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1972 June 01

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Rocky Mount Telegram Rocky Mount, North Carolina Thursday, June 01, 1972 - Page 15

Teen-Age Chess Expert Advises Teaching The Game To Children
“‘I learned at that age and Bobby Fischer did and so did most of the other players I have come in contact with,’ he continues. ‘In the United States it may seem early but in the Soviet Union it's normal.’”

Teen-Age Chess Expert Advises Teaching The Game To Children

For quality purposes, image replaced with The South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana Tuesday, July 11, 1972 - Page 12


New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, June 01, 1972 - Page 40

Chess: Renewed Study of Openings Is Leading to New Lines
The systematic study of the openings has recently experienced a real boom, and such analysis has become more and more a part of the routine of every serious chess player. No longer can even a strong player ignorant of the latest developments in the openings expect to do well against weaker opponents more “booked up” than he.
New Systems Result
The new boom in chess analysis, however, has produced not only improvements on even the 25th moves of various, obscure sub-variations, but also whole new systems—material that is as fresh as if the game of chess had been invented only yesterday. With serious tournament play dating from the middle of the last century, it seems inconceivable that a whole new opening could be developed in recent times, but it is so.
Larsen's Opening, named after the Danish grandmaster and now the subject of a new monograph by the American master, Andy Soltis, is not entirely without roots.
The move 1. P-QN3 does often lead back into well explored paths; many of its patterns are familiar from other openings—Reti's, Bird's, the Queen's Indian Reversed. Soltis points out that the opening of the game between Bobby Fischer and Filip, presented below, had already been played up to the 10th move in a match between Flohr and Stoltz in 1931.
What Larsen had done, of course, was to analyze the move and its consequences more extensively than any one else and, more importantly, had played it into respectability. In chess there is nothing like success to make others take notice, and it was Larsen's numerous victories with 1. P-QN3 that compelled others to examine it and eventually take it up. By now it has become part of the routine, and even some of the most conservative players try it occasionally. What Soltis has done in his monograph ($2.40, published by Chess Digest magazine, P0 Box 21225, Dallas, Tex. 75211) is, to classify the patterns that can evolve after 1. P-QN3, relate them to each other and present the necessary material in clear form.
The move 1. P-QN3 really achieved status in 1970, when Fischer started to play it. His victory over Filip was scored in the interzonal at Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in that year.
Larsen's victory, over the young British star Raymond Keene also came at a tournament in Mallorca, during a smaller, less important one about a year later.

Robert James Fischer vs Miroslav Filip
Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), Palma de Mallorca ESP, rd 4, Nov-13
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation (A01) 1-0
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044299

Bent Larsen vs Raymond Keene
Palma de Mallorca (1971), Palma ESP, rd 3, Dec-01
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation (A01) 1-0
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1071320

Chess: Renewed Study of Openings Is Leading to New Lines

Recommended Books

Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'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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