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October 04, 1959 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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Chess Notebook Chess NotebookChess Notebook 04 Oct 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Chess Notebook By Lyman Burgess
The Greater Boston chess championship tournament has been scheduled for Oct, 23, 24, 30 and 31. These are Fridays and Saturdays in consecutive pairs.
The tournament will be directed by George Nute, assisted by a fellow named Burgess. Harkness pairings are to be used in this six-round Swiss, 100 USCF-rated tournament. First round will start at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 23; second and third rounds Saturday the 24th at 9:00 a.m. and 2 p.m. On the 30th and 31st similar schedule will be followed for rounds four, five and six. Entries will be accepted until 7 p.m. the 23d.
Entrance fees have been set, tentatively, at $6 for Class A end $3 for Class B. For further Information and reservations write to George Nute, 201 Hamilton st., Cambridge.
The Boston chess championship originated in 1934 when Franklin J. Sanborn directed, so this is the silver jubilee of this event. John Curdo and Jeffrey Goldstein are the defending co-champions. And one of them has possession of a large, impressive trophy which was donated by South Boston's Lithuanian Club. F. J. (Jack) Trayers, perennial champion of Salem, won this eventful game from Harlow Daly, Sanford, Me., in the third round of the 1959 New England tournament.

F. J. “Jack” Trayers (white) vs. Harlow Bussey Daly (black)
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-N5 P-K3
4. O-O N-K2
5. P-B3 P-QR3
6. B-R4 P-QN4
7. B-B2 P-Q4
8. P-Q4 BPxP
9. BPxP N-N5
10. N-B3 NxB
11. QxN B-N2
12. P-K5 R-B
13. Q-Q3 N-N3
14. N-K2 B-K2
15. B-K3 O-O
16. QR-B Q-N3
17. P-KR3 P-N5
18. N-R2 P-QR4
19. P-KB4 B-R3
20. Q-Q2 P-KB4
21. PxPe.p. BxP
22. RxR RxR
23. K-R N-K2
24. P-KN4 R-B3
25. N(R)-B3 Q-B2
26. N-K B-R5
27. B-B2 BxB
28. RxB P-KR4
29. N-N3 PxP
30. PxP P-KN4
31. N-R5 K-B2
32. PxPch K-K
33. Q-K3 K-Q2
34. R-B8 Q-Q3
35. N-B6ch Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 e6
4. 0-0 Nge7
5. c3 a6
6. Ba4 b5
7. Bc2 d5
8. d4 cxd4
9. cxd4 Nb4
10. Nc3 Nxc2
11. Qxc2 Bb7
12. e5 Rc8
13. Qd3 Ng6
14. Ne2 Be7
15. Be3 0-0
16. Rc1 Qb6
17. h3 b4
18. Nh2 a5
19. f4 Ba6
20. Qd2 f5
21. exf6e.p. Bxf6
22. Rxc8 Rxc8
23. Kh1 Ne7
24. g4 Rc6
25. Nf3 Qc7
26. Ne1 Bh4
27. Bf2 Bxf2
28. Rxf2 h5
29. Ng3 hxg4
30. hxg4 g5
31. Nh5 Kf7
32. fxg5+ Ke8
33. Qe3 Kd7
34. Rf8 Qd6
35. Nf6+ 1-0

Tomorrow night Bart King will call the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Chess League to order. All clubs and teams are urged to send representatives to this meeting wherein knotty problems will be ironed out.

Brooklyn Youth Beats Russian In Chess Upset Brooklyn Youth Beats Russian In Chess UpsetBrooklyn Youth Beats Russian In Chess Upset 04 Oct 1959, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Brooklyn Youth Beats Russian In Chess Upset
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Oct. 3 (UPI) Teen-age United States chess champion Bobby Fischer from Brooklyn, N.Y. tonight stunned the chess world with a thrilling three-hour victory over Soviet grand master Paul Keres in the Candidates Tournament for the chess world championships. Fischer's win, in 27 moves, was the sensation of the tournament, now in its fifteenth round.

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'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's True History
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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