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November 27, 1932 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chess and Checkers

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ChessChess 27 Nov 1932, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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The result, of the seventh round of the Mercantile Library Chess Club championship tournament is as follows: J. Levin 0 O. G. Werner. 1 S. Drasin .... 1 J. Ciordon 1 A. Regen .... 1 8. T. Sharp.. F. L. Bender. 1 P. B. Driver.. 0 J. Wilkinson. 0 J. Martinet:. . 0 R. S. Goerllch. 0 H. Morris.... Unfinished win. In the Sharp will probably adjourned games of lust week Sharp defeated Regen and uorcion neteaicd Wilkinson. The standing at the end of the seventh round lollows: Won. Lost. S. Drasin ft 2 J. Gordon ft 2 S. T. Sharp 4'; 1'. ,). Levin 4'- 2'v D. O. Wcinrr 4't 2 H. Morris 4 2 A. Regen 4 3 f' L. Render 3'- 34 P. B. Driver 2'a Ak R, S. Cioerlicli S'i .) Martinez 1 fi J Wilkinson 1 fi Dr Alexander Alekhine played In cood form in the simultaneous exhibition given November 8. The champion met r0 teams, each team consisting ot four players In consultation, at the 7th Regiment Armory. New York. Alekhine won 30 games, drew 14 and lost 6.
J. R. Capablanca hi 1931 (Lincoln's Birthday) met the same number of players with a score of 28 games won, It) drawn and 6 losses, so that Alekhlne's score was two drawn less, but Alekhlne's playing time was four hours longer than that of Caoahlmica. so that as a siniultatieoih, exhibition Capablan ca s record was the better ot the two. Irving Goldstein, president of the North East Chess Club, address 1218 W. Oxford St., Informs the Editor that the North East Chess Club hao been Inaugurated with about 18 members. The club meets every Monday from 7 to 9 at the Neighborhood Centre, 1529 N. 7th st., and is open to members of the team and substitutes from time to time. Candidates must be recommended by a club member and voted upon by the Admission Committee. The club has entered a strong team In the Philadelphia Chess League.
The following game was Dlaved in the simultaneous exhibition at Bridgeport, Alekhine for his fifth move adopts an old variation of the French, which yields Black an even game. Had Black Castled on the King's side, then White speedily ob tains a powerful attack, but John G. Williams, a strong Yale plaver. was evidently familiar with the vari ation and handled the defense skillfully, obtaining on his 16th move fully an even game. French Defense Alekhine Williams WHITE BLACK 1- P-K4 1-P-K3 2- P-Q4 2 P-Q4 3- KUQB3 3-K1-KB3 4- B-KKt5 4-B-K2 5- BxKt S BvR 6- Kt-B3 6 Kt-B3 7 P-K5 7-B-K2 8 P-QR3 8 B-Q2 9 B-Q3 9 P-QR4 10- P-KR4 10-P-R3 11- Q-K2 U-Kt-R2 13 R-R3 , 12 P-QB4 CHESS AND BT WALTER 13 PxP 13 BxBP 14 R-KK13 14 3-Kt3 15 Kt-Q 15 P-Kt3 16 P-B3 16 Castles QR 17 P-Kt4 17 B-K2 18 P-R5 ' 18-P-Kt4 19 Kt-Q4 19-PxP 20 RPxP 20 BxP 21 Kt-Kt3 21-BxPch 22 KlxB 32 QxKt 23 B-B2 23-Q-Kt3 24 B-Q3 24 Q-Kt6 25 Q-Q2 25 K-Kt 26 R-Kt 28 Q-R8 27 Kt-KtS 27-KtxKt 28 BxKt 28 Q-B4 29 Q-R5 29 BxB 30 RxB 30 Q-B2 31 QxQch 31 KxQ 32 KR-Kt3 32 R-QKt 33 R-KB3 33-R-R2 34 R-B3ch 34 K-Q2 i!j KR-QKtf 35 R-Kt 2 36 P-Xt4 36 K-B3 37 R-Kt6ch 37-K-B4 38 R-Kt 38R-Qr? 39 QR-Kt5ch 39 K-B3 Drawn.
Several of our solvers, including o. a. uonver ana ueoree B. Baker. have advised us of the fact that Problem No. 2909, by Lyons, had two solutions, namely, B-Q3 (author's intention) and R-KB6 (cook) and that Problem No. 2914. bv Rob ert Braune, was solved by R-K7 am nor s intention) and Kt-QB7ch icooki. Problem No. 2915 is solved by H-WIS.13. Problem No. 2916 is solved by Solutions received from- Diaries Charles Alkls, A. H. Beckinan. George Baker. George Bender, L. D. Bcnner, Stanley Beaver, S. B. Conver, A. Brown Caldwell, Prank Carroll, Paul J. Clav, J. Dubbelde, Russell Fry, James H. Fry, Perry Stewart Flegel. Horace O. Faunce. Harry W. Gundal, E. M. Grimm, George J. Grix. Lester S. Glass. John Hannah, A. May lore, J. W. Harris, Kenneth Herster. Joseph W. Hal-berstadt, C. Edward Hopkins, Chas. P. Lake. A. May Lore, William Raymond Halberstadt, Roherts Lowiie, E. Carleton Jameson, H. L. Jameson, George F. Meeter. John F. Mooney. Raymond T. Murphy, Archie H. Mc-Lees, Karl V. Nvsaard. Paul F. tip. ber, Sr., J. S. Rhawn, Louis B. Scott, K. S. Perk ns. .John C. Selm-sihen. land. Ernest W. Strang, Signnmd Twersky, Charles Willing. Bernard unie. L. 5. Wa n, W am !. Wash. burn. Donald Wolforri. J. M 7nlf and Fred Zoller. Prohlem No. 2919 By W. A. Shlnkman BLACK WHITE-SEVKN P1KCU CHECKERS PEN! HHIPLEV White to play and mate In two moves, WHITE-K at KR5; Q at KKt5; R at QKtsq; Bishops at QKt.4 and Q7; Kt at KB5; P at Q3. BLACK K at Q4; Rooks at, Qsq and Q7. Trohlem No. 2320 By A. W. Galitzky BLACK FOUR PIECES WHITE-THREE PIKCR8 White to play and mate in moves.
WHITE K at KB3; Q at R at K2. BLACK K at QR: B at. Pawns at Q7 and KKt2. three QB7.

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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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