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March 29, 1959 Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Press-Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

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Chess ChatsChess Chats 29 Mar 1959, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski
International Chess Master

Problem No. 173
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 3r4/1R1p1B2/2Pkn1P1/1P2R3/8/8/1BQ5/6K1 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Re1 Nc5 2. Qh2#

The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Sunday, March 29, 1959, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, March 14, 2022

CHALLENGED TO A DUEL
Of all the irascible, moody, exasperating and yet altogether lovable chess masters, past and present, I could think of no one to equal the oddities, the whims, the irritability of the great Aaron Nimzowitsch. Uncompromisingly apodictic in his theories, he was equally outspoken in his personal likes and dislikes. On one occasion, having to play a certain German master (who shall remain nameless) he showed his contempt by staring at his opponent's 1. P-K4 as if he had never seen such a thing.
Then, with an insolent shrug, he got up and went for a leisurely walk round the tournament hall. When he came back to sit opposite his irate opponent, he gave the board another haughty stare and then took out some newspapers and spent well over an hour reading them and yet another ten or fifteen minutes, appearing to be wrapped up in the crossword puzzle.

Only 20 Minutes
When finally turning to the board he had barely twenty minutes left until the time-control, but that was quite sufficient to give him a winning position. His irate opponent might well have resigned, but he protracted game another 30 to 40 moves; right up to the mate. Next morning he sent his seconds. “Swords or pistols?” they wished to know.
“Neither,” said Nimzo, grinning and flexing his muscles, “Bare fists will have to do, you can tell your man, that's just as hopeless for him as the chess board.”
We found this (along with other and better-known Nimzo anecdotes) in Dr. Hannak's interesting biographical introduction to a new German edition of “Mein System.”
Here is one of the master's favorites to illustrate the sin of pawn-snatching:
French Defense: Classical Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. N-QB3 N-KB3
4. PxP NxP
5. N-B3 P-QB4
6. NxN QxN
7. B-K3 PxP
8. NxP P-QR3
9. B-K2 QxNP
10. B-B3 Q-N3
11. Q-Q2 P-K4
12. O-O-O PxN
13. BxQP N-B3
14. B-B6 QxB
15. BxNch PxB
16. KR-K1ch Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. exd5 Nxd5
5. Nf3 c5
6. Nxd5 Qxd5
7. Be3 cxd4
8. Nxd4 a6
9. Be2 Qxg2
10. Bf3 Qg6
11. Qd2 e5
12. 0-0-0 exd4
13. Bxd4 Nc6
14. Bf6 Qxf6
15. Bxc6+ bxc6
16. Re1+ 1-0

(Mate is unavoidable).

Played In the European Cup Finals, by mail, 1958.

D. H. Butler, England vs. Dr. F. Coni Arregui, Spain
Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lasker Variation

Descriptive
1. P-KB4 P-K4
2. PxP P-Q3
3. PxP BxP
4. N-KB3 P-KN4
5. P-Q4 P-N5
6. N-N5 Q-K2
7. Q-Q3 P-KB4
8. P-KR3 N-QB3
9. PxP N-B3
10. P-QR3 B-Q2
11. N-QB3 O-O-O
12. PxP NxP
13. B-Q2 BxBP
14. P-K4 B-K4
15. PxB NxPch
16. K-Q1 QxP
Resigns
Algebraic
1. f4 e5
2. fxe5 d6
3. exd6 Bxd6
4. Nf3 g5
5. d4 g4
6. Ng5 Qe7
7. Qd3 f5
8. h3 Nc6
9. hxg4 Nf6
10. a3 Bd7
11. Nc3 0-0-0
12. gxf5 Nxd4
13. Bd2 Bxf5
14. e4 Be5
15. exf5 Nxc2+
16. Kd1 Qxa3
0-1

(a) The usual line is 6. N-K5 BxN; 7. PxB QxQch; 8. KxQ, N-QB3 etc.
(b) Avoiding the escape of the knight via K4.
(c) It 8. P-K4 P-KR3; 9. P-K5 PxN etc.
(d) Wishes to avoid N-QN5 for Black. So he is three pawns up, but no development.
(f) That's one back. If 13. QxN B-N6ch; 14. K-Q1 BxBP etc.
(g) If 16. QxN BxNd.ch; 17. B-K2 BxBch followed by BxN etc.
(h) After 17. KxN RxBch; 18. KxR B-B5ch followed by BxN and it's all over but the shouting.

GAMBITS GALORE
The Rt. Hon. Mr. Harold Macmillan. Prime Minister of Great Britain, speaking at the Lord Mayor's banquet in London: “We must not forget that the Russians are probably the best chess players in the world. It is a game in which the keen player does not mind how long it lasts, and in which he experiments with different openings. So we must be patient and enduring.”

'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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