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December 27, 1942 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 27 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 Chess Editor, LA. TIMES PROBLEM MO. 1SSI By P. TM Cat (flnt PrlM) White mates in two. (Wh, 11: Bl. 13.) LA. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1360 Br Dr. r. Rduch (Second' Prlu) White mates in three. (Wh. 6: Bl. 14.) SOLUTION TO PltOBLBil 1355: B-K. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1356.- B-B4. We received solutions from the follow ini: J. Menkes. O. A. HtU. J. C. Drake. C. P. Ford, B. Hall. R. H. Hits. D. R. H. WtUon, J. o. Dodse. Mrs. P, Torar. W. C. Noltlng. V. E. Psrtaln. t. W. Pastett, J. E. Tyler, J. Davldion, Capt. N. O. Maxlmov, cli. W. B. Tudor, F. Wintreuen. M. Gayi2S25S!m'A0n8- fc.'EViiS: O O M 3 mm m n tin a 061 1 fcj3 l7 i D. A. Hons should b dlnetod to tha OlteuU tlon Department. This column appears en BundaT. CXRRECnON ' In Problem No. 1357 tha Black knlfhl at Blaek'a KN4 should ba Black bishop In Problem No. 1331 Whtta pawn at White's OBJ should ba added I UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Playing an exceptionally flna endlnt. In which ha demonstrated tha supsrloritr of knlsht against bishop, although, the number of pawns waa even. Samuel Reshevikr lant night defeated.
Kaehdsn In 63 moves In tha seventh gam of their match for tha United States championship at tha Henrr Hudson Hotel. Reiihevikr. who has now won four games snd drawn one. haa a commanding leal for the flnt time by tha score of 4V W 2Vs ' NiMzowrrscH ditknsi Renhevikr White 1- P-Q4 2- P-QS4 3- Kt-QBJ 4- Q-BJ B-PxP 6- Kt BJ 7- B-OJ 8- BxB B-P-KJ 10- R-Q , 11- PxP 1J-B-K2 13- Q-Q3 14- QxKt 15-Q-QJ l-PxP 17- Csstles 18- R-B 19- Kt-KS 30- Kt-B4 31- Q-Q4 , 23- Kt-Q8 33-RxR 24- QxQ 25- R-BBch 28-KtxR 27- KtxP 28- P-B3 28-K-B2 30- Kt-B4 31- K-K 32-K-Q3 Kashdan Black Kt-KB3 P-K3 B-Kt5 P-Q4 QxP ' P-B4 . BxKt Kt-B3 Castles QXRP Kt-Q4 QKt-KtS KtxB Kt-Q4 P-OK13 PxP B-KtJ KR-B Kt-B3 Q-KI6 R-B3 RxR Q-Q4 BxQ RxR K-B B-Kt2 K-K2 Kt-K P-B3 P-K4 KI-B2 Innes, B. Bushuelf, EDITOR'S NOTE Tha writer wishes to acknowledge the many season's greetings snd extends to hit readers best wishes far a Merry Xmei and at Victorious New Ifeart BITES OP THE SOtVLNO CONTEST Tha winners of each month's contest will receive a three-month subscription to the Chess Review, a month's member-hip in the Chess and Checker Club of Los Angeles. 124 W. Frunh St . snd the Hollywood Chess Group. 108 N. Formosa
showing times he was a winner for more in a esse of a tie solv ers to win. Solutions sent in answer to this problem will ba scknowledged within two weeks after publication if you wish to flsure In the "up-to-the-minute" ladder, the time limit being seven dsrs. Otherwise credit can only ba given in a later ladder. Problems In this column may begin Martin with a castling key or htve castling as a ; Levienne oeiense.
unless it csn Be definitely proved that such maneuvers are not lessl
above types are rather uncommon. ueberman The capture of a pawn, however. Is not I Harrison unusual. Look If a problem has no solution, "nn to- : yon THE CALIFORNIA OPEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP The Hollywood Chess Groap will assist sponsor tha annual apen State championship at their headaaarters, 108 N. Far; mesa Are. Tha games will be played evening at Jan. 1. Vleltera weleaasa. The following players slgnlfled their Intention la participate: S. riakelsteln. M. Cohen. A. Weiss, H. Stoiner, F. Haf- nagel. C. Henderson, J. Chernie. r. Un, B. Martin, Mrs. N. Boas. O. Dabaarags.
THE HOLLYWOOD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP The Hollywood open cnampionsnip tour nsment sponsored by tha Hollywood Chest Group and played at their headquarter! at 108 N. Formosa Ave. has created Inter estlng competition In all three classes. Due to the fact that some 84 players par tlclpate i including the ladies' champion snip tournament.) games are piayea ore niehtly by Individual arrangement. Vis Mors are welcome to watch tha games at all times. GROUP "A" Pinkelstein i Cohen ! Aronson ) Lie ht Vorkaplch Riser .... Lenk Forti Dobsevaae Pollycove . Collins . . . lution" must be claimed in order to score1""' J !h'n "ending in the three-movers. Keys GROUP GROUP W. L. Weiss 4'i 1 Hoerber Everett ... Chernls . . Wolff Hufnsgel . pollsnd . , Relnhardt B" Oellert ... Coswell .. . . Luban ... Patsch ... Towbln Karpiiowsky Marks Paradise no principal TsriaTions are necessary Ertckson Alberts ., Gottlieb , Bromberg . 1 Kesner . . 0 Harrison Jr. O Ferer . . fl lLaykin
HOLLYWOOD OPFN LADIES TOURNAMENT W Foos 14'4 Berkov 13 The prise is swsrded to the leading solver Mrs. Wolff 9 once a month. (His tcors is then csn-j Mist Bstsch 9 celed. Mrs. Williams Solvers may become ladderitea at anylMiss Durnerin S'i time. They are expected to solve as in-'Mrs. Chernls 5 dividuala or teams but not consult other-'Mrs. Look 3 wise. iMlss Bnroshow 3 Anyone desiring Information for chess; Mrs. Farley 3 literature, chess lessons, address of chess Mrs. Mar 2 clubs, or whatever information conrerning.i Miss Keener 0 the same of chess, should send a self -ad-i Mrs. Kurntx O 'dressed and stamped envelope or card to I Mrs. Vorkapich O Herman ateiner, Chess Editor. L.A. Times, ; Mrs. stein o W t, 84 5 '4 1 5 1 S 0 2 S 7 11 Requests for back Issues and subsrrip- i Mrs. Stelner L. 7 0 Reshevsky Kashdan Whit BlacK 33- B-Q3 , P-R3 34- Kt-R. , B-B 35- B-B4 K-QJ 36- K-B3 Kt-Q4c)l 37- BxKt KxB 36-P-K4eb K-Kl 3-Kt-B4 B-R3 40- KI-K3 P-R4 41- K-Ktt ?-KtJ 42- K-B5 1-B4 43- P-QKtt PxP 44- PxP 8-Q6 45- P-Kt5 BxP 46- P-KI3 B-B6 47- P-R3 B-BB 46-P-KI6 B-B 49-Kt-B4 K-B4 80-K-Q6 P-RJ 62-K-K7 B-B J 63- K-B7 B-Q4eh 64- K-KtT B-R 85- K-R6 B-B3 8fi-Kt-RS ' B-Q6 67-P-Kt7 BxP 86- KtxB P-KS 59- Kt-B8 . K-K 60- Kt-Q3ch K-KS 61- Kt-K K-BJ 62- K-RtT P-KT 63- Kt-BJ Xeilgnl.

'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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