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January 28, 1933 Chess Games-Problems by Paul L. Cromelin, The Daily Argus, Mount Vernon, N.Y.

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ChessChess 28 Jan 1933, Sat Mount Vernon Argus (White Plains, New York) Newspapers.com

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CHESS Games — Problems 1 By Paul L Cromelin MR AND MRS 14 Q-B3 BxQch No 25 2 PROBLEM NO 18 5 RxB May 1914 K-R3 13 35 B-Q3 N-KB1 P-B5 33 Chess Club In the last night at the Mount Long Run 3 3 5 IS I 1 s 9 be at B-Q2 NxB nonneed four 2 3 4 6 6 92nd consecutive semi-annual dividend declared in January That’s TheRohrigs 8 9 in B-B3 B-K 3 QR-KK RxP PxB RxR P-K3 -B4 NxQ P-KN3 NxTch rxP BxP Blasi Black P-K4 R-B P-KR3 Q-N on & score that went SO and lasted until 2 o’clock Just as hard on the RxRch R-Bch Q-Q7ch R-R7 R-R7ch Q-N'3ch Q-Qfi R-B5 Q-K7ch QxR Q-B4rh R-K7 BxN R-B8 B-R5 RxP! R-Q7 PxP B-K2 0-0 B-N5 N-R3 &amp;apos;P-QR3 B-R3 BxN RxR BxP P-R4 R-KB R-K P-R5 B-B5! Resigns White White Mates in Two arranged be- Chess N-H3 R-KB r-R3.
The Chess Editor White never reached their the Mount Vernon Mount Vernon scored were Black N-KR3 i P-Ql NxP Play will be held at The Koger Smith Hotel on March 17 18 and 19 This will allow an evening session on riday the 17th an afternoon and evening of play on the next day and two more rounds on Sunday the 19th In the event that a decision is not reached by that time an extra round will be held on the 20th Besides this event a "B” tournament will be held for those who are not quite of championship caliber Entries for both tournaments should be mailed directly to Hy ox The Roger Smith Hotel 1 Chester Avenue White Plains Entries will not be accepted later than March 10 Play in the championship tournament will be one game elimination to pick three players These will be entered against Max Hacker the present champion in a round robin which will decide the winner of the title ' An innovation in county chess circles will be the use of clocks in the round robin play.
THE CHESSBOARD A Two Knights Defence by Dr Blasi a Vienna Game by Plowdon Stevens Jr and an Alekhine Defense by Paul L Cromelin constitute this week’s examples of chess as it is seen at the Mount Vernon Chess Club All were played in a match with the Holsatia Chess Club of Yonkers 1 3 5 PROBLEMS Problem No 17 printed last week was blurred so -that the Black Bishop on N8 was not easily P-QN N-N2 BiKRP N-KR4 BxPch K-N B-N3 BPxN WW 4 Mount Vernon i Rye K White Plains ? Holsattfa : Jewish Com Cen.
CONNECTICUT CHESS LEAGUE A match has been tween the Connecticut League and the Westchester Coun ty Chess League Play will held at Rye on March 25 with least 15 players on each team KOGER SMITH TOURNAMENT The Roger Smith Hotel of White Plains will again sponsor the tournament which will decide the individual county champion of 1933 Details governing the play were settled at a meeting of the executive committee of the Westchester County Chess League which will supervise the play The White Plains Chess Club will be host to the visiting players and spectators Black The Readers Send in your vote for Black’s fifth move Six players are entered in the game so far Six ballots or more should be enough to prevent a tie that would hold up the game for a week Be sure to have your vote in The Daily Argus office before Wednesday MOUNT VERNON CHESS CLUB The withdrawal of Dr Blasi from the championship tournament at the Mount Vernon Chess Club spikes the prophecy we made a few weeks ago as to the order in which the leaders would finish We refuse to make any further predictions At present Milton Krieger stands alone with a perfect score of six wins Max Hacker and John W Barnhart chief contenders for the crown drew their own game and are tied for second place with 514 — 14 Krieger is scheduled to meet Barnhart in his next match the result of which probably will have a lasting effect on the final positions.
In the secondary group Albert R Dwyer is still undefeated having scored five straight wins In second place grande who of the upsets of the tournament with a score of 5 — 1 Dr B M Scholder is third with four wins and one loss An impromptu Rapid Transit Tournament was held at the Mount Vernon Chess Club Wednesday night Dr A A Blasi won as usual his score being 7 — 0 John W Barnhart lost only to Blasi finishing second and Milton Krieger took third place by losing only to Blasi and Barnhart COUNTY " LEAGUE Mount Vernon was scheduled to play the Yonkers Jewish Community Center last Wednesday but in some mysterious manner the visitors who left Yonkers early that 'evening to complete the en gagement destination Chess Club a default and five points added to its total of won games The standings given below include the defaulted match is Jere J Casa-has provided most by J C J WAINWRIGHT Two Knights Vossler White P-K4 N-KB3 B-B4 P-QB8 B-N5 NxP 7 BxNch r-Q4 NxP Q-K2ch R-B 12 N-Q2 Vienna.
THE READER’S GAME Russell Loftus slipped a vote for 4 P-B4 under the deadline last Wednesday 'just in time to break a three-way tie between that move P-QN3 and B-K2 Albert Dwyer agreed with Loftus The minority votes were cast by Ben W McCready ((all the way from East Orange N J) for 4 B-K2 and Milton Krieger who preferred 4 P-QN3 Both of the alter natives probably will result during the course of the game The diagram shows the position after N-KB3 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 P-QN3 N-KB3 4 B-N2 P-Q4 Q-K7ch N-B3 P-R4ch Resigns N-B3 P-Q4 PxP Q-Q4 xB TxPep QxNP K-Q B-KRfi B-Q3 Game Starh Black r-K4 discernable A few identified the piece however and solutions have been received With this additional help perhaps a few more of the readers will be able to solve it be fore Wednesday The Key Mqve for Problem 16 is 1 R-K2 The three variations: Black 1 K-N4 K-Q4 P-Q4 Mount Vernon.
MATCHES AV L White N-QB3 -K4 P-B4 N-B3 P-Q4 WxP B-Q3 0-0 WHITE: K on KR7 Q on Qsq B’s on KB5 and Q6 N on K7 and P’s on KR4 and KN6 7 pieces BLACK: K on KB3 Q on QR2 B’s on QR and QN3 and P’s on KR3 QB2 and QR7 7 pieces Solations mast he In the Pally Argos office by the second Wednesday following publication The theme will be described two weeks after publication ZJ ‘ZJ yr -W White 2 R-B2 B-N2 Correct solutions were received from A J Bastine J C Michael J Lyons Ben W McCready East Orange N J R J Reichert and John C Rolff ‘ '3 s ' K-H3 BiB Black ui- mats in Q-Q2 N-Q5 N-B4 N-Q5 r-B3 Q-QR2 N-B4 Alekhine Khrccht 4 White 1 P-K4 2 N-QB3 3 xP 4 NxN 5 P-Q3 6 P-QR3 7 Q-K2 x 9 10 ?-R5ch Q-rts Q-R4 N-N5 MIDNIGHT LASHES The White Plains scored its third consecutive win by defeating the Holsatia Chess Club of Yonkers in a match of eight boards The final score was 514-214 G M Sharrard D Hoffmann H Svigals H uhs and Dotsch scored wins and K Blake drew for the half point The victory moves White Plains up into second place one - half point ahead of Rye The game between Milton Krieger and John W Barnhart was played Vernon clubhouse Krieger scored a win on a score that went 80 moves this morning chess editor as it was on the combatants It appears that Krieger is the one to be beaten in the race for the title sZd 4 m X ' - L 9 29 5 ' - I

'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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