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May 30, 1959 Montreal Gazette The Game of Kings by D.M. LeDain

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Game of KingsGame of Water 30 May 1959, Sat The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com

From the Sydney, Australia, International, 1959.

James Rodney Phillips (white) vs. Walter Bleicher (black)
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Bronstein Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 P-K3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. NxP P-QR3
5. P-QB4 N-KB3
6. N-QB3 B-N5
7. B-Q3 N-B3
8. B-B2 P-Q4
9. NxN PxN
10. P-K5 N-Q2
11. Q-N4 B-B1
12. PxP BPxP
13. B-R4 Q-B2
14. O-O P-KN3
15. NxQP PxN
16. P-K6 P-KB4
17. Q-Q4 R-KN1
18. QxQP Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 a6
5. c4 Nf6
6. Nc3 Bb4
7. Bd3 Nc6
8. Bc2 d5
9. Nxc6 bxc6
10. e5 Nd7
11. Qg4 Bf8
12. cxd5 cxd5
13. Ba4 Qc7
14. 0-0 g6
15. Nxd5 exd5
16. e6 f5
17. Qd4 Rg8
18. Qxd5 1-0

A. Suetin placed first in the Byelorussian championship, 13½-1½ followed by I. Boleslavsky, 12-3 and Sokolsky and Shagalovic, 10-5 each. In this sectional tourney these four will advance to the next (27th) All-Russian championship. Boleslavsky, by the way, is very much annoyed by the false and widely-circulated rumor that he is going blind. His habit of blinking and peering seems to have started the story.

Isaac Boleslavsky (white) vs. Alekseev (black)
Benko Gambit

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-B4
3. P-Q3 P-QN4
4. PxP P-K3
5. N-QB3 PxP
6. NxP B-N2
7. P-K4 NxP
8. B-QB4 N-Q3
9. Q-K2ch B-K2
10. B-N5 P-B3
11. B-B4 NxB
12. QxN P-QR3
13. P-N6 BxN
14. QxB N-B3
15. P-N7 R-QN
16. BxR QxB
17. N-B3 QxNP
18. Castles QN-Q
19. Q-Q2 R-B
20. KR-K R-B2
21. Q-B2 P-N3
22. QxBP K-B
23. Q-Q5 Resigns
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 c5
3. d5 b5
4. cxb5 e6
5. Nc3 exd5
6. Nxd5 Bb7
7. e4 Nxe4
8. Bc4 Nd6
9. Qe2+ Be7
10. Bg5 f6
11. Bf4 Nxc4
12. Qxc4 a6
13. b6 Bxd5
14. Qxd5 Nc6
15. b7 Rb8
16. Bxb8 Qxb8
17. Nf3 Qxb7
18. 0-0 Nd8
19. Qd2 Rf8
20. Re1 Rf7
21. Qc2 g6
22. Qxc5 Kf8
23. Qd5 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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