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June 09, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 09 Jun 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 571 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Alexander Kish, Dannemora, N.Y. White mates in two.
FEN 1B6/3pn1R1/NRb1kn2/1p2N1P1/2qP2P1/3p1Q2/8/3B3K w - - 0 1
Key: B-N3/Bb3

L.A. Times Problem No. 572 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Vincent L. Eaton, N.Y. White mates in three.
FEN 7Q/8/8/8/3BP2K/7B/1pr4k/8 w - - 0 1
Key: K-N5/Kg5

Defeated By Reshevsky At Margate
Miss Vera Menchik of Czecho-Slovakia, world's woman champion, and Jacques Mieses, 70-year-old veteran from Leipsic, were among those defeated by Samuel Reshevsky of New York, victor in the recent international tournament at Margate. A direct attack against the castled king disposed of the former and a closely calculated ending was the undoing of Mieses.
A game between Jose R. Capablanca, runner-up to Reshevsky, and B. S. Milner-Barry come to an untimely end after eighteen moves. The scores:

Samuel Reshevsky vs Vera Menchik
Margate (1935), Margate ENG, rd 6, Apr-30
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) 1-0

Jacques Mieses vs Samuel Reshevsky
Margate (1935), Margate ENG, rd 7, May-01
Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line (B15) 0-1

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Philip Stuart Milner-Barry
Margate (1935), Margate ENG, rd 7, May-01
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Neo-Archangelsk Variation (C78) 1-0

Here is the victory obtained by Paul Johnson in the B Division of the Metropolitan Chess League of New York which gained him a special prize:

Johnson (White) vs. Macormac (Black)
Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. B-QB4 B-QB4
5. P-QB3 PxP
6. NxP P-Q3
7. Q-N3 Q-Q2
8. Q-B2 N-B3
9. B-KN5 N-KN5
10. O-O P-KR3
11. B-R4 O-O
12. QR-Q1 KN-K4
13. B-K2 Q-K3
14. N-Q5 NxNch
15. BxN B-N3
16. Q-B3 Q-K4
17. Q-Q2 N-Q5
18. K-R1 NxB
19. PxN Q-R4
20. Q-B4 K-R1
21. R-KN1 P-KB3
22. NxKBP Q-K4
23. RxP! KxR!
24. R-KN1ch K-B2
25. QxP B-N5
26. Q-R7ch K-K3
27. Q-Q7 mate
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4
4. Bc4 Bc5
5. c3 dxc3
6. Nxc3 d6
7. Qb3 Qd7
8. Qc2 Nf6
9. Bg5 Ng4
10. 0-0 h6
11. Bh4 0-0
12. Rd1 Nge5
13. Be2 Qe6
14. Nd5 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Bb6
16. Qc3 Qe5
17. Qd2 Nd4
18. Kh1 Nxf3
19. gxf3 Qh5
20. Qf4 Kh8
21. Rg1 f6
22. Nxf6(a) Qe5
23. Rxg7! Kxg7!(b)
24. Rg1+ Kf7
25. Qxh6 Bg4
26. Qh7+ Ke6
27. Qd7#

(a) Now Black cannot play 22. … PxN because of 23. BxPch K-R2 (If 23. … RxB; 24. QxRch and 25. Q-N7 mate;) 24. R-N7ch K-R1; 25. R-Q7! discovered check, K-N1; 26. R-KN1ch Q-N4; 27. RxQch PxR; 28. QxNP mate.
(b) If 23. … QxQ; 24. R-R7 is mate.
If 28. … RxN; 24. QxQ PxQ; 25. BxR B-K3; 26. R(Q1)-N1 and wins easily, as mate by 27. R-KB7 is threatened.

Gosta Stoltz vs Alexander Alekhine
Orebro (1935), Orebro SWE, rd 4, Apr-10
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack (B14) 0-1

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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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