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September 08, 1918 Philadelphia Inquirer Chess and Checkers

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ChessChess 08 Sep 1918, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

We take the following game from the British Chess Magazine. It was played in the National Correspondence Chess Association. The notes were especially contributed by Stasch Mlotkowski, formerly a member of the Franklin Chess Club, now at Los Angeles, California. The notes will be found of special value.

[The following game was played in the first round of the fifth U.S. National Correspondence Chess Association tournament between Messrs. A. H. Beckman (Pitman, N. J.) and W. H. Woodbury (Roanoke, Va.) The notes are specially contributed to this magazine by Mr. Stasch Mlotkowski. — The British Chess Magazine p. 246]

Augustus Henry Beckman (white) vs. William Nicoll Woodbury (black)
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation
Submitted to chessgames.com on 05/06/2025

Augustus Henry Beckman vs. William Nicoll Woodbury, 1917

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. P-Q4 PxP
3. N-KB3 N-QB3
4. NxP N-B3
5. N-QB3 B-N5
6. B-QB4 NxP
7. O-O BxN
8. PxB P-Q4
9. B-R3 PxB
10. R-K NxN
11. PxN Q-Q4
12. P-KB3 B-B4
13. PxN BxP
14. Q-N4 P-KB4
15. Q-R4 QxPch
16. K-R P-B4
17. QR-Q Q-K4
18. BxP QxB
19. Q-R5ch K-B
20. RxB Q-B
21. R(K4)-Q4 P-KN3
22. Q-R6ch K-N
23. R-Q7 Q-B
24. Q-R4 Resigns

Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. d4 exd4
3. Nf3 Nc6
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Bb4
6. Bc4 Nxe4
7. 0-0 Bxc3
8. bxc3 d5
9. Ba3 dxc4
10. Re1 Nxd4
11. cxd4 Qd5
12. f3 Bf5
13. fxe4 Bxe4
14. Qg4 f5
15. Qh4 Qxd4+
16. Kh1 c5
17. Rd1 Qe5
18. Bxc5 Qxc5
19. Qh5+ Kf8
20. Rxe4 Qc8
21. Red4 g6
22. Qh6+ Kg8
23. Rd7 Qf8
24. Qh4 1-0
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'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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