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August 14, 1958 Chess With Sam Laird, Courier Post, Camden, New Jersey

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Chess With Sam LairdChess With Sam Laird 14 Aug 1958, Thu Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

Anthony S. Cantone, Penn State Ogontz Center star, annotates another of his games in the recent National Junior Championship at Homestead, Fla., a Max Lange that is even more exciting than the average game this aggressive opening produces.

Max Burkett vs. Anthony S. Cantone, 1958 Junior Championship
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Long Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. B-QB4 B-B4
5. Castles N-B3
6. P-K5 P-Q4
7. PxN PxB
8. R-Kch B-K3
9. N-N5 Q-Q4
10. N-QB3 Q-B4
11. QN-K4 Castles
12. KNxB PxN
13. PxP(a) KR-N
14. N-N3 Q-N3
15. Q-R5 B-N5
16. R-K4 P-Q6
17. QxQ(b) PxQ
18. P-QB3 B-B4
19. B-R6 B-K2(c)
20. R-Q P-QN4
21. B-B4(d) RxP
22. RxKP B-Q3
23. B-N5 QR-Q2
24. N-K4 N-Q
25. NxBch RxN(e)
26. R-K4 N-K3
27. B-K3 P-N4
28. P-KN3 P-KN5
29. K-N2 P-R4(f)
30. P-N3 PxP
31. PxP P-B4
32. R-K5 R-QB2
33. P-N4(g) RPxP
34. PxP P-B5
35. RxNP P-B6
36. R-QR5 P-Q7(h)
37. R-R8ch K-Q2
38. P-R3 PxPch
39. KxP K-K2(i)
40. R-R8 P-B7
41. RxP P-B8(Q)
42. R-R7ch K-K
43. R-R8ch N-B
44. RxR Q-R8ch
Resigns(j)
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4
4. Bc4 Bc5
5. 0-0 Nf6
6. e5 d5
7. exf6 dxc4
8. Re1+ Be6
9. Ng5 Qd5
10. Nc3 Qf5
11. Nce4 0-0-0
12. Nxe6 fxe6
13. fxg7 Rhg8
14. Ng3 Qg6
15. Qh5 Bb4
16. Re4 d3
17. Qxg6 hxg6
18. c3 Bc5
19. Bh6 Be7
20. Rd1 b5
21. Bf4 Rxg7
22. Rxe6 Bd6
23. Bg5 Rdd7
24. Ne4 Nd8
25. Nxd6+ Rxd6
26. Re4 Ne6
27. Be3 g5
28. g3 g4
29. Kg2 a5
30. b3 cxb3
31. axb3 c5
32. Re5 Rc7
33. b4 axb4
34. cxb4 c4
35. Rxb5 c3
36. Ra5 d2
37. Ra8+ Kd7
38. h3 gxh3+
39. Kxh3 Ke7
40. Rh8 c2
41. Rxd2 c1=Q
42. Rh7+ Ke8
43. Rh8+ Nf8
44. Rxd6 Qh1+
Resigns

(a) Premature. Now P-KN4 cannot be played by White because of Black's RxP pinning the NP. Better was 13. P-KN4, Q-K4; 14. PxP, KR-N; 15. B-R6 P-Q6; 16. P-B3 and it is now a matter of who can press his advantage the most quickly. White's attack is based on the exposed position of Black's KB and later on his advanced passed KNP while Black plays for expansion in the ccenter and the K-side attack.
(b) If 17. R-N4. P-Q7; 18. BxP. QxQ; 19. NxQ, BxB; 20. N-B6, B-R3; 21. NxR RxN; 22. R-R4, BxP; 23. RxRP, BxP; and Black's BP becomes very strong.
(c) This loss of time by Black is not necessary. 18 … B-K2 is better than the text.
(d) I never did discover why White did not continue 21. RxKP, R-Q3, simply winning a pawn.
(e) 25 … PxN deserves to be investigated. Pushing this QP and then advancing the QR and QN pawns shows promise.
(f) This advance, long postponed, could have been played on move 27.
(g) Break after break have combined to cancel out Black's mistakes and give him a decent game.
(h) Why not?
(i) Not 39 … P-B7; 40. RxP, RxR; 41. BxR and the game is drawn.
(j) The three pawns are just not enough compensation for the Queen!

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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'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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