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October 11, 1942 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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ChessChess 11 Oct 1942, 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 the Chess Editor Oct. 11, 1942 L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1337 By A. Moslf second prize. White mates in two. Wh. 8; Bl. 8.) L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1338 By B. J. de C. Andrade (2nd Pr.) White mates In three. (Wh. 7; Bl.. 10.) 80LUTION TO PROBLEM 1333: R (N7)- N5. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1334: Q-R7. We received solutions from the following: E. Dimytryk, Dr. R. H. Wilson, W. C Noltint. H. Bruhn. A. S. Wells. D. A. Innes, W. R. Jepson, B. H. Quayle. D. M. Poole. Dr. C G. P. Kuschke twelcome to our ladder.) Rev. P. Prirhard. W. R. Mo Crarken, J. C. Drake, H. Matoslan, J. T. Watson, C P. Ford. M. Rudholm, Q. S. Peck. W. M. Race. X. W. Fassett. R. H. Beals. M. Morris. J. Menkes. C. J. Olbbs. Mrs. P. Tovar. H. Enaiander. W. B. Tudor, F. Margaretten. B. Bushueff, I. H. Schadee, C, R. Strader, O. J. Myers, J. P. Walsh, L. A. Bsiftdo, O. A. Hall, J. O. Dodge. C. B. Collins.
THE HOLLYWOOD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TOIKNAMENT Tins annual event will start Friday. Oct. 16. at 8 p m., at the headquarters of the Hollywood Cbes Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave. The following havt entered the participant list: P. Quillen, P. Lemke, V. Fotr Jr. F. Huflnagel. M. Cohen. R. Watson. R. Ferer, T. Watson, L. Neehen, C. Henderson. R. Martin, Mrs N. Roos, X. Everett, Dr. W. L. Hoerber. Anyone Interested please telephone WEh-ster f(R17 or WYomini .Hid as the dead line for entries 1s Oct. IS. The tournament Reuben la open to anyone.
EDITOR'S NOTE Due to tha fact that the solvers' list didn t appear last Sunday, we will publish It the first Sunday In November.
There will be two winners.
UNITED STATES AMATEl'R CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT To the chess players of the - United States: There will be held In New York City a national chess championship tournament under the auspices of the United Slates Chesa Federation for the title of "amateur chess champion of America." All chess players in the United States, men and women, will be eligible to play except those who have played in the finals of the USC F. Championship tournament of 1936. 1938, 1940 and 1842 or who have played In a dual match for the title of United States chess champion. All who played in the preliminaries but not In the finals are eligible.
The preliminaries will be held at the Marshall and Manhattan Cheu clubs on'! Oct. 24. 23 and 26 tn groups of six players each and the winner of each group will qualify to play in the finals for the title. The best player In the areas of St. Louis, Boston, Chicago.
Los Angeles. Washington, Philadelphia and the South will be seeded to play In the finals without competing in the preliminaries. The chess clubs will determine Uie best player who meets ihe above requirements in each of these areas and the players chosen will pay all of their expenses to the tournament. The entry Jee will be only $1, which will give the entrant membership In tha United States Chess Federation and the federation year book. The entry fee must accompany the entry and all entries must be In the hands of the committee chairman.
279 E. 34th St., Brooklyn, N Y., en or before Oct. 22. Address all entries to L. Waiter Stephens al above address.
There will be no more than 12 playerg in the finals and Ihe winner of that group will win the National Federation amateur chess championship trophy. The runner up will also receive a cup as a trophy. Tha third, fourth and fifth-place playerg will receive appropriate medals. The finals will be played In New York City under the same conditions as tha national championship at a New York hotel, probably the Capitol. The time limit, however, win be 40 moves in one.
and a half hours and on several daya two rounds a day wilt be played. They wilt begin on Thursday evening, Oct. 79. and continue through election day. Nov. 3. Large exhibition boards will show the progress of the tames In the finals as at the Hotel Astor In the championship tournament for the masters. This la the first tournament -ever held, for the amateur championship and a huga entry Is expected. Please send your entry with the entry fee to the above address. You may be tha first national amateur chess champion.
Sincerely yours, L. WALTER STEPHENS. Vice-president United Statea Chess Federation.
DALLAS GAME The game below shows how Dulls leading player held Horowlti tn a draw. HorowlW ultimately trailed the leaders. H. Sterner and A. Yanofsky, by a halt-point I QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Thompson Horowitz Thompson Horowlti BInrm White Black Kt-KB3 ! 18-Kt-K3 B-B4 P-K3; 19-P-QKt BxB P-Q4 20-3xR Kt-B4 QKI-Q2 21-Q-Kt3 Kt-Q3 B-K222-P-QR4 K-K!2 Castles I 23-R-B2 P-B3 P-QR324-Kt-Q3 P-KR4 PxPj25-Kt-B4 Q-KB2 P-B3!2fi-KR-B QR-Q R-Kl27-Kt-K2 Kt-B5 Kt-B 28-P-Kto RPxP P-KKt3i29-PxP R-OR Kt-K3! 30-R-R2 RxR Kt-Kt2l31-OxR Q-K2 Kt-Q2i32-PxP PxP QxB33-R-Kt Drawn BxKtl
U.S. CHESS FEDERATION YEARBOOK The 1940 Yearbook of the United State Chesa Federation has Just made its belated appearance. This is the sixth yearbook to be published and It lives up to th reputa tion of it predecessors. The 1930 Yearbook contained as a special feature "The Laws of Chess." Thi book feature! a directory of member Stat associations and leagues and member clubs. itn snort stories about each. This, the editor. Montgomery Major, indicate wiU be continued In later yearbooks. In addition, there are articles entitled "How to Promote end Organize a Chesa Club." by Samuel Collins; "How to Arrange Tournament Pairings." by Montgomery Major: "Chess Bibliography of 1940." by Dr. Albrecht. Bushke. and results of tha 1940 championship won by Samuel Reshev. sky and 1940 open championship won by Fine, with a selection of aair.es trom eacn. It costs only 81 to belong to th federation and all membere receive th yearbook.
For details write Ernest Olfe. secretary. 422 N. 98 lh St.. Milwaukee. Wis.
KASHDAN-RESI1EVSKY MATCH The cochamplona of th United 8tate will play a 14-game match to break their tie. Four of the games have already been scheduled, under U S O. auspices, at Ft. Jay, Governors Island, Oct. 7: at Camp Upton, 'Yaphank, Oct. 10; at Pine Camp, Great Bend, Oct. 13. and Plattsbur Barracks. Plattsburg.
Oct. 15. The referee will be Kenneth Harkness of the Chess Review. The time limit will be 41 moves tn the first two hours and a quarter, and 20 moves an hour thereafter. Both Kashdan and Reahevsky are recent fathers.
Kishdan with boy of 19 month and Reshevsky a girl of a month. White 1- P.04 2- P-OB4 3- Kt-QB3 4- B-KtS 5- Kt-83 H-P-K3 7- R-B 8- PxP 9- B-Q3 10- Castleg 11- Q-B2 12- Kt-QR 13- P-QR3 14- B-R4 15- Kt-BS 16- BxB 17- KtxKt nw, a new-tviM picture chess magatln unlike any other before I lp to 32 page of latest news, games, personalities, ev. rtutUe photos! Popular features by ReoKa.

'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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