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October 21, 1934 Chess Problem, Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, New York

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ChessChess 21 Oct 1934, Sun Buffalo Courier Express (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com

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NlmzowlUch la sponsor for -this method loC playing the ± opening.
The holes left at Q3 and Q4 seem to have terrors for him ’ -(b)— Indicating an intention of cast- ling QRj - - - - c— Thia move' seems to be prema- ture He should have castled - (d)-Black now seems to be without a satisfactory move the i result of bls eleventh move - jS- (e)— Necessary to forstall 17— KtxBchnd 18— B-Kt5 ' ' (f)— Hoping by th -sacrifice f a pawn to obtain some relief from the congestion - - (g)— He might well be content with the pawn won but he 4eshe can take 1 two rooks and a passed ipawn tor bis queen with a 1 board clean of 4 other pieces Alekhine figures this shouldbe enough to win which it was’ ’ - ’ (h) — Necessary to his plan ’ a (i)— The center pawns ‘are not worth’ considering- To savetbem would ex- -pose the king more ’ (j)— To let the pawn go to R6 would expose his king and Improve 'Black’s his only hope t T - (k) — Winning White’s queen A rook ’ would be futile as the pawn then could not be stopped i ”r - - (l) — To prevent Black having a check on B4 if ' (m) — Black only can continue check- Ing by driving the white -king among v the black pawns which will fall after which the checks can be stopped by interposing ' 1 ' periods enjoyable in-side a a discuss prelim-Inatv 'chance of getting perpetual check now is to Invited.
This week’s ' end-game No 93 might be termed an example of -errors by masters It was played between Bogoljubow and Sultan Khan of England in 1931 The former missed the correct continuation and i eventually the game was drawn As given below it can be Won in a few moves' In solving -this I end-game note that Black plays first - BUck—4 pieces ? 'f j 4 1 ‘WViitA— - BUck to pup and win' ' The key move to last week’s mover by Comins Mansfield of land was B-R5 Here are some htions: ' I 1— B-R5 Kt-B6 2— R-KU I mat 1— B-R5 Kt-O3: 2— P-Kt mate 1— B-R5 Kt-K 2— Q Kt mat 1— B-R5 P-Kt5 2— Q-B2 mate ' 1— B-R5 Kt-Q5 2— Kt-K3 mate ' Correct ' solution to last ' week’s chess ' problem was- received front Harold Armstrong Russell N Ely rank Spencer Niagara alls and Peter A Swart Charles H Glass-a ford John Sendelbach John -H Tusch Buffalo X -r Alekhine vs Lilienthnl.
Here is a game between Dr LA Alekhine and A Lllienthal rench champion played in last Christ- mas tourney at Hastings England It seems that even when the chain- pion is not playing up to his stan- dard he always is keen enough to -take advantage of each little tactical mistake of his opponent Alekhine Lillenth! White Bl nek 1 P-QB4 ‘ P-K4 2 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 I 8 P-K4(Z) Kt-B 4 P-B4 P-Q3 - ' 8P-Q3 B-KtS I B-K2 - P-KR4(b) -7-KC-B3 B-K2 8 B-K3 Q-Q2 9 P-KR3 ' BxK 16 BxB PxP c 11 BXBP 1 Kt-Q5(e‘ 12B-K3 KtxBch 12 QxKt - 5-K3d) 14 Kt-Kt5 Q-Q2 15 Kt-Q4 Castle 16 Kt-B5 Kt-?e 17B-Q4 R-KtlH)&apos;- 18 QxP ' P-KKU 19 O-Kt4 r PxKt : 20xft ' ' B-R5eh(h) 21 B-B2 - f Kt-B3 22QXR' QxQ 23BxS Q-Rl 61 AAA :L-q 25 Castle (QR - 26 PxP ' 28 P-KR4 I’ QxPch x (D : Alekhla - Lillenth White Black K-Ktl ' O-B5 SU MXV-Ml 1 -KKt42 QR-Q1 MP-R5 34 P-RJ(J) 35 R-K6 36P-KU 37P-R8 18 QR-K1 40 QR-KKtl 41 R-Kt7 43 K

'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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