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November 27, 1932 It's Your Move by W. H. Steckel, Morning Call

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ChessChess 27 Nov 1932, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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"IPS YOUR MOVE" TheiIrnln CxlVn Chess Column-Chew Queries, Problems, Games and News Items Solicited. Br W. H. STECKEL BLACK ttinkelman Defeats Twenty Opponents Playing against thirty-two players on the evening of Friday, November 18, Barnie F. Winkelman, well known .. Lawyer and champion of the Mercan-- tile Library made a score of twenty wins, seven losses and five draws. ; Tho exhibition was sponsored by ' the "Morning Call." The proceeds of the match were donated to the Community Chest. ' - Prizes were awarded by the "Call" to the contestants who scored the first win, the first draw and the best played game. All other winners received appropriate prizes. The feature games were played, by John Baker and William Jones, both scoring wins against the individual player.
Those who played against the champion were: A. Rex, A. Hermann, H. V. Hesse, H. Martz, L. Buck. R. Reinert, P. Knecht, w. Snyder, R. Schollen-berger, C. Fox. W. Wallitsch. W. Lumsden, S. Wells, E. Garnet, H. r Geissineer. V. Benner. C. Cassone. A. Weiss, D. Green, F. Rehrlg. D. Fister, S. Wood. T. Kahn. R. Shu'.tz. J. Baker. R. Werkheiser. F. Weiler, E. Helfrich, -W. Jones, W. Worner, W. Shuler and Marshall Defeats Thirty-two Frank J. Marshall. United States champion, gave a simultaneous exhibition against 32 opponents at the Old Mill in Solebury, Fa. Mr. Marshall made a clean sweep.
Thirteen have entered the championship tournament at the Manhattan Pkn., .1.,W U 11.. T. Kashdan, A. Kupchik, I. Horowitz, A. S. Pincus, Lester ' Samuels, Robert Willman, Oscar Tenner, Robert Born- holz, E. S. Jackson, S. S. Cohen, Edward Schwartz, Arnold S. Denker and Donald-MacMurray. Alekhine Prefers Bridge Dr. Alexander Alekhine is champion of the world, but he would rather play bridge, and with his wife at that. And if Mrs. Alekhine wants to play chess she has to tackle someone else. lor hubby won t play. "She understands the game," he said to players in Cincinnati in a recent exhibition given there, "but can't give me enough competition to make it interesting. But I do play bridge with my wife. I am a fair bridge player and I think chess helps my bridge game.
"Ordinarily I prefer bridge to chess as a pastime, because the average chess player can not give enough competition. Alekhine Defeats Thirty-five After his exhibition in New York City Dr. Alexander Alekhine crossed the border into Canada where he gave another simultaneous exhibition in Eaton's Emporium, Toronto. The exhibition was attended by 400 persons and was held under the auspices of the Canadian Chess Federation. Dr. Alekhine won thirty-five, lost four and drew three. The following games were played in the exhibition given by Dr. Alexander Alekhine In New York City on election day: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Alekhine Marshall Alekhine Marshall In a team match of six boards the University of Pennsylvania defeated the Allentown chess team by the score of 4-2 on Friday evening in the local Y. M. C. A. Leslie Euck and A. Warsaw were the only players able to secure victories for the local team.
, The scores of the match follow: J. Wilkinson defeated W. H. Steckel, S Fratkin defeated A. Herrmann, C Mott lost to A. Warsaw, M. Able de feated R. Rockel. J. Volger defeated II. Martz and L. Buck defeated M. Kis- sen. City Tournev Resumes Play Friday The Allentown city championship tournament now in the semi-finals and which has been postponed the last iwd weeks on account of the Community Chest exhibition and the team match with Pennsylvania will resume play on Friday evening at 8 p. m.
Four players remain of the original twenty live that started. In the schedule for the semi-finals H. Martz will play R Rockel and A. Herrmann will meet W. H. Steckel. Sharp Wins Again By defeating H. Morris in their ad journed game from the seventh round and scoring another win over R. S. Goerlich in the eighth round S. Sharp, of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania fatate champion moved nearer to win ning the title of the Mercantile Library cnampion. xnese wins gave mm a lead cf a half a point, with three rounds to go. Decidedly in the running also are urasin and J. Gordon, who are tied for second and third places, and David G. Weiner and Jacob Levin who are tied for fourth and fifth.
The tournament is one of the closest for several years only one point separating the five leading players. Well up with a ngnting cnance are F. L. Beucler, H Morris and A. Regen. Clash With Reading Green Jackets in Game at Fountain Park This afternoon on the Fountain Park gridiron the Allentowi Green Jackets will wind up their 1932 football season with an attack on the Reading "Graenzle" Green Jackets, one of the strongest independent football aggregations in Eastern Pennsylvania.
The Reading squad has played eight games this season, all way from home, and have not lost a decision to date. It is composed of the best players' in the Berks county seat and includes four former Reading High men and two former Albright players. Today will be the first time a Read ing team has made its appearance on an Allentown football field In a number of years and this team is. anxious to gain recognition for a future engagement. The Pretzels are expected to put up one of the hardest fights ever witnessed on a local field.
Coach Slim Schiavitto's Green- coats went through their last workout for the 1932 season yesterday and every man is confident of victory in this final game. The backfleld has been worked out on new plays which were formed in an effort to take the Reading outfit by surprise. The line is also fully prepared and is stronger now than at any time this year. One of the largest crowds of the year is looked for today to witness the last game of a very successful series for the Green Jackets. Jimmy Detling will have charge of the game which will start promptly at 2.30 p. m. The probable lineups: Pos. Reading- , Allentown L.E Zimmerman Roberts L.T Weaver Guenther LG.... Donahue NaRle C W. Esterly A. Schadt RG Haines '. Haas R.T Kelley Bambu RE Doyle ................. Cramsey Q.B Bottler Schiavitto Tj.H. . . . . Costenbader ............. Beidler R.H.. . . .Bausner W. Schadt tB Wadsworth Wolfe The eggs of bees are of an oblong shape and bluish-white color, approximately one-twelfth of an inch in length.

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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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