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November 18, 1934 Chess Problem, Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, New York

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Chess ChessChess 18 Nov 1934, Sun Buffalo Courier Express (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com

OCR Text

White — 3 pieces.
White to move and win. The key move to last week’s clever two-mover was Q-R2 with these pretty variations : r 1— Q-H2 P-B5: 2— R-Ke mate i 1— Q-R2 K-K3ch: 2— R-Kt7 ! mate ! 1— Q-R2 K-Kt5ch 2— Q-KKt3 mate ! 1— Q-R2 P-Q6: 2— R-Kt4 mate 1— Q-R2 B moves 2 — R-K3 mate i 1 — Q-R3 P-K5 - 3— R-Kt5 mate : -Q-R3 P-K5 3 — R-KtS mate.
Correct solution to chess prob- irom lem No 95 was received John Sendelbach Peter' A Swart John H Tusch I Russell P i Ely Joseph B Slomka and Elmer P Volgenau Buffalo and ! Russell N Ely Niagara allsi i
This year’s master tourney in connection with the Hastings- chess i Chess Problem Today’s problem NoJ 96 is an end-game study by A Troitsky This vfery instructive problem callsl for forcing play by white asihe does not want an exchange of queens with the resultant draw In this position white mates or gains a "winning! advantage in very few moves Canl you do it? Black — 2 piece
bul ere Play three 1 white Lis S He &Ue atempo have after-' ibow com- and- York ' i Cor- dozen it moves champion’ t mi- He s - BxKt ul here festival in England should "bd Very strong as reports say that Invitations have been Issued to Capab lanes Anuxeutnai'i! rionr others Capablanca is in New at the present time y ' Chess flavors interested in respondence games can enter the 31st grand national tourney w of-Sharp’s Chess Association A bul- -letln giving information&about the uutcicHL Lundes 6eciion£ ruiaa can be had by writing A E : Thompson O J Worlds Championship Gime' Here is the 25thgame of the i recent championship match between xjf Aieanin ana bi u uogolj The British Chess Mavaiina ments that in none of his matches with Bogoljubow did Alekhin I play or was maneuvered by transposition-into the orthodox defense to :ttie Queen’s Gambit Declined although he defended it several times aj ainst Capablanca and never in- all three matches has the King’s Indiaiji Det fense to the Queen’s Pawn Onenlng? -been adopted.
In this game Alekhin gives evi-dences of his'skill and although Bo-y goljubow does not play badljJ -the&amp;apos;i-J uncanny skill of the champion is ' -Just too much ” ' Qoeen'i Gambit ‘Aeeepted ‘ : Borolj'w -I White ' s I 1 P-Q4 i 2 KI-KB3 ( j r-jux -fP-K3 BxP I e Kt-BJ t V PKP1 8 P-R3() : 9 P-K4 10 Castles ’ xi u-M -12 B-OR3 13P-KKV i 15 Q-K3fc) 16 Kt-Kt5 17 BxKt ' 18 BxKt ’ It Kt-K2(d) 20 PxP 31 OR-B1 22 KtxP 33 QxB j (rom (a)— Of wants to secure the control of K4 'but it seems to make necessary the -w aken- xxxk xuuve ux -- I (b) — The alternative 13— Q-Q2 14 — PxB Kr-Ql would be dlstaate: i- (c)— An exchange - of oueen would be relished by black with) hie oiMv xMajisa a vjr U (d)— 19— PxP PxP 20— BxP la not to be thought of as black would gct two 'rooks and a minor piece for the queen r-L-rt-i nas ooinia enaoxxna a piece to be ultimately establish ed-at' ! (e) — An exchange of! oueen a point would give white time to iet in P-B4 and P-B5 with i advantage H might not mind the lose lof a par'n for riuni puxpuBe L (f)— In order to gaindoubling rooks ' i ici— ine i ELHb shown strikingly the champion’s su-periorlty as a tactician - Wlthou t any ' noticeable error on white’s part qe-ihaa been completely outplayed Black now threatens to drive home the superiority ! (h) — A subtle move rthla first the adjournment) If I42-R-Q8 Q-R3 43— Q-B2 RxRch 44-4qxR Q-Kt3ch winning a piece Otherwise B-Kt4 la threatened' r s (1)— If Q-Q2 QxRP vlna ' ' ' I etc Russ rJb K4RSh) Q-B7ch k r n 44 Q-K3 (i RkBCh Alekhin Blade P-Q4 P-OR1 PrP ’‘B-KtSr ’ r-xxj Kt-Q3 B-R4 KKt-B3 B-K2 P-QR4 ’ 13P-KKU(b)B-Kt3 ' 14 Q-R2 Q-R3 r-KM r KtxKt P-Ktf BxB PxP P-B4 PxP BxKt ' KR-Q1 British Chesa Magfczlnt)! doubtful vidud there Borolj'w Alekhin White- Bllaek 94 Q-B4 ' QKt2(e) " 28 P-B3 P-R4 26 Q-K3 R-QS ' 27 Q-K3 R-Q2- 28 PxP IO BxgP 29 R-B6 B 30KR-B1 31B-B4 R-Qach 32B-B1 -Rift 33RxR 4 P-R5 34R-B4 R-feS' 35 R-Kt4 Q-B2 35 P-B4 QJQr"1’ 37 Q-B2 " P-iB4 38P-K5 BKld)1 33R-KI6 qJbv 40 R-Q6 R-lBJ - - 59 42 t 43 Q-Q2 O- Resigns.

Recommended Books

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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