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

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

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski
International Chess Master

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

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, April 28, 2022

Problem No. 208
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 7k/1n6/7K/2p3Q1/1pr2p2/1qb5/8/1b6 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-K7; 1. Qe7 Re4 2. Qh7#

CAN YOU SAVE BLACK?
White makes what looks like a good combination and finishes the camp in brilliant style. Yet one has the feeling that after gaining the piece sacrificed by White, Black does not find the right continuation.
Can you find the right line of play for Black starting with his 18th move? Let's see:

(a) So that he can play P-KB4 here without fearing Q-N3. Best here is 9. N-N3 or 9. Q-Q2.
(b) Misses a good equalizer; 9. …P-Q4; 10. PxP NxP; ll. NxNQ5 NxN-Q5!
(c) The move is considered strong here, but that is because the 18th move is not the best for Black!
(d) If correct this would be very brilliant…
(e) Correct was 18. … K-R1; 19. Q-R6 R-KN1; 20. R-B4 Q-KB1 or even 20. … P-KN4, etc. Did you find this?
(f) If 23. … QxR; 24. QxP mate or 23. … NxR; 24. Q-N7.

Alekhine and the Caro-Kann
From the Madrid tournament 1940, we bring you two games that show how Alekhine made short work against the Caro-Kann Defense.

Alexander Alekhine (white) vs. Vovara (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB3
2. N-QB3 P-Q4
3. N-B3 PxP
4. NxP B-B4
5. N-N3 B-N3
6. P-KR4 P-KR3
7. N-K5 N-Q2
8. NxB PxN
9. P-Q4 P-K4
10. Q-N4 Q-B3
11. B-K3 N-K2
12. N-K4 Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c6
2. Nc3 d5
3. Nf3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Bf5
5. Ng3 Bg6
6. h4 h6
7. Ne5 Nd7
8. Nxg6 fxg6
9. d4 e5
10. Qg4 Qf6
11. Be3 Ne7
12. Ne4 1-0

(a) Black loses his Queen.

Alexander Alekhine vs Ronald MacKay Bruce
Plymouth (1938), Plymouth ENG, rd 3, Sep-06
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0

(a) If 9. PxQ; 10. BxP mates.
(b) After 11. KxN; 12. QxPch K-N2; 13. Q-B7 mate.

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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:
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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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