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June 27, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 27 Jun 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L. A. Times Problem No. 785 Composed for The Los Angeles Times by V. L. Eaton, Washington, D. C.
White mates in two.
FEN 7b/5R2/2pkpp2/2qN3K/5P2/B4QN1/8/4R3 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-Q3;
1. Qd3 cxd5 2. Qa6#
1. Qd3 e5 2. Nc7#
1. Qd3 f5 2. Nf6#
1. Qd3 exd5 2. Nf5#

L. A. Times Problem No. 786 Composed for The Los Angeles Times by V. Rosado, San Diego, California
White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/4K3/2p5/8/1B6/PpP5/kb1Q4 w - - 0 1
Solution: B-Q5;
1. Bd5 c4 2. c3 Kxa2 3. Qa4#

The following game was won by M. Najdorf of Warsaw in the recent Polish international at Jurata:

Miguel Najdorf (white) vs. Jan Foltys (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Traditional Colle

Miguel Najdorf vs. Jan Foltys, 1937

Descriptive
1. N-KB3 P-Q4
2. P-Q4 N-KB3
3. P-K3 P-K3
4. B-Q3 P-B4
5. P-B3 N-B3
6. QN-Q2 Q-B2
7. O-O B-K2
8. Q-K2 O-O
9. PxP BxP
10. P-K4 B-Q3
11. R-K N-KN5
12. P-KR3 KN-K4
13. NxN NxN
14. B-N B-Q2
15. N-N3 PxP
16. BxP P-B4
17. B-B2 QR-Q
18. N-Q4 P-QR3
19. B-B4 N-B3
20. BxB QxB
21. QR-Q Q-B2
22. B-N3 NxN
23. RxN R-B3
24. Q-K5 QxQ
25. RxQ K-B2
26. R-Q6 P-KN3
27. KRxKP Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. Nf3 d5
2. d4 Nf6
3. e3 e6
4. Bd3 c5
5. c3 Nc6
6. Nbd2 Qc7
7. 0-0 Be7
8. Qe2 0-0
9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. e4 Bd6
11. Re1 Ng4
12. h3 Ne5
13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. Bb1 Bd7
15. Nb3 dxe4
16. Bxe4 f5
17. Bc2 Rad8
18. Nd4 a6
19. Bf4 Nc6
20. Bxd6 Qxd6
21. Rd1 Qc7
22. Bb3 Nxd4
23. Rxd4 Rf6
24. Qe5 Qxe5
25. Rxe5 Kf7
26. Rd6 g6
27. Rxe6 1-0

Following the Ostend tournament, in which he tied for first with Fine and Grob, Keres took part in a minor tournament at Prague, where he finished first with a score of 10-1. The game below shows how he disposed of a formidable rival.

Paul Keres vs Erich Eliskases
Prague (1937), Prague CSR, rd 8, May-04
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Double Fianchetto Attack (E64) 1-0

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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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