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October 18, 1937, Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia Chess by Paul J. Miller

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ChessChess 18 Oct 1937, Mon Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com

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BY PAUL J. MILLER, JR. WILLIAM REYNOLDS, former president and champion of the Intcrhigh Chess Association, now is a “fresh" at George Washington University, but the sharp transition in academic endeavor has not marred his chess skill one whit, as the clash between him and Walter Jacobs, erstwhile problem editor of Chess Review Magazine, for the championship of the Social Chess Divan resulted in a beautiful victory for young Reynolds. It was one of those games where the onlooker sat back and speculated to no avail, the players unconcernedly moving their men into positions that elicit stifled groans and baffled glances from would-be kibitzers. Jacobs offered an exchange which brought the endgame to the stage where controversy still reigned—Which is the stronger, a queen and a knight, or two rooks and a knight? Possibly the New Yorker underestimated his college adversary, for Reynolds doubled his rooks, threatened the exchange of a rook for a queen and Jacobs gracefully resigned.
As V. Colonna says—"It was one of them there games worth seeing.” Saturday, other clashes for the Divan championship—the most coveted club title in the District, as the Divan possesses by far the strongest aggregation of local chess players—are scheduled between Simon Naidel, C. C. Bettinger, Walter Jacobs, William Reynolds, Anton and Carl Hesse and Robert J. Feeney.
Tournament Enters Round 3. VV'LNFRED HORN, who is serving in '' the capacity of assistant tournament director to Naidel, announces a third section of players in the general tournament of the Divan, late entries being seeded into the new section. New entries will be accepted tomorrow night at 8 o'clock as the general tou wament advances to round No. 3, matches being played at the Tarkside Hotel. In the “odds’’ section of the tourney the scoring is: j J. W. Dubin-1 v. Colonna_o ! J. Skeffington . . . 1 Henry Reil . _ O : R. J. Fuglister-i Jos Cbmielewski. n 1 Maud Sewall -0 E. E. Williams .. 1 I D. E. Bland 1 F. W. F. Gleason 0 1 “Even” section tallies arc*: | W. L- Eljedge .. 0 Raymond Lewis _ 1 j C?. U. Thompson O Vincent Saporito - 1 Morris Appelbaum n Winfred Horn . ] i Conrad Willnich » J. G. Fairchild-- 1 Alekhin Again Ties Euwe.
AT. HAARLEM, the Netherlands, Alexander Alekhin, ex-world champion, defeated Max Euwe, world champion, in the sixth game of their series for the universal chess brown, the Franco-Russian master opening with pawn to queen's fourth square to encounter the Slav defense by the Amsterdam mathematics professor, Euwe. After Alekhin’s sixth move, a surprise one devoid of the orthodox. Euwe pondered 40 minutes before replying, and on the twenty-third move he resigned. The series now stands: Euwe, 3; Alekhin, 3, the breakdown being two wins for each player and two draws.
Tomorrow the grand masters Joust at Rotterdam.

'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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