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January 13, 1929 The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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From Six Chess FansFrom Six Chess Fans 16 Jan 1929, Wed The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

From Six Chess Fans.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
Dear Sir—The undersigned wish to extend to you their thanks and appreciation for inaugurating a chess section in your paper, and at the same time to congratulate you for securing the services of so able a chess writer as Dr. P. G. Keeney.
We trust this new feature will have a long and successful career, and assure you we will look forward to it each week with much pleasure.
Very truly yours,
Bernard Kluber,
Alfred S. Damcros,
Harry W. Flew,
Carl Rose,
A. E. Collinge,
R. W. Kohlbrand,
Big Four Office.

The Game of ChessThe Game of Chess 13 Jan 1929, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

Frank Marshall vs Efim Bogoljubov
New York (1924), New York, NY USA, rd 18, Apr-10
Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46) 1-0

NIETZSCHMANN'S GAME.
Appended is the score of the game which virtually lost to Henry Harris, of Newport, Ky., his chance of tieing Karl Nietzschmann, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for first position in the autumn handicap tournament of the Cincinnati Chess Club:

William O'Donnell (white) vs. Henry Harris (black)

Missing first move.

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

Descriptive
1. P-K4 
2. B-B4 P-Q3
3. P-QN4 N-QB3
4. P-QR3 N-B3
5. P-Q3 P-K4
6. P-R3 N-Q5
7. N-QB3 B-K3
8. BxB NxB
9. KN-K2 B-K2
10. O-O O-O
11. P-B4 PxP
12. NxP NxN
13. RxN P-B3
14. B-K3 Q-K
15. Q-K2 B-Q
16. R-KB Q-N3
17. B-Q4 B-N3
18. Q-K3 N-Q2
19. R-N4 RxRch
20. KxR R-KBch
21. K-K BxB
22. QxB Q-B3
23. QxQ RxQ
24. P-Q4 P-KR4
25. R-N3 P-QN4
26. R-B3 R-K3
27. K-K2 N-N3
28. K-Q3 N-B5
29. N-N R-N3
30. P-N3 R-K3
31. P-KR4 P-R3
32. R-B5 R-N3
33. R-N5 RxR
34. PxR K-B2
35. N-Q2 NxP
36. P-Q5 P-B4
37. PxP PxP
38. P-B4 PxPch
39. NxP N-N4
40. N-K5ch K-K2
41. K-B4 N-Q3ch
42. K-Q3 K-Q
43. N-B4 K-B2
44. NxN NxN
45. K-B4 P-N3
46. P-K5ch KxP
47. KxP P-R4
48. P-Q6 P-R5
49. P-Q7 Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 f5
2. Bc4 d6
3. b4 Nc6
4. a3 Nf6
5. d3 e5
6. h3 Nd4
7. Nc3 Be6
8. Bxe6 Nxe6
9. Ne2 Be7
10. 0-0 0-0
11. f4 exf4
12. Nxf4 Nxf4
13. Rxf4 c6
14. Be3 Qe8
15. Qe2 Bd8
16. Rf1 Qg6
17. Bd4 Bb6
18. Qe3 Nd7
19. Rg4

The scores of two entertaining games from the annual championship tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club:

Isaac Kashdan vs J. Fischman
Manhattan CC-ch (1929), New York, NY USA
Scandinavian Defense: Ilundain Variation (B01) 1-0

Oscar Tenner (white) vs. Lester Samuels (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense

Oscar Tenner vs. Lester Samuels, 1929

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. PxP PxP
4. P-QB4 N-KB3
5. N-QB3 N-B3
6. B-N5 PxP
7. P-Q5 N-K4
8. P-B4 N-Q6ch
9. BxN PxB
10. QxP P-KN3
11. O-O-O B-N2
12. N-B3 O-O
13. KR-K B-B4
14. Q-K3 R-B
15. QxKP Q-N3
16. N-K5 N-K5
17. RxN BxR
18. P-B5 Q-B7
19. B-Q2 QxBP
20. N-B3 B-N8
21. N-K BxRP
22. N-B2 B-N6
23. N-K3 Q-Q6
24. R-K B-R3
Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. c4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Bg5 dxc4
7. d5 Ne5
8. f4 Nd3+
9. Bxd3 cxd3
10. Qxd3 g6
11. 0-0-0 Bg7
12. Nf3 0-0
13. Re1 Bf5
14. Qe3 Rc8
15. Qxe7 Qb6
16. Ne5 Ne4
17. Rxe4 Bxe4
18. f5 Qf2
19. Bd2 Qxf5
20. Nf3 Bb1
21. Ne1 Bxa2
22. Nc2 Bb3
23. Ne3 Qd3
24. Re1 Bh6
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's True History
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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