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August 05, 1956 The King's Men by Merrill Dowden, Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky

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The King's MenThe King's Men 05 Aug 1956, Sun The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

Botvinnik Slips?
By Merrill Dowden
Is the reigning chess champion of the world, Mikhail Botvinnik of the U.S.S.R., overrated? Or is he really invincible, as many suppose?
Former World Champion Dr. Max Euwe of Holland, in a provocative article written for Chess Review, thinks that Botvinnik's long absence from tournament play may work against him when he lays his title on the line against his fellow countryman, Vassily Smyslov, winner of the Challengers.
The main question, Euwe says, will be whether Botvinnik has kept abreast of the steady advances in chess.
“In the third period of his championship tenure,” Euwe writes, “Botvinnik has engaged in no more play than in the first or second. So he shall have to surmount this deficiency by study. That he is capable of doing so we have learned from his two previous matches. Consequently, one does well not to underrate Botvinnik now.”

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, February 8, 2024

White mates in two.
Composed by Scheel.
R-KR5
FEN 8/B6r/k5p1/1R6/8/8/KQ6/8 w - - 0 1

Many authorities believe that America's Paul Morphy, who was at the peak of his career a hundred years ago, was the greatest chess player of all time. This game, played for the U.S. championship in 1857, shows Morphy's knack for snatching the attack from unwary opponents.

Note: The game as given, August 05, 1956, in the The King's Men by Merrill Dowden, Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky differs slightly from the chessgames web site data.

Theodore Lichtenhein vs Paul Morphy
1st American Chess Congress, New York (1857), New York, NY USA, rd 3, Oct-22
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Variation (C45) 0-1

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. B-QB4 N-B3
5. P-K5 P-Q4!
6. B-QN5 N-K5
7. NxP B-Q2
8. NxN PxN
9. B-Q3 B-QB4
10. BxN Q-R5!
11. Q-K2 PxB
12. B-K3? B-KN5
13. Q-B4 BxB!
14. P-KN3 Q-Q!
15. PxB Q-Q8ch
16. K-B2 Q-B6ch
17. K-N B-R6
18. QxQBPch K-B
19. QxRch K-K2
0-1
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4 vs. 3. Bc4 exd4
4. Bc4 Nf6 vs. 4. d4 exd4
5. e5 d5!
6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Nxc6 bxc6
9. Bd3 Bc5
10. Bxe4 Qh4!
11. Qe2 dxe4
12. Be3? Bg4
13. Qc4 Bxe3!
14. g3 Qd8!
15. fxe3 Qd1+
16. Kf2 Qf3+
17. Kg1 Bh3
18. Qxc6+ Kf8 and resigns....
vs. continues as
19. Qxa8+ Ke7
0-1

*If now 14. QxQBPch, B-J2; 15. QxRch K-K2; 16. P-KN3, BxPch; 17. KxB P-K6ch; 18. K-K1 Q-Nch; 19. P-B3 QxP; 20. QxR B-N5, and Black wins!

'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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