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May 10, 1942 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 10 May 1942, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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White mates in three. (Wh. 4; Bl. 2.) S0LUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1289: Q-K. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1290: P-N4. We received solutions from the following J. E. Tyler. D. A. Innes, J. O. Dodge, Rev. P. Prlchard, M. Morris. J. P. Walsh, R. Roslln. J. C. Drake, A. L. Buckman, J. Fonseca, J. T. Watson, Q. A. Hall, H. Bruhn, C. P. Ford, B. Bushueff, G. 8. Kibbey. J. Maughmer, C. B. Collins. L. Llppman. W. C. Noltins, E. H. Schadee, Dr. F. B Sheldon. A. D. Reynolds Sr.. S. J. McConnell. P. Margaretten, A. S. Wells. M. Rudholm, E. Shlmano. G. D. Donald.
RESHEVSKY. KASHDAN TVS Samuel Reshevsky and Isaac Kashdan tied for the United States chess championship with a score of 12½, each. It was said that efforts would be mad to arrange a title match between them.
Mean while they divided the first and second prizes.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS W. Kashdan . .12'i Reshevsky .12 lj Denker ...10s Pinkus ...10'i Steiner ... 9 V Horowitz . 9 Seidman 7 Levy 6 Levin . Chernev Pilnick . Baker . Lessinir . Green Hahlbohm. Altman . . .
INSTRUCTIVE MIDGAME STRATEGY BY KAMAT Facing Queen's Gambit Declined. Richter. playing against Vlllard at the Munich Olympiad, lost time by the inl.neuver P-QR3 and tht impossible objective of statloninc a Kt at K5 with an old Nlemzowltsch pawn formation. Vlllard, with an excellent timing, challenged the centrally placed Kt, compelling a further loss of tempo for Black. Richter. however, unwllllni to face the inevitable, started upon a "cross attack" and landed himself, as most cross-attacks result. In a lost position br reason of aj tempo winning surprise move.
In the position diagrammed below, Black, having the move, rejected Kt-Q3 In favor of R-R3 intending to reply IS. PxKt with KtxKt; 16. PxBP, Kt-Kt5, but completely missed the fine counter-stroke. Game proceeded as follows: 14. . . . R-R3: 15. Kt-B7! (with a Black Knight ennrise. White can venture on this excursion,) KxKt: 16. PxKt, Kt-B3; 17. P-K51 Kt-Kt5; 18. BxP! KtxKP(K3;) 19. BxP i B-KB3; 20. Q-Q3. KtxR; 21. RxKt. Q-Rl; 22. B-B5! and White clinched matters brilliantly by Its 34th move. Black: K. Richter (Germany) to play Ik uss. i 'ij c m m i iff Q.J i m tow 1 f White: F. Villard (Estonia.) Analysis of the Position reveals that Black has a bad. though not a lost game at the atage revealed by the diagram. The game can hardly be said to have passed the opening stage and instead of trying to recover the lost tempo.
Black throws away more tempo-value by an til-considered premature offensive. Indeed after 14. . . . Kt-Q3: White will play 15. Kt-BS, compelling the exchange of a Black bishop for a knight and stationing pieces in advance posts, but that was because Black neglected P-QB4 to an extent seriously compromising his game. All these reveal how seemingly trifling lapses contribute toward the crumbling of the edifice indeed a hopeful feature which insures a long tenure of life for chess as internationally recognized. Mid-game strategy Is not mere combination: it is more the exploitation of minute sins of commission and omission by our opponent in the opening stages of the game. Take again the following position arrived at by faultily played Queen Indian Defense.
Indeed, we can categorically affirm that commitment of flanchetto development by Black before White has revealed the disposition of his knights is unsound and Dr. J. Cuklerman made the error of a premature queen flanchetto when his opponent had effectively rendered P-K5 by Black impossible. The opening stage can barely be said to have been over when Black was faced with such constraint that a sacrifice of minor piece by White was the natural consequence. (From Maior Open B. Nottingham) Black: Dr. J. Cuklerman mi mmmm VSi A t'.fA Ka' m Mi mii m mm m v:."v White: G. Abrahams A Queen Indian Defense by Black with lis Q-B effectively blocked and a backward center. With the Q-Kt development While captured ths critical squares D-5 and E-4 and supplemented the reinforcement with P-KB3 till such time as the shutoff move P-QS was achieved.
With aggressive play occasioned by Black's backward center. White has compelled the entry of the Black king into the-fray. The game proceeded as follows: 16. P-B5. PxB; 17. PxP . K-Ktl; 18. R-KB7. Kt-K4; 19. Q-RB1! (offered sacrifice of exchange after sacrifice of a piecei 19. . . . B-Bl; 20. B-B5! PxP: 21. BxB, PxKt: 22. B-K6I KtxB: 23. PxKt. R-R3; 24. KI-Q5, Q-RR2; 25. KI-B4. K-Rl: 26. Q-KB5, Q-QB1: 27. KtxRP, KtxR! 28. Kt-PxKt, Q-KB1: 29. KtxB. KxKt: 30. R-KB4. R-Kt3: 31. R-KR4. R-QR1: 32. Q-R5. K-B3: 33. P-K4! K-K12: 34. Q-R7 . K-B3: 35. R-B4 , KxP: 36. Q-R3 forcing mate in 8. Here again the malady is not far to seek though the exploitation by White of Black's lapses In the opening Is of the Immediately aggressive type as contrasted with the oulet positional advantage In the first example. A superficial study of both Ihese will mislead the reader into thinking.
that while in the first. Black beat himself, fci the second Black was outplayed by White. Deeper Insight, however, will convince the student that sheer poetia justice viz.. the punishment of an ill-spent opening obtained in both and that mld game strategy la nothing but exploitation of minute opening lapses on the part ot your opponents. RTJY tOPEZ Ptnkus White 1- P-K4 2- Kt-KB3 3- B-Kt5 4- B-R4 5- Castleg 6- R-K 7- B-Kt3 8- P-B3 9- B-B2 10- P-Q4 11- QKt-Q2 12- BPxP 13- P-KR3 14- Kt-Kt3 15- P-Q5 16- B-Kt 17- QKt-CW 18- P-R3 19- Kt-B 20- B-Q2 21- Kt-Kt3 22- B-Q3 23- B-K14 24- R-QB 25- Q-K2 26- R-B3 27- OxKt Reshevsky Black P-K4 Kt-QB3 P-QR3 Kt-B3 B-K2 P-QKt4 P-Q3 Kt-QR4 P-B4 Q-B2 BPxP Kt-B3 Castles P-QR4 Kt-QKt5 P-R5 B-Q2 Kt-R3 KR-B P-Kt3 B-K Kt-B4 Q-Kt2 KKt-Q2 OR-Kt KtxB RxR Pinkui White 29- Q-K3 30- R-Q 31- Q-RS 32-Q-Q2 34-Q-K2 35- P-B3 36- Kt(Kt3)-B Reshevsky Black R-B Kt-Bt Kt-R3 P-B3 R-E5 P-R Wr.R.1 Kt-KtS B-a 37- K-R B-Kt3 38- Kt-K3 R-B2 39- P-K14 P-R 5 40- P-Kt5 PxP 41- Kt(R2-Kt R-B. 4-Kt-B6ch K-KtJ 43-KtxBch aM.QlP 45- Kt-B4 46- K-Kt2 47- KxR 48- K-K2 49- K-Q3 50- K-K3 51- K-Q2 52- OxKt Resigns RxKt R-KB Q-B RxF OxPch ' Q-Kt7ch Kt-B4rh. QxPch Kt-KWch Q-Kt7ck
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Kashdan White 1- P-Q4 2- P-QB4 3- Kt-QB3 4- Kt-B3 5- B-Kt5 6- P-K3 7- B-Q3 8- BxP 9- P-K4 10- B-Q3 11- Q-K2 12- Castlei 13- P-K5 14- Kt-K4 15- BxB 16- KtxP 17- PxKt 18- QR-B 19- P-QR3 20-P-R3 21- B-K4 22- KR-Q 23- K-R2 24-Q-Q2 25- RXQ 26- Kt-Q4 27- BxB 28- Kt-BS 29-Kt-Q6 30- RIQ21-B2 31- R-B8 32- RxRch 33- R-B6 Horowitz Black P-Q4 P-K3 K1-KB3 QKt-Q2 B-K2 Castles PxP P-QR3 P-Kt4 B-Kt2 R-K P-B4 Kt-Q4 Q-Kt3 RxB KtxKt QxP Q-Kt5 Q-KI5 Q-R4 R-Q KR-Q2 Q-R3 QxQ K-B Kt-B5 RxB Kt-Q4 R-Kt3 P-B3 R-Kt RxR R-R Kashdan White 34- Kt-K4 35- Kt-B5 36- RxP 37- Kt-Q7ch 38- RxP 39-KtxPch 40- Kt-B6 41- K-Kt3 42- Kt-Q4 43- KtxP 44- K-B4 45- K-K4 46- P-B4 47- P-Kt4 48-PxP 49- P-Kt5ch 50- K-B3 M-K-KI4 52-P-B5ch 53- K-B4 54- K-K4 55- K-K3 .SR-K-Q4 ' 57-K-K5 58- K-B4 59- P-KtS 60- K-Kt5 Bl-Kt-B3 62- K-B4 63- Kt-Q5ch 64- Kt-Kt4 65- Kt-Q5ch 66- Kt-Kt4 Horowiti BlarK PxP P-QR4 R-It K-B2 RxR K-B3 P-RS Kt-Kt5 Kt-BS KtxKtP K-K3 Kt-Ci P-R4 PxP K-BJ K-KtS Kt-Ktl Kt-BS K-B2 K-K2 Kt-Q7ch Kt-B5cS Kt-QT Kt-Bfech Kt-QT Kt-B Kl-K Kt-B6fl Kt-KI K-B K-Kt K-B Resign QUEEN'S PAWK OPENING Cherney White 1- P-Q4 2- Kt-KB3 3- P-B4 4- Kt-B3 5- BPxP 6- P-K4 7- PxKt 8- B-Kt5ch 9- BxBch 10- Castleg 11- B-K3 12- Kt-K5 13- P-KB4 14- KtxKt lR-O-B.l j 18-KPxP 1 17-RxQ ; 18-pxp 1 19-R-Kt 20- PxP 21- B-Q4 22- PxB 23- RxP 24- R-Kt8eh J5-R-Kt7ch Beldman Cherney Black White Kt-KB3 26-P-R3 P-K3 27-R-KtS P-04 2R-R.B P-B4 29-R-B3 KtxP 30-K-B KtxKt 31-R-Kt B-K2 32-R-Q B-Q2 33-K-Kt QxB 34-R-Q7 Castles 35-R-B KR-Q 3K-KxR Q-B2 37-RxPch Kt-B3 38-R-KKt7 QxKt 39-R-K17 P-B 40-R-Kt4ch QxQ 41-R-Kt3ch PxBP 42-R-Kt8 B-B3 43-K-B2 P-QKt3 44-K-B PxP 45-R-Kt3 BxBch 46-R-KtS RxRP 47-R-QB5 RxQP 48-R-B4ch K-B2 49-R-B K-K13 50-K-Kt Resigns
FRENCH DEFENSE Seldmaa Blaclt K-RJ R-QBch RtQSI-QT RxPch R(Kt7l-QB7 P-Kt3 K-R K R Pllnlck White 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- Kt-QB3 4- B-Kt5 B-P-K5 8-B-Q2 7- PxB 8- Q-Kt4 9- B-Q3 10- KxKt 11- KLB3 12- P-KR4 13- Q-B4 14- QR-QKt 15- P-R4 lfi-B-KtS 17- Pxp 18- RxB 19- K-K2 on-R-Kt4 21-Q-B6 Leasing Black P-K3 P-Q4 Kt-KB3 B-Kt5 P-KR3 BxKt Kt-K5 P-KKt3 KtxB P-QB4 Kt-B3 Q-B2 Q-K2 P-Kt3 B-Q2 Kt-R4 BxB Kt-BSch P-R3 QxP R-KKt Pllnlck White 22- R-R3 23- Kt-Q4 24- Q-B4 25- Q-Kt3 26- R-R 27- KR-QKt 28- RxKt 29- RxP 30- RxPch 31- RxBP 32- K-Q2 33- R-B5 34- RxP 35- P-K6 36- PxQ 37- RxP 38- P-K7 39- K-K3 40- K-B4 141- K-K3 142- K-B2 -RS .RArh RxRch KxP K-K' R-R3 KxP K-KH K-Kt4 P-BS R-R7eh P-Kt P-B K-B5 P-Kt3 K-KtS R-KRT P-B7cb tesslnt Black R-QB Q-KJ P-KKti P-KtJ P-KR4 P-B3 rxh Q-QB2 K-Q2 K-B R-K K-Kt R-QB Qxa RxBP RxP RxPcll R-Ktcb R-K8 R-Kt6cli Reslgng.

'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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