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March 23, 1941 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 23 Mar 1941, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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CHESS HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor March 23, 1941 L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1179 Composed for th Los Angeles Times by J. B. Hoffman of. Altadena. jr& White mates In two. (Wh. 6; Bl. 4.) L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1176 Composed lor the Los Angeles Tlmeg br . B. Hodman of Altadena. White mates In three. iWh. 4: Bl. 4.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1171: -Q3. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1172: B-K2. We received solutions from the follow, lng: O. B. Oakes M. D. Andrews. O. Francis. J. H. Alherton (welcome to our 'ladder,) Dr. R. H. Ross. J. J. Csrr wel-Opening, ome to our ladder,) J. L. Rickerd. R. M. Cratton. C. P. Ford. J. Fonwca. O. A. Hall. Rev. P. Prlchard. A. U. nevnoins Br., M. Rudholm, A. G. Karn. L. Stern, J. m..t f ti. f t Uurtnllh h. Bruhn, h. Lynn tweicome to our iad- der. I J. Davidson, J. P. Walsn, w. i.. Molting. J. C. Lawaon. Mrs. A. Tovar, E. L. Dunlells. J, C. Drake. J. T. Watson. E. H. Schadee, T. K. Lucke (welcome to our ladder,) W. Harmon.
VNCI.E JACOBOVITCM HOLDS COIHT Scries by I.aios Stelnrr. The following Is taken from November publication. Twriv. iu for (may be ordered directly,! I Bond 8t. ioydner. N.S.M.. Australia. the first of the two queries dealt with in No. 11 of the year a series one 0ten propounded, and may add 'hat we heartuy " ""cl ,J""b?: vltch s answer! The second reiers to Sielner a own game with T. Healy in the New Soulh Wales championship tour- nfy m whlch Healy missed a little chance ion hu .9. h move, after - p-pK4. p-. s'.kbv s V-kB3,'p-K4. V B-N5ch,' b-q2; j-$ftQ$!i 4Nm5i' NN3 4 ' " con-i uncle 'jacobovitch: is there any I'OPIC today without many details to It 7 f rny d0 nnt fc, like analy-lng tonight. 'Black," says my correspondent, "played 9 . . . P-N3, but he could quite safely have taken the pawn, for after 1. . . NxBP; 2. Q-R4ch? Q-Q2; and If QxN, R-Bl wins. "Is there any move," he goes on, 'which Insures white an advantage for ths loss of his pawn, after 9. . . . NxBP. It Is true that White can quickly develop hlg pieces while Black cannot, and that Blaclc has a weakness In his QP, but I doubt whether these can be exploited with th possibility of more than a draw."
UNCLE JACOBOVITCH; It looks righ that Black should play 9. , . . NxBP, because Q-R4ch is not good, and a pawn like this, hemming Black In so much, should be pllmlnatrd If possible. But ss the letter says, White has his own little compensations. What more ts required of a position in the early middle-game, hardly over the opening stages? Black has won a pawn. White development.
The gsmo will start afresh on a new basis. Ona cannot prove here a win for White nor a draw, nor a win for Blsck. Without getting too deeply Into thg game, let glance at one line. 9 . . . KxBP! R-Bt P-KNS .NxN violent movet the Initiative: for a pawn If 10. N-B3 White threatened Q-R4ch. 11. o-ot 17.
N-K3 IX. Rx And without making any White is able to maintain good enough compensation Black cannot hope considerable time. to free himself for 4 From the Lasker Memorial Tournament, Hollywood: IRREGULAR OPENING Oordon Kovacs Gordon Kovacg White Black White Blaclc 1- P-K4 P-K3 31-B-R8 P-K4 2- P-OB4 P-04 32-R-R R-K8I 3- N-QH1 P-Q5 33-R-R3 R-K 4- QN-K2 P-K4 34-P-R5 P-Nt 8-P-Q3 N-KB3 3S-P-R8 B-B7 8-P-B4 N-N5 36-RxR? BxR 7- P-QR3 P-OB4 37-P-N4 P-K5 8- N-KB3 N-QB3 3B-B-B4? B-B8 9- P-R3 N-Kfi39-B-05 P-K1 10- RxN PxB;40-B-B3 B-N7 11- PxP Q-K2I41-K-N3 B-K4 12- Q-B NxP 42-K-R4 B-OJ 13- QxP P-KN3 43-K-Q5 B-B 14- NxN QxN 44-K-K8 BxP 15- P-04 PxP 45-K-B7 P-R3 18- OxP B-N2 4B-P-R4 K-W 17- QxQch BxQ 47-P-R5 K-R2 IB-O-O-O B-K3 48-K-K7 B-N2 19- N-Q4 O-O-O 49-K-Ofi B-B8 20- NXB RxRch 50-K-Bfi B-K4 21- KxR PxN 51-B-K2 B-B5 22- K-B2 R-B 52-B-B.1 B-N6 23- P-ON4 R-B7ch 53-P-N5 PxP 24- K-N3 R-N7ch 54-KxP B-B5 25- K-R4 B-N8I55-P-R8 B-N8 2ti-P-B5 R-N8 56-B-K2 B-B5 27-P-B6I K-B2l57-K-B B-N8 2B-PxP R-K858-K-05 P-R1 29- P-R4! RP5'-K-K4 B-B5 30- R-R3 R-K6 60-K-B5 B-Q3 1 Draw RETT OPENING Hoerber Borochow Hoerbrr Borochow White Black White Blsck 1- N-KB3 H-KB3 1H-H-QB PxP 2- P-QN3 P-B4 19-Q-Q.l P-K4-- 3- B-N2 N-B3 20-N-Q2 QR-B 4- P-K3 P-KN3 21-RxR BxR, 5- P-Q4 PxP 22-Q-B4 QxQ -PxP P-Q4 23-NxQ R-K3 7- B-K2 f-B4!24-N-G2 R-QB3 8- 0-0 B-N2 125-R-QB RxRch 9- B-N5 O-Oj'Jfi-BxR B-KRJ 10- BxN PxBl27-K-B P-B4 11- QN-Q2 Q-B228-K-K B-QN2 12- R-K KR-K 20-P-B1 P-K5 13- N-K5 N-Q2i30-B-N2 P-CM 14- NxN QxN 31-B-Q4 P-R1 15- P-QB4? P-B4! 32-PxP PxP 18- PxOP QxP 33-P-N3 P-K9 17-N-B3 B-N5 34-ReMgng PONZIANI 8 OPENINO JACKIE BURESH: If you feel In a lit- .. . .... ....... .kA.il Ihla ne moon, iiiur nin'-i, wu. bwm. query I have received? Here It Is: For a olavrr learnlne chess, how Is it best for him tn trat. the cnenlnns? HOW IS ne 10 choose between such conflicting counsels u Play only open games Uhere'i an mn.'blfCllon t once, for with Black ong may .f flott (sm j()rc,d upon one , 2) Learn labor-saving aystems Ilka the Colle. etc.. and devote thg time saved to ,ludvlng the mlddle-gsme and end-game. 1 uncle jacobovitch : I know one without going into the question I fully. The opening is both very difficult le2S.0.fT.,j;,..,;m.h.'tB1h. oinVT.
j'ar.', hr"?i t br sre so mahy possibilities, and unless one tudied them beforehand one is hardly , Mtkf bMt continuation. To 'play openings well one must know the pre- ivlous experience and analysis of others, in chess language, theory. fBt -JJ'Xi't 10' jl-cht nn.nm. i. fn, i' :,. the opening serves to Bring our, n nr-1 v,(,0 in. pieces: to hrlna them Inlo fairly ?ond positions, to form them tn good battle ormatlons. In a word, thg opening la to ....... ..nn. , ... tn it thst. when we come to grips with the Everett Borochow I Everett Borochow White Black White Black 1- P-K4 P-K4 12-P-B4 Q-Q2 2- N-KB3 N-QB3 13-N-B2 B-K2 3- P-B3 P-Q4 14-R-K1? O-O 4- Q-R4 P-B3 15-O-NI P-K5 5- B-Ni N-K2 16-Nim)-K B-B4 8-0-0 PxP 17-R-N3 QR-M 7- QxKP B-B4 18-Q-B3 N-B5 8- BxNch? PxB 19-K-R BxPiKBT) 9- Q-QR4 B-Qfl 20-RxB? PxP. 10- R-K Q-Q4 21-N-R3 BxN 11- N-R3 N-N3 '22-Re.Mgns QUEEN'S Wolff White 1- P-Q4 2- P-QB4 3- N-QB3 4- B-N5 5- PxP 8-R-B 7- BxN 8- P-QR3 9- RxR 10- N-B3 11- P-K3 12- N-Q4 13- N-N5 14- P-QN4 15- P-H5 lt-f-R4 17-RPxP PAWN OPENINO enemy w shall be able to us our pieces rn. ln preVfnt the enemy from getting " uch a good position that we art un M tn JUInHa. htm A fairly bad example: Tn olden days It was fairly easy to prepare for an oper- piay ) atlon on s man.
Ong needed a few strong men to hold him If h tried to move about, and a fpw sharo knives or only a red hot soldering lion. Today one has to prepare hundreds of things. It Is so In chess. To play tha open-Ings really well on has to know a great many things. For success In championships It Ig of great value to know open ings well (that la, tne ones we warn 10 But for the gtudent anxious to im prove his skill, It noes not matter so much, If one knows that In principle two strong men (or a strapi and a few well sharpened knives are the main essentials one cannot go far wrong.
The student should first nf all ha clear that th( opening hag two main purposes. Hi to develop; 2) to hinder the opponent from firmly establishing himself In Important positions. At the moment there Is only one important position, the center. All the openings are built up with these two ends. Therefore best In my opinion would be to tell the learner tha general prlnciplea nf one or two particular openings, if thesg prlnciplea are properly understood, tha worst that can happen la that thg player does nnt get everything from the ooenine that a master might get.
That Utile deficiency ronld. then he made up by better understanding of other im portant parts of thg game, JACKIE BURF.SH: No doubt, little mas. ler. It was a tood chatty answer nf yours. If you don't feel like pursuing It further tonight, I'll set up position I have been sent.
20-K-B2 21- P-N.1 22- P-K4 23- P-B5 24- N-B4 25- RxN 26- RxP Borochow While 1- P-K4 2- QN-B3 3- B-B4 4- P-Q3 8-N-B3 6- PxN 7- Q-KJ 8- B-K3 9- P-KR3 10- N-Q2 11- P-QH4 12- P-KN4 13- P-B3 14- P-R4 is-nxp 18-P-N3 17-R-R 1R-R-Q lfl-N-B 20- N-N3 21- Q-Q2 22- N-R5 23- N-K2 24- B-N8 25- BPxP 2K-Q-B3ch 27- PxP 28- K-B2 2q-Q-K3 30-P-UB4 Borochow Wolff Bororhotr Black White Blaclc N-KB3 27-PxP BPtP P-K3 28-R-N R-KV B-N5 29-P-N3 KR-gt P-B4 30-B-K2 R'R8i-R7 N-B3 3I-K-K3 R(R'-RSct Q-R4 32-KxR RxBch PxB 11-K-Q4 P-B BxNch 34-R-B3 R-RVri QxBP 35-K-B5 R-QN7 N-K4 38-K-N R(R5)-QN P-N3 37-R-P5 . P-K3 B-N2 38-R-B7ch K-B.l K-K2 3"-RxP RxNPch Q-B3 40-K-R3 RtN4-N P-QR4 41-R-QR P-Q4 PxNP 42-K-R7 P-Q5 N-N3 43-R-OR8 R-K6 QxQ 44-R-Rhrh K-Nt R-RBch 45-RiKRti)xP RxR B-B3 4ti-RxR RxP B-Q4 7-R- K-N5 B-R 8-RxPch KxP N-K4 41-R-Qlch K-N5 NxN 50-R-Q8 R-RJ NPxP 51-R-KB8 R-KN3 BxP 52-Reslgng VIENNA OPENINO Guillen Borochow Oitlllen Rlack White BIscK P-K4 31-P-P4 BxR, QN-B3 32-RxR B-R5ch N-B3 33-NiR5)-N3 BxNrh N-QR4 34-KxR Q-KRcri NxB 35-Q-B2 PxPch P-Q3 3-NxP Q-BSrh B-K3 37-K-RJ B-Bl Q-Q2 3R-R-Q4 Q-B8 , Q-B3 30-N-Q5 Bxf P-KR3 40-PxB R-QB P-KN4 41-QxP R-B7rh P-QR7 42-B-B2 Q-BVh N-N 43-QxO NxQ PxP 44-K-NJ K B N-K2 45-R-QH K-B3 N-N3 4H-RXKRP NxP B-N? 47-B-Q4 R-KT Q-Q2 48-P-N5 N-K3 Q-K2 40-R-B8 N-B3 F-QB3 50-P-N8 NxR O-O-O 61-P-N7 R-tC B-B 52-R-B7 N-B4ch P-Q4 53-PxN R-KN R-Q2 54-R-KN1 K-Q3 BPxP 58-K-N4 K-K1 K-N 5K-K-R5 K-B3 BxOP 57-K-R8 P-N4 Q-N5 58-PxP PxP B-K2 50-K-R7 Resign! R-N4 QUEEN'S OAMBIT (ORTHODOX DEFENSE! Btelner Freertmart White Blsrlc 13- N(K4)xB N-Bl 14- N-K5 R-B 15- B-N P-N1 18-P-KR4! N(N3l-QJ 17- P-WN4I P-QH4 18- PII5 Q-K 11-PxNP BPxP 20- B-R3 N-N1 21- P-NM , PxP 22- Q-B7 . N(N3-Q4 23- BxN PxB 24- NxRP Resign WN OPENINO Black to move Btelner Freedman White Black 1- P-Q4 P-Q4 2- N-KBl N-KB1 3- P-B4 P-n.I 4- N-B3 P-K3 5- B-N5 QN-Q'l 6- P-K3 B-K2 7- Q-B2 O-O 8- R-Q R-K 9- P-QR1 PxP 10-BxP N-N3 U-B-R2 KN-Q4 12-N-K4I BxB QUEEN'S PA' Hoerber Btelner White Blsck 1-P-Q4 K-KR1 S-N-KB1 P-Q4 3- QN-Q3 P-B4 4- P-K3 N-B3 5- P-B3 B-N5 8- Q-R BxN 7-NxB N-Q2 B-B-NS Q-B2 9- 0-0 P-K3 10- BxN PR 11- R-K P-B4 12- B-Q3 B-QI 13- N-N5 N-N3 14- Q-B2 Q K2 15- P-KB4 P-KBI ifl-N-HI P-N4 17-N-K5 BxN Hoerber White 18-BPxB lfl-P-QN4 20- BPxP 21- R-K2 22- P-QR4 23- P-It5y 24- R-KB 25- B-K 28-Q-R 27-HiK)-KBJ 28-R-H4 telnef BlarK O-O-O PxQP N-BS Q-QNJ K-Q2 P-R1 Q-N4 OK-KH P-R4 P-N8 p.m 29-RBi-B2R(Bl-Kr4 10-P.N3 PxP 31-PxP R-B8 ,12-l-KNJ R'Ni-KI 33- R-Bf NxP(K4 34- 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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