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May 16, 1943 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 16 May 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 Chess Editor May 16, 1943, L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1359 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by R. C. Mankowski, Los Angeles White mates in two. (Wh. 4: Bl. 3.) L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1400 By J. J. OKeefe RUSSIAN GAME This game was awarded 'Best Played Game' the Sverdlofsk tournament Of April, 192.
The coticludlns attack la aa wild as any off-hand or rapid-transit club game. SICILIAN DEFENSE Sokolsky Bastrlkow Sokolky Bastrikow White Black White Black 1- P-K4 P-QB4. lS-PxP OKtxP 2- Kt-KBJ P-K3 16-P-KI5 Kt-K ; 3- P-Q4 PxP 17-Kt-Q4 p-B1 4- KtxP KI-KB3 1B-B-R3 Q-8 5- Kt,-QB3 P-Q3 19-P-B5 P-K4 ! 6- P-KK13 P-QR3 20-P-KI8 PxP i 7- B-Kt2 Q-B2 21-PxP P-B4 8- Catleg Kt-B3 22-KtnP HrKt 9- K-R B-Q2 23-BxR BxB 10- P-B4 ; B-K2 24-BxB , Kt-KPI 11- Kt-KtJ P-QKt4 23-B-KI5 ' KtxKP iz-o-K.1 castlesKrt 2S-Kt-aii ' Kt-B7ch 1 13- P-QR3 QR-Kt 27-RxKt Q-KI2 i 14- P-Ktt P-KtS 1 28-Q-R5 Besigns (CS.M.I Wa bare had many tnaulrir ahnut olTlnt ef problems and are therefore publishing the fallowing ln(crtint artl-elea by n. O. lava from hia book entitled "Cheaa Problrmi and How ta Salva Them." (Continued from last Sunday) At the sweepint key move of the i Bishop seen In No. 11 may be aurprialnt ! and pleasant to the novice, another here I is quoted which has elmllar charm (No. i 12.) The play which tollows this flighty: key la very different and by reason of I the freedom which the Black Kin haa: during hia brief period of suspense may !: also prova agreeable. j: No. II By P. Schrufer White mates In three.
(Wh. 8: Bl. 10.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM. NO. 1394: KH8 SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1396: Q-KB2. W received solutions' from the following: J. O. Dodte. S. J. McConnell, J. Clracely, J. C. Drake, M. Rudholm. C. B. Collins, F Margaretten, A. S. Wells, J. Fonseca, F. Aka, O. A. Hall, A. D, Reynolds 8r., C. P. rord. E. L. Rubin. W. L. Remolds, D. M. Poole. E. H. Quayle, J. W. Gorrell. R. O. Kingsbury. J. Warnack, J. P. Walsh. W. Harmon, H. Bruhn, E. A. Roaecrans. W. L. Koethen. T. A. Innet, E. H. Schadee, Mrs. F. Tovar.
CORRESPONDENCE CHESS Loula Sheppard would like to play by mail with any "C" daaa player. Writ P. O. Box 114, Norwalk, Cal. SYRACUSE TOURNAMENT Avraruse. N.Y.. has been chosen to Play host this summer to the 44th open tournament of the United Slstea Chess Federation. The event will b sponsored Jointly bv the United States Chess Federation and the New York state tness eaeranon. Arransementa to hold this principal American tourney of the year at Syracuse totelher with the annual New York State championship and class tournamenta were confirmed today between George Sturtis of Boston, president of the United States Chess Federation, and Paul G. Oiers of Syracuse, preaident of the New York State Chess Association. Th. two tournaments will take place concurrently at the grand ballroom of the Hotel Syracuse Aug. u-is Finsnclal arrangements for the Joint meeting will ba In charge of Frita Brleger. president of tha Queens Chess Club and treasurer of the State body. Management of the tourneys will be in the handa of Paul O. Giers.
Also active In the arrangement will be Mra. Carl 8. Nye of Syracuse, tecrt- tary of tha state association. Masters and amstetirs alike will have their opportunity In the varioua events scheduled and a large attendanct of both classes of player la expected.. MATCH OAMK -Lieut. Cartler of the Free French and Pr. Zak, Dutch expert, are amont continental experts who found their way to England. Cartier is the pseudonym of a Russisn-French master who used to live In Paris and was widely known for his books and magasine articles. The game below waa one of an Informal match played recently. QUEEN'S PAWN OAMS Cartier White 1- P-Q 2- Kt-KB3 3- P-KKI3 4- B-Kt2 B-P-B4 6- Castleg 7- KI-B3 8- PxP 9- Kt-KS 10-P-B4 U-BPxKt 12P-K4 1.1-KtxP 14-PxPep. Mate in two moves. I The Bishop lends Itself convenlentlr to assisting in the device of "leisurely activity." and whether his flisht ia long or short it Is not difficult to measure, ! for instance, his trace on tha long diagonal commands King's field squares from a oistanca at teen potn. in No. X2 and No. 13.
(Continued next Sunday) Black Whit Black Kt-KB3 15-KtxxBch RxKt P-KKI3 16-RxR QxR B-K12 17-B-B4 Q-K2 ' P-Q4 18.Q-Q2 Kt-Q3 P-B3 19-R-K Kt-BS Castles 20-Q-B3 Kt-Kt3 QKt.QJ 21-P-Qi Q-KB2 PxP 22-B-RS P-K4 P-K3 23-R-KB B-B4 KtxKt 24-QxP R-K Kt-K 25-Q-Q4 Q-Q2 PxP 26-Q-B8 Kt-BS P-B4 27-P-Q Q-KB2 BxP 28-B-Q3 Resign!

'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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