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Behind the scenes with Bobby Fischer and Pal Benko.

January 1966

  1. (Bobby Fischer 1966 Blog) (★) (Image) The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, January 01, 1966 - Page 2, “Bobby Wins”

March 1966

  1. (Bobby Fischer 1966 Blog) (★) (★) (★) (Image) (Image) The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville, Tennessee, Sunday, March 13, 1966 - Page 3, “Chess Problem” & “Is The U.S. Chess King Really A Prima Donna?”

July 01 1966

Jacqueline Piatigorsky stands near as Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky take a break following their drawn game in the Penultimate Round of the Piatigorsky Cup tourney, 1966.
Group photo of challengers featured in the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup Tournament.

At the pretournament garden party for the Piatigorsky Cup 1966, Fischer plays a skittles game with Ivkov as (left to right) Najdorf, Portisch, Larsen, and Unzicker watch.

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, November 15, 2019

Miguel Najdorf v. Bobby Fischer at Santa Monica 1966. Source: Donaldson.

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, December 29, 2019

Robert Fischer vs. Tigran Petrosian, Santa Monica, 1966. https://bobby-fischer-1966.blogspot.com/

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, December 29, 2019

July 16 1966

Gregor and Jacqueline Piatigorsky watching Bent Larsen and Bobby Fischer playing chess, Calif., July 16, 1966 in the Piatigorsky Cup.

August 01, 1966

The 1966 Piatigorsky Cup tournament, Fischer waits for Reshevsky to make his first move.

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, November 15, 2019

October 1966

United States Olympiad team in Havana, 1966. Left to Right: Larry Evans, William Addison, Pal Benko, Bobby Fischer, Nicholas Rossolimo, Robert Byrne, and Team Captain Donald Byrne.

Upon arriving at the José Marti International airport in Havana for the 1966 Olympiad, Fischer sips on a Cuban daiquiri...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, November 15, 2019

American chess champion Bobby Fischer arrives at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana for the XVII...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, January 26, 2021

1966 Chess Olympiad Bobby Fischer in Cuba https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1966-chess-olympiad-bobby-fischer-244424694

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, March 16, 2020
Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Tal at the chess olympiad in Havana, 1966.

November 14, 1966

1966 Robert J. Fischer and Boris Spassky in Cuba

Boris Spassky and Robert Fischer at Havana 1966 Olympiad

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Boris Spassky and Robert Fischer at Havana 1966 Olympiad.

Robert Fischer vs. Boris Spassky, 17th Olympiad, Havana November 14, 1966.

November 15, 1966

Bobby Fischer during a game at the Chess Olympiad in Havana, Cuba, November 15, 1966.

November 16, 1966

Gheorghiu-Fischer (17th Olympiad, Havana 1966). The Romanian scored a win.

November 18, 1966

Chess players Eleazar Jiménez and Bobby Fischer during the 1966 Chess Olympiad, Havana.
Havana Olympiad, Florin Gheorghiu vs Robert James Fischer, 1966.

December 01, 1966

Could this relate to Bobby Fischer's belief that Spassky was not allowed to freely chose his own site, that instead, a...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, December 21, 2020
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The Piatigorsky Chess Tournament

The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, July 31, 1966 - Page 63

The Piatigorsky chess tournament has begun in Santa Monica and will certainly be ranked as one of the strongest tournaments ever held in the annals of chess.
The participants are Petrosian and Spassky of the Soviet Union, Bobby Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky, United States; Jan Donner, Netherlands; L. Portisch, Hungary; M. Najdorf, Argentina; B. Ivkov, Yugoslavia; Bent Larsen, Denmark, and Wolfgang Unzicker, West Germany.
The tourney will be an 18-round, round-robin.
In early rounds, Portisch upset Petrosian and Fischer is tied for first with three players.

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Russian, American Resume Chess Play

The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Friday, July 29, 1966 - Page 49

Russian, American Resume Chess Play
Santa Monica—(AP)— Russia's Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer of New York resume an adjourned game today that could put Spassky in the lead in the Piatigorsky Cup international chess tournament.
Spassky, with a 4½-2&half record, kept the American youngster on the defensive throughout last night's match, and play adjourned with Fischer in a somewhat inferior position.
Denmark's Bent Larsen, who is 5-3, drew with Sam Reshevsky of New York and is challenging for the lead.
Larsen aggressively offered a pawn advantage for the attack, but couldn't press through for the point, and the match ended in 19 moves.

Other Game
In the only other game played to a conclusion, Jan Donner of Holland and Yugoslavia's Borislav Ivkov drew in 28 moves. Ivkov took the better position, but once all rooks were off the board, he didn't have enough pieces to win.
World champion Tigran Petrosian of Russia and Argentina's Miguel Najdorf adjourned a 43-move contest, with Petrosian a pawn up.
He had bishop, rook and three pawns against Najdorf's knight and rook and two pawns, all on king's side. The Soviet was pressing to win in a position believed to be a potential draw.

42 Moves
Lajos Portisch of Hungary and Wolfgang Unzicker of Germany adjourned after 42 moves when each had four pawns and a position were two white bishops for Portisch were set against Unzicker's king and bishop.
Standings in the eighth of 18 rounds:

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How to Lose Wife or Husband: Introduce Chess

Des Moines Tribune Des Moines, Iowa Friday, July 29, 1966 - Page 6

How to Lose Wife or Husband: Introduce Chess
By Ralph Dighton
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (AP)—Madam, if you want to get rid of your husband, introduce him somehow to chess.
Unless you play the game yourself, the odds are about even you'll seldom see him again.
And, husbands, it works even better in reverse: Some women chess addicts are really out of this world.
Living proofs of the perils of this ancient avenue to separation from reality are on exhibit nightly in a basement banquet room at the oceanfront Miramar Hotel.
Upstairs, balmy breezes tease palm fronds on a torch-lit patio splashed with gay frocks and Polynesian shirts.
Ignoring all this, some 700 men and a scattering of women slip downstairs night after night and take their places on hard chairs.

5-Hour Stare
For five hours, they hypnotize themselves by staring fixedly at projection screens representing the five boards at which 10 masters are battling for a record $13,000 in prizes.
On each of the screens are 64 squares, and arranged at seeming random on the squares are up to 32 pieces called kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks and pawns.
Every once in a long, long while one of the players moves a piece on his board, and a corresponding piece is moved on the screen.
Small sounds of approval—or wonder—escape from the crowd, then all quiet down and wait for the next move.
The scene is the month-long Piatigorsky Cup Tournament, sponsored by cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and his wife Jacqueline, who is California women's chess champion.
Mrs. Piatigorsky designed the projection screens, an innovation in chess, after the line-score screens in bowling alleys.
“They've increased attendance tremendously,” she says. “Now, for the first time, everybody can see what's going on.”

Players
Seated at the boards are world champion Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky of the U.S.S.R., Lajos Portisch of Hungary, Miguel Najdorf of Argentina, Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia, Jorgen Bent Larsen of Denmark, Jan Donner of the Netherlands, Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany, and Samuel Reshevsky and Robert Fischer of the United States.
Fischer, 23, is the “baby” of the tournament. He became a grand master at 15, the youngest to achieve the title.
Each player has 2½ hours to make 40 moves, or forfeit the game. As each moves, he punches a clock and his opponent's time-to-move starts. At first, the moves come slowly, up to half an hour apart. Later, with time running out, the moves may be only seconds apart.
When this happens, tension mounts. The 700-odd spectators sit on the edges of their chairs. Players squeeze their foreheads and run fingers through their hair.

Back Nest Day
If a game is not finished in five hours, the players adjourn until the next day. Many times in this tournament, the opponents agree that neither can win and they call a draw.
Now and then, however, the spectators are lucky. A brilliant attack succeeds in 20 to 30 moves: Checkmate! And the game is over.
At the end of five hours the 700 spectators—lawyers, doctors, insurance men, teachers, factory hands—rise slowly and return to reality.
They move up the stairs. The breeze is still playing, sounds of laughter and music drift across the lighted patio, but the addicts do not notice. Many of them have pocket-size chessboards in their hands and they are reconstructing the play.
Still hypnotized? Well, call it chess-nosis.

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Russian Aces Register Chess Tourney Draws

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, July 25, 1966 - Page 38

Russian Aces Register Chess Tourney Draws
Two Russian aces registered draws in the only games completed Sunday afternoon in the fifth round of the Piatigorsky Cup International Chess Tournament at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
World chess champion Tigran Petrosian of Moscow took 33 moves in his contest with Jan Donner of Holland.
Actually, Donner had the advantage, having won a pawn in the middle game complications. With opposite colored bishops on the board, and a number of pieces exchanged, there was not sufficient force to win.

Faces Hungarian
Boris Spassky of Leningrad faced Lajos Portisch of Hungary who had defeated Petrosian earlier in the tournament. Portisch gave up a pawn to establish his pieces in advanced posts.
After a flurry of exchanges the game was quickly equalized, and the draw agreed after 32 moves. The other three games were adjourned after hours of play, all in difficult situations.
U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn had established an attacking position after 41 moves, against Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany. Unzicker had considerable resources, however.
Boris Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Samuel Reshevsky, Spring Valley, N.Y., adjourned after 42 moves, following a series of fast moves required by the time limit. Ivkov picked up a valuable pawn just before the session ended, with favorable prospects for the ending when continued.
Also adjourned after 41 moves was the game between Bent Larsen of Denmark and Miguel Najdorf of Argentina. Najdorf had sacrificed a pawn to open lines on the king's side, but this was probably premature.
In the final position, Larsen had retained the pawn plus, but had two sets of weak doubled pawns to defend.

Leading Tournament
Portisch and Spassky are leading the tournament with three points. This total may be exceeded, however, depending on the outcome of the unfinished games. The sixth round will be played today from 1 to 6 p.m. The pairings are: Spassky versus Najdorf, Fischer versus Larsen, Petrosian versus Unzicker, Reshevsky versus Donner and Portisch versus Ivkov.

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4 Draws in Sky Cup Chess

Oakland Tribune Oakland, California Monday, July 18, 1966 - Page 6

4 Draws in Sky Cup Chess
SANTA MONICA (AP) — The first round of the Piatigorsky Sky Cup international grandmasters' chess tournament ended in four draws and one adjourned game which is likely to end in a victory for Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia over Bent Larsen of Denmark.
World champion Tigran Petrosian of Russia drew a queen's gambit declined against countryman Boris Spassky in 29 moves yesterday, gradually working out a slight advantage which proved insufficient for a win as Spassky tenaciously defended his black side of the game.
Former United States champion Samuel Reshevsky, contender of the world championship for many years, also drew and halved the point with Bobby Fischer, who has won the United States championship six times in his young career.
Reshevsky managed to hold a slight edge for most of the game. But Fischer finally liquidated the entire queen side and wiped out the potential promotion of a white pawn to a queen by advancing his queen knight's pawn to the seventh rank.
In the Ivkov-Larsen game, the Yugoslav won the exchange by winning a rook for a knight through a check to the king on the 45th move and with adjournment one move later stands much better.

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Grandmaster Chess Event On Horizon

Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, July 03, 1966 - Page 25

Grandmaster Chess Event On Horizon
The Piatigorsky Cup International All Grandmaster Chess Tournament — one of the most important chess events of the year opens July 17 in Santa Monica, Calif. The field of ten is headed by Tigran Petrosian of the USSR, champion of the world. The American champion Robert Fisher and the veteran Samuel Reshevsky will represent the United States. A second Soviet representative is Boris Spassky, who recently lost a title match to Petrosian by one point.
Miguel Najdorf of Argentina was a participant in the first Piatigorsky Cup tournament. Bent Larson of Denmark has been called the strongest player in the Western world; he lost in a semi-final challenger match to Mikhail Tal by only one point. Lajos Portisch of Hungary has increased his prestige in the chess world during the past couple of years, while Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany are both formidable players. The Holland representative, Jan Hein Donner, might he somewhat outclassed by the other chess stars in the 10-man field; however, the committee evidently knew what they were doing when they invited him.
This Piatigorsky Cup tourney will undoubtedly he the outstanding event of the year for American chess and Robert Fisher could just make this affair perfect for the players of the U.S.A by winning first prize. Whoever wins this double-round-robin tournament will have his work cut out for himself. Eighteen rounds will sorely test the stamina of all concerned. especially the older Players (such as Reshevsky and Najdorf).

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Russ Chess Champ Is 9th Down

The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Thursday, July 21, 1966 - Page 10

Russ Chess Champ Is 9th Down
SANTA MONICA (AP) —World champion Tigran Petrosian of Russia lost to Hungary's Lajos Portisch and dropped into a ninth-place tie in the third round of the Piatigorsky Cup international chess competition.
Petrosian's defeat last night left him and German Wolfgang Unzicker at the bottom of the 10-man field with 1-2 records in the 18-round tournament.
Petrosian ran into early trouble, and his Hungarian opponent increased the pressure.
After an exchange of bishops on the king's side, a knight advanced to the point where the world champion was faced with the immediate loss of the exchange and the fairly complete liquidation of the position.
Petrosian resigned.

QUIET MATCH
Boris Spassky of Russia and Sammy Reshevsky of the U.S. drew in a quiet match of 20 moves. Spassky held the advantage until he erred slightly on move 19, and Reshevsky took advantage for the deadlock.
Jan Donner of Holland and Argentina's Miguel Najdorf drew in 42 moves. For almost 20 moves, Najdorf enjoyed a slight advantage, but as the pieces were removed, an even position resulted and the players agreed on a draw.
Unzicker and Bent Larsen of Denmark drew in 38 moves. Larsen decoyed the white queen away from the defense of its king, castled on the queen side.

FORCED DRAW
Then he forced the draw by sacrificing a rook for two pawns in front of the white king, leaving it open to perpetual check.
Bobby Fischer of the U.S. and Yugoslavia's Borislav Ivkov adjourned, with Fischer having a passed queen's pawn and two connected rooks operating in white's territory, plus a bishop, to aid the attack against Ivkov's separated rooks and bishop.
Fischer will resume with a clear advantage.
The standings: Najdorf. Portisch and Spassky, 2.1; Donner, Larsen and Reshevsky. 1½-1½; Fischer and Ivkov, 1-1, and Petrosian and Unzicker 1-2.

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Pair Draw in Chess Match

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Friday, July 29, 1966 - Page 44

Pair Draw in Chess Match
By Isaac Kashdan, Times Chess Editor
The first game to be completed Thursday night was a draw in 19 moves between Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y., and Bent Larsen of Denmark in the eighth round of the Piatigorsky Cup International Chess Tournament at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
Larsen gave up a pawn on the 10th move to open lines on the king side. He did not regain the material, but was able to force a draw by repetition of moves.
Another draw was recorded in 28 moves between Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Jan Donner of Holland. The positions were evenly balanced throughout.
Three other games were still being contested at a late hour. The pairings were: Boris Spassky of the USSR versus U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn; world chess champion Tigran Petrosian of the USSR versus Miguel Najdorf of Argentina, and Lajos Portisch of Hungary versus Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany.
Unfinished games will be played off at 11 a.m. today at the Miramar.

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Draw Marks Chess Play Start

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Monday, July 18, 1966 - Page 19

Draw Marks Chess Play Start
BY ISAAC KASHDAN
Times Chess Editor
Caption: ‘IT'S YOUR MOVE’—World chess champion Tigran Petrosian of Russia eyes opponent, Boris Spassky, also of U.S.S.R., at opening of second Piatigorsky Cup tournament in Santa Monica's Miramar Hotel.
Times photo by Bill Murphy

World's chess champion Tigran Petrosian of the U.S.S.R. drew with his compatriot, Boris Spassky, in the first round of the Piatigorsky Cup International Chess Tournament.
The game lasted 29 moves and was the first to finish in the Sunday afternoon session at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
Also drawn after 42 moves was the encounter between U.S. champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn and former U.S. champion Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y.
Reshevsky took considerably more time than Fischer in the early stages and barely made the required number of moves in his allotted time.
The other players also seemed peacefully inclined, judging by the results. Draws were recorded by Lajos Portisch of Hungary and Miguel Najdorf of Argentina in 33 moves, and by Jan Donner of Holland versus Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany in 43 moves.
The only game not completed in the 5-hour session was between Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia and Bent Larsen of Denmark.
Ivkov is expected to win when his game is resumed Tuesday morning. He had the advantage of rook for knight, which he obtained by forceful play just before adjournment.
The second round will start at 6:30 p.m. today at the Miramar. The pairings are Spassky versus Unzicker, Larsen versus Donner, Najdorf versus Ivkov, Fischer versus Portisch and Petrosian versus Reshevsky.
The tournament was officially opened by Jerry Spann of Oklahoma City, vice president of the International Chess Federation.
Sponsoring the event is the Piatigorsky Foundation, organized by world renowned cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and his wife Jacqueline. It is the second competition for the Piatigorsky Cup, the first having been held here in July, 1963.

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Sports In Brief: Winning in 26 Moves

The Akron Beacon Journal Akron, Ohio Wednesday, July 20, 1966 - Page 62

Sports In Brief
WINNING IN 26 moves over Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia, Argentina's Miguel Najdorf Tuesday night took the lead in the second round of the Piatigorsky Cup international chess tournament at Santa Monica, Cal. American Bobby Fischer and Hungary's Lajos Portisch played a Ruy Lopez game that adjourned with Fischer the exchange down for two pawns…

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U.S. Chess Champion Draws in 4th Round

The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Friday, July 22, 1966 - Page 44

U.S. Chess Champion Draws in 4th Round
American chess champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn drew with Jan Donner of Holland in the first game to be completed Thursday night in the fourth round of the Piatigorsky Cup chess tournament at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
The opening was the Marshall variation of the Ruy Lopez, in which black gives up a pawn to obtain a sharp counter attack.
As the game went, Fischer retained the pawn in a strong position. Most of the pieces were exchanged, however, and with opposite-colored bishops on the board, no win was in sight.
The draw was agreed upon after 34 moves.
Draws were also recorded between world chess champion Tigran Petrosian of U.S.S.R. and Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia in 25 moves, and between Samuel Reshevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y., and Lajos Portisch, of Hungary, in 16 moves.
Two other games were still being contested at a late hour, between Boris Spassky, U.S.S.R., and Bent Larsen, Denmark, and between Miguel Najdorf, Argentina, and Wolfgang Unzicker, West Germany.
Unfinished games were scheduled to be played off at 11 a.m. today.
The next regular round will start at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Miramar. Paired then will be Portisch vs. Spassky, Ivkov vs. Reshevsky, Donner vs. Petrosian, Unzicker vs. Fischer, and Larsen vs. Najdorf.

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Koltanowski on Chess—Dark Victory

The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia Saturday, July 02, 1966 - Page 49

Dark Victory
8:30 Koltanowski on Chess—
“Dark Victory” personal anecdotes about blindfold chess along with a discussion of some of this country's best-known chess masters, including Bobby Fischer who may be the United States' strongest player, enliven this discussion.

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Dane Defeats Petrosian In Chess Tournament

St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Thursday, July 28, 1966 - Page 55

Dane Defeats Petrosian In Chess Tournament
Santa Monica, Calif. July 28 (AP)—Denmark's Bent Larsen has defeated world champion Tigran Petrosian of Russia in the seventh round of the Piatigorsky international chess competition. Larsen, shares the lead with Russia's Boris Spassky, each having 4½-2½ record.
Spassky beat Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia.
Argentina's Miguel Najdorf gained a share of third place, defeating Bobby Fischer of New York.
The other matches ended in draws: Wolfgang Unzicker of Germany Samuel Reshevsky of New York; Holland's Jan Donner and Lajos Portisch of Hungary.

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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:
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“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.
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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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