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December 13, 1942 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 13 Dec 1942, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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CHESS BY HERMAN STEINER INTERNATIONAL CHESS MASTER Address All Mail to the Chess Editor L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1355 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by R. C. Minkowski, Los Angeles. White mates in two. (Wh. 8: Bl. L.A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1356 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by R. C. Mankowskl, Los Angeles. Neweii (welcome to our ladder,) ? J- McConnell, J. P. Walsh. D. A. Innes, ,j. T, watson. W. L. Koethen, H. Bnihn, ft m 4 j it mm On Friday. Dee. 4. Gcarr Koltantwtat cava a blindfold exhibition at tha Beverlr Hllli Tennla Club, playlnr lht boarda. II won four and drew four.. Thou h dmw wr: Mn. Marlon Man, Jay I hernia. Max Cohen and Charles Henderson.
The following in the well-played I am of Marlon Marx, talented member of tha eheaa troua of tht BTerl Htlli Tennlt Clubj QUEEN'S PAWN Mn, 4-P-K3 S-P-B4 B-N-B3 7-B-Q3 B-O-O Mra, Mar Black B-NJ QNlP NxM ?- -B4 Draw White mates In three. (Wh. 8; Bl. 4.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1348 B-B6. SOLUTION P-R3 SOLUTION N-K4. SOLUTION Q-N5. SOLUTION K-N2. W received aolutiona from the following: O. 8. Peck, P. Margaretten, J. O. Dodue. A. D. Reynolds Sr., O. A. Hall, J Menkes. M. Rudholm, Mrs. P. Tovar. TO TO TO TO PROBLEM PROBLEM PROBLEM PROBLEM NO. NO. NO. NO. 1349: 13S0: 1351: 1352: Kolfanowikl Marx Koltanowikl wnne Biacic wnite 1- P-Q4 P-Q4 8-N-Ki 2- N-KB1 N-QB3 10-PxP 3-B-B4 N-B3 11-B-N3 P-K3 12-PN B-K2 13-P-B3 O-O 14-P-QB4 N-QN5 15-B-KB3 P-QN3 18-R-B Draw was offered and accepted.
UNITED STATES CHAMPION8HIP MATCH Aft a result of hla victor it. th Oui.ti'i Cheag Club, New York, last Sunday. S. J. Reshevsky leadi Isaac Kaahdan by on point In their excltlnr match fnr tha United States cheaa championship title. The scora stands three wins for Reshevsa and two wins for Kashdan In the first five games. No draws have yet been recorded. The eoehamplons ara Dlaylna en iressive. wide-open chess, apparently ntent on knocklnr aach nthor nut aa quickly as possible. Nina more tames remain in ha bIithI in tha 14-cama series. Tho nxth ( hin held today at New York's Manhattan Chess Club.
Five additional tames will then be stated, under the auspices of the magazine Chess Review, at the Henry' Hudson Hotel. New York, on Dee. 13, 15, 20, 2i and 27. At each of these five tames the audU ence will be eomfortahly seated in tha spacious North Africa Room of the hotel while International Master I. A. Horowitz, editor of Chess Review, conducts an open forum at which the moves of the gam will he discussed by leading masters and by the audience itself. Horowits will follow the moves of the game on a demon, stratlon board, explain the purpose and possibilities of each play In simple lan. giiaae, call upon other masters and mem. bers of the audience to give their opinions. All questions will be fully answered, Kashdan and Reshevsky will play In an adjolninir room and a limited number of seats will be provided for those who wish) to see ine cocnarapions In action. For those who are unable to tttead. Chess Review Is publishing, in serial form, the complete story and pictures of the entire match with all the games fully an. notRted by Reshevsky, Kashdan. Fin and Horowitz! IN MEMORIAM Tt fs our deep regret to announce the passing of Mr. J. B. Roe. well known for many years in chess circles. He was particularly responsible for his untiring effort in making the annual Morphy Day tele-bratlon held last year In Arcadia a success. He also organised a chess elub which met In the State Parle in Arcadia, We shall indeed misa his sincere friend.
E. Tyler, B BushuefT, O. Francis. E. L. ship and loyal support. Rubin, A. S. Wells. J. Davidson, c. B. Collins. W. Slosson, D. M. Poole. E. H. Quayle H. P. Matosian. E. W. Fassctt, V. E. Par-tain (welcome to our ladder.) KOLTANOWSKI'8 BLINDFOLD EXHIBITION Last Wednesday George Koltanowskl.
THE CALIFORNIA OPEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP The Hollywood Chess Group annonnaea the annual California epen State championship tournament to be held at their headauarters, 108 K Formosa Are., an hs champion, gave mtentlona exhibition against in players at the head- entranca at I. Friday n.. ' quarters of the Hollywood Chess Group.
104 N. Formosa Ave., winning right and THE HOLLYWOOD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP losing only one to Mr. Jay Chernis drawing against Mr. Julius Weissteln. championship tour. Thera ... Hollywood Chess Chernls; most unusual feat, and Mr, ina p.rmn(l1 Koltanowskl obliged by giving in addition J-tina- co JSa'tmSn Vr.' fKLUd.,?.1''- an exhibition of extraordinary memory different cities of the world given him bylshin tournament.) games are played off the various spectators, whirh were pul on a chess board. These he mastered in; Kors are welcome to watch the games at precisely two minutes.
He then proceeded ! all times. bm to make the knight tour the 64 cities. . touching earh one only once, blindfoidrd.
GROUP A The following la the game won by Mr.u . o Koltanowskl White 1- P-Q4 2- P-QB4 3- PxP 4- P-KS 5- P-K4 6- P-KB4 7- B-K3 8- N-B3? QUEEN'S PAWN f BUDAPEST DEFENSE) Chrnis Black N-KB3 P-K4 N-N5 BPxP N-K4 N-B2 B-NSch BxNch Koltanowskl White 9-PxB 10-P-N3 U-B-Q3 12- Q-B3 13- N-K2?? 14- PxN 15- Resigns W Cohen 8 Ftnkelsteln 7 IBorochow. 6'i Chernls on- !1 Black !?, L , . . ! Hoerber . . 4 Weiss .... 4 5-R5ch Q-K2 N-QR3 O-O N-K4! ExQ J-KN4 10-P-QB3 N(05-K3 ! 33-N-Q3 iU-P-KIU P-QB3 A well-played game bv Mr. Weissteln: OIUOCO PIANO Weis-lKolta. stein 'nowski White Black I White 1- P-X4 P-'4 '24.QR-K 2- N-KB3 N-QB3 ! 25-RxRch 3- B-B4 B.ct4'2fi-N-B2 4- 0-0 N-B3 D7-R-;; 5- P-04 NxP-23-RxR -NxP O-O 29-N-03 7-N-Q3 B-N3i30-B-B4 8-P-KS N-K5131-NXB 9-B-Q5 N-KN4 32-PXP ia-B-N3 ??-Q-N4 i22-oxQ (23-B-Q2 34-P-KB4 N-K5 35-P-B4 P-Q4 131-PXP NxP 37-N-K3 N-OS 38-N-K5 NxB 39-K-B3 N-KS 40-K-K2 P-KB4 41-K-03 N-B3 42-K-Q4 R-K 43-K-Q3 B-B2 44-N-N6 BxQ 45-K-B3 B-B2 I4R-K-03 Draw was offered "d accepted 14- PxPep 15- P-N3 lfi-Q-Q 17- PxN 18- K-N2 19- P-B3 20- N-B4 21-N-QR3 Weissteln Black B-Q2 RxR K-B2 P-KP3 N::R P-QN3 BxB P-KN4 PxP K-B3 B-K3 PxP P-N4 K-K2 K-03 N-B3 N-KS P-R3 N-N6 N-R4 K-B4 P-N5ch Light ... Chernis .
'a Aronson 64 Wolff ' Hufnagel , S',i Everett .. 3 IPolland ., 1 I Reinhardt. W. . 34 . Riser . , . Lenk Dobgevaga Port! . . . Collins .. Martin Pollycovt Gellert . . Coswell . Lleherman Harrison Erickson Von Sel . Ttlrich . . . Hanf ... Datsko .. Look ... w. .104 . 74 64 . 84 . 5 . S . 44 . 4 , 4 GROUP L. 14 "B" 34 S tuban , . Patsch . . Toa-bin . . Leviene Paine . . . Karpllow. sky . . , Dunaway W. . 4 24 104 2 7 14 1 o 0 4 GROUP "C W. 8 . 8 . 8 . 74 6 . 8 . S4 . 54 t.. . W. L. 1 Erickson Jr. Mako .... 5 1 6 Alberts ,.l l 4 4 Gottlieb ..1 J 2 Bromberg. 1 6 5 Harrison , (1 5 3 4 Ferer 0 7 34 Laykln ... ft Mrs. St-in 0
From the Hollywood Championship Tournament CENTER COUNTER GAME same time How i 24 4 10 1 4 5 S 3 0 3 4 6 Henrierfon White 1- P-K4 2- PxP 3- N-QB3 4- P-Q4 5- N-B3 8-B-03 7- QxB 8- 0-0 0-P-OR3 10- O-B4 11- B-K3 12- P-ON4 13- P-OR4 14- KR-QN 15- N-B2 18-RxB 17-QxN Chernls Black P-Q4 QxP Q-QR4 N-KB3 B-B4 BxB N-B3 O-O-O K-N P-K3 P-QR3? 0-R4 BxP Q-R4 Q-Q4 NxR P-QR4 N-N5 Henderson White 19- R-M 20- PxN 21- P-B4 22- Q-N3 23- P-B5 24- K-R 25- N-B3 26- P.Q5 27- N-Q4 28- P-B6 20-QxPch 30- RxQch 31- N(B3t-NS 32- NxR 33- RxP 34- N-N5 35- R-R7ch 36- P-B7ch Chernlg Black NxB P-KBS 0-K5 R-QJ R-oa Q-B3 P-R PxP 0-R3 R-03 Q.xQ K-R R-QB PxW R-!C R-QB K-M Resign
Aronson White 1- N-KB3 2- P-Q4 3- P-K3 4- B-QI 5- P-B3 6- QN-Q2 7- 0-0 8- R-K 9- PxP 10- P-K4 11- P-KR3 12- NxP 13- BsN 14- Q-K2 15- P-QN4I 18-P-N5! Vorkapich Black N-KB3 P-Q4 P-K3 P-B4 B-K2 N-B3 O-O Q-B2 BxP P-KR3 PxP NxN R-Q B-Q2 B-KB N-K2 Aronson White 17- P-B4 18- B-Q3 19- B-N3 20- P-N4 21- N-R4 22- OR-O 23- P-QR3 24- R-Q2 25- N-B5 28-BxN 27- QxR 28- B-K6chl 29- R-K3! 30- RxP! 31- RxP!! 32- BxPch Vorkapich Black OR-B P-BJ P Q-Q3 Q-N5 Q-N P-N4 NxfJ RxR R-N K-R Q-R7? BxP BxP Resigns.

'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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