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Fred Nicholas Christensen, 1952

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June 02 1952

The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, California, Monday, June 02, 1952

1952, California Northerners Win Close Chess Tourney

Northerners Win Close Chess Tourney Here
A 59-man chess team from northern California defeated southern California team of equal size here Saturday afternoon by a score of 32 to 27 in the 19th annual North-South chess tourney.
It was the best showing made by the south in several years, and toward the end of the game, with eight boards still to report, the north led the south by only 29½ to 21½ leaving the way open to a possible tie.
More than 120 players from throughout the state as well as visiting chess experts from other states participated in the north-south tournament or in the annual rapid-transit tournament which followed it. With the wives and families of participants and other kibitzers and local chess enthusiasts, more than 200 people were in the San Luis Obispo city recreation center during most of the tournament.
The rapid-transit tournament which got under way Saturday evening and continued until 3 a.m. yesterday was won by Ray Martin of Santa Monica, with Sven Almgren and Irving Rivise, both of Los Angeles, in second and third places respectively.
Twenty-nine players entered this event, in which each was allowed only 10 seconds for a play.
Biggest individual game of the tournament was that between Lionel Joyner, Canadian junior chess champion, and Henry Gross of San Francisco, a veteran west coast chess expert, who defeated the Canadian.
Among the interesting individuals participating in the tournament were Mrs. Mary Bain of New York women's national chess champion.
Oldest player in the tournament was E. P. Elliott of Los Angeles who is 79. At least two 16-year-olds participated: Peter Dahl and Robert Currie both of San Francisco.
Two of the participants—William P. Barlow and Fred N. Christensen both of Oakland, have not missed a match in the 19 years the north-south chess tourney has met.
Some 50 five-year pins in recognition of players who have attended that many consecutive matches in San Luis Obispo and Atascadero, were presented by Luke Trahin, San Luis Obispo chamber of commerce manager yesterday morning.
Co-captains of the opposing sectional teams— W. G. McClain of Berkeley and Wade Hendricks of Castro Valley for the north, and John Keckhut and Leroy Johnson, both of Los Angeles for the south expressed appreciation for the hospitality extended the players by the chamber of commerce and the city recreation department.
The California state chess tournament was officially formed here over the weekend, 10 directors were elected, and the group voted to make the California Chess Reporter, established in San Francisco last year, the group's official organ.
The newly named directors included: A. E. Hoerchner of Shell Beach, San Luis Obispo area; George Oakes of Salinas, Monterey area; Neil T. Austin of Sacramento, central valley area; Herman Steiner and John Keckhut, Los Angeles area; George Croy of Banning, Riverside-Pomona-Orange area; Cecil Bates of La Mesa, San Diego area; A. L. Ritz, Eureka, north coastal area; W. G. McClain, San Francisco bay area; and a Redwood Empire representative to be named.


'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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