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June 10, 1934 Chess Problem, Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, New York

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ChessChess 10 Jun 1934, Sun Buffalo Courier Express (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com

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Chess Problem Borol’x White Alekhin White 1 P-Q4 4 P-K3 5 B-Q3 Kt-B3 7 BxBP 8B-Q3 9 Castles Today’s problem No 75.
Is an end game by Henri Leysens considered by many the greatest of all end-game composers It is a beautiful setup and has a pretty hidden combination To assist you it may be said that it does not go over eight moves Black— S pieces 34 Q-B2 35 R-B4 38 Q-Kt2 37 P-K5 38 QxKP 41 K-R3 43 Q-Kt8 43 Q-K8ch 12 QKt-Q2 13 P-R5 14 Kt-B4 15 Q-K3 16 P-K4 17 P-Rl 18 KKtxKt KtxKt" B-B R-R3eh K-KU P-KKtl P-R4 K-B5 P-KtS K-Q5 K-B K-QS K-B6 K-Q8 of It be All meeting evening nominating of Shillingford Elizabeth presented entitled Perhaps by this time the world’s chess championship match between Dr Alekhine and E D Bogoljubow will be over and it will be found that Alekhine has retained his title.
Chess players all over the world i have been disappointed at the poor showing of the challenger who failed to even approach the form he showed against Alekhine in their previous match.
After drawing the eighteenth game a short rest was taken in the present series and play was resumed at Nuremberg Germany The next two games were drawn but in the 21st the champion again showed his superiority by winning Alekhine now leads by seven to one with thirteen drawn Only two points more were needed to retain the championship and since this does not include the games played this week it is safe to say that probably the match is over 46 C-KWch 47 Q-K6eh 48 R-B4 49 R-B6cb 50 QxKP 51 RxQ 52R-K2 53 P-B4 54 K-Kt2 55 P-KR3 56 K-B3 57 R-K5ch 5RxP 59 RxP 60R-R8 61 R-B8eh 63 R-Qeh 63 R-B5ch 64 R-Q8ch 65 R-B8eh Drawn BPXP PxP Q-Kt3 PxB B-Q2 Kt-B3 B-K2 Silt Q-B4 ££ KR-Kt mu BxB R-KU R-Q2 Q-Q3 RxP R-Q7 R-Q8ch QxRch Q-Q6 Q-Q3 P-Kt4 Q-Q5 an excellent specimen of Alekhine Baxel’w Black White White — pieces White to move and win Last week’s simple end game ended by sacrificing the white pawn which was about to be promoted then mating with the bishop and king.
Here it is: 1— P-Kt8(Q)ch KxQ 2— K-K K-Rl 3 — K-B7 P moves: 4— B-Kt7 mate Correct solution to last week's chess problem was received from Harold Armstrong Stuart Shapiro Kenneth Temple and William L Tusch John Sendelbach and A P Sy Buffalo H G Peters Colburne N Y 3 Kt-KB3 4 Kt-B3 5 B-Kt5 6 KKtx 7P-K3 8BxKt 9BxP 10 Castles 11 B-Kt3 13 R-B 13 KtxKt 14 0-RS 15 Kt-Q5 ISKtxB 17Q-R5 18 P-Kt3 15 B-R4 20 Q-B3 !2t4ch 23 R-B3 24 KR-B 25 Q-R3ch 26 QxP 27 R-B8 28 P-K4 29 RxR 30 K-Kt2 31 Q-B5ch 32 Q-B3 33 R-B6 Here is the forcing play by which Dr Alekhine won from Bojoljubow It was in the second game of their match and resulted in first blood for the chess champion Queen’s Pawn Opening BosoU’x Black Kt-KB3 Alekhin White 20 BxKt 21 Kt-KtS 32 QR-B 23 R-B4 24 PxP 25 R-R 26 P-B3 37 P-B4 38 PxB an Rnxrh 30 Q-R5ch P-Kt: 31QxRPehK-B3 K-BOCn 33 P-R4ch 34 Q-Rch IK 36 Q-Q6ch K-Kt5 37 BxRca Resigns.
BocolJ’w Black BxB ' R-R3 Q-Q3 -B4 PXPK0 Q-KtS RxB K-B3 c-ku I K-Kt4 K-B5 P-Kt RxR b Reittns Alekhine vs Bogoljubow Here is the first game between Dr Alekhine and E G Bogoljubow which resulted in the protest by the latter only to be withdrawn There really was a forced win possible for White Queen’s Gambit Declined Alekhine Blaek P-KtS Q-Kt3 R-Kt3 PxP Q-Q3 K-Q3 P-B4 K-B3 K-KU Q-Q3 Q-K3 R-R3 R-Kt2 K-R3 R-KU K-R4 P-K3 QKT-Q3 PxP P-QKT4 P-QR3 P-B4 P-Kt5 B-Kt2 B-K3 Castles Q-B2 Kt-KtS PxP KKt-K4 B-Q3

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Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'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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