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June 19, 1969 The Game of Kings by D.M. LeDain, Montreal Gazette

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The Game of KingsThe Game of Kings 19 Jun 1969, Thu The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com

B. Spassky Wins World Championship
A new world champion was crowned when challenger Boris Spassky, 32, succeeded in wresting the title from Tigran Petrosian, 40, by the score of 12½ pts. to 10½. Spassky won the 4th, 5th, 8th, 17th, 19th and 21st games, Petrosian the 1st, 10th, 11th and 20th, with the other 13 games drawn. Petrosian had held the title since 1963 when he defeated M. Botvinnik, and successfully defended it against Spassky in 1966.
This match must be considered a great one in the long history of the championship both from the caliber of play, the clash of dissimilar styles, ideas and temperaments, and the closeness of the score throughout, which kept the chess world on edge for two months.
The 17th game from the World Championship Match, Moscow:

Boris Spassky vs Tigran V Petrosian
Petrosian - Spassky World Championship Match (1969), Moscow URS, rd 17, May-28
Sicilian Defense: Kan. Modern Variation (B42) 1-0

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. b3 Bb4 10. Bb2 a5 11. c3 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. Qc2 h6 14. a3 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfd8 19. Nc4(a) Qa6 20. Qf3 Rxd5 21. Rad1 Rf5(b) 22. Qg3 Rg5 23. Qc7 Re8 24. Bxf6 gxf6(c) 25. Rd7 Rc8 26. Qb7 Qxb7 27. Rxb7 Kf8 28. a4 Bb4 29. Re3 Rd8 30. g3 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rc5 32. Rf3 f5 33. g4 Rd4 34. gxf5 exf5 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Re3+ Kf6 37. Rb6+ Kg7 38. Rg3+ Kf8 39. Rb8+ Ke7 40. Re3+ Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Rg3+(d) Kf8 43. Rxh6 f4 44. Rgh3 Kg7 45. R6h5 f3+ 46. Kg3 Rxh5 47. Rxh5 Rd3 48. Nxa5 Kg6 49. Rb5 Bxa5 50. Rxa5 Rxb3 51. Ra8 Ra3 52. a5 Kg5 53. a6 Kg6 54. a7 Kg7 55. h4 Kh7 56. h5 Kg7 57. h6+ Kh7 58. Kf4 Resigns

(a) With his Q-side pawn majority, and a QRP target, White has the edge.
(b) An adventure that does not turn out well. Simply the conservative 21. … QR-Q1.
(c) If 24. … BxB; 25. R-Q7 R-KB1; 26. N-Q6.
(d) All this to gain time on the clock before adjournment, as Black must continue, because of the state of the score, in the hope of a slip by White.

B.C. Man Heads CouncilB.C. Man Heads Council 19 Jun 1969, Thu The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com
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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'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 --
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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