

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Viacheslav Ragozin
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 6, Feb-22
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Accelerated (E24) 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, 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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