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February 14, 1858 Chess, The Era, London

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Chess by Herr LowenthalChess by Herr Lowenthal 14 Feb 1858, Sun The Era (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Lowenthal and Burden.
Game played at the Cigar Divan, Herr Lowenthal giving the odds of Pawn and move.
Remove Black's KBP from the Board.

Unresolved Chess Game
Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Pawn odds
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-Q3
2. P-Q4 N-QB3
3. N-QB3 P-K4
4. P-Q5 QN-K2
5. B-KN5 N-KB3
6. BxN PxB
7. Q-KR5ch N-KN3
8. N-KB3 K-K2
9. P-KN3 B-Q2
10. B-KR3 BxB
11. QxB Q-Q2
12. QxQch KxQ
13. O-O-O P-KR4
14. P-KR4 N-K2
15. P-QR4 B-KR3ch
16. K-N P-KB4
17. PxP NxP
18. N-K4 QR-KB
19. P-QB4 KR?-N
20. P-QB5 K-QB
21. R-Q3 R-KN5
22. KR-K K-Q2
23. P-QR5 P-QR3
24. QR-QN3 K-B
25. PxP PxP
26. N-KN5 BxN
27. NxB R-KB3
28. QR-KB3 K-Q2
29. KR-K4 RxR
30. NxR R-KB
31. R-QN3 K-QB2
32. N-KN5 N-Q5
33. R-QB3ch K-Q2
34. N-K4 N-QN4
35. R-Q3 K-K2
36. K-QB R-QBch
37. K-Q R-QB5
38. N-QB3 R-QB4
39. P-QN4 R-QB5
40. NxN PxN
41. R-QB3 R-Q5ch
42. K-K2(?) K-Q
43. P-KB4 RxQP
44. R-Q3 RxRch
45. KxR K-K2
46. K-K4 K-K3
47. K-K3 P-Q4
48. PxP KxP
49. K-Q3 P-Q5
50. K-Q K-K5
51. K-K2 P-Q6ch
52. K-Q2 K-Q5
53. P-KN4 PxP
54. P-KR5 K-K4
55. P-KR6 K-KB3
56. P-KR7 K-KN2
57. P-KR8(Q) KxQ
58. KxP K-KN2
59. K-K4 K-KN3
0-1
Algebraic
1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nc6
3. Nc3 e5
4. d5 Nce7
5. bg5 Nf6
6. Bxf6 gxf6
7. Qh5+ Ng6
8. Nf3 Ke7
9. g3 Bd7
10. Bh3 Bxh3
11. Qxh3 Qd7
12. Qxd7+ Kxd7
13. O-O-O h5
14. h4 Ne7
15. a4 bh6+
16. Kb1 f5
17. exf5 Nxf5
18. Ne4 Raf8
19. c4 Rhg8
20. c5 Kc8
21. Rd3 Rg4
22. Re1 Kd7
23. a5 a6
24. Rb3 Kc8
25. cxd6 cxd6
26. Nfg5 Bxg5
27. Nxg5 Rf6
28. Rf3 Kd7
29. Re4 Rxe4
30. Nxe4 Rf8
31. Rb3 Kc7
32. Ng5 Nd4
33. Rc3+ Kd7
34. Ne4 Nb5
35. Rd3 Ke7
36. Kc1 Rc8+
37. Kd1 Rc4
38. Nc3 Rc5
39. b4 Rc4
40. Nxb5 axb5
41. Rc3 Rd4+

Recommended Books

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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