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August 14, 1960 Boston Globe, Chess Notebook by Lyman Burgess

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ChessChess 14 Aug 1960, Sun The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

Chess Notebook
By LYMAN BURGESS
The 20th annual New England chess championship tournament will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday Sept. 2, at the Hotel Statler Hilton, Hartford. Play schedule calls for one round Friday and two on each of the three succeeding days. The final round will be played Labor Day afternoon and the awards banquet will be held that evening.
Provided eight or more B players enter there will be a separate B section; otherwise B players will be included in the championship section but will pay a smaller fee and will be eligible for the B trophies. A permanent trophy and the usual cash prizes will be awarded in Class A.
Deadline for entries is midnight, Friday, Aug. 26 (by postmark) — one week prior to the tournament. If payment is not included in entry it must be made at the Statler Hilton, Hartford, by 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, before the first round of play. Checks should be made payable to the Hartford Chess Club and mailed to John C. Owen, West Avon rd., Avon, Conn. Entry fee is $15 in Class A, $10 in Class B.
Robin Ault, Cranford, won the U.S. junior chess championship for the second straight year, 8½-1½. Walter Harris, New York, was second, 8-2. There was a four-way tie for third among Wesley Burger, Detroit; David Ames, Quincy; George Olte, Bridgeport and Arthur Wang, San Francisco.
Ault received a small model; of the big junior trophy (which is kept in the Marshall Club), entry in and transportation to the U.S. Open championship at St/ Louis, and $200 expenses. Since the junior ended Aug. 5, and the Open began Aug. 8, Ault had little rest. Harris,; Wang, and Olte all trekked to St. Louis, but with less money than Ault. Local boy Ames was forced to pass up the Open because he lacked the free time.

The high school trophy was awarded to Larry Gilden, Washington, who nosed out Bill Gould, Providence, on the tie break after both scored 6½-3½.
For the first time in 25 years the U.S. won a world team tournament by the efforts of six American college students in the world's students team championship in Leningrad. The American team defeated the Soviet Union, pre-tournament favorite, in the semi-final round and clinched the title with a draw against Bulgaria, defending champions, in the final round.

William Lombardy, St. Philip Neri School, Boston, played first board for the U.S. and scored 12½-½, an almost unbelievable string except for the fact that Charles Kalme, Philadelphia, made the same score on second board.

Final Standings: 1. U.S.A. 41-11; 2. Soviet Union 39½-12½; 3. Yugoslavia, 37-15; 4. Czechoslovakia, 31½-20½; 5. Bulgaria, 31-21; 6. Rumania, 30-22; 7. E. Germany, 28½-23½; 8. Holland, 25½-26½; 9. Hungary, 25-27; 10. England, 23½-28½; 11. Mongolia, 16-36; 12. Sweden, 16-36; 13. Finland 10-42; 14. Belgium 9½-42½.

Here is Bobby Fischer's loss to Pal Benko in the Buenos Aires tournament.

297. Kings Indian Defense.
Pal Benko vs Robert James Fischer
Buenos Aires (1960), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 19, Jul-21
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Karlsbad Variation (E62) 1-0

'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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