The Gift of Chess

Notice to commercial publishers seeking use of images from this collection of chess-related archive blogs. For use of the many large color restorations, two conditions must be met: 1) It is YOUR responsibility to obtain written permissions for use from the current holders of rights over the original b/w photo. Then, 2) make a tax-deductible donation to The Gift of Chess in honor of Robert J. Fischer-Newspaper Archives. A donation in the amount of $250 USD or greater is requested for images above 2000 pixels and other special request items. For small images, such as for fair use on personal blogs, all credits must remain intact and a donation is still requested but negotiable. Please direct any photographs for restoration and special request (for best results, scanned and submitted at their highest possible resolution), including any additional questions to S. Mooney, at bobbynewspaperblogs•gmail. As highlighted in the ABC News feature, chess has numerous benefits for individuals, including enhancing critical thinking and problem-solving skills, improving concentration and memory, and promoting social interaction and community building. Initiatives like The Gift of Chess have the potential to bring these benefits to a wider audience, particularly in areas where access to educational and recreational resources is limited.

Best of Chess Fischer Newspaper Archives
• Robert J. Fischer, 1955 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1956 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1957 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1958 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1959 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1960 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1961 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1962 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1963 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1964 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1965 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1966 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1967 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1968 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1969 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1970 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1971 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1972 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1973 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1974 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1975 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1976 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1977 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1978 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1979 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1980 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1981 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1982 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1983 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1984 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1985 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1986 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1987 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1988 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1989 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1990 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1991 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1992 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1993 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1994 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1995 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1996 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1997 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1998 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 1999 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 2000 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 2001 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 2002 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 2003 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 2004 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 2005 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 2006 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 2007 ➦
• Robert J. Fischer, 2008 ➦
Chess Columns Additional Archives/Social Media

November 22, 1931 It's Your Move by William Henry Steckel, Morning Call

< Prev Index Next >

ChessChess 22 Nov 1931, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

OCR Text

"IT'S YOUR MOVE" The Morning Call' Chess and Positions in End Games and News Items Will Be Welcomed W. H. STECKEL. Editor Four games' have been played so far la the match for the match championship of Lehigh Valley between the Central Pennsylvania Champion H V. Hesse of Bethlehem and the Lebigh Valley champion W. H. Steckel. Mr. Hesse won the third and fourth games of this match and Mr. Steciel the first game. The second game ended in a draw.
Starting Monday of this coming week an elimination tournament will begin in the local Y. M. C. A. among the class B and C players.
This tournament will be called an industrial tourney running on the same princple is the recent successful Lehigh Vniiey chess tourney. As we have stated that this tournament will be called an industrial tc ur-ney, this means that all of those who decided to enter will represent and play under the name of the concern they work for. Incidentally this is the first tournament of this kind that will be run in the city. In a interstate team match between Vermont and New Hampshire contested in October Vermont won by a score of The City College of New York City defeated the Hungaria International Chess club at the latter's headquarters, by the close score of 9-7. The following are the results of tne first two rounds for the championship of the Marshall Chess club: First round: Tholfsen, 1, Smirka, 0; Rein-feld, 1, Dunst, 0; Hanauer, 1, BIgelow,' 0; Cass, '4, Santaslere, ; Croncy, versus Levenstein, adjourned; Bernstein, 0; Grossman, 1; Pine, 1, Morton, 0.
Second round: Smirka, 1, Orc.-s-man, 0; Tholfsen, 1, Morton, 0; Bernstein versus Santasiere, adjourned; Fine, 1, Hanauer, 0; Cass, 1, Croney, 0; Bigelow, 0, Dunst, 1; LevenstUn versus Relnfeld. adjourned. The fifth annual Central Pennsylvania Association tournament will be held in the lobby of the local Y. M. C. A. on December 5th. On Sunday, .uecemoer 6th, we have not as yet decided where to finish this tourney on tluday. We are publishing the first cv.rm tor the benefit of Albert Rex, president of the Allentown Chess club, who solves almost every problem that the editor simites for publication. Go get this one Mr. Rex, White mates in 13 moves. The other games are from the Eled tournament, Jugoslavia, p. Bjirrv Pillsbury Barry H. N. Pillsbury PxKt PxP P-B3 Q-B2 B-B3 B-Q5ch Kt-B7ch Kt K5 BPxKt BxKtP B-F.6 B-OB4 0-Kt3 B-B4 P-KJ 1 P-K4 P-K4 17 Kt-B6 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 3 B-Kt5 Kt-KB3 4 P-Q4 KtxKP 5 P-Q5 Kt-Q3 6 Kt-QB3 P-K5 7 Kt-KKt5 KtJC4 18 OXR 19 Q-Kt3 20 B-Q2 21 QR-K 22 P-KR3 23 K-R 24 K-R2 ?S KtxKt 26 RxP f-k.b:i While announced mate in 13 moves. n KUtXP - - 10 KtxKt P-vjkj 11 U-K4 -OKt 1 P-B3 .12 Kt-Q4 B-K'J 28 KR-K 13 Q-Kt3 P-Q.t 29 R-K7 1P-KB4 P-KB4 30 Q-O JF Kt-Kt3 Kt-Kt5 31 U-K5 iriti Castles Castles Checker Column Problems, Games, Queen's Gambit Declined TS. D. Dr. A. E. D.
Dr. A. Boeol'bow Alekhlne Boeol'bow Alekhlne White Black White Black 1 P-Q4 Kt-KB3 29 R-B7 B-BS 2 P-OB4 P-K3 30 BxB PxB 3 Kt-OB3 B-Kt5 31 R-R3 KxP 4 Q-B2 P-Oi . 32 RxPch K-Kt3 5 P-OR3 BxKtch 33 R-Kt4ch K-B2 6 OxB Kt-Bl 34 R-KR4 R-Rl 7 Kt-B3 PxP 35 R-OKt4 P-Kt3 8 QxP Castles 36 P-R4 OIVQB1 9 B-Kt5 P-KR3 37 P-R5 PxP 10 B-R4 P-KKt4 38 R-Kt5 R-R7 11 B-Kt3 P-Kt5 39 K-Ol K-Kt3 12 Kt-K5 QxP 40 RxRP RxP 13 OxO KtxO 41 R-R8 R-KB1 34 R-Bl Kt-B4 42 RxRP -R-KR1 15 RxP P-KR1 43 K-Bl R-KK17 16 P-K3 Kt-04 44 R-Q7 P-K5 17 R-Bl P-B3 45 R-Bl P-B4 18 Kt-Kt8 R-O 46 R-Q5 R-KB1 19 P-K4 KtxB 47 R-Ofich R-B3 20 RPxKt K-Kt2 48 R-Q8 K-B2 21 Kt-B4 KtxKt 49 R-C7ch K-K3 22 PxKt K-Kt3 50 R-KKt7 K-K4 23 P-B3 B-Q2 51 R-Ol R-B3ch 24 PxP PxP 52 K-Ktl R-B6 25 R-R4 P-K4 53 R-KB1 R-KB6 26 P-B5ch K-Kt4 54 R-QB1 f 27 P-KKt3 B-B3 55 K-Rl R(Kt6)xP 28 B-K2 BxP 56 Resigns. Queen's Gambit Accepted Alekhlne Flohr Alekhlne Flohr White Black White Black 1 P-Q4 P-04 16 KtxKt KtxKt 2 P-OB4 PxP 17 OR-B O-Kt 3 Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3 18 B-B5 SxB 4 P-K3 P-K3 19 KtxB 0-Kt3 5 BxB P-B4 20 Q-R5 Kt-Q2 6 Castles Kt-B3 21 B-K2 P-K 7 Q-K2 P-OR3 22 Q-Kt5 KtxKt 8 R-O P-OKI4 23 RxKt 9 PxP G-B2 24 P-R4 B-R3 10 B-Q3 BxP 25 B-B3 P-B3 11 P-QR4 P-Kt5 26 0-K3 OR-O 12 OKt-02 Castles 27 RxR R-R 13 Kt-Kt3 B-K2 28 P-K5 P-B4 14 P-K4 Kt-Q2 29 R-B2 Resign 15 B-K3 OKt-K4 Queen's Pawn Opening Alekhine Plrc Alekhine Pirc White Black White Black 1 P-04 Kt-KB3 21 OxP- O-K 2 P-OB4 P-K3 22 BxKt RxB 3 Kt-KB3 P--4 23 Kt-K5 Q-R4 4 P-K3 P-B3 24 P-B3 O-K 5 B-03 OKt-o 25 Kt-Kt4 N R-B4 6 OKt-Q2 B-K? 26 O-B R-B5 7 Castles Castles 27 Q-K3 B-Q4 8 P-K4 PxBP 28 Kt-K5 O-BJ 9 KtxP P-Bl 29 OR-B P 10 B-B2 P-OKU 30 R-B7 R-R 11 Kt-K3 B-Kt2 31 KR-B P-R5 12 P-K5 Kt-04 32 R-B7ch RxR 13 0-03 P-B4 33 RxRch K-R2 14 PxP CD OKtxP 34 P-OK13 P-R6 15 QxP Q-B2 35 P-KKt4 R-B5 16 B-Kt3 Kt-B5 38 Q-Q3ch P-Kt3 17 Kt-B5 QKt-f 37 R-B7ch 1 18 KBxKt KtxB 38 Q-K3 BxBP 19 KtxBch 'SE Black Resigns. 20 B-Kto KT-BJ Solution to problem 127 by Franz Palatz, R-R8. No. 128 By H. Weenick Black 10 Pieces.
White, 10 Pieces. White to play and mate in two.

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.

Special Thanks