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November 14, 1943 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 14 Nov 1943, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

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CHESS Nov. 14, 1943 L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1481 Sr Niehalaa Oabor mm o. T4 i Whit mates in two. (Wh.. I; BI.. T.) L A. TIMES PROBLEM MO. 1451 Br J. Poaoiail White mates in three. (Wh., Bl.. A.i I SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1447: N-K4- i
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1449:' HERMAN STEINER SIMULTANEOUS On Fridav night, Nov. 19. Hermann Steiner, international chess master will i itv simultaneous exhibition al th San ! Dio Chtia Club, 441 C Si . San Ditto. Alt rtiasa playara or tha vieimiy ara in- vnad io aiiand. For rtnarvauona wrua Vinrfnt R. Jordan crttrrt Sao Zieo Chvaa Club. Th fltat con taut 1n tha tournamant of Moscow and Leningrad fh playara whirh will daiarimna tha piayara in tha romint tournament or Sfiei master a won by Ratoatn, no a Red navy commander. In thif first corneal h lost only on a ama io the Motcow plavar X.ionnsky won an a a me and draw two. One point bah i t'd Rasosiri la the Mo- co .j-Champion I'anov. ore of lha siron(ri ptavcta of tha capital.
Alatori-scv, many ua-a Moscow champion, is third of tha tournament leaden. Tha aarnnd con et jnllow shortly. Ta o example of Ritonni aiyla ef rhaxa ara nven here: Ragnain Baltr;kov RasoMn Baltriskoy Whiiat Bierk i White Black 1- P-04 2- P-OP4 3- K1-UB3 4- P-K3 8-B-03 8-KI-B3 T-O-O 8-BkP 8-P-QR3 10- PkP 11- R-K 12- B-KKI.8 I-KB3 13.B-R2 P-K3 i 14-P-QKt4 B-Kt i IS-Kt-KS O-O 18-R-B P-C14 ! 17-KtBP P-B4 j 18-G-K2 PiBP i l-ePrh B-K'i Q-Q2 Q-IUli KK-Q b. RP KxKt K-KI3 KxB K-R4 K ns K-RR Ki-B3 PvP B-K2 P-QR.3 20- O.B7rh 21- QxPrh ?2-B-B7rh 23-P-KtS-h P-K14 24-B-KSrh Beaiina QxP toaaa a piece and KlaKt leavaa White with tha hatter tame. ib -The proper move waa QR -Q Now White la enabled la aacrlflca with a wtn- ntng attark.
ALEKHINrt DEPINBB Uvmhe- Ilytnaha- nvski Raioaln nrvakt Raanin White Black White Rlark 1- P-K4 XI-KB3 30-O-B7 P-QR4 2- P-K-i Kt-Q4 21-Kt-KtS -2 3- P-OR4 Kt-Kt3 22-P-OKI3 Kt-w.3 4-P-04 P-Q3 23-Q-Oi P-QKI3 ; S-PjP KPxP 34-P-KR3 Kt-B4 S-OKt-B3 Kt-RS 33-Q-B3 Kt-R3 7-R-K3 B-R4 , 2S-P-KKt4 P-BS ! R-KI-R3 B-K2 27-PP QlBP j S-B-K2 O-O 28-Q-03 It-KlS 10-0-0 R-Kl 24-QxP -BS Ill-P-OS Kt-Ktl 30-KI-B7 KR-Q1 !12-Kt-Q4 B-K13 31-QxP B-(S5 ! 1.3-P-B4 B-B3 33-BlB Q-KtSrh 1 14-B-B2 P-KR3 33-K-R1 OnRPch , 1S-B-03 BB 34-K-Ktl OR-Ktl i Iti-OxR KI-R3 3S-QQRP OxPch , 17-K1-K4 Kt-Q3 3S-K-R1 RxB 1B-OR-K1 CKI-B4 37-Q-R7 Kt-B3 I 19-KtxKt, KllKl 38-Q-BS Q-RSch I Rryini for R 37 to follow cannot ba I met To Veep the all-Ruteian atmosphere ; our two problems hy two famoiift Rua- man composer?. The first one being a : Mutate and the second mvolvtnr a beau-; riliil theme with splendid co-ordination i or the white piece.. A. Pnwera. recent winner of the Wis- ronajn championship, demonstrate, below now he won over A. Elo. a former title-holder. RUT VOPK7. A. Bio A White 1-P-K4 S.K1-KB3 3- B-K'S 4- R.R4 5 - O-O 6- I3-K2 7- B-Kt3 8- P-B3 1-PxP 10- KtxP 11- Q-K4 12- P-04 13- OxB 14- K-R1 15- PxKl Powara I A Elo A. Powers Black While Black KtxKtp P-KI3 Q-02 QR-Ol Q-04 Q-BS Xt.Q8 KtxP RxKl KR-Ol KtxP R-OSrh RxRch OxRch B-Q3 P-K4 JU-OB3 P-QR3 Kt-B3 B-K2 P-OK14 O-O P-G4 KtxP Kt-BS KtxKt B-Kt2 Kt-K7rh KtxB Kt-Q6 18-Q-K4 17.B-B2 18- P-KB4 19- P-BS 30-P-KR4 21-Q-KR4 J2-R-K4 23- O-RS 24- Kt-32 25- R-B4 26- PxP 27- BxKt 28- RxR 21-K-R2 30-OxQ Rcaisns tContinaed from last Sunday) iWI Ml im it3 &A iaia I is ii m m IB H H . BBJLI m wTm m " i
BY HERMAN STEINER IMTIINATIONAl CHISS MA IT It AaWreaa AH Mmil M Cheee law aalelnv af rabl.ma aai ara Cbarefera kllatileg Ike lallawing Inlaraatiag arll-elaa ke B. (9. law. fraaa km kaek anlllletf "Ckeaa rraklaaaa i Maw ta Salea Tkaam." (Contmuad) VII THI INCOMPLSTS BLOCK rWO-MOVER NO. 33 By W. T. Willia La f1 9i t M3 y m mzm m m I WLfJ e SV'" Mitel la lw tnevii. K. S furniahai arecimart f itraiere which fnreatiUa menace tl pin in blork prnblem.
Allnwine While a turn ts plan ta lap, a. Black can anaw.r with a move which will paralya. thi Vlere which ahmild mita en thi move i( the kina'a biahop. In thia Inatinci the White kmi in luch a eoinion that he cannot movi tn Improva proapicta inti lhara la not even 8 plauiibli method "f hamperinr Black from reachmi lha Qiiara 1mm which thi pin la liven, thi natural alternative ! tn tiki the atinr out ef lha defenaa br plarlna: man between the piaca liable te ha pinned and thi kint. Bliek hii In reeerve 1.
Mates in two moves, B-KS a. a defense, preventinr 9. FxR maie; therefore aeetn that all ih4 other mate, are In apple pia order. 1. P-KtS must ba the key-move.
This problem ta , a vary indiQcieni one. beina loosely ! put loaether. It. however, exemplifies a polni in aolvinf. which It U con ceivable, unoer elaboration, mixna orrer aome ohatacle to the aolver who prac ttces no method. When causes and effects ar raaaoned out. 1be mot. ahairuse strategem may be fathomed, and the whole scheme thoroughly comprehended in a shorter apace of time than by placing reliance upon impetuous tflort.

Recommended Books

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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