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March 01, 1931 It's Your Move by William Henry Steckel, Morning Call

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It's Your Move It's Your MoveIt's Your Move 01 Mar 1931, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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IT'S YOUR MOVE" The Morning Call's Chess and Ctiecker Column Problems, Games, Positions In End Games and News Items Will Be Welcomed W. H. STECKEL, Editor The Pennsylvania State championship was held at Philadelphia last Saturday and Sunday with many up-eets being recorded. - Among these upsets was S. T. Sharp, eight times winner of this annual tournament being eliminated from further competition In the fifth round. Election of officers were held on Sunday with the following men I -ing fleeted to office: Vice president, N. T. Whltaker; secretary and treasurer, D. t. Welner; directors, J. Levin, S. T. Bharp and W. J. Clay. The following is the summary of the play In the state championships from Vhe first round to the fifth: Round No. One H. V. Hesse, 0; A. Regen. 1. M. Samsom, 0; B. Winkelman, 1. S. T. Sharp, 1; E. S. Magulre, 0. E. Dreher. 0; N. T. Whltaker, 1. . M. Maglnnls, 0; J. Gaylburd, 1. S. Sack, ,i, , Vs. J. Gordan, 0; S. Drasln, 1. M. Gedance, 0; D. G. Welner, 1. W. H. Steckel, 0; J. Levin, 1. S. Mlotkowskl, L. Goldstein, i. Round No. Two J. Gordan, 1 ; S. Mlotkowskl, 0. E. Dreher, ; M. Maglnnls, E. S. Magulre, 0; S. Sack, 1. B. Winkelman, 0; N. T. Whitaker, 1. D. G. Welner, L. Goldstein, M. Gedance, 1; H. V. Hesse, 0. J. Levin, Iff M. Samson, 0. J. Gaylburd, "ij'S. T. Sharp, , 0; S. Drasin, 1. A. Regen, 4; W. H. Steckel, Round No. Three D. G. Welner, Vx; A. Regen, L. Goldstein, 0; J. Levin, 1. J. Gaydlburg. 1: J. Gordon, 0. S. Sack, 0; B. Winkleman, 1. . S. Drasin, 0; S. T. Sharp, 1. N. T. Whltaker, 1; M. Gedance, 0. Round No. Four N. T. Whitaker, 1; D. G. Welner, 0. S. Drasin, 0; J. Gaylburd, 1. S. T. Sharp, 1; A. Regen, 0. . J. Levin, 0; B. Winkelman, I. Round No. Five N. T. Whitaker, 1; S. T. Sharp, 0. Levin Gaylburd, not completed. B. Winkelman a by. Jose R. Capablanca of Havana., Cuba, former world chess champion, emerged victorious but not unscathed from his encounter with forty of New England's leading chess players at Boston, Mass., winning thirty-two, drawing six and losing two games. Something must be done, says Senor J. R. Capablanca. chess wizard, to make the game of chess more difficult.
. ' In 20 or 35 years, he says, compounding the amazement of thousands of fans who find chess quite difficult enough In its present form there will be probably a half dozen players who will have mastered all of Its possibilities, enabling them f to make every game a draw. , To avoid this state of affairs, Capablanca proposes the addition of two more pieces, and two more squares width to the board. The pieces he suggests would go In between the queen and the queen's bishop and the king and the king's bishop. He would call them, perhaps, the minister and the marshal.
Two additional pawns also would have to be added. The new pieces would move, one as the rook and the knight, the other as the bishop and the knight. From the New York Times. A final call upon Dr. Alexander Alekhine of Paris to accept his challenge for a match for the world's chess championship was Issued by Jose R. Capablanca, Cuban chess star and former world's champion. Capablanca calls for the match to be played under the London rule3 of 1922 either In the United States or Cuba during the winter of 1931-32. Dr. Alekhine won the title from Capablanca at Buenos Aires in 1927. In addressing his demands to Dr. Alekhine, Capablanca stated that the present champion during the course of their match in 1927 promised to play a return match with him In the United States in the winter of 1928-29. Capablanca also stated that in accordance with the London rules adopted in 1922, which require a champion to accept any bona fide challenge for his title within one year from such challenge, he addressed a formal challenge to Dr. Alekhine on October 8, 1928, but that Dr. Alekhine rejected it because he was "previously engaged for another title match during that year." ' The Cuban further asserted that Dr. Alekhine failed to live up to an agreement made in the spring of 1929 with Capablanca's New York representative, Dr. N. L. Lederer, to play a championship match in the spring of last year. In concluding his final call upon Dr. Alekhine to accept his bid, Capablanca declared that "in the event of your failure to accept this challenge to appear against me I will be compelled to claim the championship of the world by default and will be prepared thereafter to meet all comers for the title in free and open competition.
From the New York Times. Ex-state champion Abraham Kup chik of the Manhattan Chess club gave a simultaneous exhibition last evening at the Brooklyn Institute. A novelty in this exhibition was the Blngle player's willingness to play any opening requested by his opponent. First round results In the Metro-polltian Chess League are: Marshalls, 6; Columbia University, 2; Hungarians, 3; Philldors, 3, with two adjourned; Scandinavians, 5, North Jersey Chess League, 2V3. , 1 Isaac Kashdan will give an exhibition In Newark, N. J., at the Newark Rice Chess club either on March 14 or 21, this exhibition incidentally cornea just before Kashdan will give his ex hibition in this city at the local Y. M. C. A. on the evening of Thursday, the 26th.
A. Turner, a member of the tin-defeated Y. M. C. A. Chess team, has opened an office in the Guth building. 832 Hamilton street, room 704. Mr. Turner is connected with the Wonder of America Clothes Stores.
C. Koch is coming back into the chess fold starting off with a 10-game match against H. V. Hesse. C. Geary Is leading Ray Kemmerer Ir. their 20 -game checker match by three games to two. Only one more round after this week In the Y. M. C. A. chess tournament, and then let's clean up all the postponed games. Schedule for this week is as follows: Foley vs. Geary, Campbell vs. Hesse, Billiard vs. Albrecht, Shuler vs. Warsau, Godfrey vs. Steckel and Rockel gets a by. PROBLEM DEPARTMENT Solution to problems No. 53 by J. C. J. Walnwilght R-B6; No. 54, Dr. Emil Palkoska, Q-Q8.
No. 53 . .. By H. Beechey Black 9 Pieces n n n White 9 Pieces White mates In two moves.
No. 58 . By Dr. Emil Palkoska Black 5 Pieces O n Or O :: White 6 Pieces White .mates In three moves.

'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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