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January 18, 1953 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 18 Jan 1953, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, January 18, 1953 Los Angeles, California L....

Posted by Chess Problems on Monday, June 12, 2023

L. A. Times Problem No. 2409 By H. Jonsson
White mates in two.
FEN 5Qbq/7P/1K2P3/3N4/3kP3/1n1P1p2/5P2/b1B1N3 w - - 0 1
Solution: N-B7;
1. Nc7 Nxc1 2. Qc5#
1. Nc7 bc3 2. Qd6#
1. Nc7 Na5 2. Qc5#

The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, International Chess Master, January 18, 1953 Los Angeles, California L....

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L. A. Times Problem No. 2410 By J. Fridlizius
White mates in three.
FEN n6n/K7/3kP2p/4R3/5P2/2R3Qb/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: R-B7;
1. Rc7 Kxc7 2. Qd3 Nf7 3. Rc5#
1. Rc7 Kxc7 2. Qd3 Nb6 3. Rc5#
1. Rc7 bxe6 2. Rd5+ Kxd5 3. Qd3#

We received solutions from M. Morris, T. D. Kelsey, Traczkowsky, Toscha Seidel, B. McGuire, W. L. Koethen, D. Kopec, C. P. Ford, T. Rothman, S. Willcott, P. V. Nielsen, V. Asher, H. G. Webb, J. J. Adams, N. Lesser, K. Chambers, W. B. Tudor, J. P. Walsh, Y. V. Oganesov, J. Wilcox, C. B. Collins, W. C. Everett, J. R. L. Fowler, R. Mosley, L. A. Victor, J. Kaufman, L. B. Rotter, J. C. Dickson, A. M. Koven, D. Cole, S. W. Nay, D. Golding, E. Davis, L. Harvey, M. A. Padlipsky, J. A. McCamant, A. Weiss, D. D. Newman, J. Neuwirth (send 10 cents plus 3 cents postage), P. O. Bugge (the problem has 5 solutions with the King), P. Martin.

Rapid Transit Winners
Eighteen players took part in the weekly Wednesday evening Rapid Transit Tournament held at the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave. R. W. Banner was the winner with a score of 14½-2½, second place went to J. Belzer, 14-3; third and fourth place was tied between S. Mazner and H. Rogosin 13½-3½. The tournament is open to anyone and visitors are welcome at all times.

Imre Konig's Simultaneous Exhibition and Lecture
Imre Konig, international chess master, will give his first exhibition and lecture today at 2 p.m. at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave. Due to the many requests for reservations it is urgent that those who have not made reservations should go early as only a few boards are left. Participants should take their sets and boards. For further information call WEbster 1-8817.

Hollywood Invitational Tournament
The Hollywood Invitational Championship Tournament started last Friday with the following players in the A group:
Altshuller, Almgren, Belzer, Blumenfeld, Cross, Geller, Hazard, Keckhut, Kashdan, Levin, Mazner, Mrs. G. Piatigorsky, Rogosin, Spiller, Spinner, Steiner, Steven, Standers, Woronzoff.
The B section is not complete yet and still open for entries. In this section one game per week will be played.
Results of the first round: Keckhut 0, Levin 1; Spiller 0, Kashdan 1; Hazard ½, Woronzoff ½; Rivise ½, Almgren ½; Standers 0, Steiner 1; Cross 1, Rogosin 0; Alschiller 1, Steven 0; Mrs. Piatigorsky, Mazner, adj.; Belzer, Blumenfeld, adj.
In the A section the games are scheduled for every Friday and every second Monday. The tournament director is C. Kodil. Visitors are welcome to watch this most important and strongest tournament in California.

Hollywood Tournament Book
The book of the 1952 Hollywood International Tournament is now off the press. It is a neatly produced offset publication of 62 pages, with annotations by Gligoric, Dake, Steiner, Cross and Joyner. The 45 games of the tournament are given with round-by-round accounts, photos and diagrams. The book may be obtained from this column by sending $1 to Herman Steiner, chess editor of The Times.

Los Feliz vs. Cosmo
The Los Feliz Chess Club will play a 10-board match with the Cosmo Chess Club Tuesday at 8 p.m., in the Los Feliz club's quarters in the Hollywood YMCA. Hudson and Selma Aves. Visitors are invited.

Los Angeles County Championship
The Los Angeles County Championship had a dramatic ending when Irving Rivise, leader throughout the tournament, and a half point ahead of the field before the last round, lost his final game to George Steven, while his nearest rivals, Louis Spinner and Arthur Spiller, won their respective games. Spiller won from Keckhut, and Spinner from Rubin, thus making a tie. This will be played off in the near future. Following is the final standing:

Spiller............9½
Spinner............9½
Rivise.............9
Almgren............8
Giritsky...........7½
Rubin..............7½
Steven.............7½
Wallace............7½
Geller.............7
Keckhut............6½
Froomess...........6
Gross..............6
Madrid...........6
Martin...........6
Piatigorsky......6
Quillen..........6
Maron...........5½
Wheeler.........5½
Rolo............5
Wyman...........5½
M. Gordon.......4
Holmes..........4
Young...........3½
Golden..........2

Bernard Madrid (white) vs. Paul Quillen (black)
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Chigorin Variation

Bernard Madrid vs. Paul Quillen, 1953

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 P-KB4
2. P-K4 PxP
3. N-QB3 N-KB3
4. B-KN5 P-B3
5. P-B3 PxP
6. NxP P-Q3
7. B-Q3 B-K3
8. O-O QN-Q2
9. P-QR4 Q-R4
10. B-Q2 Q-R4
11. N-K2 B-N
12. N-N3 Q-B2
13. N-N5 Q-Q4
14. B-K3 P-KN3
15. P-N4 P-N4
16. PxP PxP
17. R-R5 P-QR3
18. P-B4 Q-N2
19. PxP PxP
20. RxRch QxR
21. BxQNP P-KR3
22. N-K4 NxN
23. Q-N4 Q-N2
24. BxNch 1-0
Algebraic
1. d4 f5
2. e4 fxe4
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 c6
5. f3 exf3
6. Nxf3 d6
7. Bd3 Be6
8. 0-0 Nbd7
9. a4 Qa5
10. Bd2 Qh5
11. Ne2 Bg8
12. Ng3 Qf7
13. Ng5 Qd5
14. Be3 g6
15. b4 b5
16. axb5 cxb5
17. Ra5 a6
18. c4 Qb7
19. cxb5 axb5
20. Rxa8+ Qxa8
21. Bxb5 h6
22. N5e4 Nxe4
23. Qg4 Qb7
24. Bxd7+ 1-0

Recommended Books

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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