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July 03, 1960 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess By Isaac KashdanChess By Isaac Kashdan 03 Jul 1960, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Four U.S. Masters In Argentine Tourney
The Argentine Chess Federation, easily the most active chess organization in the Americas, is sponsoring an international masters' tournament in Buenos Aires, with 20 top-ranking stars in attendance.
With partial results after three rounds, the lead was shared by Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia, Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia and Laszlo Szabo of Hungary. The three were tied with scores of 2-1, according to a report by the New York Times.
Four grandmasters are representing the United States, headed by 17-year-old champion Bobby Fischer and former champion Larry Evans, who are tied for fourth with 1½-½. Paul Benko got off to a poor start with ½-1½, as did another former U.S. champion, Samuel Reshevsky, who has 0-1.
Two Russian participants have also barely started, Mark Taimanov registering 1-1 and Victor Korchnoi ½-½. Tied at 1½-1½ are Osvaldo Bazan and Bernardo Wexler of Argentina, Boris Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Wolfgang Unzicker of East Germany.

Santa Monica Events
Stephen Sholomson, winning his sixth-round game against Leslie Simon, remained in first place with a 5½-½ score in the masters' invitational tournament at the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club.
Tibor Weinberger kept pace by a victory over J. Mego and retained second position with 5-1. Weinberger missed an opportunity in the previous round when he adjourned with Sholomson in a winning position but allowed the latter to escape by perpetual check after 68 moves.
Emil Bersbach is third with 4-2. Tied at 3½-2½ are Mego, Simon, C. Diesen, Kliger, G. Rubin and E. Warner. Two rounds remain to be played.
Following are the sixth-round results and a game from the tournament:

Stephen Sholomson (white) vs. Leslie Simon (black)

Unresolved Chess Game
Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB3
2. N-KB3 P-Q4
3. N-B3 B-N5
4. P-KR3 B-R4
5. P-KN4 B-N3
6. PxP PxP
7. B-N5ch N-B3
8. N-K5 Q-Q3
9. P-Q4 P-QR3
10. BxNch PxB
11. B-B4 Q-N5
12. R-QN Q-N2
13. P-KR4 P-B3
14. NxB PxN
15. Q-Q3 K-B2
16. P-R5 PxP
17. PxP P-K3
18. Q-N6ch K-K2
19. K-Q Q-N5
20. Q-Q3 P-K4
21. KR-K P-K5
22. P-R3 K-B2
23. Q-K3 Q-N3
24. P-B3 P-KB4
25. PxP QPxP
26. B-K5 RxP
27. R-KR RxRch
28. RxR N-B3
29. Q-N5 QxNP
30. BxN PxB
31. R-R7ch K-K3
32. Q-N8ch K-Q3
33. Q-B7 Resigns 
Algebraic
1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. Nc3 Bg4
4. h3 Bh5
5. g4 Bg6
6. exd5 cxd5
7. Bb5+ Nc6
8. Ne5 Qd6
9. d4 a6
10. Bxc6+ bxc6
11. Bf4 Qb4
12. Rb1 Qb7
13. h4 f6
14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qd3 Kf7
16. h5 gxh5
17. gxh5 e6
18. Qg6+ Ke7
19. Kd1 Qb4
20. Qd3 e5
21. Re1 e4
22. a3 Kf7
23. Qe3 Qb6
24. f3 f5
25. fxe4 dxe4
26. Be5 Rxh5
27. Rh1 Rxh1+

Boris Spassky vs Yuri N Sakharov
USSR Championship (1960), Leningrad URS, rd 8, Feb-06
King's Gambit: Accepted. Abbazia Defense (C36) 1-0

Mark Taimanov vs Lev Polugaevsky
USSR Championship (1960), Leningrad URS, rd 13, Feb-14
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Mannheim Variation (D23) 1-0

'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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