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May 23, 1937 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 23 May 1937, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

L. A. Times Problem No. 775 By A. Abela
White mates in two.
FEN 7R/8/N3p3/3pP1Q1/2p1b1R1/K1Nk2p1/1P3np1/6B1 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-R5;
1. Rh5 Kd4 2. Qd2#
1. Rh5 d4 2. Nb4#
1. Rh5 Nd1 2. Nb4#

L. A. Times Problem No. 776 By W. A. Shinkman
White mates in three.
FEN 8/8/8/1Q6/2p1N2p/3r4/2N1P2P/5k1K w - - 0 1
Solution: P-K3;
1. e3 Rd2 2. Qf5+ Ke2 3. Nc3#
1. e3 Ke2 2. Qh5+ Kf1 3. Qf3#
1. e3 h3 2. Ng3+ Kf2 3. Qf5#
1. e3 Rd4 2. Nxd4 Ke1 3. Qb1#

From the Southern California tournament:

Philip Woliston (white) vs. Kendall (black)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation

Philip Woliston vs. Kendall, 1937

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-KN3
3. N-QB3 B-N2
4. N-B3 O-O
5. P-K4 P-Q3
6. P-KN3 QN-Q2
7. B-N2 P-K4
8. O-O P-QR4
9. P-KR3 Q-K2
10. P-Q5 N-B4
11. N-K N-K
12. B-K3 P-N3
13. Q-Q2 P-B4
14. PxP BxP
15. P-B4 PxP
16. BxP N-B3
17. P-KN4 B-Q2
18. N-B2 QR-K
19. QR-K Q-Q
20. N-Q4 R-B2
21. N-B6! BxN
22. PxB KR-K2
23. RxR QxR
24. N-Q5 NxN
25. BxNch K-R
26. B-N5 Q-K4
27. R-B7 Q-N6ch
28. Q-N2! R-K8ch
29. R-B B-Q5ch
30. K-R QxQch
31. KxQ RxR
32. KxR BxP
33. B-Q8! N-R3
34. B-K6 B-Q5
35. B-B8 N-N5
36. B-N7 P-Q4
37. BxP PxP
38. B-B4 N-Q4
39. P-B7 NxP
40. BxN K-N2
41. B-R6 P-B6
42. K-K2 K-B2
43. K-Q3 P-KN4
44. B-B8 1-0
 
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. Nf3 0-0
5. e4 d6
6. g3 Nbd7
7. Bg2 e5
8. 0-0 a5
9. h3 Qe7
10. d5 Nc5
11. Ne1 Ne8
12. Be3 b6
13. Qd2 f5
14. exf5 Bxf5
15. f4 exf4
16. Bxf4 Nf6
17. g4 Bd7
18. Nc2 Rae8
19. Re1 Qd8
20. Nd4 Rf7
21. Nc6! Bxc6
22. dxc6 Rfe7
23. Rxe7 Qxe7
24. Nd5 Nxd5
25. Bxd5+ Kh8
26. Bg5 Qe5
27. Rf7 Qg3+
28. Qg2! Re1+
29. Rf1 Bd4+
30. Kh1 Qxg2+
31. Kxg2 Rxf1
32. Kxf1 Bxb2
33. Bd8! Na6
34. Be6 Bd4
35. Bc8 Nb4
36. Bb7 d5
37. Bxc7 dxc4
38. Bf4 Nd5
39. c7 Nxc7
40. Bxc7 Kg7
41. Ba6 c3
42. Ke2 Kf7
43. Kd3 g5
44. Bc8 1-0

Following is the score of the game Dr. Tartakower won from Paul Keres at Ostend:

Paul Keres vs Savielly Tartakower
Ostend (1937), Ostend BEL, rd 3, Apr-13
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Old Indian Formation (A15) 0-1

Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander vs Max Euwe
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 5, Aug-14
English Opening: King's English. Two Knights' Variation Reversed Dragon (A22) 0-1

Played in the Moscow Championship

Mikhail Yudovich Sr. vs Vladimir Alatortsev
Ch Moscow (1936), Moscow URS
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C05) 1-0

From the U.S.A. Championship.

Milton Loeb Hanauer vs Israel Albert Horowitz
US Championship (1936), New York, NY USA, rd 1, Apr-25
Budapest Defense: Adler Variation (A52) 0-1

Victor Buerger vs Paul Keres
Margate (1937), Margate ENG, rd 4, Apr-03
Horwitz Defense: General (A40) 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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