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March 19, 1959 The Guardian Chess, London, Manchester

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ChessChess 19 Mar 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

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The Guardian, Chess, Thursday, March 19, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 517 By B. J. de C. Andrade...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, May 7, 2022

Problem No. 517 By B. J. de C. Andrade (Woodford).
Black (8)
White (12)
White mates in two moves.
FEN nq6/4R1N1/2B4Q/bpPn4/3k1rP1/NP4pK/4P3/2R1B3 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qh5 Nb4 2. Bc3#

Chess masters who try to treat the game as an end in itself or a way of lite often crack under the strain of substituting abstract thought embodied in a man-to-man contest for normal social activity. Alekhine, Steinitz, Tarrasch, and Nimzovitch all had in common that they were outstanding teachers of the game, worked out their own theoretical methods for success in it, were passionate devotees of chess all their lives, yet ended as disappointed or even mentally sick men. Others, like Capablanca, Marshall, and, in our own day, Reshevsky and Smyslov, have become great players without having any coherent philosophy about it. In Emanuel Lasker, The Life of a Chess Master, by Dr J. Hannak (Andre Deutsch, pp. 320, 25s), which has now been translated by H. Fraenkel (Assiac of the “New Statesman”), it is clear that Lasker's uniqueness was that he had a positive approach to chess without ever letting it rule him.
World champion for 27 years, he was the most consistently successful player of all time; he regarded chess as a means of livelihood in which he could obtain success by bringing his opponents into highly critical positions where his mature and confident personality could stand the strain better. While Steinitz and Tarrasch were optimists who believed that chess success consisted of finding the absolutely best move, Lasker insisted that this was beyond human capacity. So when he met Capablanca and Tarrasch in matches there was a conflict of philosophies as well as of personalities; small wonder that neither was on speaking terms with Lasker for long periods.
Dr. Hannak's brilliant book, ably translated by Mr. Fraenkel, brings out Lasker's character in all its depth and complexity. I specially liked Tarrasch's greeting at the start of the match: “To you, Herr Lasker, I have only two words to say: check and mate.” Lasker's devotion to his wile (he believed that if she was in the room he could never lose), his unworldliness (he bought two pigeons for breeding, but forgot they were both cocks; his wife received flowers from him, but they had not been paid for), his ability to win vital, decisive games, his attempt to develop his theory of chess into a general philosophy all these facets of the man appear in vivid perspective. A hundred games, with notes from various sources, are also included. L. W. B.

Emanuel LaskerEmanuel Lasker 20 Mar 1959, Fri The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com Record Entry For Chess CongressRecord Entry For Chess Congress 25 Mar 1959, Wed The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

RECORD ENTRY FOR CHESS CONGRESS
The annual junior chess congress to be held in Liverpool for five days from Easter Tuesday in the Collegiate School has attracted a record entry of 1,260 from the north, 150 of whom are girls and more than half of whom are under the age of 11.

'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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