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July 11, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 11 Jul 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, July 11, 1937 Los Angeles, California L. A....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, November 28, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 789
Composed for the Los Angeles Times by R. C. Mankowski, Los Angeles, Cal.
White mates in two.
FEN 6K1/2p4R/1PBp2p1/6B1/5n1R/k7/N7/Q1Nn4 w - - 0 1
Solution: Cooked by RxN (1. Rxf4 Ne3 2. Ra4#), the intended solution is Q-R8;
1. Qh8 d5 2. Be7#
1. Qh8 Nd5 2. Ra4#
1. Qh8 Nd3 2. Ra4#
1. Qh8 Nb2 2. Qc3#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, July 11, 1937 Los Angeles, California L. A....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, November 28, 2022

L. A. Times Problem No. 790
Composed for the Los Angeles Times and dedicated to Dr. Gilbert Dobbs by V. Rosado, San Diego, Cal.
White mates in three.
FEN 1N1B1N2/3B4/3p4/3k3P/7p/p2K2pR/P5P1/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: RxRP;
1. Rxh4 Ke5 2. Rf4 Kxf4 3. Ng6#
1. Rxh4 Kc5 2. Rb4 Kxb4 3. Na6#

From Their Match

Georgy Lisitsin (white) vs. Archil Ebralidze (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack

Georgy Lisitsin vs. Archil Ebralidze, 1937

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB3
2. N-KB3 P-Q4
3. N-B3 N-KB3
4. P-K5 N-K5
5. N-K2 Q-N3
6. P-Q4 P-QB4
7. PxP QxBP
8. QN-Q4 P-K3
9. B-Q3 N-QB3
10. O-O B-Q2
11. B-K3 Q-R4
12. P-B3 B-K2
13. Q-N NxN
14. NxN P-B4
15. PxPe.p. NxP
16. N-B3 O-O
17. B-Q4 B-N4
18. N-N5 N-K5
19. NxN PxN
20. BxB QxB
21. QxP Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 c6
2. Nf3 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e5 Ne4
5. Ne2 Qb6
6. d4 c5
7. dxc5 Qxc5
8. Ned4 e6
9. Bd3 Nc6
10. 0-0 Bd7
11. Be3 Qa5
12. c3 Be7
13. Qb1 Nxd4
14. Nxd4 f5
15. exf6e.p. Nxc3
16. Nf3 0-0
17. Bd4 Bb5
18. Ng5 Ne4
19. Nxe4 dxe4
20. Bxb5 Qxb5
21. Qxe4 1-0

From Australia

Gregory Simon Koshnitsky (white) vs. Lajos Steiner (black)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights Variation

Gregory Simon Koshnitsky vs. Lajos Steiner, 1937

Descriptive
1. P-QB4 N-KB3
2. N-QB3 P-B4
3. N-B3 P-KN3
4. P-Q4 PxP
5. NxP B-N2
6. P-K4 O-O
7. B-K2 N-B3
8. B-K3 P-QR3
9. O-O Q-B2
10. R-B P-K3
11. K-R P-Q3
12. P-B4 R-Q
13. N-N3 P-N3
14. Q-K N-Q2
15. Q-R4 N-B4
16. P-B5 KPxP
17. N-Q5 Q-N2
18. N-Q4 R-K
19. NxN QxN
20. PxP BxBP
21. B-B3 Q-Q2
22. B-Q4 N-K3
23. BxB KxB
24. Q-B6ch K-N
25. QxB! Resigns
Algebraic
1. c4 Nf6
2. Nc3 c5
3. Nf3 g6
4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 Bg7
6. e4 0-0
7. Be2 Nc6
8. Be3 a6
9. 0-0 Qc7
10. Rc1 e6
11. Kh1 d6
12. f4 Rd8
13. Nb3 b6
14. Qe1 Nd7
15. Qh4 Nc5
16. f5 exf5
17. Nd5 Qb7
18. Nd4 Re8
19. Nxc6 Qxc6
20. exf5 Bxf5
21. Bf3 Qd7
22. Bd4 Ne6
23. Bxg7 Kxg7
24. Qf6+ Kg8
25. Qxf5! 1-0

Cecil John Seddon Purdy (white) vs. Lajos Steiner (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Hastings Variation

Cecil John Seddon Purdy vs. Lajos Steiner, 1937

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-Q4
2. P-QB4 P-K3
3. N-QB3 P-QB3
4. N-B3 N-B3
5. B-N5 P-KR3
6. BxN QxB
7. Q-N3 N-Q2
8. P-K4 PxP
9. NxP Q-B5
10. B-Q3 N-B3
11. N-N3 B-K2
12. O-O O-O
13. QR-Q B-Q
14. B-N Q-B2
15. Q-B2 B-Q2
16. N-K5 B-K
17. P-B5 P-KN3
18. P-B4 P-N3
19. P-N4 N-Q4
20. Q-Q2 P-QR4
21. P-B5 B-N4
22. Q-K KPxP
23. PxNP QxP
24. PxRP QxRP
25. R-B3 QxQch
26. RxQ B-K6ch
27. K-B BxP
28. N-B4 P-B4
29. N-K2 B-N4
30. NxB PxN
Resigns
Algebraic
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 c6
4. Nf3 Nf6
5. Bg5 h6
6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qb3 Nd7
8. e4 dxe4
9. Nxe4 Qf4
10. Bd3 Nf6
11. Ng3 Be7
12. 0-0 0-0
13. Rd1 Bd8
14. Bb1 Qc7
15. Qc2 Bd7
16. Ne5 Be8
17. c5 g6
18. f4 b6
19. b4 Nd5
20. Qd2 a5
21. f5 Bg5
22. Qe1 exf5
23. cxb6 Qxb6
24. bxa5 Qxa5
25. Rf3 Qxe1+
26. Rxe1 Be3+
27. Kf1 Bxd4
28. Nc4 c5
29. Ne2 Bb5
30. Nxd4 cxd4
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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