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November 11, 1951 Chess Notes by Donald H. Mugridge Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia

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Chess NotesChess Notes 11 Nov 1951, Sun Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com

Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia, Sunday, November 11, 1951

Chess Notes by Donald H. Mugridge

Bain        8½-½
Gresser     7½-1½
Karff       6-3
Slater      4½-4½
Grumette    3½-5½
Kellner     3½-5½
Roos        3½-5½
Owens       3-6
Piatigorsky 3-6
Raettig     2-7

The above table showing the results of the women's national chess championship tournament, held in New York City from October 20 to November 4, is given by the kindness of Miss Edith L. Weart. The participants were Mrs. Mary Bain, Mrs. Gisela Gresser, Miss N. May Karff and Mrs. Kathryn Slater, all of New York City; Mrs. Lena Grumette of Brooklyn, Miss Adele Raettig of Hoboken, N. J.; Mrs. Willa White Owens, late of Richmond, Va., and now of Avon Lake, Ohio; Miss Lucille Kellner of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Gregor Piatigorsky (wife of the well-known cellist) and Miss Nancy Roos of Los Angeles, Calif. The title, a trophy donated by Miss Weart, and first prize of $150 all went to Mrs. Mary Bain, who won eight straight games and then drew in the last round with the runner-up.
Mrs. Gresser tried very hard to defeat Mrs. Bain, and conceded the draw only on move 107 and after the 50-move rule had been invoked. Mrs. Bain, who is a chess enthusiast of the first water, enjoys the advantage of having been a pupil of the great Hungarian master, the late Geza Maroczy. Between them, Mrs. Bain and Mrs. Gresser outclassed the field, but the latter's chances were spoiled by Mrs. Ross Owens, whom many Washington chess players will remember as Mrs. White of the Richmond Chess Club. The tournament was directed by Mrs. Caroline Marshall, widow of Prank J Marshall and manager of the Marshall Chess Club.
In the District League, the Federal Chess Club brought out its strongest team to defeat the Library of Congress on November 6. An automobile accident prevented the Library's second-board player from making his expected appearance.

   FEDERAL              LIBRARY
N. T. Whitaker 0    D. H. Mugridge  1
N. Robins      1    Forfeit         0
B. Romanenko   0    J. C. Rather    1
J. Wall        1    S. Kucherov     0
H. V. Klein    1    J. W. Allen     0
L. Korsstrom   1    M. Lerner       0
E. Boschan     1    J. L. Rubin     0
F. S. Howell   1    J. A. Gweyer    0
              ---                  ---
               6                    2

On first board, Whitaker sacrificed a pawn and obtained a powerful attack, but did not sufficiently neutralize Black's queenside majority:

Norman Tweed Whitaker (white) vs. Donald Henry Mugridge (black)
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Wing Gambit

Norman Tweed Whitaker vs. Donald Henry Mugridge, 1951

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 P-QR3
3. P-QN4 PxP
4. B-N2 P-Q4
5. PxP QxP
6. P-QR3 N-QB3
7. PxP Q-K5ch
8. B-K2 NxP
9. N-R3 N-KB3
10. O-O B-Q2
11. B-B4 P-K3
12. R-K Q-B3
13. N-K5 Q-B
14. B-N3 B-K2
15. QN-B4 QN-Q4
16. NxB QxN
17. N-K5 Q-Q
18. P-QB4 N-N3
19. Q-B3 R-QN
20. P-Q4 O-O
21. B-B3 QN-Q2
22. QR-Q Q-B2
23. Q-R3 NxN
24. PxN N-Q2
25. B-B2 P-KN3
26. Q-R6 KR-Q
27. R-K4 P-QN4
28. P-R4 P-N5
29. B-N2 P-N6
30. B-N N-B4
31. KR-Q4 N-R5
32. P-R5 B-B
33. Q-B NxB
34. QxN RxR
35. QxR P-R4
36. Q-R B-N2
37. R-K Q-B4
38. R-K4 R-Q
39. Q-N2 P-R5
40. P-N3 R-N
0-1
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 a6
3. b4 cxb4
4. Bb2 d5
5. exd5 Qxd5
6. a3 Nc6
7. axb4 Qe4+
8. Be2 Nxb4
9. Na3 Nf6
10. 0-0 Bd7
11. Bc4 e6
12. Re1 Qc6
13. Ne5 Qc8
14. Bb3 Be7
15. Nc4 Nd5
16. Nxd7 Qxd7
17. Ne5 Qd8
18. c4 Nb6
19. Qf3 Rb8
20. d4 0-0
21. Bc3 Nd7
22. Rd1 Qc7
23. Qh3 Nxe5
24. dxe5 Nd7
25. Bc2 g6
26. Qh6 Rfd8
27. Re4 b5
28. h4 b4
29. Bb2 b3
30. Bb1 Nc5
31. Rd4 Na4
32. h5 Bf8
33. Qc1 Nxb2
34. Qxb2 Rxd4
35. Qxd4 a5
36. Qa1 Bg7
37. Re1 Qc5
38. Re4 Rd8
39. Qb2 a4
40. g3 Rb8
0-1

The Arlington team has kept pace with the Federals, winning its third straight match by shutting out Georgetown, 6-0, on October 31. D. B. Hatch won from J. Konouck on first board.

'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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