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January 10, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 10 Jan 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, January 10, 1937 Los Angeles, California L....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, October 3, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 737
By Nels Nelson, Minneapolis, Minn.
White mates in two.
FEN 8/p3pb2/N7/3N4/3k4/2R3Q1/2Pb4/2n2K1B w - - 0 1
Solution: N-K3; 1. Ne3 Bg8 2. Nf5#
1. Ne3 Bxc3 2. Qf4#
1. Ne3 e6 2. Rc4#
1. Ne3 Kxc3 2. Qe5#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, January 10, 1937 Los Angeles, California L....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, October 3, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 738
Composed for the Los Angeles Times
by J. Greenbaum, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN K5nk/P5b1/1R6/3R3P/3B4/2p5/B7/q4b1Q w - - 0 1
Solution: R-Q8; 1. Rd8 Bg2+ 2. Qxg2 Bxd4 3. Qxg8#
1. Rd8 Bg2+ 2. Qxg2 Qg1 3. Rh6#
1. Rd8 Kh7 2. Qe4+ Kh8 3. Rxg8#

The following game between two of the leaders was played by Isaac I. Kashdan and Albert C. Simonson in the championship tournament at the Manhattan Chess Club, New York City.

Isaac Kashdan vs Albert Simonson
Manhattan CC-ch (1936), New York, NY USA, Dec-??
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Rubinstein Variation Flohr Line (D62) 1/2-1/2

From the L. A. City championship tournament:

Dr. Moses Scholtz (white) vs. Dr. Sidney Weinbaum (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System

Dr. Moses Scholtz vs. Dr. Sidney Weinbaum, 1937

Descriptive
1. N-KB3 P-Q4
2. P-K3 N-KB3
3. P-Q4 B-N5
4. P-B4 P-K3
5. N-B3 P-B3
6. PxP KPxP
7. B-K2 QN-Q2
8. P-KR3 B-R4
9. O-O B-Q3
10. B-Q2 O-O
11. R-B R-B
12. N-KR4 B-N3
13. NxB BPxN
14. P-K4 NxP
15. NxN PxN
16. Q-N3ch K-R
17. QxP R-QB2
18. Q-N3 N-N3
19. Q-K6 R-K
20. Q-N4 Q-B3
21. B-K3 N-Q4
22. B-QB4 N-B5
23. P-KR4 Q-B4
24. Q-Q P-N4
25. PxP N-R6ch
26. K-R NxP
27. Q-R5 R-KB
28. QxN QxQ
29. BxQ R-B4
30. B-R4 R-KR4
31. P-KN3 P-N4
32. KR-K PxB
33. P-KN4 R-KN4
34. RxP P-KR4
35. PxP P-R6
36. P-B4 R-N5
37. R-KB R-K2
38. RxR BxR
39. K-R2 R-N7ch
40. KxP RxP
41. R-K B-N5
42. R-K8ch K-N2
43. K-N4 R-N7ch
44. K-B5 R-KR7
45. R-QN8 P-R4
46. R-N7ch K-R3
47. B-Q3 R-Q7
48. B-K4 B-B
49. R-QB7 RxP
50. R-B7 B-N2
51. BxP R-Q3
52. B-K4 R-Q7
53. R-B7 RxP
54. K-N4 P-R5
55. R-B6ch Resigns
Algebraic
1. Nf3 d5
2. e3 Nf6
3. d4 Bg4
4. c4 e6
5. Nc3 c6
6. cxd5 exd5
7. Be2 Nbd7
8. h3 Bh5
9. 0-0 Bd6
10. Bd2 0-0
11. Rc1 Rc8
12. Nh4 Bg6
13. Nxg6 fxg6
14. e4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Qb3+ Kh8
17. Qxb7 Rc7
18. Qb3 Nb6
19. Qe6 Re8
20. Qg4 Qf6
21. Be3 Nd5
22. Bc4 Nf4
23. h4 Qf5
24. Qd1 g5
25. hxg5 Nh3+
26. Kh1 Nxg5
27. Qh5 Rf8
28. Qxg5 Qxg5
29. Bxg5 Rf5
30. Bh4 Rh5
31. g3 g5
32. Re1 gxh4
33. g4 Rg5
34. Rxe4 h5
35. gxh5 h3
36. f4 Rg4
37. Rf1 Re7
38. Rxe7 Bxe7
39. Kh2 Rg2+
40. Kxh3 Rxb2
41. Re1 Bb4
42. Re8+ Kg7
43. Kg4 Rg2+
44. Kf5 Rh2
45. Rb8 a5
46. Rb7+ Kh6
47. Bd3 Rd2
48. Be4 Bf8
49. Rc7 Rxd4
50. Rf7 Bg7
51. Bxc6 Rd6
52. Be4 Rd2
53. Rc7 Rxa2
54. Kg4 a4
55. Rc6+ 1-0

Morris Gordon (white) vs. Dr. Sidney Weinbaum (black)
French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack

Morris Gordon vs. Dr. Sidney Weinbaum, 1937

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. P-K5 P-QB4
4. P-QB3 N-QB3
5. N-B3 KN-K2
6. B-Q3 P-B5
7. B-B2 N-N3
8. B-K3 P-N4
9. O-O P-N5
10. KN-Q2 Q-N3
11. P-B4 PxP
12. QNxP QxP
13. B-R4 QxQN
14. BxNch B-Q2
15. BxR QxBch
16. K-R B-N5
17. N-B3 O-O
18. P-B5 N-B5
19. B-N7 N-Q6
20. P-B6 R-N
21. P-QR3 B-B6
22. R-QN B-N7
23. N-R4 RxB
24. PxP BxQP
25. P-R3 N-B7ch
26. RxN RxR
27. QxR QxR
28. Q-N8ch KxP
29. N-B3 P-B6
30. Q-Q8 Q-B8ch
31. K-R2 BxPch
Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. e5 c5
4. c3 Nc6
5. Nf3 Nge7
6. Bd3 c4
7. Bc2 Ng6
8. Be3 b5
9. 0-0 b4
10. Nd2 Qb6
11. f4 bxc3
12. Nxc3 Qxb2
13. Ba4 Qxc3
14. Bxc6+ Bd7
15. Bxa8 Qxe3+
16. Kh1 Bb4
17. Nf3 0-0
18. f5 Nf4
19. Bb7 Nd3
20. f6 Rb8
21. a3 Bc3
22. Rb1 Bb2
23. Nh4 Rxb7
24. fxg7 Bxd4
25. h3 Nf2+
26. Rxf2 Rxb1
27. Qxb1 Qxf2
28. Qb8+ Kxg7
29. Nf3 c3
30. Qd8 Qf1+
31. Kh2 Bxe5+
0-1

Salomon Flohr vs Savielly Tartakower
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 15, Aug-28
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Knight Variation (A15) 1/2-1/2

Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander vs Samuel Reshevsky
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 3, Aug-12
English Opening: King's English. Taimanov Variation (A25) 0-1

Samuel Reshevsky vs Theodore Henry Tylor
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 10, Aug-21
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation. General (D37) 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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