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July 04, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 04 Jul 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L. A. Times Problem No. 787. Composed for the Los Angeles Times and dedicated to Dr. P. G. Keeney by V. Rosado, San Diego, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 2R1r1n1/3p2b1/8/rP2Q3/R1BN1pbq/2kN1p2/P3PB2/2K3n1 w - - 0 1
Solution: N(Q3)xP;
1. Nxf4 Bxe5 2. Nd5#
1. Nxf4 d6 2. Nd5#
1. Nxf4 d5 2. Nxd5#
1. Nxf4 fxe2 2. Ndxe2#

L. A. Times Problem No. 788. Composed for the Los Angeles Times by R. C. Mankowski, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 6Bk/4p1pP/1P1P4/1PpK4/3B4/4R3/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: PxPe.p.;
1. dxe7 c4 2. e8=N c3 3. Bxg7#

Appended is the score of another game won by Paul Keres, victor in the recent tournament at Prague:

Paul Keres vs Karl Gilg
Prague (1937), Prague CSR, rd 5, Apr-30
Budapest Defense: Alekhine. Abonyi Variation (A52) 1-0

Two games from Margate Chess Congress:

Alexander Alekhine vs Theodore Henry Tylor
Margate (1937), Margate ENG, rd 3, Apr-02
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Worrall Attack (C86) 1-0

Reuben Fine vs Alexander Alekhine
Margate (1937), Margate ENG, rd 5, Apr-05
Dutch Defense: Nimzo-Dutch. Alekhine Variation (A90) 1-0

A brilliancy from Australian championship:

Frank Arthur Crowl (white) vs. Gregory Simon Koshnitsky (black)
Slav Indian

Frank Arthur Crowl vs. Gregory Simon Koshnitsky, 1937

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-B3
3. Q-B2 P-Q4
4. N-KB3 P-KN3
5. B-B4 B-N2
6. P-K3 B-B4
7. Q-N3 Q-B
8. N-B3 B-K3
9. P-B5 N-R4
10. B-Q3 N-Q2
11. R-QB NxB
12. PxN O-O
13. Q-B2 B-N5
14. N-K5 NxN
15. BPxN P-B3
16. P-B3 PxP
17. PxB PxP
18. Q-K2 PxN
19. PxP P-K4
20. P-B4 P-K5
21. B-N Q-QB2
22. PxP Q-R4ch
23. K-Q PxP
24. R-K Q-R5ch
25. R-B2 QR-K
26. P-QR3 B-B6
27. R-B RxRch
28. QxR Q-Q5ch
29. K-B Q-K6ch
30. K-Q R-B
Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 c6
3. Qc2 d5
4. Nf3 g6
5. Bf4 Bg7
6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Qc8
8. Nc3 Be6
9. c5 Nh5
10. Bd3 Nd7
11. Rc1 Nxf4
12. exf4 0-0
13. Qc2 Bg4
14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. fxe5 f6
16. f3 fxe5
17. fxg4 exd4
18. Qe2 dxc3
19. bxc3 e5
20. c4 e4
21. Bb1 Qc7
22. cxd5 Qa5+
23. Kd1 cxd5
24. Re1 Qa4+
25. Rc2 Re8
26. a3 Bc3
27. Rf1 Rxf1+
28. Qxf1 Qd4+
29. Kc1 Qe3+
30. Kd1 Rc8
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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