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January 21, 1933 Chess Games-Problems by Paul L. Cromelin, The Daily Argus, Mount Vernon, N.Y.

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ChessChess 21 Jan 1933, Sat Mount Vernon Argus (White Plains, New York) Newspapers.com

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CHESS Games — Problems By Paul L Cromelin 2 IS you do While Black Resigns WIHTI PROBLEM NO 17 be- by rhe Rend ers G GU1DELLI other November 1918 Black — 7 Pieces A rens P-R-t WHERE TO DINE WHERE TO DINE Hacker this nith the each The wait- thc the Black's favorable YhnioldliiJ GAME game between Max Q-K5 QxB 2 mate that move —Here Barnhart a winning line effective the Bishop In conjunction with BLACK 1 1 Black White's last move Department 15 dealt this case WHITE IM— ar too late counter attack gives him the position- 3(1— With the w White sets the ’draw of this B-q-i 4 i J posit ion 16 — Obviously nn White — 5 Pieces White Mates in Two The Chess Editor.
White that was 2S KxR The and John W Barnhart printed this WESTCHESTER COUNTY CHESS IfEAGUE A meeting of the executive committee of the Westchester County Chess League will be held tomorrow at 3 P M at the Roger Smith Hotel in White Plains Details for the tournament to decide the county champion will be formulated The title at preseit rests witli Max Hacker of Mount Vernon White Plains present champion of the league is doing better in the second round Off to a bad start in the first by losing three of the four matches the team rallied in the second and added two consecutive points to its score bringing it into third place The team defeated Rye last Wednesday with the the two and the on of Qther of the variations: White type.
The Black c believe it will repay Indian Defense I 33 K-R2 R-KR rpcaininff the piece and re Ing with a won ind game ‘BLACK- 31— Make a note of position with Black to make his move The End Gam Study es? in the column attempts'' to show Black should win by another WHITE pawn J HE 3 P-QB4 The the position after 4 B-N2 Send in Cromelin Plowdon Stevens and Dr A A Blasi scored the remain-ing points On Wednesday night the Mount Vernon Chess Club is scheduled to play the Jewish Community Center of Yonkers at the club 9 South Third Avenue The box score to date: Mount Vernon Rye White Plains.
On Problem Problem No “Half-Pin” in Black Bishops on one line Black other pair ‘ Key-Move is 1 ing week provides a study of the action of Bishops of opposite color An analysis of the position seems to indicate a win for Black before making his 34th move The correct strategy for Black involves retaining his KBP which is surrendered by the text 34th move The main suggested variation is given with comments Perhaps our readers can find a flaw in our analysis Let us know if Note that self-pinned piece would defeat mate were it free to move Collect solutions wei'e received from A J Bastine J C E Dayton (New Rochelle) red Higgins and John C Rolff Rook and Knight Moving either one Self-Pins” the B-K3 malg mate mate in each variation.
CHESS CLUB The International Chess Club formerly the “Hungarla International” has moved to 21 West 85th Street New York City where it is open daily instead of two days weekly as heretofore Joseph Partos secretary informs us that tomorrow at 4 P M Israel Horowitz will lecture on a new line of play in the Queen’s Pawn Opening1 After the lecture a Rapid Transit will hold the center of the stage The ebruary issue of the Chess Review will publish the analysis of Horowitz’s talk would he at N3 the Queen at B2 thoroughly- refutes.
THE CHESSBOARD MaxHacker and John IV Barnhart played a tight game at the Mount Vernon Chess Club as each strove for another point toward the club championship Hacker obtained the better position but lost ins grasp of it and was lucky to get the draw The score is rather fully commented cn in the notes e believe it will repay study tV 1 KB any except xB QB any R or NxR Mount Vernon played the Holsatia Chess Club of Yonkers last night and for the second' time in succession its opopnents were unable to score a full point The final score was Arthur Meyer on Board 1 drew against E Sporkman John W Barnhart ' Max Hacker Milton Krieger Paul The Reader’s Game.
A vote of two to one again decides the issue in our game with ? leaders M J Lyons and Albert Dwyer agreed on 3 X n b Jr N-KB3 as the best continuation Russell Loftus is in the minority nctn wun diagram gives 3N-RB3: your vote for Black’s fourth move before Wednesday Snlnt ion ofl'ice by inc public Mcrihecl tv y RICH AND ELM & Blocks East of New Note linw much more.

'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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