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March 21, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 21 Mar 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L. A. Times Problem No. 757
“From Musical World Suiy, 1859.”
By W. H. of Philadelphia.
White mates in two.
FEN 2B5/8/8/2K3P1/4k3/6R1/3B4/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-N2;
1. Rg2 Kd3 2. Bf5#
1. Rg2 Ke5 2. Re2#
1. Rg2 Kf3 2. Bb7#

L. A. Times Problem No. 758
By S. Loyd.
White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/1R6/r7/1p5P/1p6/kb1R2QK w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-N8;
1. Qg8 Ra7 2. Qh7 Rxh7 3. Ra5#
1. Qg8 Ra6 2. Qg6 Rxg6 3. Ra5#
1. Qg8 Ra3 2. Qh7 Ka2 3. Qxb1#

From the recent Russian tournament:

Barnoff (white) vs. Rochlin (black)
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation

Barnoff vs. Rochlin, 1937

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. N-QB3 PxP
4. NxP N-KB3
5. B-KN5 QN-Q2
6. N-KB3 B-K2
7. NxNch BxN
8. BxB QxB
9. Q-Q2 O-O
10. B-Q3 P-B4
11. O-O-O PxP
12. N-N5 P-KN3
13. P-KR4 R-Q1
14. P-R5 N-B1
15. PxP BPxP
16. R-R6 R-Q2
17. QR-R1 P-N3
18. N-K4 Q-K4
19. P-KB4 Q-N2
20. P-B5 KPxP
21. B-B4ch K-R1
22. N-N5 Q-B3
23. Q-B4 P-R4
24. P-KN4 P-N4
25. NxP RxN
26. RxRch NxR
27. RxNch KxR
28. P-N5 QxP
29. QxQ PxB
30. Q-N2 R-R2
31. Q-R2ch K-N2
32. Q-N8 R-KB2
33. QxB P-B5
34. QxP P-B6
35. QxPch K-R3
36. Q-KR4ch K-N2
37. Q-B2 P-N4
38. K-Q2 K-N3
39. K-K3 R-B5
40. QxP Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nf6
5. Bg5 Nd7
6. Nf3 Be7
7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6
9. Qd2 0-0
10. Bd3 c5
11. 0-0-0 cxd4
12. Ng5 g6
13. h4 Rd8
14. h5 Nf8
15. hxg6 fxg6
16. Rh6 Rd7
17. Rh1 b6
18. Ne4 Qe5
19. f4 Qg7
20. f5 exf5
21. Bc4+ Kh8
22. Ng5 Qf6
23. Qf4 a5
24. g4 b5
25. Nxh7 Rxh7
26. Rxh7+ Nxh7
27. Rxh7+ Kxh7
28. g5 Qxg5
29. Qxg5 bxc4
30. Qg2 Ra7
31. Qh2+ Kg7
32. Qb8 Rf7
33. Qxc8 f4
34. Qxc4 f3
35. Qxd4+ Kh6
36. Qh4+ Kg7
37. Qf2 g5
38. Kd2 Kg6
39. Ke3 Rf4
40. Qxf3 1-0

From Indian National Chess League Correspondence Tourney

Professor E. Wood (white) vs. R. Subramaniam (black)
Alekhine Defense: Two Pawn Attack

Professor E. Wood vs. R. Subramaniam, 1937

Descriptive
1. P-K4 N-KB3
2. P-K5 N-Q4
3. P-QB4 N-N3
4. P-Q4 P-Q4
5. PxP NxP
6. N-QB3 P-K3
7. P-B4 Q-R5ch
8. P-N3 Q-Q
9. B-N2 B-K2
10. Q-N4 O-O
11. NxN PxN
12. P-B5 K-R
13. N-R3 P-B4
14. O-O N-B3
15. Q-R5 P-B3
16. N-B4 BxP
17. P-KN4 PxKP
18. PxKP B-B7
19. R-B2 N-Q5
20. B-K3 B-KR5
21. R-Q2 RxN
22. P-K6 B-N3
23. Q-K5 RxNP
24. BxN PxB
25. P-KR3 B-B3
26. P-K7 Q-Q2
27. R-KB RxBch
28. RxR QxKP
29. QxQ BxQ
30. R-K B-K5
31. R-N4 B-QB4
32. R-QB B-QN3
33. K-R2 P-Q6
Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 Nf6
2. e5 Nd5
3. c4 Nb6
4. d4 d5
5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. Nc3 e6
7. f4 Qh4+
8. g3 Qd8
9. Bg2 Be7
10. Qg4 0-0
11. Nxd5 exd5
12. f5 Kh8
13. Nh3 c5
14. 0-0 Nc6
15. Qh5 f6
16. Nf4 Bxf5
17. g4 fxe5
18. dxe5 Bc2
19. Rf2 Nd4
20. Be3 Bh4
21. Rd2 Rxf4
22. e6 Bg6
23. Qe5 Rxg4
24. Bxd4 cxd4
25. h3 Bf6
26. e7 Qd7
27. Rf1 Rxg2+
28. Rxg2 Qxe7
29. Qxe7 Bxe7
30. Re1 Be4
31. Rg4 Bc5
32. Rc1 Bb6
33. Kh2 d3
0-1

From Nottingham Congress:

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Theodore Henry Tylor
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 8, Aug-18
Catalan Opening: Closed. Botvinnik Variation (E07) 1-0

The game below was contested in the current Marshall Chess Club championship. Last year's winner, at present writing second to Marshall himself in the standing, who is noted for bizarre play, winds up with a sacrificial mating attack.

Anthony Santasiere vs Fred Reinfeld
Marshall CC-ch (1937), New York, NY USA
Polish Opening: Zukertort System (A04) 1-0

Games From Hastings Christmas Congress, 1937

Alexander Alekhine vs Milan Vidmar
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 2, Dec-29
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Rubinstein Attack (D65) 1-0

Erich Eliskases vs William Winter
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 6, Jan-02
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) 1-0

Alexander Alekhine vs George Alan Thomas
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 6, Jan-02
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Saemisch Variation (D35) 1-0

Milan Vidmar vs Vera Menchik
Hastings (1936/37), Hastings ENG, rd 6, Jan-02
Benoni Defense: Classical Variation. General (A70) 1/2-1/2

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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 --
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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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