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January 10, 1960 The King's Men by Merrill Dowden, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky

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The King's MenThe King's Men 10 Jan 1960, Sun The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

Fischer Wins Title Third Year In Row
This department's candidate to bring the United States the world chess championship within the next decade took another long step in that direction last week.
Brooklyn's youthful Bobby Fischer won the National Chess Tournament for the third consecutive year.
The tourney, co-sponsored by the United States Chess Federation and the American Chess Foundation, was held at the Manhattan Chess Club.
Robert Byrne, Indianapolis, was second. Samuel Reshevsky, New York, five-time winner of the title, was third. Paul Benko, a Hungarian refugee, was fourth, followed in order by Arthur B. Bisguier and Raymond Weinstein of Brooklyn.

Meanwhile, a new national intercollegiate champion has been crowned.

Leslie H. Ault, a sophomore at Columbia University, won the title in the tournament at Pennsylvania State University. Ault, of Cranford, New Jersey drew in the final round to finish with 5 out of a possible 6 points. Sanford Greene, Elmsford, New York, a student at City College of New York, who drew with Ault in the last round, ended in a four-way tie for second place with four points.
Defending champion Charles Kalme, Philadelphia, of the University of Pennsylvania, did not enter the tournament this year.

Richter, the great master of attack, demolishes Black here in only 20 moves.

Kurt Richter vs Erich Stueber
Berlin (1928), Berlin GER
French Defense: Classical Variation. Richter Attack (C13) 1-0

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. N-QB3 N-KB3
3. B-N5 P-K3
4. P-K4 B-K2
5. BxN BxB
6. P-K5 B-K2
7. Q-N4 O-O
8. B-Q3 N-B3
9. N-B3 N-N5
10. O-O-O NxBch
11. RxN P-QB4
12. PxP BxP
13. N-K4 B-K2
14. N(3)-N5 P-KR3
15. P-KR4 Q-B2
16. N-B6ch BxN
17. PxB P-KN3
18. P-R5 Q-K4
19. N-R7 KxN
20. PxPch Resigns
Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. Nc3 Nf6
3. Bg5 e6
4. e4 Be7
5. Bxf6 Bxf6
6. e5 Be7
7. Qg4 0-0
8. Bd3 Nc6
9. Nf3 Nb4
10. 0-0-0 Nxd3+
11. Rxd3 c5
12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Ne4 Be7
14. Nfg5 h6
15. h4 Qc7
16. Nf6+ Bxf6
17. exf6 g6
18. h5 Qe5
19. Nh7 Kxh7
20. hxg6+ 1-0

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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