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January 08, 1898 Chess, The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post

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ChessChess 08 Jan 1898, Sat The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser (Bristol, Bristol, England) Newspapers.com

Games from the telephone match between the City of London Chess Club and the Yorkshire County Chess Association.
Played at Board 2:—

William Atkinson (white) vs. Herbert Jacobs (black)
Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation

William Atkinson vs. Herbert Jacobs, 1898

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-Q4
2. PxP N-KB3
3. B-N5ch B-Q2
4. BxBch QxB
5. P-QB4 P-B3
6. PxP NxP
7. P-QN3 P-K4
8. B-N2 N-QN5
9. P-Q4 PxP
10. P-QR3 N-B3
11. N-KB3 B-K2
12. O-O O-O
13. R-K P-QR4
14. Q-Q3 B-B4
15. QN-Q2 QR-K
16. N-B Q-Q3
17. RxR RxR
18. N-N3 N-K4
19. NxN QxN
20. P-N4 PxP
21. PxP BxP
22. QxQP QxQ
23. BxQ N-Q2
24. N-B5 P-B3
25. N-K3 1/2-1/2
 
Algebraic
1. e4 d5
2. exd5 Nf6
3. Bb5+ Bd7
4. Bxd7+ Qxd7
5. c4 c6
6. dxc6 Nxc6
7. b3 e5
8. Bb2 Nb4
9. d4 exd4
10. a3 Nc6
11. Nf3 Be7
12. 0-0 0-0
13. Re1 a5
14. Qd3 Bc5
15. Nd2 Re8
16. Nf1 Qd6
17. Rxe8 Rxe8
18. Ng3 Ne5
19. Nxe5 Qxe5
20. b4 axb4
21. axb4 Bxb4
22. Qxd4 Qxd4
23. Bxd4 Nd7
24. Nf5 f6
25. Ne3 1/2-1/2

Played at Board No. 4:—

Frank Preston Wildman vs Herbert Trenchard
City of London CC - Yorkshire telephone m (1897), London / Leeds ENG, Dec-18
Vienna Game: Mieses Variation (C26) 1/2-1/2

Played at Board No. 5—

Henry Holwell Cole vs Percy Rosomond Clifford
City of London CC - Yorkshire telephone m (1897), London / Leeds ENG, Dec-18
French Defense: Wing Gambit (C00) 1-0

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January 01, 1898 Chess and Chess Players, The Stockport Advertiser and Guardian

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Chess and Chess PlayersChess and Chess Players 07 Jan 1898, Fri Stockport Advertiser (Stockport, Greater Manchester, England) Newspapers.com

Game played in the telephone match between the City of London Chess Club and the Yorkshire County Association.

Henry Holwell Cole vs Percy Rosomond Clifford
City of London CC - Yorkshire telephone m (1897), London / Leeds ENG, Dec-18
French Defense: Wing Gambit (C00) 1-0

1898, The British Chess Magazine

Stockport Advertiser, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, Friday, January 07, 1898

THE BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE
The new volume which commences this month contains the first of a series of twelve articles on “The BCM Guide to the Openings,” and a more valuable feature of the magazine it would be difficult to imagine. Each article will illustrated as far as possible with games from actual play. The idea is a most excellent one and will no doubt add to the popularity of the magazine. Another special feature of the January issue is the admirable report of the telephone match between the City of London and the Yorkshire Chess Association, with photographs of the teams. Mr. T. Winter Wood, the father of “The Queen of Problemists” contributes an interesting article on “My Chess Reminiscences,” and there is the usual quantity of chess news from all sources and a good selection of games and problems. An article on “Chess Literature” is well worth its place and altogether the current bustle of the B.C.M. is one the general excellence of which the editor and his contributors are to be congratulated upon.

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March 01, 1884 Chess, Sheffield and Rotherham Independent

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February 23, 1884 Chess, Sheffield and Rotherham Independent

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February 16, 1884 Chess, Sheffield and Rotherham Independent

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February 09, 1884 Chess, Sheffield and Rotherham Independent

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February 02, 1884 Chess, Sheffield and Rotherham Independent

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January 26, 1884 Chess, Sheffield and Rotherham Independent

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January 19, 1884 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess

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January 12, 1884 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess

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January 05, 1884 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess

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December 29, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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December 22, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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December 15, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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December 08, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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November 24, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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November 17, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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November 03, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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October 27, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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October 20, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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October 13, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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October 06, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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September 29, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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September 22, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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September 15, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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September 08, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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September 01, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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August 25, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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August 18, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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August 11, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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August 04, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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July 28, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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July 21, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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July 14, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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July 07, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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June 30, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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June 23, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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June 16, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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June 09, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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June 02, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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May 26, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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May 19, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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May 12, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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May 05, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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April 28, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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April 21, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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April 14, 1883 Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Chess by Henry Edward Bird

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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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