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April 16, 1959 The Guardian Chess, London, Manchester

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ChessChess 16 Apr 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

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The Guardian, Chess, Thursday, April 16, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 521 by T. H. Amirov (Nakhodka,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, May 9, 2022

Problem No. 521 by T. H. Amirov (Nakhodka, U.S.S.R.)
Black (8)
White (10)
White mates in three moves.
FEN 8/K2p3B/Q2Pr1r1/2R1bp2/4k3/3R2P1/1nnPN1P1/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qb5 Bh8 2. Re5+ Bxe5 3. Qd5#

Beating a Master
An amateur always stands a better chance of defeating a master in complications than in a positional game. Combinative situations turn chess into a Russian roulette in which strong nerves and imagination can outweigh technique and experience. The following game from Bognor is a good example. Mardle, a young Cheltenham civil servant, has always been a dangerous attacker and his wins over Gereben and Karaklaic made the tournament his best performance yet.

Erno Gereben (white) vs. Denis Victor Mardle (black)

Unresolved Chess Game
Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-Q3
3. N-QB3 P-K4
4. N-B3 QN-Q2
5. B-N5 B-K2
6. P-K3 O-O
7. Q-B2 P-B3
8. B-Q3 P-KR3
9. B-R4 R-K1
10. O-O-O Q-R4
11. N-Q2 P-R3
12. N-N3 Q-B2
13. N-N1 N-B1
14. P-KR3 P-K5
15. B-K2 B-B4
16. P-N4 B-N3
17. B-N3 Q-Q2
18. N-R4 B-Q1
19. P-B5 P-Q4
20. QR-N1 N-R2
21. P-R4 P-B3
22. Q-Q2 B-QB2
23. Q-N4 QR-N1
24. N-N6 Q-Q1
25. BxB QxB
26. N-Q2 N-K3
27. N-B1 N-B1
28. N-N3 N-Q2
29. NxN QxN
30. B-B1 Q-QB2
31. B-R3 P-N3
32. PxP RxP
33. Q-B3 P-Q1
34. P-N5 NxQP
35. PxN P-K6d.ch.
36. K-R1 PxBP
37. QPxP Q-B5
38. QPxP R-N2
39. B-N2 R-K2
40. BxPch K-R1
41. PxBP PxP
42. P-R3 R-K6
43. Q-B4 R-K8ch
44. K-R2 QxN
45. Q-B3 B-N8ch
Resigns 
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 d6
3. Nc3 e5
4. Nf3 Nd7
5. Bg5 Be7
6. e3 0-0
7. Qc2 c6
8. Bd3 h6
9. Bh4 Re8
10. 0-0-0 Qa5
11. Nd2 a6
12. Nb3 Qc7
13. Nb1 Nf8
14. h3 e4
15. Be2 Bf5
16. g4 Bg6
17. Bg3 Qd7

1. This is one of the most promising systems of development the Old Indian Defence.
2. A smaller but perhaps more lasting advantage can be achieved by 8. B-K2, followed by Castles KR.
3. White, understandably, does not want to allow his opponent too much scope on the queen's side; but a good alternative is 11. K-N1 P-R3; 12. P-KR3 P-QN4; 13. P-KN4 P-N5; 14. N-K2, when White's attack looks the stronger.
4. The immediate counter-attack 13. … P-QN4 now leaves White with too much scope on the white squares after 14. PxNP BPxP (14. … RPxP; 15. NxP); 15. B-B5.
5. Henceforth, White appears to be undecided on which side of the board to attack, and, therefore, loses ground. It looks more logical to play 17. P-N5 PxP; 18. BxP followed by the advance of the KRP.
6. The king's side attack is now faulty: White should have (changed his plan entirely and worked for exchanges and a queen's side breakthrough. This plan would entail such long-winded manoeuvres as K-B2 QN1-B1-N2, R-QR1, KR-QN1, N-Q2, and, finally, P-QN4, P-QR4 and P-QN5. However, although this idea would be tedious, it would avoid the risks of his actual move.
7. A fine, bold sacrifice: for if White is allowed to play BxNch and QxP, his position is clearly superior.
8. A blunder in time pressure. He could put up a much better resistance by 39. P-R5, and if 39. … B-K5 (not B-R2; 40. P-N6); 40. NxB PxN; 41. P-B6 R(N2)-K2; 42. B-Q7.
9. Now there is no defence to Black's next move.
10. l or of 46. K-N3 RN-K6.

Mar del Plata TournamentMar del Plata Tournament 16 Apr 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Mar del Plata tournament
Bobby Fischer, the 16-year-old American champion, tied for third prize with Ivkov (Yugoslavia) in the annual tournament at Mar del Plata, Argentina. He was half a point behind Najdorf (Argentina) and Pachman (Czechoslovakia). In view of Fischer's limited international experience, this result marks him once more at a threat to the Russian world title contenders.

'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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