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December 13, 1959 Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Press-Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

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Chess Chats Chess ChatsChess Chats 13 Dec 1959, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski
International Chess Master

Problem No. 210
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN n3Bn2/4pNK1/1b2k3/1N5R/p2p1P2/3B4/2r1rP2/Q7 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qa2+ Rxa2 2. Bc4#

A. Eriksson (white) vs. A. Olsson (black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-N5 P-QR3
4. B-R4 N-B3
5. Q-K2 P-QN4
6. B-N3 B-B4
7. P-QR4 R-QN1
8. PxP PxP
9. N-B3 O-O
10. NxNP P-Q4
11. N-B3 B-KN5
12. NxQP RxB
13. PxR NxN
14. PxN P-K5
15. Q-B4 PxN
16. O-O PxNP
17. KxP B-B6ch
18. K-R3 Q-Q2ch
19. K-N3 B-Q3ch
20. K-R4 N-K4
Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6
5. Qe2 b5
6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8
8. axb5 axb5
9. Nc3 0-0
10. Nxb5 d5
11. Nc3 Bg4
12. Nxd5 Rxb3
13. cxb3 Nxd5
14. exd5 e4
15. Qc4 exf3
16. 0-0 fxg2
17. Kxg2 Bf3+
18. Kh3 Qd7+
19. Kg3 Bd6+
20. Kh4 Ne5
0-1

(a) Goes for a small pawn, which means loss of time and gives his opponent a chance to free his game completely.
(b) And there you have it. White has problems to meet.
(c) 12. BxP N-Q5; 13. Q-Q1 BxN; 14. PxB N-R4; 15. P-Q3 Q-B3 with a win for Black.
(d) Fine and surprising continuation.
(e) 17. R-K1 BxPch; 18. KxB Q-R5ch; 19. KxP B-R6ch, followed by QxR. Now White who is under the impression that he is going to get his back with great ease, gets a shock, which costs him the game!
(f) If 18. KxB N-K4ch and Queen is lost.
(g) There's not much White can do against N-N3ch, which leads to mate.

Played in the Armenian championship a few years ago.

Golden (white) vs. Ambarijan (black)
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 P-Q3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. NxP N-KB3
5. N-QB3 P-QR3
6. B-KN5 QN-Q2
7. B-QB4 Q-B2
8. B-N3 P-N4
9. O-O B-N2
10. R-K1 N-N3
11. BxN KPxB
12. P-QR4 P-N5
13. P-R5 PxN
14. PxN Q-B4
15. B-R4ch K-Q1
16. Q-N4 Q-B1
17. Q-R5 P-N3
18. Q-Q5 BxQ
19. PxB Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6
6. Bg5 Nd7
7. Bc4 Qc7
8. Bb3 b5
9. 0-0 Bb7
10. Re1 Nb6
11. Bxf6 exf6
12. a4 b4
13. a5 bxc3
14. axb6 Qc5
15. Ba4+ Kd8
16. Qg4 Qc8
17. Qh5 g6
18. Qd5 Bxd5
19. exd5 1-0

(a) The wrong plan. Black should play P-KN3 and B-KN2.
(b) White had the strong threat of N-Q5 for if Black takes the knight there the king's file is opened to Black's disadvantage. N-N3 stops N-Q5, but leaves weaknesses elsewhere.
(c) If 14. … QxP then 15. B-R4ch followed by PxP.
(d) Threatening mate on the move. (e) A brilliant sacrifice.
(f) If 18. … K-K2 (to stop QxBP) then 19. N-B6ch wins.
(g) 19. … B-K2; 20. N-B6ch K-K1; 21. RxBch K-B1; 22. P-N7 etc.

CHESS QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The pleasure from a chess combination lies in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate pieces with which the game is carried on.”

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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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