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May 26, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 26 May 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L.A. Times Problem No. 567 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Alexander Kish, Dannemora, N.Y. White mates in two.
FEN 3Bq2r/4rp1R/3PNkP1/5n1P/3pQb1n/3B2pN/4K3/5R2 w - - 0 1
Key: N-B7/Nc7

L.A. Times Problem No. 568 by Osmo Kaila. White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/2N5/5p1p/2p1pP1P/2kpR2n/P6B/2K4N w - - 0 1
Cooked! No doubt there must have been a misprint originally, maybe a White Pawn from K-B2 is missing? Because the intended solution B-N Sq. is very good. The second solution, N-B2 is too brutal. All those who sent in two solutions will receive 6 points.

The scores of two of the games played in the Orebro, Sweden, tournament. As recently reported by us, this event was won by the world champion, Dr. Alexander Alekhine, 8½-½, although he had to win his last round game against Eric Lundin in order to finish first.

Alexander Alekhine vs Karl Berndtsson Kullberg
Orebro (1935), Orebro SWE, rd 3, Apr-09
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Accelerated (E24) 1-0

Erik Lundin vs Karl Berndtsson Kullberg
Orebro (1935), Orebro SWE, rd 1, Apr-07
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations (B54) 1-0

Following are the scores of two games played by Capablanca in the international tournament at Margate:

Jose Raul Capablanca vs William Albert Fairhurst
Margate (1935), Margate ENG, rd 1, Apr-24
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Berlin Variation (E38) 1/2-1/2

Vera Menchik vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Margate (1935), Margate ENG, rd 2, Apr-25
Van't Kruijs Opening: General (A00) 0-1

Following game played in the first round of the L. A. City championship preliminaries. Section 1, March 2, 1935:

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. P-QB4 P-K3
3. N-QB3 N-KB3
4. P-K3 P-B3
5. PxP KPxP
6. B-Q3 B-QN5
7. B-Q2 Q-K2
8. KN-K2 B-K3
9. O-O QN-Q2
10. Q-B2 O-O
11. P-KR3 KR-K
12. N-B4 N-B
13. NxB QxN
14. QR-K BxN
15. PxB N-K5
16. B-B P-KB4
17. B-R3 N-Q2
18. K-R2 N(Q2)-B3
19. P-KB3 N-Q3
20. K-R P-KN3
21. BxN QxB
22. P-K4 N-R4
23. P-K5 Q-K2
24. Q-KB2 P-B5
25. K-R2 N-N6
26. R-KN P-QN4?
27. Q-B2 Q-KB2
28. P-QR4 P-QR3
29. PxP BPxP
30. R-QR Q-K3
31. R-R5 QR-B
32. KR-QR R-B3
33. Q-R2 KR-QB
34. RxRP? RxR
35. QxR QxQ
36. RxQ RxR
35. QxR QxQ
36. RxQ RxP
37. KP-R4 RxB
38. P-K6 R-Q8
39. R-R8ch K-N2
40. R-R7ch K-R3
41. K-R3 R-K8
42. K-N4 RxP
43. R-QN7 R-KB3
44. RxP N-B4
45. R-N4 N-K6ch
46. K-R3 R-B2
47. R-N3 R-Q2
48. P-N3 N-B4
49. PxP NxQP
50. R-Q3 N-B4
51. K-N4 P-Q5
52. P-R5 N-K6ch
53. K-R4 PxP
54. K-N3 R-N2ch
55. K-R3 N-B4
56. K-R2 R-QB2
57. R-R3 K-N3
58. R-R6ch K-B2
59. R-R5 K-K3
60. R-K5ch K-B3
61. R-R5 R-B7ch
62. R-Q5 R-B7ch
63. K-R3 P-Q7
64. R-Q8 N-K6
0-1
 
Algebraic

From the Hollywood championship tournament:

Hart (White) vs. Pinkas (Black)
Philidor Defense

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 P-Q3
3. B-B4 N-QB3
4. N-B3 P-KR3
5. P-Q3 B-N5
6. O-O N-Q5
7. NxP! BxQ?
8. BxPch K-K2
9. N-Q5 mate
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 d6
3. Bc4 Nc6
4. Nc3 h6
5. d3 Bg4
6. 0-0 Nd4
7. Nxe5! Bxd1?
8. Bxf7+ Ke7
9. Nd5#
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Recommended Books

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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