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February 23, 1922 Los Angeles Evening Express, Chess, by Clif Sherwood

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ChessChess 23 Feb 1922, Thu Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Good Companion solving tournament held yesterday (Washington's Birthday) at the L. A. Chess club entertained a large crowd. Donald Mugridge, 16-year-old expert, won first prize and L. A. Rosenblatt won second prize.

The finals tourney at the Los Angeles Chess club for the 1922 city championship is nearing completion with S. Mlotkowski now in the lead. E. R. Perry, 1921 champion, dropped two games last week, and H. Borochow, the other leading contender, lost the following game, which is contributed by the winner, E. W. Grabill.

Harry Borochow (white) vs. Ethelbert Warren Grabill (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation
Submitted to chessgames.com on 05/03/2025

Harry Borochow vs. Ethelbert Warren Grabill, 1922

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. P-K5 B-B4
4. B-Q3 BxB
5. QxB P-K3
6. N-K2 Q-N3
7. O-O N-K2
8. P-QN3 N-B4
9. N-B3 N-Q2
10. B-K3 NxB
11. PxN P-QB4
12. K-R B-K2
13. R-B3 P-B3
14. PxP BxP
15. QR-KB O-O-O
16. N-B4 PxP
17. N-R4 Q-Q3
18. PxP K-N
19. P-B4 PxP
20. PxP P-K4
21. N-Q5 PxP
22. R-QN N-K4
23. Q-N3 R-Q2
24. R-B5 R-KB
25. N-N4 Q-K3
26. KR-B R-QB
27. R(B)-B P-Q6
28. N-Q5 P-Q7
29. R-Q NxP
30. NxB QxN
31. Q-KR3 R-K2
32. R-KB Q-K4
33. QxRP N-K6
Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. e5 Bf5
4. Bd3 Bxd3
5. Qxd3 e6
6. Ne2 Qb6
7. 0-0 Ne7
8. b3 Nf5
9. Nc3 Nd7
10. Be3 Nxe3
11. fxe3 c5
12. Kh1 Be7
13. Rf3 f6
14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Rf1 0-0-0
16. Nf4 cxd4
17. Na4 Qd6
18. exd4 Kb8
19. c4 dxc4
20. bxc4 e5
21. Nd5 exd4
22. Rb1 Ne5
23. Qb3 Rd7
24. Rf5 Rf8
25. Nb4 Qe6
26. Rc1 Rc8
27. Rff1 d3
28. Nd5 d2
29. Rfd1 Nxc4
30. Nxf6 Qxf6
31. Qh3 Re7
32. Rf1 Qe5
33. Qxh7 Ne3
0-1

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'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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