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June 13, 1943 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 13 Jun 1943, 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 June 13, 1943 L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 140? B J. PerU Pirdo (Sixth Pr.) Whit mates in two.
(Wn. 11; TIMES PROBLEM NO. Bl. 7.) 1408 Composed fot the Los Angeles Times by R. C. Minkowski, Los Angelas Times Los Angeles. White mates in three. (Wh. 4; Bl. 3 SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1403: O-Rbch. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1404: R-N8. We received solutions from the Jnllow-ing: L. A. Salgado, J. O. Dodge. O. Hall. D A. Intifs. E. A. Kosecrans. H. Bruhn. D. M. Poole. E. H. Quayle, Mr. r. Tovr. M. Rudholm, J. C. Drke. L. Victor, J. Warnaek, J. B. Faulkner (welcome back.) A. D. Reynolds Sr.. W. L. Koethen. W. Harmon. W. C. Noltlns. C. W. Kavsine. J. W. Qm-rell. . P. Walsh. F. Margaretten, M. Morris. E. L. Rubin, F. T. Chace, A. 8. Wells, F. Aks.
SACRAMENTO CITY CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, 1943 FRENCH DEFENSE Gee White 1- P-K4 2- P-04 3- N-WB3 4- B-KN5 5- P-Ki (I-P-KR4 7-B-K3 B-Q-N4 9-0-0-0 10- BxOP 11- P-B4 12- RxN 13- Q-N3 14- N-B3 15- N-NS lfi-RPxB 17- B-K2 18- KR-O Worden Black P-K3 P-04 N-KB3 B-K2 kn-q: P-KR3 P-OB4 P-KN3 PxP N-QB3 NxB P-KR4 O-O K-N2 BxN N-B4 0-N3 B-Q2 Gee While 19- Q-B2? 20- P-KN4 21- NxN 22- P-N3 i 23- RIQI-Q2 24- PxP 23-P-RSch 2fi-Q.B 27- K-N 28- R-R4 29- 0-B2 30- QxO 31- P-B4 32- PxP 33- Ri4i-Q4 34- RxR 35- RxR 36- K-B2 Worden Black OR-B N-R5 BxN Q-B4 B-N4 BxB K-R2 Q-R6ch R-BS Q-B4 P-R3 RxQ R- RiOixP P-N4 RxR PxR Resigns
NIMZO-INOIAN DEFENSE Thornton White 1- P-Q4 2- P-OB4 3- N-OB3 4- P-OR3 5- PxB S-N-B3 7- P-K3 8- B-Q3 9- Q-B2 10- O-O 11- BP.P 12- B-K2 13- P-QR4 14- N-G2 15- R-K 1S-B-B3 17- NxN 18- B-K2 19- P-B3 Gee .Black N-KB3 P-K3 B-N5 BxNch P-B4 O-O P-ON3 B-N2 Q-B2 P-Q1 P-B;i! PP P-QRi R-K ON -02 N-K5 PxN P-B4 N-B3 Thornton White 20- PxP 21- Q-R2 22- B-Q 23- Q-P2 24- B-B3 25- BxB 2S-0-QR2 27-Q-N2 2R-P-N3 29- R-3 30- R-K 31- 0-B2 32- R-X2 33- RxR 34- K-B 35- KxP 3fi-Qr;R 37- K-N 38- B-R3 Gee Black BxP OR-B N-Q4 R-K3 OR-K RxB P-Bo PxP Q-B2 0-K3 R-KB R-B7 NxP! PxRch R-KRch R-K7ch QxOrh Q-B6 N-K7 mate adopted to ditcoTer th fact that m two-moTer la. of this tint. There are however, manv problems, the ideas of which er tloseir resemble tho a.rd dealt with.
In considering No. 8 thes were alluded to. and it will b convenient now to devote attention to the ciax of -rateiy which augments pure waiting motives. In that the opening more introduces additional effects, and consequently in the general run. tend to inereaso the merit of the work.
: When on the examination of a position ! It is toletablr obvious that a pur wait- inr key would solve it. and there aro no means available of preserv.ng intact wat ! the initial assembly u capable of. then : Whit must open Are by a coup which j yields some seeming advantage to Black. ; however trifling. Exception should be j made in regard to Mutate which will be I referred to in a separate chapter.
j No. 19 V t Uji '-''?' r Mate in two moves. In No. 19 the Black King has a choice of two moves; to whichever square he resorts. White can mate with the Bishop or his King's Knight accordingly.
Now it is not possible to restrict Black to these two moves and yet inflict mate. White must perforce offer Black more play. In this esse 1. B-Kts gives him the choice of an additional move 1. KxKPi whilst still retaining power to mate on eilher 1 KxBP or K-B5.
On Black availing himself of the extra liberty anoraed him of rapturing the King's Pawn, then White mates by 2. Kt-B4. (Continaed But Sunday) We have had many inquiries about solving of problems and are therefore publishing the following interesting articles by B. R. Laws from his book entitled "Chess Problems and How to Solve Them." (Continued from last Sunday)

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Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'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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