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August 09, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 09 Aug 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, August 09, 1936, Los Angeles, California L....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, August 21, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 693
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by E. R. Jolly, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN KR6/pN1p4/1p1R4/Nk1p4/4p3/4Qp2/B4B2/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bxd5 bxa5 2. Qb3#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, August 09, 1936, Los Angeles, California L....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, August 21, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 694
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by V. L. Eaton, Washington, D. C.
White mates in three.
FEN B2B2K1/1n1pp3/p2p4/Rb2k1P1/N1P3P1/2P5/4PPN1/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bc7 e6 2. f3 Nxa5 3. f4#

Alexander Alekhine vs Erich Eliskases
Podebrady (1936), Podebrady CSR, rd 2, Jul-06
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 1-0

Alexander Alekhine vs Karl Helling
Dresden (1936), Dresden GER, rd 1, Jun-07
Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Variation (D16) 1-0

Gideon Stahlberg vs Alexander Alekhine
Dresden (1936), Dresden GER, rd 2, Jun-08
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation (A84) 1/2-1/2

These two games, played in a recent tournament at Dresden, may not be accurate, watertight chess, but at least they are interesting and full of enterprise.

Paul Keres vs Gideon Stahlberg
Dresden (1936), Dresden GER, rd 1, Jun-07
French Defense: Advance Variation. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 0-1

Efim Bogoljubov vs Karl Helling
Dresden (1936), Dresden GER, rd 4, Jun-09
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11) 0-1

The date of the annual British Chess Federation championship was advanced this year so as not to conflict with the Nottingham event. It was held at Bournemouth and resulted in a victory for W. Winter of London, who won for the second consecutive time. In the game below he disposes of one of the few blind to enter in first-class competition.

Rupert Cross vs William Winter
British Championship (1936), Bournemouth ENG, rd 9, Jun-17
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Milner-Barry Variation (E33) 0-1

This game, from a minor tournament held at Ostend, Belgium, earlier this year, is distinguished by a clever counter-combination with which the Swiss, Grob, downed the Swedish Stahlberg.

Gideon Stahlberg vs Henri Grob
Ostend (1936), Ostend BEL, rd 7, May-02
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Classical Variation (D68) 0-1

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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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