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May 22, 1932 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chess and Checkers

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ChessChess 22 May 1932, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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We give below the score In the Philadelphia Chess League: Won. Lost. Mercantile .....21 3 Masters 23 7 Baker 16 14 German-American ... 13'j 16'i Central City 13 22 West Philadelphia . . 22 U. of Pa 6 17 In the Consultation Tournament the results of the last round were as follows: Drasln- Regan .... Ruth- Winkelman Sack- Martinez- Huntsberger 0 Bauder- Di Martino Gedance- WUklnson. Gordon.... Levin-Welner Bye.
Adjourned. Five adjourned games remain to be completed before the final standing of the teams can be determined. These games will be played off in the next two weeks. Below will be found three scores of matches played in the League Tournament: Mercantile S. T. Sharp.. 1 P. B. Driver. lk D. G. Weiner.l J. Martinez.. 0 R. Hunts- berger .... 1 J. Levin ....1 Ger.-Amer. A. Vogel ...0 O. Neitzsch- man 4 A. Stein ...'.0 O. Stark ...1 O. Grummt .0 R. Mueller.. 0 Total .. 14 Masters R. P. Bailey.. Vi E. Mendclson 1 L. Goldstein. Vi S. Sack .,..1 S. Drasln ..1 J. Gordon ..1 Total .... 5 West Phila. V. DiMartino.O R. B. Yonker. O J. Wilkinson 1 A. L. White-man 0 G. Seitchik..l K. G. Seitz.. Mi Total 44 Baker I. Ash 'i G. Baker ...0 A. Klang ... 'i E. S. MnguireO J. Maclnnis..0 L. Bendix ...0 Total .... 1 Central City S. B. Watts.. 0 W. Hawke . . 1 M. B. Gordon 0 M. Maurer ..1 W. Klppox.. 0 W. Turner .. V4 Total .... 2 Total An interesting tournament is expected to be played at Pasadena this summer.
Among the probable CHESS AND "BY WALTER PENN SHIPLEY" entries are Samuel Reshefsky, at one tirne the child marvel, now studying at the University of Chi cago; Abraham Kupchik, Frank J. Marshall, Isaao Kashdan, Arthur W. Dake and Samuel Factor. Possibly William E. Napier, formerly of Brooklyn and at one time champion of England, will take part. Mr. Napier has been active In the chess world the past few months. Dr. Alekhlne has also, we understand, accepted an invitation to play. Below will be found two of the games played In the recent Mercantile-Manhattan match: Caro-Kann Defense Sharp Samuels WHITE BLACK 1 P-K4 1-P-QB3 2 P-Q4 2-P-Q4 3 PxP 3-PxP 4 B-Q3 4 Kt-KB3 1 Kt-KB3 5 B-KtS 6 P-B3 6 Kt-B3 7 Castles 7 P-K3 8 P-KR3 8 B-R4 9 B-KB4 9 B-Q3 10 BxB 10 QxB 11 QKt-Q2 11 B-Kt3 12 Q-K2 12 R-QB 13 QR-K , 13 P-QR3 14 Kt-K5 14-BxB 15 QxB 15 Castles 16 P-KB4 16 P-QKt4 17 P-QR4 17-R-Kt 18 P-QKt4 18 Kt-Q3 19 Kt-Kt3 19 QKtxKt 20 BPxKt 20 Q-B3 21 PxP 21 RxP 22 R-B3 22-Kt-Kt3 23 R-R 23 Kt-B5 24 Kt-Q2 24-P-QR4 25 PxP 25 KtxRP 26 R-Kt3 26 R-B 27 Q-K3 27 K-R 28 Q-K15 . 28-R-KKt 29 R-KB 29-P-R3 30 Q-R5 30-R-Kt2 31 R-B6 31-K-R2 32 RxKtPch Resigns.
French Defense Driver Newman WHITE BLACK 1 P-K4 1 P-K3 2 P-Q4 2 P-Q4 3 Kt-QB3 3 Kt-KBS 4 P-K5 4 KKt-Q2 5 Kt-B3 5 B-K2 6 B-Q3 7 P-KR4 8 BxPch 9 Kt-Kt5ch 10 PxBch 11 Q-R5 12 P-Kt6 6 Castles 7 P-QB4(a) 8 KxB 9 BxKt 10 K-Kt 11 P-B3 Resigns. (a) Black must now play 7 P-KB4, the text move, leading to an old trap in this form of the French defense, of which Driver takes prompt advantage. Problem No. 2861 is wived by R-QKU: Problem No. 2862 is solved by Q-QR8.
Solutions received from: Mrs. K. Adler, Jean W. Alexander. George E. Baker, George Bender, Bamuel E. Bailey, L. D. Benner, Luther P, Brown, 8. B. Conver, J. Dubbelde, Attilio Dt Camlllo;Rus5ell O. Fry 'Perry Stewart FlegeL Horace C. Faunce, E. M. Grimm, John Han-nan, J. W. Harris, Kenneth Herster, Joseph W. Halderstadt, William Raymond Halberstadt, E. Carlton Jameson, H. L. Jameson, George F. Meeter, Karl V. Nygaard, George S. Middleton, Carl Meta, O. Norman Mcllhenny, Kirk "Naylor.PaulF.Re-ber, Sr., Paul E. Rogers, Ernest W. Strang, A. N. Tschekaloff, Albert Whlteman and Charles Willing.
Problem No. 2865 By A. Van Eelde BLACK SIX WHITE EIGHT PIECES White to play and mate In two moves. WHITE K at KR5; Q at QR4; B at KB5; Kt at K8; Pawns at QKt3, K6, KB4 and KKt4.
BLACK K at Q4; R at Qsq; Kt at KB7; Pawns at QB4, K2 and KR3. , The tliree-move problem is an old-timer by F. Hcaly, first published in 1853. We doubt If a single one of our readers was playing chess at that date (for if so, he must be at least 88 years of age) and therefore the problem will be found of interest, especially so aa it Illustrates how the old masters handled this style of composition. Problem No. 2866 By F. Healy BLACK ON White to play and mate In three moves. v WHITE K at QS; Q at KB2; R sc won; r at BLACK K at Q8.

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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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