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August 21, 1958 Chess With Sam Laird, Courier Post, Camden, New Jersey

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Chess With Sam Laird: Upset Winner Produced 2d Time by U.S. OpenChess With Sam Laird: Upset Winner Produced 2d Time by U.S. Open 21 Aug 1958, Thu Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Newspapers.com

U.S. Master DiCamillo has annotated two of his victories in the U.S. Open at Rochester, one showing him playing the black side of the Sicilian, the other the white side. The first game was played against Ballbe in the third round. The second is from Round 2 against Marshall Rohland, USCF secretary, and is surely an outstanding brilliancy even for the Philadelphia champion who has been called America's foremost combinative finisher.

Francisco Ballbe Anglada (white) vs. Atillio DiCamillo (black)
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. NxP P-KN3
5. B-K3 N-B3
6. QN-B3 B-N2
7. P-B3 Castles
8. B-QB4 Q-N3
9. N-N5 P-QR3
10. N-B5 Q-R4ch
11. B-Q2 Q-Q
12. N-R6ch BxN
13. BxB PxN
14. B-K2 P-Q4 (a)
15. PxP QxP
16. QxQ NxQ
17. BxR KxB
18. BxP N-K6
19. K-B2 NxBP
20. QR-QB N-Q5
21. B-B4 P-KR4
22. KR-N B-B4
23. P-KN4 PxP
24. PxP B-K3
25. P-QR3 N-K4
26. BxB NxB
27. K-N3 P-KN4
28. KR-Q K-N2
29. R-Q5 P-B3
30. P-R3 N-KB5
31. RxN PxR (b)
32. R-B7 K-B3
33. RxNP R-R
34. R-N6ch P-K3
35. K-B3 RxPch
36. K-K4 N-Q4
Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 g6
5. Be3 Nf6
6. Nc3 Bg7
7. f3 0-0
8. Bc4 Qb6
9. Ncb5 a6
10. Nf5 Qa5+
11. Bd2 Qd8
12. Nh6+ Bxh6
13. Bxh6 axb5
14. Be2 d5
15. exd5 Qxd5
16. Qxd5 Nxd5
17. Bxf8 Kxf8
18. Bxb5 Ne3
19. Kf2 Nxc2
20. Rc1 N2d4
21. Bc4 h5
22. Rhg1 Bf5
23. g4 hxg4
24. fxg4 Be6
25. a3 Ne5
26. Bxe6 Nxe6
27. Kg3 g5
28. Rd1 Kg7
29. Rd5 f6
30. h3 Nf4
31. Rxe5 fxe5
32. Rc7 Kf6
33. Rxb7 Rh8
34. Rb6+ e6
35. Kf3 Rxh3+
36. Ke4 Nd5
0-1

(a) R-K risks a strong attack by P-KR4. Still there are some who would prefer playing a piece ahead.
(b) Desperation R-R is threatened with mate to follow.

Attilio Di Camillo vs Marshall Rohland
59th US Open (1958), Rochester, MN USA, rd 2, Aug-05
Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Levenfish Variation Main Line (B71) 1-0

(a) Not PxB because of NxBch.
(b) Or BxP; B-B6ch, K-B; N-Q5, Q-R4; P-QN4, and White will come out ahead.

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'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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