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January 07, 1956 Province, Chess News, Vancouver British Columbia by Frank Fillery

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Chess News by Frank FilleryChess News by Frank Fillery 07 Jan 1956, Sat The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Newspapers.com

The game which follows features the individual encounter between Mrs. Nanny Roos of Los Angeles and Mrs. G. K. Gresser of New York, who tied in the 1955 U.S. Women's championship in New York to become co-champions. These two experts each scored 9-2, topping Miss M. Karff, the former titleholder, who scored 8½-2½.
Polish Opening, White: Mrs. Nanny Roos. Black: Mrs. Gisela Gresser.

Descriptive
1. P-QN4 P-K3
2. B-N2 N-KB3
3. P-QR3 P-Q4
4. P-K3 P-QR4
5. P-N5 P-B4
6. P-QB4 QN-Q2
7. PxP PxP
8. P-QR4 B-K2
9. N-KB3 O-O
10. B-K2 N-N3
11. 0-0 B-B4
12. P-Q3 R-B1
13. QN-Q2 KN-Q2
14. R-B1 B-B3
15. B-R3 R-K1
16. P-R3 N-R1
17. Q-N3 P-Q5
18. P-K4 B-K3
19. N-B4 QN-N3
20. Q-Q1 NxN
21. PxN Q-B2
22. B-Q3 P-QN3
23. R-B2 N-B1
24. B-B1 P-R3
25. N-K1 QR-Q1
26. P-B4 B-B1
27. Q-R5 B-N2
28. P-K5 B-K2
29. R-K2 R-B1
30. P-B5 B-N4
31. BxB PxB
32. P-B6 PxP
33. RxP N-K3
34. Q-R7ch K-B1
35. QR-KB2 N-Q1
36. Q-R6ch K-K2
37. QxP K-B1
38. R-N6 QxP
39. R-N8 mate
Algebraic
1. b4 e6
2. Bb2 Nf6
3. a3 d5
4. e3 a5
5. b5 c5
6. c4 Nd7
7. cxd5 exd5
8. a4 Be7
9. Nf3 0-0
10. Be2 Nb6
11. 0-0 Bf5
12. d3 Rc8
13. Nd2 Nfd7
14. Rc1 Bf6
15. Ba3 Re8
16. h3 Na8
17. Qb3 d4
18. e4 Be6
19. Nc4 Nb6
20. Qd1 Nxc4
21. dxc4 Qc7
22. Bd3 b6
23. Rc2 Nf8
24. Bc1 h6
25. Ne1 Rd8
26. f4 Bc8
27. Qh5 Bb7
28. e5 Be7
29. Re2 Rc8
30. f5 Bg5
31. Bxg5 hxg5
32. f6 gxf6
33. Rxf6 Ne6
34. Qh7+ Kf8
35. Ref2 Nd8
36. Qh6+ Ke7
37. Qxg5 Kf8
38. Rg6 Qxe5
39. Rg8#

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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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