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June 14, 1937, Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia Chess by Paul J. Miller

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ChessChess 14 Jun 1937, Mon Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com

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BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. ROUND No. 3 of the District championship tournament for the feminine crown will be played tonight at 8 o'clock at the Parkside Hotel, it Is announced by Chairman Maud Sewall, who is conducting the tourney under the auspices of the Metropolitan Chess Association. No further entries will be received at this date and the current players will proceed to engage In a single round robin to close on or by July 1 unless unforeseen delays in match play develop.
So far the matches have been played with dispatch and Mrs. E. R. Shepard with five victories and no losses is the favorite. Edel Kittredge, Vivian Jeflers, Anna Bran—all are in a position to make creditable scores.
M. Fitzgerald is one of the dark horses. Mary Owens, Maud Sewall and Charlotte Hallett have not been playing with their accustomed nonchalance and point-registering style, but the remaining rounds of the field of eight may have some surprises. Reynolds Challenges Knox. JN NUMBER of official matches won in the individual interscholastic championship battle of the District, Robert Knojc and William Reynolds are pre-eminent and the “Y” Trophy and medal award will be resolved between these two sterling students of Caissa's pastime.
Knox was graduated from Central in midyear and Reynolds receives his sheepskin this month. Both boys are champions of the fnterhigh Chess Association, Central High, and each has served as team captain to win the I. S. Turover Trophy, emblematic of interhigli team supremacy. Reynolds requested the president of the Metropolitan Chess Association to extend to Knox an official challenge for a play-off for the "Y” Trophy Saturday evening last and if arrangements are completed, tht youthful “chess masters” will lock horns in a title fray this week end at the Social Chess Lounge. Plans also are being made for a Summer collegiate tournament among the class A players of the several local universities and colleges. Interested college players should file their names with Mae Metropolitan Chess Association, Parkside Hotel. Cheaspourri. AMERICA’S international team, to be entered in the August F. I. D. E World team matches at Stockholm, probably will be the strongest delegation of them all. Capt. Frank Marshall will be supported by Reuben Fine, Samuel Reshevsky, Isaac Kashdan and Israel Horowitz, acknowledged as leading national and international masters.
Perhaps the Hamilton-Russell Trophy will come to the shores of the U. S. A. for the fourth consecutive time. The Americans have the greatest chess quintets in the world, as the three team tournaments of the Federation Internationale des Echecs in the past conclusively have proved.
Herman Steiner, chess columnist for the Los Angeles Times was seriously injured in a head-on collision near Ventura, Calif., last week. Dr. Robert B. Griffith, ardent promoter of the North American Correspondence Chess League of America, was killed.

'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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