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March 15, 1959 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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Chess Notebook Chess NotebookChess Notebook 15 Mar 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Here is another patented Scheffer nightmare. In this rodeo L. Wagner gives up his queen for two bishops and two pawns and David doesn't develop his king's knight until move 25. The game resembles Bronstein-Spassky in the 12th round of the 1956 Challengers.
From the 1959 state championship.

David Scheffer (white) vs. L. Wagner (black)
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-KN3
3. N-QB3 B-N2
4. P-K4 P-Q3
5. P-B3 P-K4
6. P-Q5 N-R4
7. B-K3 N-R3
8. Q-Q2 Q-R5ch
9. P-KN3 NxP
10. Q-KB2 NxB
11. QxQ NxB
12. K-K2 NxBP
13. P-N3 N-R6
14. R-B P-KR4
15. N-Q B-R3
16. N-K3 N-N4
17. R-B4 N-Q5ch
18. RxN PxR
19. Q-B6 P-Q6ch
20. KxP O-O
21. N-B5 N-B4ch
22. K-B2 BxN
23. PxB B-N2
24. Q-N5 K-R2
25. N-R3 R-N
26. PxPch PxP
27. R-K KR-K
28. RxR RxR
29. N-B4 R-K4
30. QxPch K-N
31. NxP Resigns
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6
5. f3 e5
6. d5 Nh5
7. Be3 Na6
8. Qd2 Qh4+
9. g3 Nxg3
10. Qf2 Nxf1
11. Qxh4 Nxe3
12. Ke2 Nxc4
13. b3 Na3
14. Rc1 h5
15. Nd1 Bh6
16. Ne3 Nb5
17. Rc4 Nd4+
18. Rxd4 exd4
19. Qf6 d3+
20. Kxd3 0-0
21. Nf5 Nc5+
22. Kc2 Bxf5
23. exf5 Bg7
24. Qg5 Kh7
25. Nh3 Rb8
26. fxg6+ fxg6
27. Re1 Re8
28. Rxe8 Rxe8
29. Nf4 Re5
30. Qxh5+ Kg8
31. Nxg6 1-0
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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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