January 24, 1959 Chess, Cheshire Observer, Chester, Chesire, England

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Chess 24 Jan 1959, Sat Cheshire Observer (Chester, Cheshire, England) Newspapers.com

CHESS
Hastings tournament
The annual invitation tournament held at Hastings, last week, was won by W. Uhlmann, of Eastern Germany. There were no Russian entries because, of the Russian Championship now in progress.
U.S.A. CHAMPIONSHIP
For the second year in succession, this event was won by the boy wonder, Bobby Fischer, now aged 15!
A TRAP
The following amusing game was shown to me by Mr. S. A. Senior, who assures me it actually happened! Black captures White's Queen and immediately loses.

PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. B-B4 B-N5 4. O-O N-K2 5. NxP BxQ 6. BxKBPmate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Bg4 4. 0-0 Ne7 5. Nxe5 Bxd1 6. Bxf7#

B.B.C. CHESS
A further series of chess programmes is now in progress (Tuesday, Network III) and is proving very interesting to the ordinary club player.
Enquiries and comments welcomed.