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February 08, 1942 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 08 Feb 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 Feb. 08, 1942 L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. By Brian Harler 1267 White matet In two. (Wh. t: Bl. 6 1 L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1268 Br Sam Loyd King'a Flanthelte Defense The King s Indian Defense is a Ingleal one. as Black's pawn on KN3 obstructs White s hlhop on Q3. 1. P-i N-KBH 1. N-KB.1 P-KNH S. P-K: B-Nt 4. B-QS P-04 R. ON-QJ ON-Oi R. O-O r-B4 1. P-B3 O-O DIAGRAM 2 ! &i& fel I -tl m m m m A- J A 1 JS 51 & ilSMi! Position alter Black 7. O-O. White has not varied a Jot from routine and his simplest course now Is Just th normal 8. P-K4. If 8. . . . PiQP: 9. NxP, and although Black could give Whit an I Q.P it would be only br exchanging off hit flanthello bishop for the knight nn Q4. which would be too weakening. Th game therefor to be called level. Prom (he California Open Stale Championship Tournament. 1942; BUDAPEST DEFENSE , White mates in three.
(Wh. 6: Bl. 3.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1263: B-Ofl. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1264: N-B5. We received solutions from the following: J. M. Maughmer. E. O. Graham (welcome back.) J. O. Dodge, C. p. Ford. R. Roslin, A. 8. Wells. A. D. Reynolds Sr., Mrs. A. Tovar. D. A. Innts. H. Bruhn, O. A. 1111. J. p. Walsh, A. O. Karn, J. C. Drake, J. E. Trier, B. Bushueff. Rev. P. Prlchard (we shall look Into th matter;) M. Rudholm, W. C. Noltlng. W. Harmon, W. L. Koethen. H. P. Matoslan.
HOROWITZ On Feb. 2 I. A. Horowitz, internationalist, was guest of the Hollywood Chess Group at 108 N. Formosa Ave., where ht played against 16 pltyert, winning alt garnet. Thlt wa followed br an interesting lecture. "Mr Match for United State Championship Against Reshevskr," Th nest afternoon, he was guest of the L.A. Chess Club tnd played against 16, winning all.
LIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS Series kr C. J. S. Pardys N. If Th Call far Peonemy (Continued from January 36) Remembering that we art Investigating th Coll Srttem simply as a labor-saver. let lit now at how It operates against defenses other than th normal defense. Th norms I defense It where Black plars both , . . P-Q4 and , . . P-QB4. Another Idea for Black Is to play , , . P-QB4 but hold bark th QP. Tor example: I. P-Ot N-KB 1. N-KHf P-Kt . P.KH P-B4 4. B-01 ' P OM One point about holding hark th OP la (hat. the Q-biihop gets a diagonal immediately.
R. QN.Qt . O-O DIAGRAM 1 Fisher While 1- P-04 2- P-OB4 3- PxP 4- N-KB3 5- P-KN3 K.QN-Q2 7- B-N2 8- 0-0 9- BxN 10- QxB 11- Q-D2 12- N-Q4 13- QR-K 14- P-QN4 15- N-B3 IS-NxN 17- B-Q!ich 18- P-B4 Slelner Black N-KB3 P-K4 N-KS N-OB3 B-NSrh Q-K NxKP NxN7i BxB O-O P-Q3 R-N Q-B.1 Q-R3 P-KB4 PxN K-R 0-N3ch Fisher White 19- K-R 20- RxP 21- R-ON 2S-R.Q 23- B-N2 24- P-K4 25- RxP 28-Q-R4 27- -R3 28- RiQi-K 29- Q-K7 30- KxB 31- K-N 32- QxBP 33- OxNP? 34- R-K7 35- K-R 3h-Krsian Stelner Black PxP QxP Q-W Q-K4 B-K3 PxP Q-KB4 P-OR3 Q-KRI B-Rd BxBch 3-Bhrh P-R3 QR-B? RxP 0-B7ch R-B7! QUEEN S INDIAN DEFENSE B-Nt B-K1 Sjs1 WaJ si Hi Mttmnti Position tfltr Bltck'i I. B-KJ.
White has now made the assent I I tig mnvet nf th arsttm. He can now, if ht likes, pity PK4 at one, turning the ttmt Into Sicilian Defense. Or he could play 7. Q-K3 first; nr 7. P-Bl It It a matter nf rhnlr: th line ha hen to seldom tried that nothing can be laid down.
At an? rat, th lint present WhUt with bo ireat iflicultiet.
Fisher White 1- P-Q4 2- P-QB4 3- N-KB3 4- N-B3 8-B-NS 6- Q-R2 7- P-K4 8- P-05 9- B-K2 10- O-O 11- N-KR4 12- R-Q2 13- N-B5 14- NsB 15- P-B4 16- P-B.S 17- P.B6 1R.R-B2 19- OR-KB 20- O-B 21- P-KR4I 22- RxPch Levltsn Black K-KB3 P-K3 P-ON3 B-N2 B-K2 P-03 P-B4 P-K4 N-R3 Q-Q2 P-R3 N-B2 P-N3 QxN N-02 P-KN4 NxBP K-B N(B2-K B-B N-R2 QxR Fisher White 23- RxQch 24- PxP 25- BxP 26- B-R4 27- Q-R6 2.R.R.Sch 29-QxNiRSieh 30-N-N5 31- PxB 32- Q-B6 33- Q-Q7ch 34- Q-OR 35- QXQP 36- OxPch 37- P-Q6 38- Q-KS 39- B-K 40- B-B3 41- BtN 42- Q-K6ch 43- P-Q7 Levltan Black KxR PxP N(Kl-B3 B-Q2 QR-KN NxB R-N3 BxN K-N2 R-KB R-B2 N-B3 NxKP N-B3 R-Q2 R.KB2 R-N4 K-N3 RxB K-N2 Resigns CARO-KANN DEFENSE Cohen White 1-P-K4 3-N-KB3 3- N-B3 4- N-K2 5- P-Q3 6- P-KN3 7- B-N2 8- 0-0 9- N-R4 10- N-Bs 11- NxN 12- P-OR3 13- P-OR4 14- B-Q2 15- P-B3 IS-NNP?I 17- R-B2 18- PxP 19- Q-N3 20- Q-NSch 21- PxQ 22- R-N 23- RxN 34-P-QB4 Fisher Black F-QB3 P-Q4 P-QS P-QB4 N-QR3 B-N8 P-K4 P-KR3? P-KN4 KN-K2 BxN Q-Q2 JI-KR4 P-R PxNPTI B-Rfi PxP QxP N-R4 QxQ N-NR NxB B-K3 BxP Cohen Whit 28-N-B.1 2-RxRclt 27- N-K3 28- R.R 29- R.R 30- B-B4 31- NxBch 32- NxP 33- R-Neh 34- NxP 38- K-B2 3K-K-K3 37-N-K. 3H-N-Q3 39- P-K8 40- K-K4 41- N-N3 42- R-Q 43- N-Q3 44- N-B 48-RxR 4K-K.Q4 47- P-R3 48- Resign
Fisher Black R-Q KxR B-K3 K-B2 K-N3 BxB KxP P-R4 K-R3 R-QN P-N4 R-KB B-Q3 P-R5 B-K2 P-NS K-N4 P-Rfi PBS R-Q BxR P-NR P-R7 CENTER COUNTER OAMI A ronton While I-P-K4 7- PxP 3- P-Q4 4- N-OB3 8- N-B3 8-B-QB4 7- 0-0 8- B-N8 9- R-Q3 10- N-K3 11- PxB 12- B-KB4 Fisher Black P-Q4 N-KB3 QxP Q.Q B-N8 P-K3 B-K2 O-O N-B3 BxN Q-Q4 QxMP A ronton While 13- PxP 14- N-N3 18-QxQ 18-K-N2 17- B-K4 18- K-R3 19- B-K8 20- QR-R 21- BxQNPf 22- RgR 23- R-B2 24- Resignt Fisher Black N-KS T4-N t! NxQch NiB.lixP ff-RScn QFl-B .NxP Vf-NS RxR N-QR MlB BISHOP OPENINO Chernli White 1- P-K4 2- B.OB4 3- N.QB3 4- P-Q.1 5- KN-K1 8-PtP 7- 0-0 8- N-K4 9- P-OB.1 in-NlK4)-N3 11- P-B4 12- K-R . 13- P-Q4 ' 14- NtP 1J-N-K2I Stelnet Black P-K4 N-QH.I N-B3 B-N8 P-Q4! NxP K-K3 B-K2I P-B4 O-O B-B4rh Q-R.l PxP BxN! B-N3I Chernli Whit 18-BxN 17- QxBrh 18- Q.R.1 19- N-N 20- P.KNJ 21- Q-NJ 32- KxB 33- P-N1 24-Q-Bl ' 28-RxQ 3R-R-B 27- R.RJ 28- R.R 29- KxR J0-Reiini Stlnr Blacl Bxl K-R OR-Q KR-K Q-K2 BtNII Q.K7 Q-QR QxQ R-KHfh R-K7

'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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