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March 30, 1941 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman SteinerChess by Herman Steiner 30 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 80, 1011 A. TIMES PROBLEM NO, 1177 By H. Prober White mates in two. (Wh. 8; Bl. 9 ) L.' A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 117S By L. Telkes farm White mates In three. (Wh. 11: BL 7.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1173: P-B6. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1174: B-B3. We received solutions from the follow Ins: J. O. Dndee. O. Francis. R. M. Crat- tnn W. Harmon. L. Q Hurtman. W. W Tudor. C. P. Ford. T. K Lucke (welcome to our ladder.) J H. Alherton (welcome to our ladder.l Dr. R H. Ross. L. Sheppard. J. J. Carr. J. E. Tyler. M. D. Andrews. J. L. Reckerd, Rev. P. Prlchard, O. B. Oakes, O. A. Hall. E. H. Schadee, D. A. Innrs. J. P. Walsh. R. Rnslin. E. L, Danlclls. J. T. Watson. H. Bruhn, Q. A. Karn, A. D. Reynolds Sr , H. P. Matostan. O. C. Lawson, P. oill. Mrs, A. Tovar, M. Rudholm, J. C. Drake. L. Stern. W. L. Knethen, L. A. Salaado. J. Davidson, W. C. Nollon.
CLUB NEWS LASKER MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Oamea r progressing for this most interesting tournament at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Oroup at 108 N. Formosa Ave. Onmrs are being nlnved nishtlv. The (ollnuini la the ores- rnt standing nf plarera with many ot the games unfinished Borochow, Sterner, Chernla . Lev it an .. Oordon . . Bnzrl Kovacs Patterson Weiss . . . Wolff . . Hoerber . W. L. B Dnhsevags 'i'.it 3'a Wolislon . 2 1 Mrehan . 2 3 Qutllen . . 2 9 Levin ... lis Is Kreedmsn 1 2 Aronson .1 3 Splller 1 W. Reinhardt !4 3'a k. Reinhardt 0 0 Everett ... O 7 answering P-K4 with P-K4, the best h can do is to protect it with P-Q3. as at least one of the center pawns has to hav a defensive hold on ths position." JACKIE Bl'RESH: Then you think h is right? I'NCLE JACOBOVITCH: I would nol say he is right, as It cannot be proved that Black's "attack" is decisive.
On the contrary, Whito regains the attack in most of the games. Moreover. It needs to he proved that an early attack Is right it one is a move behind. But the fact remains that In those time the leaning was toward 1. P-Q4, and thit 1. P-K4 was cast aside for these reasons. That Is, the fear of encountering clos defenses, like the French and Caro-Kann. Players had their eyes turned to the pos sibilities for Black. They were made to fear that Whites position was likely to become rigid. Yes, strange as It sound to you.
It was sure to be the influence of your Nomiovltch. As you will see. all these bit statement emanate from pure individualism rather than objective research. Chess is a mixture of both. That Is how It develops. Some player evolves a theory, somethinc that suits his personality. He becomes so onerossed In his individual research that, putting himself in the other fellow's position, h can't find adeauate answers to his own theories. That Is the clue to all these theories. Their authors feel at home In the positions their theory develops, Rnd they cannot imwrine how th opponent can defend himself. It is clear to them what they ere after, and ther play such positions extremely well.
You mentioned the article about "1. P-K4?" But I know players who think 1. P-K4 I a real move, and tliev cannot imagine how Black Is able to defend the "French." (To be continued) From the Lasker Memorial Tournament. Hollywood: ZUCKERTORT OPENINO Chernls Q'llllen iChernis Whit 1- N-KB3 2- P-ON3 3- P-Q4 4- B-N2 5- ON-Q2? S-NxP 7- KN-B3 8- P-K3 9- B-K2 10- O-O 11- N-B4 l.'-NxB 13- N-02 14- R-B 15- B-R5ch 1B-B-N4 17-QxB Black P-04 P-OH4 PxP Q-R4rh p-kb:ii P-K4 B-Q3 B-K3 N-02 R-B 0-B2 Q-n2 N-K2 P-N3 B Q-R4 White 18-P-QBJ Ifl-R-N? 20- KR-Q 21- Q-KR4 22- N-B3 23- P-OB4 24- RxNI 25- NxP 2B-NXP 27-B-RJ 2R.-Q4 20-Q-N2 30- R-O 31- N-R5T 32- Q-Q2? 33- Q.QHch 34-Q-B8 mat Outllen Black QxRP Q-R3 P-B4 Q-K3T P-KPJ PxP? Qxn O-KI R-R2 R-B3 Q-K!i N-B F-QN4T R-R3 Q-K3' K-Bi 8ICTLIAN DEFENSK Bazael White 1- P-K4 2- N-KB3 3- P-04 4- NxP 5- P-QB4 6- N-N3 7- B-K2 B-PxP 9-B-Q3 10- OxB 11- O-O 12- P-B4 13- N-B3 14- Q-K2 15- B-K3 ifi.N-NS 17.NiN3)-Q4 lA-NxN 19-QR-q Weiss Black P-WB4 PxP P-KN3 B-N2 P-Q3 P-B4? BxP BxB? N-B3 R-QB O-O y-SN5 N-02 P-ON3 N-OB3 NxN N-B4 P-K4 Batael White 0-N-NS 21- NxQP 22- BxN 23- N-N5 24- QxR 25- R-K 2H-Q-K2 27-N-B7 2B-K-R 29- R-Q 30- R-OS 31- N-K 32- N-N 33- N-B3 34- Q-Q3 35- R-Q4 36- O-QJ 37- RxP BIRD'S OPENINO LOS AN0ELE9 CITY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT STL m. ..,! 14a.
on Msrrh 1J at the Los Anseles Chess Club, 124 W according to 'th Elliott I.auo Donnelly Smith . . Fourth St . is progressing schedule. Th following 1 present standing ot players: W. L. Waterman l.eviian Kendall nr. Burns fliesen Dr. Mslis W. L. the Hollywood four-corner SPECIAL TOURNAMENT 500-group cis. chariea IE Henderson was th winner with th score, ll'ii-4'i. Second plac went to Mix Cohen with ',- t: third placs, Oeorg Farly, 8W-7'j fourth to William Wheeler with 6't9',.. and fifth to W. O. Pain with 4-12. Another small group tournament la planned shortly. INCI.C JACOBOVITCH HOLDS COl'RT Series by l.sjos Kleiner Th following la tsken from December Issue ef the Australian ( heis Review, at monthlv aubliratlon. Twelve Issues for wlth!;'" 1 nn (N. 11! On th Value f Dogma) JACKIE RI HUH: I really can't Understand . . . Penpl go around msklnt statements with such an air of Infallibility that ons wonders If they sr not really rlKhtl They could not talk so convincingly unless they themselves were fully convinced that their theories are absolutely true. And, mind, these people are experts.
Sometimes of tli first order. But what has th ordinary player to think. If these statements and theories ra often enn-tradletoryf I myself am convinced that ther can b several equal possibilities. Nimrovttch tald very wittily tn an annotation: "Th only move, though, of course. Whit could have also played B-B3, as sound position has at least two only moves." I cannot admit any absolute authority.
I cannot understand snmslhlng being the only possibl good theory, I cannot (neons like: "White must win because , , . " or "Black must win because . , ," Bcfort starting the asm at all. you no-tire: The only real thing Is Nlmmvltrh's phllnsophie dictum: X Play for win with White because 1 am a move ahpsd, and with Black becaus I am a mnv behind " ' t( I E JACOBOVITCH! You don't like anything absolute, do yotif Yet you think Nimovitch's theory Is th only real on. I myself am mors of an absolutist, t see It eometimes In my clearer moments.
Therefor. I understand better than you what all these dogmas mean, Let us e-x-amine a few of them, and try to Understand and crltlcls them. JACKIE Bt RKHIIi I one resd tn ar-tlcl about "1. P-K4T'1 Th author aald, "And Whit Is already lost." His reason was that after 1 . . . P-KJl 3. P-U4. P-Q4I Black I alrewdy attacking I VNCLK JACOBOVITCMl We hav talked befor about that. But, anyway.
what I h really saylngt He trie to Indlcat that to mnv an Important pawn Ilk th KP to an unprotected post It unwise, as Black, with 1 , , , K-K3, can Immediately prepare an attack on It. H (Breyen therefor recommends I, P-Q4 as th , first move, because the pawn Is protected by the Queen and will again he protected by th KP. hit horror la not asamst 1. P-K4 tthoush h emphasises It as th seed nf a faulty atrataaem.l but against moving up both ths KP and OP to th fourth rank, That this la so is shown by hls-annotatlon to a gam b-sllinln 1. P-K4T.
P-K.4'1 I. M-KB3, P-OT H lay. ' It somson makes th mistake i tfnerber While 1- P-KB4 2- N-KB3 3- P-OI 4- P-K3 5- B-K2 6- 0-0 7- Q-K S-P-Q4 9-QN-Q2 10-B-rl U-P-B4 12- P-ORJ 13- Q-N3 14- B-R4ch 15- B-B2 16- Q-R3 17- P-KN4 H-N-KS 19- NXN 20- BxP 21- P-K4 22- P-K5 23- R-B2 24- OxN 25- 0-B3 2-Nx9 27-B-K3 ."B-K-B 29- R-K 30- R-q3 31- R-Q 32- KxR 33- B-QI Ivln Whit 1- N-KB1 2- P-Q4 3- P-KNS 4- B-N2 fl-O-O 6- P-B3 7- R-K 5- 0-B2 9-ON-QJ 10-PxP Weiss White 1- N-KB3 2- P-B4 3- P-K3 4- P-ON4 6-Q-N3 6- P-N5 7- P-04 R-N-B3 9-NxN 10-N-O2 U-NxP 12- PxP 13- NxN 14- B-KJ 18- PxP P, 1-R-Q 17-Q-B2 15- B-K2 19- U-U2 20- BxB 21- 0-0 Chernls Black N-KH3 P-K3 P-04 P-QN3 B-N3 B-B4 N-B3 B-01 K-ONS B-R3 PxP N-OS P-N3 P-N4 N-R4 B-OB V-B3 P-B4 PxV F-OR3 B-K2 QxPrh NxP QxR QxQ B-N2 R-Q IKS O-O P-B5 RxRch R-ch B-QD4 DUTCH DEFENSI Hoerber White 34- R-B 35- K-K 3(i-NxB 37-R-BJ 3R-N-B 39- R-02 40- KxR 41- K-B3 42- K-N4 43- N-K3 4S-P-OR4 4S-K-H1 4-PxP 47-N-B2 4B-N-K3 49- N-B2 50- N-K3 81-P-N3 52-KxB SJ-K-Q3 A4-K-B 85-K-N 56- N-Qch 57- N-B2 88-N-R3 B9-N-N5ch 60-NxP f.l-N-0 62-B-N4 b3-PxHch M-NxP tjS-Reslgns S'elner Blsck P-KB4 K-KB3 P-K3 B-K2 O-O P-01 OK N-B3 P-K4 PxP BETt OPENINO Levin Whit 11- P-KJ 12- N-Q4 13- R-KB 14- O-N.lch 18-N-NS lR-NxHP 17-NIN8I-QS 1H-U-NS 19-Rcslins Weis Blsck Q-K2 R-a PxB RxR PxP Q-R5 P-QR3 B-QS , BK R-B4 R-B3 R-K3 P-R3 Q-B3 P-N4 R-K3 K-B2 Resign Chern! Blsck B-K BxBcti B-N2 K-n X-K2 Rxn P-KR4 K-QJ K-B3 K-NJ r-R4rh B-Q4 Kxt K-B4 B-KRS B-KS B-04 PxP K-NS P-R5 P-RH K-B K-OT K-KSS K-BK KxP P-N4 P-N.l F-Nl PxP P-N7 'elnet Black P-KS N-K4 P-B4 K-RI P-QBM B-Kl O-Nl BxN(Q3) Patterson Black P-04 P-K3 N-KB3 ON-Q2 P-QB4 B-K2 O-O N-K8 PxN P-K4 PxP K-B3? BxN B-OB4 PxP P-RS B-N8 Q.R4rh Q-R4 OxB KR-Q Weiss White 22- P-BS 23- Q-B2 24- R-Q2 25- R-N 2ti-QxR 27- R-B2 28- R-R 29- Q-B2 30- R-N 31- QxR 12-Q-B1 33- P-H3 34- Q-B4 35- P-N3 31-K-R3 ' 37-Q-P3 3B-QxP 39-Q-N3 4fl-P-OR4 41- q-NBch 42- Q-B8I SICILIAN DEFKNSI Qulllen White 1- P-K4 2- PKB4 3- N-KB3 4- N-B3 B-P-4 5- NxP 7- B-K3 8- NxN 9- 0-0 10- B-K3 11- P-KN4 12- P-N5 J3-N-R4 14- P-B1 15- Q-B2 lA-OR.q 17-R-B3 1B-P-N3. 19-PxB 30-R-R) Roroch0 Whits 1-P-K4 a-N-Bj 3- B-B4 4- P-Q1 8- B-KNl B-N-K3 7-0-0 11 PxB 9- NxB 10-H-K1 tl-O-KJ 13-UR-U Wolff Qulllen Blsck White P-OII4 21-P-BB N-OB3 22-P-BB P-Ol 23-B-BJ P-K.1 24-B-B PxP 28-B-R B-QR3 2-PxPep. N-B3 27-R-N3 PxN 2B-P-KR4 Q-MJ 29-Q-KK2 B-Kl 30-RxR O-O 31-R-NS K-02 32-K-B R-N 33-R-B2 P-OH4 34-K-N2 B-N2 38-R-B3 B-B3 3-KxR 0-R4 37-K-Nl B'rl 3B-Kx4 N-N3 39-PxH - P-NJ 40-Reslgnt VIENNA OPENINO Patterson Black Q-K3 P-RH KR-N BxRch Q-BS Q-QA O-R.l R-N F RxRF P-RJ Q-N4 8-NT P-KN4 Q-Nflch Q-KS Q-Q4 P-R4 Q-BS P-NB K-N2 Resign Wolff Black KR.-Q) B-B N-B.t N-K4 P-KH4 K-ra P-BB N-OB NxF) BxP Q-N3ch Q-N7 Q-RBch R-NT BxRch QxPch QxQch BxFl B-QM Mcehan RorochOW IfeehaBi Blsck White Black P-K4 13-P-BS Q-B1 N-B3 14-PxP PxP N-B1 15-Q-Q1 R-Q B-NB IB-P-KB1 O-O P-OI l7-P-KB4f B-Q2F BK3 1B-N-08I KNxrf Bull 10-PxN Q-BJ BN 20-PxP PxF f-KRI 21-P-OS Q-Bl N-K2 23-PN, RxQ Q-U2 21-PxnKll K-F4 I'-RJ 24-RxR Bssnrnsj.

'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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