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July 08, 1934 Chess Problem, Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, New York

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ChessChess 08 Jul 1934, Sun Buffalo Courier Express (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com

OCR Text

Chess Problem to P- Jackson White week’s end-game study not have been difficult for However inn riMfnpw Correct solution to chess problem No 77 was received from John Sendelbach Peter A Swart and John H Tusch Buffalo W G Daly Herkimer N Y and Harold Armstrong, Niagara Falls White — 4 pieces clays and helps white mate in 1— Kt-Blch 2— Kt-Kt3 dis ch 3— R-KRlch 4 — Kt-Bl mate.
Correct solution chess problem was received from I Peter A Swart John H Tusch and John Sendelbach Buffalo Harold Armstrong and G W Blankman Niagara alls W G Daly Herkimer N Y and John Goldbach Lancaster lohr Black Castles K) K-RUD R-KKtl W-KW PxP P-K4 Q-B4 QR-K1 Kt-B3 Q-K3 Kt-K5 P-B3 last week’s lohr Black P-QB3 P-Q4 PxP Kt-QB3 Kt-B3 B-Kt5 P-K3 Q-Bl KtxKt Kt-Q2.
What is “fairy chess?" It is defined by Bryan Harley as play that goes outside the rules of regular problems Problem No 79 is one and it is offered to the readers as something new to think about airy problems might be termed unorthodox but perhaps sooner or later will be recognized alongside of the present so-called legitimate problems.
After problem composers had used up all the subtle themes tn regular two and three - movers their ingenuity found an outlet in this fairy’ chess and the sui-mate help-mate retrograde analysis reflex-mate etc were the outcome.
Here is a help-mate where Black aids White mate in two moves Can you find it? By C M ox England BUrk -3 Diecea lohr Shows His Skill Considered by many as a logical contender for Dr Alekhine’s title Salo lohr has given many evidences of his skill including his feat of winning the Hastings tourney two consecutive years against a fairly strong field Here is one of his games against E M Jackson one of England's strongest amateurs.
CARO-KANN DEENSE Jackson White 25 QxB 26 -KR3 27 R-K3 2S QR-K1 29 Q-Bl 30 RkRP 31 Kt-B3 32 K-Rl 33 RIKD-K3 34 Kt-R4 35 Kt-B3 36 R-K2 4 B-Q3a) 5 P-QB3 6 B-KB4 7 Kt-B3 Q-Kt3 9 Kt-K5 10 PxKtib) 11 Q-R4 12 Kt-Q3 13 B-Kt3 14 QR-Bl(c) 13 U-KB2 16 Kt-B3 17 Q-K3 It Kt-Q4 19 B-KB4 20 QxB 21 Castles 22 Q-R6 23 KR-K1 24 Q-K3 (rom (a) — P-QB4 opening out the position la now In fashion However the text move give White solid game (b) — BxKt has Its advantages keeping open the king's file for his rooks (c) — Not a happy choice In view of nmcK a odvious intention to play QKt4 shutting off White s P-QB4 (d) — A bold course evidently he la out to win (e) — Black has turned White’s fourteenth move to advantage very cleverly he now wins the king's pawn (f) — If PxP the reply R-K3 would be rather embarrassing to black (g) — Kt-Q4 Q-Q2 would be of no use to White the text move threatens (besides the mate): 38 — Kt-Q4 and 39 — Kt-B5 Black parries both with one stroke ' (h) — Yielding White at last the use of Q4 square but only because Black can make better use of his knight (I) — Precipitating disaster Q-Q2 was necessary (J) — or If QxR Kt-B5 wins Kt-K4 PxP en Kt-Q6 RxR R(K7)xKKtP Q-KKt3 R-Kt R-R6 ch p-kkS(' P-KKU B-Kt4(ei BxB Q-B2 QxKP B-Kt3 Q-R4 BxB British Cheas Magazine) B-K2 37 Q-QKtl(g) Q-Q3 QKt4 38 Q-Kl P-K5 ( h ' 40 P-KB4(1) 41 KtxBP 43 Q-Q2 43 QxKtG) 44 R-R6 48 Q-K3 45 HR4 Resigns.
Black two Last should the solvers received many favorable comments

'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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