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December 13, 1937, Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia Chess by Paul J. Miller

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ChessChess 13 Dec 1937, Mon Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com

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INTERHIGH chess is ts literally swarmed in the Social Chess Lounge, Parkside Hotel, during round No. 2 of the current tournament for the team championship of the High School Chess Association, quintets from Tech and Central gamering decisive victories. According to President Robert Hostler the booking for the third round to be played Friday afternoon, December 17, is: Tech vs. Central—Parkside Hotel. Eastern vs. Wilson—Parkside Hotel Western vs. Roosevelt—Parkside Hotel. Round No. 4 will be played during the Christmas holidays, probably at the convenience of the respective teams. Individual scoring, round No. 2: Tech vs. Western. Robert Feeney. _ 1 Robert Parr _ 0 Sol Breeskin 1 Roy Mtllenson. 0 John Abbadessa 1 Geo. Musgrave . O Robert Bierly 1 Helm Lyon _ 0 Daniel Fusfeld. 1 Robert Belgal_0 IT ~o~ Wilson vs. Central. David Margold. 0 Samuel Bass . 1 Hal Moore __ 0 Robert Hostler 1 John Dickman.. 0 Walter Kurland 1 Felix Bronner . '/a Melvin Bera_ 14 Harold Zucher _ 0 Leo Weimer_1 H 414 Central vs. Roosevelt. Paul Miller * W. Magathan . • Warren Simpson • R. McWilliams- • Jack Gill __ • Guy Goodman .- • Mamuel Holtz... 0 S. Steinberg __ 1 Sidney Saha-• Russell Macy-• ™ 1~ •Games adjourned. Greatest District Club Tourney. Y\7HEN 25 select players from the ’’ combined Department of Agriculture and Paul Morphy Chess Clubs (playing as the Paul Charles Morphy Chess Club) locked horns with an equal number of players of high caliber from the Washington Social Chess Divan at the Parkside Hotel, District Harris, Yank, Tops Players in Japan chessdom witnessed the greatest assembly of over-the-board players ever to contest an interclub match here. Norval Wigginton welcomed the visiting players on behalf of the Divan. Simon Naidel, Divan tournament director, conferred with Max Kessler, Morphy chess director, a few pertinent announcements were made as to pairings and the battle got underway.
After three hours of hotly fought games, with the scoring see-sawing back and forth, the amaxing result was a draw, each team tallying a total of IZ% points. Imagine the consternation that followed. A tie in a match of 25 boards. Such scoring is unique in interclub play. Individual play: Morphy vs. Chess Divan. Bd. 1 Vincent Eaton Va Carl Hesse _ Vi 2 Max Kessler 0 Walter Jacobs_1 3 G. R. Paschal 0 Simon Naidel 1 4 Alex. SLurges 1 Anton Hesse __ 0 5 D. S. Burch Vi Robert Feeney _ Vi 6 J. Neufeld 1 Kenneth 3tubbs_ O 7 E. R. Shepard 0 Robert Martens 1 8 A. E. McClure Vi Gen. B. Bogol’bov Vi H C. Carpenter. 0 David E. Brand. 1 IOC. Gallant 1 F. W. Gleason.. 0 11 B. Greensteln 1 E. E. Williams . 0 12 J. L. Rubin 1 Stuart Wagman. 0 13 A. C. Hoffman 0 Joseph Tishler . 1 14 G. W. Hervey 1 J. G. Fairchild. 0 15 A. R. Sabin 1 Raymond Lewis 0 18 N.D.McD’well 0 Jacob Perla . . 1 17 R. E. Schw’g'r 0 Winfred Horn.. 1 18 W. E. Dunn 1 Henry Reil 0 19 D. Livingston 0 Norval Wigglnt’n 1 20 J. Beniamin. 1 Maud Sewall_O 21 F. Lind ... 0 L. W. Ferris ... 1 22 E. Kunkle... 1 J. Terrill __ . 0 23 D. Bard 1 J. Chmielcwski 0 24 H. B. Rlch'd'n 0 Joseph Sciibante 1 25 J. B. Eskln.. 0 Capt. A.B.Graves 1 12 Vi 12 Vi For the splendid success of the tournament, Earle Kunkle and Max Kessler of the Paul Morphy Chess Club and Simon Naidel and Winfred Horn of the Divan are to be commended. These promoters intimate that a return tournament of truly mammoth proportions is the plan for 1938. A FTER the scheduled final round in the general tournament of the Divan tomorrow night, contestants must complete all games by Christmas, issuing personal challenges to remaining opponents.

'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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