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One of the interesting games from the state tournament. Philidor Opening.
Mor Weiss Testa (white) vs. George Taylor (black)
Philidor Defense
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Game Department.
One of the interesting games from the state tournament. Philidor Opening.
Mor Weiss Testa (white) vs. George Taylor (black)
Philidor Defense
Submitted to chessgames.com on 05/06/2025
Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. B-B4 B-K2 4. P-Q4 PxP 5. NxP N-KB3 6. N-QB3 P-B3 7. P-QR4 P-QR4 8. O-O O-O 9. P-B4 QN-Q2 10. B-Q3 N-B4 11. K-R Q-B2 12. P-B5 QN-Q2 13. B-B4 Q-N3 14. N-N3 N-K4 15. P-R3 KN-Q2 16. Q-K2 B-B3 17. QR-N Q-Q 18. Q-Q2 Q-K2 19. KR-Q KR-Q 20. N-K2 N-QN3 21. NxP P-Q4 22. PxP RxP 23. BxN QxB 24. N-B3 R-Q 25. N-N3 BxP 26. Q-B2 BxB 27. RxB N-Q4 28. NxN RxN 29. R-K3 Q-Q3 30. QR-K P-R3 31. P-B3 R-Q8 32. Q-B2 RxRch 33. RxR Q-N6 34. R-K2 B-K4 35. K-N RxP 36. Q-B5 Q-R7ch 37. K-B2 Q-B5ch 38. QxQ BxQ 39. R-B2 B-K4 40. P-QB4 P-QB4 41. K-B3 P-B3 42. K-K4 R-R 43. K-Q5 1/2-1/2 |
Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. a4 a5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. f5 Nfd7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Ne5 15. h3 Nd7 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Rb1 Qd8 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Ne2 Nb6 21. Nxa5 d5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Nb3 Bxf5 26. Qf2 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Re3 Qd6 30. Re1 h6 31. c3 Rd1 32. Qc2 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Qg3 34. Re2 Be5 35. Kg1 Rxa4 36. Qf5 Qh2+ 37. Kf2 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 Bxf4 39. Rc2 Be5 40. c4 c5 41. Kf3 f6 42. Ke4 Ra8 43. Kd5 1/2-1/2 |
'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: Tweets by swilkinsonbc |
![]() “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.
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.