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January 26, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 26 Jan 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, Sunday, January 26, 1936, Los Angeles, California L. A. Times Problem...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, August 4, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 637 by Edv. Af Hallstrom
White mates in two.
FEN b7/q1N2r2/1pRp4/2P4r/2kN4/p6p/P2Q2Bb/2Kn4 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Ndb5 Bxc6 2. Qd4#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, Sunday, January 26, 1936, Los Angeles, California L. A. Times Problem...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, August 4, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 638 by Hans Nyholm
White mates in three.
FEN b7/1k2K3/p2B4/P2R4/1N6/3B4/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nc6 Kxc6 2. Rb5 axb5 3. Be4#

M. Appadurai Mudaliar (white) vs. K. Rangaswami (black)
Philidor Defense

M. Appadurai Mudaliar vs. K. Rangaswami, circa 1935

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 P-Q3
3. B-B4 B-K2
4. O-O N-KB3
5. N-QB3 O-O
6. P-Q4 B-N5
7. PxP BxN
8. QxB PxP
9. B-N5 N-B3
10. Q-N3 P-QR3
11. B-R6 P-KN3
12. BxR QxB
13. QR-Q1 B-Q3
14. Q-B3 Q-K2
15. N-Q5 NxN
16. BxN N-Q5
17. Q-Q3 R-QN1
18. P-QB3 N-K3
19. BxN QxB
20. Q-Q5 QxQ
21. RxQ P-N3
22. R(B1)-Q1 K-N2
23. P-KN4 P-KN4
24. P-QN4 P-QN4
25. R-QR1 R-N3
26. P-QR4 R-B3
27. R-Q3 PxP
28. RxP K-B1
29. R-QR3 R-B5
30. P-B3 R-B3
31. R-Q5 K-N2
32. R(Q5)-R5 R-N3 
33. RxRP R-N2
34. K-B1 K-N3
35. P-R3 R-N1
36. R-R8 R-N3
37. K-K2 R-N2
38. K-Q3 K-N2
39. K-B4 R-N3
40. R(R3)-R5 K-B3
41. R-N5 RxR
42. KxR P-R3
43. K-B6! Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 d6
3. Bc4 Be7
4. 0-0 Nf6
5. Nc3 0-0
6. d4 Bg4
7. dxe5 Bxf3
8. Qxf3 dxe5
9. Bg5 Nc6
10. Qg3 a6
11. Bh6 g6
12. Bxf8 Qxf8
13. Rd1 Bd6
14. Qf3 Qe7
15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. Bxd5 Nd4
17. Qd3 Rb8
18. c3 Ne6
19. Bxe6 Qxe6
20. Qd5 Qxd5
21. Rxd5 b6
22. Rd1 Kg7
23. g4 g5
24. b4 b5
25. Ra1 Rb6
26. a4 Rc6
27. Rd3 bxa4
28. Rxa4 Kf8
29. Ra3 Rc4
30. f3 Rc6
31. Rd5 Kg7
32. Ra5 Rb6
33. Rxa6 Rb7
34. Kf1 Kg6
35. h3 Rb8
36. Ra8 Rb6
37. Ke2 Rb7
38. Kd3 Kg7
39. Kc4 Rb6
40. R3a5 Kf6
41. Rb5 Rxb5
42. Kxb5 h6
43. Kc6! 1-0

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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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