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September 13, 1936 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 13 Sep 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, September 13, 1936, Los Angeles,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, August 23, 2022

L.A. Times Problem No. 703
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Ira Alexander, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 8/8/8/3K1B2/8/4BP2/3Pk2N/6R1 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B; 1. Nf1 Kxf3 2. Bg4#

L.A. Times Problem No. 704
By Dr. P. G. Keeney.
White mates in three.
FEN 8/4p3/P3N2k/5B2/1pP3P1/2N1p2P/1Rp1P3/Q1K5 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-R3; 1. Qa3 b3 2. Na2 bxa2 3. Qxe3#
1. Qa3 bxa3 2.Rb8 a2 3. Rh8#
1. Qa3 bxc3 2. Kxc2 cxb2 3. Qxe3#

CorrectionsCorrections 20 Sep 1936, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, September 13, 1936, Los Angeles,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, August 23, 2022

FEN 8/4p3/P3N2k/5B2/1pP3P1/2N4P/1Rp1P3/Q1K5 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-R3
1. Qa3 b3 2. Na2 bxa2 3. Qe3#
1. Rxc2 bxc3 2. Ra2 c2 3. Qg7#
1. Kd2 b3 2. Kd3 c1=Q 3. Qxc1#
1. Kxc2 b3+ 2. Kxb3
1. Rxb4

Cooks all over the board!

NEW YORKERS MEET IN PHILADELPHIA
Inasmuch as sixteen of the fifty experts competing at Philadelphia are from this vicinity, New Yorkers cannot very well avoid clashing with each other in the various sections. Among the best games produced thus far are those won by Isaac Kashdan, State champion, from A. S. Denker and by Abraham Kupchik from Nathan Grossman.

Arnold Denker vs Isaac Kashdan
37th ACF Congress. Prelim 1 (1936), Philadelphia, PA USA, rd 2, Aug-16
Dutch Defense: Nimzo-Dutch Variation (A90) 0-1

Abraham Kupchik vs Nathan Grossman
ACF Congress (1936), Philadelphia, PA USA, rd 3, Aug-16
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Rubinstein Variation (D61) 1-0

Euwe won from Reshevsky, newly crowned United States champion, in the struggle below Euwe, like Reshevsky, unwilling to accept an easy draw, was able to profit from a majority of pawns on the Q side, but not without a prolonged effort.

Max Euwe vs Samuel Reshevsky
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 1, Aug-10
Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation (E16) 1-0

This game, from the Nottingham tournament, shows the present soviet champion defeating Bogoljubov, an expatriated Russian now a German citizen. Bogoljubov won the Moscow tournament of 1925. Botvinnik shared first with Flohr in the Moscow tournament of 1935. Each tournament was an outstanding international competition.

Efim Bogoljubov vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 3, Aug-12
Indian Game: Capablanca Variation (A47) 0-1

Alexander Alekhine vs Samuel Reshevsky
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 7, Aug-17
Queen Pawn Game: Colle System (D04) 0-1

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Samuel Reshevsky
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 9, Aug-20
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Mannheim Variation (D23) 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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