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September 19, 1937, Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia Chess by Paul J. Miller

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ChessChess 19 Sep 1937, Sun Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com

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BY PAUL J. MILLER. JR., America's Authority on Social Cheat. Polland Is A. C. F. Champ. * FLASH In the pan,” murA mured the oldtimer who had L \ been reading the final ac1 \ count of the New York State tournament at Cazenovia, won by David S. Polland of Brooklyn. “It just goes to show that Treysman, Hahlbohm, Morton and Santasiere are slipping,” mused the oldtimer.
"They don’t play the finished style of Marshall, Pillsbury and Capt. Mackenzie nowadays in these fly-bymght tam-a-ments. Give me the good ol’ congresses when Steinitz raised a beard between moves.” A few days later. “Yep, I tell you the lad is good. Plays just like young Morphy,” and the oldtimer tapped his cane on the floor to emphasize his remark.
“What's that about Horowitz being a trifle better? Nary bit of truth in it. Didn’t Morphy sickle down those furriners when he was seasick? Wel-1, Horowitz maybe had a bad voyage from Stockholm. But this Polland feller would have put Horowitz behind the eight ball.” The oldtimer squinted one eye and punctuated his statement by a final ping at the cuspidor 10 feet distant. "Yes. sir, the American Chess Federation has a real cham-peen in this hyar Polland.” George H. Mackenzie. “rJAHE tumult and the shouting dies. the captains and the kings dej part”—the Chicago Congress of the American Chess Federation and its thirty-eighth successful tournament ended in a fanfare of glory; the Paul Morphy Centennial in memorial of America's greatest native born chess I grandmaster is concluded. Writing In his column in the Newark Evening News, Col. George P. Northrop calls the attention of the chess world to the fact that 1937 also is the centenary of another renowned ; American master—George H. Mackenzie. born March 24, 1837, at Bell| field. Roshire, Scotland (Paul Charles Morphy was born three months later— June 22, 1837, at New Orleans). Mackenzie served in the British Army in the colonies prior to 1863, then joined forces with the Union Army and rose to the rank of captain before the Civil War terminated.
In the chess world he became famous as Capt. Mackenzie, victor in the 1871 Cleveland tournament; Chicago tournament winner, 1874; repA resentative from America to Europe around 1878, vanquishing many of the great Old World masters, and, most notable of all, he achieved a brilliant record in the Frankfort tournament of 1887, in which he placed first ahead of Siegbert Tarrasch and Blackboume, the most distinguished European masters of that era. Capt. Mackenzie became known as the American apostle of. chess and followed the royal pastime until death claimed him at the age of 54.
His contemporary, Paul Morphy, merited the world title at the tender age of 23, and when he died at 47, his games had become legendary, for Morphy played no serious chess throughout the latter half of his life. Chess Problem No. 99. • Angel Chess Ladderites Only. By F HAVEL.
Czechoslovakia. Courtesy ol Chess Review. BLACK—3 MEN. Reuben Suttkus, while Melvin Bers and Clara Louise Safford tally one point each. English Opening.
CHARLES JAFFE tripped up in his rebuttal of the English opening game offered by David Polland in their encounter at Chicago. Here is the manner the new A. c. F. champion abetted JafTe’s resignation.
(Fall Problem Contest.) By DR. GILBERT DOBBS, Carrolton. Ga. Courtesy of Chess Review.
Sergt. Alton Coppage. A. G. Dreyer. E. W. Allen and Paul Hodges hit the bullseye while Gibbs Myers gets pretty warm Dr. A. L. Phillips gives the correct key also. Problem !H by J. E Funk, the lead-off problem m the Fall solving contest, is a two-mover that yields to: Kt-Ki7.
Ladderltes scoring three points each for this problem are Daniel Breeskin. A. G. Dreyer. Reuben Suttkus.
E W. Allen. Henry Lvbrand. Raymond W Lewis. Stephen J. Kurtz. Guy Smith M. L. Levy. Dr. A L. Phillips Emanuel Simpson. William Burko. C. D. Franks. Willis H Waldo Paul M Hodges Melvin Bers, J. E. Cowimg and David H Sibbet. Ladderltes scoring one point on problem No. M4 are Robert C. Wagner. Norman Le Roux. Clara Louise Safford. Gibbs Myers and Abram Kleinman.
No solutions received so far to Havel's five-mover. No. f>5 The two-mover by F Gamage. problem No Sift, thr second in the Fall contest, surrenders t<v B-BH. Three points are scored by Carroll Meigs, Dr. A L Phillips. Raymond W Lewis. Norman Le Roux. C D Franks. Daniel BreeskUt, Emanuel Simpson.
I WHITE—0 MEV. White to Play and Mate in Two. Chesspourri. E. WILLIAMS has Invented a nifty J* pocket set of chess which he finds most serviceable in commuting between home and office.
Quite an improvement on the conventional catlin pocket chess so popular with problemists. For casual play remember you cannot excel the facilities of the Washington Social Chess Divan, Parkside Hotel, 1336 I street northwest. Memberships are available for the small sum of one dollar per month, says Norval Wigginton, chess director. Lectures are free to members, but 60 cents weekly tor non-members. (Copyright Sept 19 1937 by Paul Miller.)

'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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