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Best of Chess Fischer Newspaper Archives
• Robert J. Fischer, 1955 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1956 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1957 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1958 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1959 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1960 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1961 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1962 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1963 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1964 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1965 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1966 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1967 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1968 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1969 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1970 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1971 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1972 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1973 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1974 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1975 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1976 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1977 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1978 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1979 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1980 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1981 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1982 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1983 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1984 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1985 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1986 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1987 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1988 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1989 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1990 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1991 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1992 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1993 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1994 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1995 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1996 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1997 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1998 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1999 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 2000 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 2001 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 2002 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 2003 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 2004 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 2005 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 2006 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 2007 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 2008 bio + additional games
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July 05, 1937, Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia Chess by Paul J. Miller

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ChessChess 05 Jul 1937, Mon Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com

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BY PAUL J. MILLER, JR. LANS for the Pall chess season in the District will be outlined by the president of the Metropolitan Chess Association tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Parkside Hotel. Each chess club and group in the District is privileged to send two representatives to this official assembly and participate in formulating the association's policy on match play. Current officers of the association are Prof. Paul Miller, president; D. 8. Burch, vice president; Abe Seidenberg, secretary, and Mrs. Anna Bran, treasurer. Washington boosts some 28 chess groops which presages a W'lntor of real chess activity.
No fees are charged for any M. C. A. meetings. VoiJol ..J V uiL» Itm _ "PERFECT timing on the chessboard, A described by the late Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch as tempo with accumulated sequential time becoming tempii, is best Illustrated when two A-class players parry and block adverse moves with such consummate skill that the only result possible is a draw. The set-to between Simon Naidel and Max Kessler, chess director of the Paul Morphy Chess Club, as they fought for a win in the Class A tournament, was an excellent instance of the best move trumped by the adequate reply. So Simon and Max drew. Recent scoring in the Class B tournament of the Morphyites: Rothseb _0 Camden _1 Horn _O MaeCready_1 Bennett _0 Rothseb _1 Bsktn _tk Grodsky -Va Thompson_O Benjamin _3 Dunn _0 Saporito _3 Bard _1 Sutphen _c Lind __Vk Kunkle _Va MacOready_1 Rothseb _3 Thompson _0 Horn -3 Camden _1 Bennett _f Benjamin _1 Rot hand _( Bard _ I Horn™._< MaeCready ..... 1 Powell___C Camden __I Bakin __I \T PETTROW of Latvia, obtaining a * draw with Dr. A. Alekhin, exworld champion, in the international masters’ tournament in progress at the Kurhaus In Kemeri, Latvia, moved up to second place with the score of 9'-2—3'*. youthful Samuel Reshvesky, American champion, heading the masters by 10—2. Reuben Fine, the other United States player in the match, defeated H. Berg of Latvia.
Pine, Steiner and Apscheneek are tied for eighth place, each with a tally of 7-6. Fine has been consistent in his display of lackadaisical chess. Obviously, tsi his constant play In European tournaments for the last year has dulled his perceptions and he needs a change of pace—say a week or so at one cf the jolly bawth" resorts that dot the English coast. Divan Open Summer Tourney.
HOLDING its own despite warm 1 weather, the Washington Social Chess Divan will play the first sound in a single robin tournament Wednesday, 8 p.m., in the cool game rooms of the Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street northwest. Simon Naidel, entrepreneur of the tourney, says as soon as a 10-second timing clock arrives the players will have a siege of sandwich chess, otherwise known as skittles, because nothing is serious and you only have a bite of time between moves. Ladies are welAme to engage in the open divan and skittles.

'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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