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February 14, 1960 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac KashdanChess by Isaac Kashdan 14 Feb 1960, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Steiner Championship
Leonard Standers won his first four games to take the lead in the masters' tournament of the Herman Steiner Chess Club, 108 N. Formosa Ave. Tied at 3-1 are Jim Barry, Irving Levitan, Robert Lorber and Jack Pinneo.
Following is a game from the tournament:

Leonard Standers (white) vs. Morris Gordon (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. P-QB4 P-K3
3. N-QB3 N-KB3
4. P-K3 P-B3
5. B-Q2 QN-Q2
6. N-B3 B-Q3
7. Q-B2 O-O
8. B-Q3 P-KR3
9. O-O-O P-B4
10. KR-N N-N5
11. PxQP NxBP
12. B-R7ch K-R
13. QR-B N-N5
14. PxKP PxKP
15. P-KR3 N-R7
16. NxN BxN
17. R-R B-B2
18. N-K4 P-QN3
19. P-KR4 B-R3
20. RxRch QxR
21. N-N5 N-B3
22. Q-N6 PxN
23. PxNP Q-K
24. PxN Resigns

Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e3 c6
5. Bd2 Nbd7
6. Nf3 Bd6
7. Qc2 0-0
8. Bd3 h6
9. 0-0-0 c5
10. Rg1 Ng4
11. cxd5 Nxf2
12. Bh7+ Kh8
13. Rdf1 Ng4
14. dxe6 fxe6
15. h3 Nh2
16. Nxh2 Bxh2
17. Rh1 Bc7
18. Ne4 b6
19. h4 Ba6
20. Rxf8+ Qxf8
21. Ng5 Nf6
22. Qg6 hxg5
23. hxg5 Qe8
24. gxf6 1-0

Challengers' Tournament

Vasily Smyslov vs Pal Benko
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 18, Oct-07
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation. Normal Defense (E93) 1-0

Zurich, 1959

Edgar Walther vs Paul Keres
Zurich (1959), Zurich SUI, rd 14, Jun-06
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C73) 0-1

World Junior Championship

Carlos Bielicki vs Alexander Grigorievich Tomson
World U20 ch final A (1959), Muenchenstein SUI, rd 4, Jul-30
Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto (A04) 1-0

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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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