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June 21, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 21 Jun 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, June 21, 1936, Los Angeles, California L....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, August 14, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 679
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Prof. Eric G. Haden, Memphis, Tenn.
White mates in two.
FEN 8/1p2R1p1/Q2r2P1/2b1pkPK/2r1N2R/4B1P1/b1n3Nq/7B w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bd4 Rxa6 2. Rxe5#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, June 21, 1936, Los Angeles, California L....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, August 14, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 680
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by V. L. Eaton, Washington, D.C.
White mates in three.
FEN 7B/8/3pp2p/Rnp1pk1P/1p3p1P/rN3N1K/r2PP1R1/4Q2B w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Rf2 Rxa5 2. e4+ fxe3 3. Nfd4#

From the recent Moscow tournament.

Andre Lilienthal vs Emanuel Lasker
Moscow (1936), Moscow URS, rd 2, May-15
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Rubinstein Variation Flohr Line (D62) 1/2-1/2

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Salomon Flohr
Moscow (1936), Moscow URS, rd 11, May-28
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) 1/2-1/2

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Ilia Kan
Moscow (1936), Moscow URS, rd 5, May-18
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Zurich Variation (E33) 1-0

The following games were contested in the preliminaries for the national championship.

Albert Charles Simonson (white) vs. Rafael Cintron Ramos (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line

Albert Charles Simonson vs. Rafael Cintron Ramos, 1936

Descriptive
1. N-KB3 P-Q4
2. P-B4 P-QB3
3. P-Q4 N-KB3
4. N-B3 P-K3
5. B-N5 QN-Q2
6. P-K3 B-K2
7. R-B O-O
8. P-QR3 R-K
9. Q-B2 PxP
10. BxP N-Q4
11. BxB QxB
12. R-Q NxN
13. QxN P-QB4
14. O-O R-N
15. Q-R5 P-QR3
16. Q-B7 P-QN4
17. B-K2 B-N2
18. PxP NxP
19. QxQ RxQ
20. P-QN4 N-K5
21. R-Q3 R-B2
22. KR-Q B-Q4
23. B-B QR-QB
24. N-Q2 N-B6
25. R-K N-R5
26. P-K4 B-R
27. P-B3 K-B
28. N-N3 K-K2
29. K-B2 R-B6
30. RxR RxR
31. R-K3 RxR
32. KxR P-K4
33. K-Q3 K-Q3
34. N-B B-B3
35. N-K2 N-N3
36. N-B3 P-R3
37. K-B2 B-N2
38. K-N3 B-B3
39. K-N2 K-B2
40. P-QR4 NxPch
41. NxN PxN
42. BxP K-N3
43. B-B4 P-B3
44. K-R3 P-N4
45. B-Q3 B-Q2
46. B-B2 B-N4
47. BxP B-B8
48. P-N3 B-K7
49. B-B2 BxP
50. B-Q3 B-Q8
51. K-N2 B-N5
52. K-B3 B-Q2
53. B-B4 B-R6
54. K-Q2 B-N5
55. K-K3 B-R6
56. K-B3 B-Q2
57. K-K3 1/2-1/2
Algebraic
1. Nf3 d5
2. c4 c6
3. d4 Nf6
4. Nc3 e6
5. Bg5 Nd7
6. e3 Be7
7. Rc1 0-0
8. a3 Re8
9. Qc2 dxc4
10. Bxc4 Nd5
11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Rd1 Nxc3
13. Qxc3 c5
14. 0-0 Rb8
15. Qa5 a6
16. Qc7 b5
17. Be2 Bb7
18. dxc5 Nxc5
19. Qxe7 Rxe7
20. b4 Ne4
21. Rd3 Rc7
22. Rd1 Bd5
23. Bf1 Rc8
24. Nd2 Nc3
25. Re1 Na4
26. e4 Ba8
27. f3 Kf8
28. Nb3 Ke7
29. Kf2 Rc3
30. Rxc3 Rxc3
31. Re3 Rxe3
32. Kxe3 e5
33. Kd3 Kd6
34. Nc1 Bc6
35. Ne2 Nb6
36. Nc3 h6
37. Kc2 Bb7
38. Kb3 Bc6
39. Kb2 Kc7
40. a4 Nxa4+
41. Nxa4 bxa4
42. Bxa6 Kb6
43. Bc4 f6
44. Ka3 g5
45. Bd3 Bd7
46. Bc2 Bb5
47. Bxa4 Bf1
48. g3 Be2
49. Bc2 Bxf3
50. Bd3 Bd1
51. Kb2 Bg4
52. Kc3 Bd7
53. Bc4 Bh3
54. Kd2 Bg4
55. Ke3 Bh3
56. Kf3 Bd7
57. Ke3 1/2-1/2

Samuel D. Factor (white) vs. Oscar Tenner (black)
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Korchnoi Line

Samuel D. Factor vs. Oscar Tenner, 1936

Descriptive
1. P-QB4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. N-B3 N-B3
4. P-QR3 P-Q4
5. PxP NxP
6. P-K4 NxN
7. NPxN B-Q3
8. B-B4 O-O
9. O-O Q-B3
10. P-Q4 QB-N5
11. B-K3 Q-N3
12. B-Q3 QR-Q
13. P-Q5 N-K2
14. N-R4 Q-R4
15. P-B3 B-B
16. QB-B2 P-KN3
17. P-N4 Q-R3
18. Q-B QxQ
19. KRxQ P-KB4
20. P-QB4 P-N3
21. P-R3 PxNP
22. RPxP R-B2
23. P-B5 PxP
24. BxP BxBch
25. RxB P-B3
26. B-B4 PxP
27. PxP R-Q3
28. R-K P-N4
29. N-N2 RxP
30. RxP K-B
31. RxN KxR
32. RxB RxRP
33. K-B2 R-QN3
34. N-K3 R-N7ch
35. K-B3 P-KR4
36. K-K4 P-R5
37. R-B7ch K-Q3
38. R-B6ch K-Q2
39. N-B5 P-R6
40. R-Q6ch K-B2
41. R-KR6 P-R7
42. P-Q6ch K-N3
43. B-Q5 R-R5ch
44. K-K5 R-Q7
45. R-R8 R-R8
46. P-Q7 R-K8ch
47. K-Q6 Resigns
Algebraic
1. c4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. a3 d5
5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 Bd6
8. Bc4 0-0
9. 0-0 Qf6
10. d4 Bg4
11. Be3 Qg6
12. Bd3 Rd8
13. d5 Ne7
14. Nh4 Qh5
15. f3 Bc8
16. Bf2 g6
17. g4 Qh6
18. Qc1 Qxc1
19. Rxc1 f5
20. c4 b6
21. h3 fxg4
22. hxg4 Rf7
23. c5 bxc5
24. Bxc5 Bxc5+
25. Rxc5 c6
26. Bc4 cxd5
27. exd5 Rd6
28. Re1 g5
29. Ng2 Rxf3
30. Rxe5 Kf8
31. Rxe7 Kxe7
32. Rxc8 Rxa3
33. Kf2 Rb6
34. Ne3 Rb2+
35. Kf3 h5
36. Ke4 h4
37. Rc7+ Kd6
38. Rc6+ Kd7
39. Nf5 h3
40. Rd6+ Kc7
41. Rh6 h2
42. d6+ Kb6
43. Bd5 Ra4+
44. Ke5 Rd2
45. Rh8 Ra1
46. d7 Re1+
47. Kd6 1-0

From the National Championship.
Reshevsky gained a point by taking the following hard-earned game from Hanauer.

Milton Loeb Hanauer vs Samuel Reshevsky
US Championship (1936), New York, NY USA, rd 6, May-02
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation (A28) 0-1

Following are the scores of three of Capablanca's victories at Margate:

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Philip Stuart Milner-Barry
Margate (1936), Margate ENG, rd 1, Apr-15
English Opening: King's English Variation. Closed System (A25) 1-0

George Alan Thomas vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Margate (1936), Margate ENG, rd 9, Apr-24
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63) 0-1

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Edward Guthlac Sergeant
Margate (1936), Margate ENG, rd 5, Apr-20
Reti Opening: Advance Variation (A09) 1-0

'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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