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ChessChess 04 Oct 1942, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Los Angeles Times Problem No. 1335 by P. F. Blake (1st Prize) White mates in two. (Wh. 6; Bl. 11.) FEN...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, March 8, 2024

Los Angeles Times Problem No. 1335 by P. F. Blake (1st Prize)
White mates in two. (Wh. 6; Bl. 11.)
FEN 2bnrbqN/4kr2/p2R3p/3Q1p2/K2B4/4Nn2/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solutions: 1. Qc5 Rh7 2. Bf6#

Los Angeles Times Problem No. 1336 by K. A. L. Kubbel (1st Prize) White mates in three. (Wh. 11; Bl. 7.) FEN...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, March 8, 2024

Los Angeles Times Problem No. 1336 by K. A. L. Kubbel (1st Prize)
White mates in three. (Wh. 11; Bl. 7.)
FEN B7/4B1p1/4P3/4kP1P/pqpN4/1b4p1/2PPKP2/Q7 w - - 0 1
Solutions:
1. Kf3 Qa5 2. Qe1+ Kxd4 3. Qe3#
1. Kf3 c3 2. Qe1+ Kxd4 3. Qe4#
1. Kf3 Qxd2 2. Nc6+ Kxf5 3. Qe5#

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CHESS BY HERMAN STEINER INTERNATIONAL CHESS MASTER Address All Mail to the Chess Editor LA. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1335 By p. F. Blak (1st Pr.) INDIAN DEFENSE White mates in L A. TIMES By K. A. L, two. (Wh.6i Bl.U.) PROBLEM NO. 1336 Kubbel. (1st Pr.) (White mates in three, twh.ll; B1.7.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1331: Q-B3. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1332: P-N8(N.) We received solutions from the following: R. H. Beals, C. B. Collins. H. Bruhn, J. Davidson. J. O. norine, M. I. Bailey. B. Bushuefl, Miss A. Caamargo. K. Cay. H. Enslander (wclcony back.) C. P. Ford. O. Francis, E. W. Fassett. C J. Oibbs. G. A. Hall, R. L. Hewes. T. Harrington. B. Hall. R. H. Hays, D. A. Innes. W. R Jepson (welcome to our ladder, I W. L. Koethen, O. J. Myers, J. Menkes, M. Morris, W. R. Mccracken. F. Marcaretten, S. J. McCon-nell. H. Matoslan. W. C Nolting, D. M. Poole. E. H. Quayle, O. S. Peck, Rev. P. Prichard. A. D. Reynolds Sr.. W. M. Race, M. Ruriholra. W. Slosson. J. M. Stuflle-beam. E. H. Schadee. C. R. Strader. L. A. Salgado, W. B. Tudor, Mrs. F. Tovar, A. S. Wells, W. L. Wiesinger. J. T. Watson, J. P. Walsh. Dr. R. H. Wilson (welcome to our ladder,) R. F. Cleveland, J. C. Drake, L. R. McCrackcn.
NEWS OF THE CLUBS The Hollywood Chess Group at 108 N. Formosa. Ave. announces the engagement or Merman Meinrr, International master, for class instruction for beginners as well as advanced players. Anyone interested please call WEbster 8817 or WVomina 3511). Robert Gruwell writes: "We have just organized the Arcadia Community Chess Group with headquarters at the Arcadia Community Church." Visitors are welcome.
Clubs near by wishing to set in touch with the secretary write Robert Gruwell, 42 E. Camino Real, Arcadia. THE HOLLVWOOD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP The championship tournament for Hoi Ivwnorl will atari ftrt l; with ...rvnn. eligible to be nlaved at the clubrooms of the Hollywood Chest Crnun at 1DX N. Formosa Ave.
All those interested in playing call WEbster 8811 sr WVominc .1510. NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Laskeri Horowitz Black White P-Q4I30-B-KB5 PxPi31-KxKt Kt-KB3 32-B-KI4 P-B4 33-P-R3 P-K3 34-RxR P-QR3 35-BxB P-QKt4i 36-Kt-K B-Kt2j 37-R-Qti GKt-Q2; 38-Px-P Lasker While 1- P-Q4 2- K-KBJ 3- QKt-Qi 4- P-B4 5- Q-B2 6- P-K3 7- B-Q3 8- KI-K5 3-BPxP 10- Castlej 11- PxP 12- Q-R4 13- B-KtS 14- P-QK13 15- PxB 1B-B-R3 17- B-Ktrb. 18- Kt-K4 19- QxB 20- BxKt 21- Q-R4ch 22- Q-R5 23- KR-Q 24- K-B 25- QxQ 26- R-Ofi 27- QR-Q 2B-R-Q7 29- RxR 30- R-Qfi 31- R-Q4 32- R-QRch 33- R-OKtB 34- RxPch Airman Black KI-KB3 P-QKt3 B-KI2 P-K3 P-Q4 B-K2 QKt-Q2 P-B4 BxP PxP R-QB Q-B2 B-Q3 BxKt QxP Q-K14 KtxB BxKt Kt-B4 QxB P-Kt4 Castles R-B2 Q-Kt3 PxQ R-Kt K-B KR-Kt2 RxR R-Kt2 R-R2 K-K2 K-Q3 K-B4I Lasker White 35- R-Kt8 36- R-K17 37- RxP 38- RxP 39- RxP 40- P-R4 41- P-R5 42- P-R8 43- R-R7ch 44- P-R7 45- P-QKI7 46- P-R8(Q) 47- K-K2 48- Q-Q4 4!)-Q-QKt4 50- Q-Kt6 51- QxP 52- Q-K5 53- H-K14 54- P-KI5 53-Q-Q5ch 56- O-Q 57- Q-Q3ch 58- P-Ktfi 59- P-Kt7 60-Q-R7 (il-Q-Q3ch 62- Q-(S4ch 63- Q-Kt6ctl 64- Q-B7ch 65-Q-Kt7ch R6-P-B4 67-Q-B8ch Allman Black RxP K-KlS KxP P-KtS R-R4 K-R7 R-QKI4 P-Ktfi K-Ktn R-Kt RR P-K(7 R-KI4 R-QR4 R-R2 R-R, K-R8 R-R2 R-RS K-R7 K-Rti R-QBS K-KtS R-B8 R-KKI8 K-Brt K-KI5 K-Kt K-B(5 K-KtS K-B K-BT Resigns fin n taster White 1- P-QB4 2- KI-QB3 3- PxP 4- Kt-B3 5- Q-R4ch B-Q-Q4 7- P-KKI3 8- Q-KR4 9- B-KI2 10- Castles 11- P-Q3 12- B-K15 13- B-K3 14- B-B5 15- Q-R4 16- P-Q4' 17- KtxP 18- BxKt 19- P-K3 20- Q-Kt4 21- Kt-K4 22- Kt-B5
ENGLISH OPENING Katz Black Kt-KB3 P-Q4 KtxP P-KKt3 B-Q2 Kt-KB3 Kt-B3 B-Kt2 Castles P-K4 Kt-K P-B3 Kt-Q3 B-K3 R-K PxP KtxKt Kt-B5 P-B3 Q-B2 Kt-K4 B-QB Horowits White 1- P-Q4 2- P-QB4 3- KI-KB3 4- P-K3 5- BxP 6- Casrles 7- Q-K2 8- B-Kt3 9- R-Q 10- Kt-B3 11- B-Q2 12- QR-B 13- B-B2 14- PxP 15- KtxKt 1B-P-B4 17- P-K4 18- P-K5 19- B-B4 20- R-K 21- BxB 22- K-B 23- B-Kt3 24- Q-K7 25- Q-K6ch 26- R-Q 27- B-B2 28- K-Kt 29- R-Q Phillips White 1- P-K4 2- P-04 3- K-QB3 4- B-Q3 5- PxBP 6- BxP 7- KxO 8- B-Q3 9- K-K2 10- B-K3 11- PxB 12- KI-B3 13- QR-KB 14- Kt-Q4 15- P-KR3 16- R-B2 17- KR-KB 18- KUB3 19- R-Q 20- R-Q2 Hanauer Black P-K3 P-Q4 B-Kt5 P-QB4 PxP Q-Qch Kt-KB3 BxP Kt-B3 BxB K-K2 B-Q2 KKt-KtS OR-QB KKt-K4 KR-Q B-K P-B4 B-R4 KtxKt i Santaslere Kali White Black 23- P-B4 Kt-B2 24- Q-B3 Q-K3 25- Kt-K4 Kt-Q3 26- KtxKt QxKt 27- P-K4 B-KtS 28- P-KR3 B-K7 29- KR-K B-QR3 30- QR-Q Q-K3 31- P-Kt3 P-KI3 32- P-K5 P-QB4 33- BxP QR-Q 34- B-OB K-a, 35- B-Q5 Q-B4 36- B-K4 Q-K3 37- B-Q5 Q-B4 38- B-K4 Q-K3 39- P-B5 PxBP 40- B-Q5 R-QB 41- Q-K12 Q-Ql, 42- PxP RxRrh 43- RxR B-B 44- BxB Resigns
DEFENSE Phillips Hanauer White Black 21- PxKt Kt-K4 22- R-O P-QR3 23- R-KKi K-B3 24- R-K13 R-Q3 25- R-Kt R-KI3 2ti-Kt-R4 R-KtS 27- P-K13 R-R 28- R-K13 P-QKI4' 29- Kt-Kt2 P-KI4 30- R-B P-B 31- PxP PxP 32- R-KI2 RxP 33- B-K4 B-B 34- K-Q2 BxH 35- BxB QRxB 3B-R-K R(B6)-Kt9 37-R(Kt2) i K2 Kt-B6cb Resigns
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Q-B2: 39-KtxP B-Q3 40-RxP P-B5 41-K-B3 P-K4 42-R-QBS KtxP 43-Kt-R3 BxKt 44-RxP B-Q3'45-KtxP BxBP! 46-K-Kt4 BxKP 47-R-B7 Kt-Kt5 48-P-KI3 Castles: 49-R-KR7 Q-B4ch! 50-R-KKt7 P-B3! 51-R-KI6 P-B4 52-R-KKCQ Q-B3 53-K-R5 QxQ 54-P-KI4 P-B5 55-Kt-R3 KtxPch. 56-RxP Kt-KtS' 57-R-R8 QR-K lasker Black KtxB P-K13 P-KI4 B-B RxR RxB K-Kt2 P-QKtS R-QKt RxP RxPch P-B6 P-B7i R-K13! Horowitj White 1- P-Q4 2- P-QB4 3- P-KKt3 4- KI-Q2 5- B.KI2 6- Kt-B3 7- Castles 8- xB 9- P-Kt3 10- B-KI2 11- QR-Q 12- P-Q5 13- Kt-K 14- P-B5 15- P-B6 16- BxB 17- Q-B2 18- Kt-Q3 19- QxKt 20- P-K4 21- QR-K 22- P-B4 23- PxP 24- PxP 25- Q-KB3 Katz Black Kt-KB3 P-K3 B-Kt5ch Castles P-Q3 Kt-B3 BxKt P-K4 R-K B-Q2 Q-K2 Kt-Q P-QKI4 B-B4 B-K5 KtxB Kt-B4 KtxKt P-QR3 P-B3 P-Kt4 KtPxP K-R BPxP R-Ktch I Horowlti Kat I White Black 26- K-R R-Kt2 27- Q-B8ch QXQ 28- RxQch R-K'. 29- R-B5 P-R3 30- B-B K-R2 31- P-QR3 P-QR4 32- QR-B R-R3 33- B-Q2 P-R5 34- P-KI4 KtxP 35- PxKt RxP 36- R-B7ch R-Kt2 37- RxRch KxR. 38- R-B RxR 39- BxR P-B3 40- K-KI2 P-Q4 41- K-K13 K-K!3 42- B-K3 K-R4 43- K-B3 K-KI3 44- K-K14 K-B3 45- PxP PxP 46- BxP P-Q5 47- P-R4 K-K3 48- P-R5 K-Q4 49- B-B Resigns
CARO-KANN Horowits White 1- P-K4 2- QKt-B3 3- Kt-B3 4- KtxP 5- P-KR.7 6- Kt-Kt3 7 - QxB 8- P-B3 Q.OvO K-B3 10-P-Q4 R-R3 ll-B-KJ R-Q3; 12-PxP I-R3!i3-castles R-R3 14-R-Q K-K4 15-KI-B5 R-Ril6.P.KKt3 R-R; 17-KNK3 K-Q5; 18-Kt-Kt4 R-R2' 19-PxKt R-KB2: 20-BxR R-B8 21-B-Kt3 K-K4 22-K-B R-B 23-BxKt Resigns 24-B-K3 DEFENSE Santaslere Horowits Santasler Black White Black P-BQ3 25-K-K2 P-KR4 P-Q4 26-PxP RxP PxP 27-K-B3 R-R B-K15 28-K-KI4 B-Q B-R4 29-K-B5 P-B3 BxKt 30-P-R4 P-R3 Kt-B3 31-B-Q4 R-Kt Q-Q4 32-R-KR P-Kti KtxQ 33-B-K3 K-B3 Kt-Q2 34-R-R4 R-K P-K4 35-RxP R-K4ch QKtxP 36-K-KtS K-Q2 Castles 37-R-Kt4 K-K3 B-K2 38-RxP R-K5 B-B3 39-B-B4 RxP P-KKt4 40-R-Kt8 K-K2 Kt-QKt3 41-B-K3 P-R4 KtxKt 42-B-Q4 K-Q2 RxRch 43-BxP B-B2 R-Q 44-R-KO R-Kt5ch Kt-Q4 45-K-B5 R-Kt R-R 4-P-Kt4 R-K PxB 47-P-KB4 Resigns K-B2.

'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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