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June 14, 1912 Royal Game of Chess by David Andrew Mitchell, Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut

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The Royal Game of ChessThe Royal Game of Chess 14 Jun 1912, Fri Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Newspapers.com

Akiba Rubinstein vs Semyon Alapin

The following game was played in the recent Franklin-Manhattan match which resulted in a victory for the Philadelphia club:—

First Board—Giuoco Piano.

Arthur Simon Meyer (white) vs. Stasch Mlotkowski (black)
Italian Game: Classical Variation, La Bourdonnais Variation
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/13/2025

A. S. Meyer vs. Stasch Mlotkowski, 1912

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-B4 B-B4
4. P-B3 P-Q3
5. P-Q4 PxP
6. PxP B-N3
7. P-KR3 N-B3
8. O-O O-O
9. P-K5 PxP
10. PxP QxQ
11. RxQ N-K5
12. R-B R-K
13. B-B4 B-KB4
14. N-B3 NxN
15. PxN P-KR3
16. B-QN5 QR-Q
17. KR-K R-K2
18. QR-Q R(2)-Q2
19. RxR RxR
20. R-K2 R-Q4
21. BxN PxB
22. B-K3 B-Q6
23. R-K B-B5
24. BxB RPxB
25. P-QR3 R-R4
26. R-R P-QB4
27. N-Q2 B-Q6
28. P-KB4 R-R5
29. K-B2 K-B
30. K-K3 B-R3
31. N-N B-N2
32. P-N3 B-Q4
33. N-Q2 K-K2
34. K-Q3 B-K3
35. P-R4 B-B4ch
36. K-K3 K-Q2
37. K-B3 P-R4
38. N-B K-K3
39. N-K3 P-QN4
40. K-B2 P-N5
41. BPxP PxP
42. R-QB PxP
43. RxP P-R7
44. R-B6ch K-Q2
Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. c3 d6
5. d4 exd4
6. cxd4 Bb6
7. h3 Nf6
8. 0-0 0-0
9. e5 dxe5
10. dxe5 Qxd1
11. Rxd1 Ne4
12. Rf1 Re8
13. Bf4 Bf5
14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 h6
16. Bb5 Rd8
17. Rfe1 Re7
18. Rd1 Rd7
19. Rxd7 Rxd7
20. Re2 Rd5
21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. Be3 Bd3
23. Re1 Bc4
24. Bxb6 axb6
25. a3 Ra5
26. Ra1 c5
27. Nd2 Bd3
28. f4 Ra4
29. Kf2 Kf8
30. Ke3 Ba6
31. Nb1 Bb7
32. g3 Bd5
33. Nd2 Ke7
34. Kd3 Be6
35. h4 Bf5+
36. Ke3 Kd7
37. Kf3 h5
38. Nf1 Ke6
39. Ne3 b5
40. Kf2 b4
41. cxb4 cxb4
42. Rc1 bxa3
43. Rxc7 a2
44. Rc6+ Kd7
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, 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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