December 1963
Vol. 13, No. 4, California Chess Reporter, December 1963, North-South Match; William Addison, Edmund Edmondson, Isaac Kashdan, Allan S. Troy.
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William Grady Addison, 1963
Vol. 13, No. 4, California Chess Reporter, December 1963, North-South Match; William Addison, Edmund Edmondson, Isaac Kashdan, Allan S. Troy.
William Grady Addison, 1960
November 1960
Vol. 10, No. 4-5, California Chess Reporter, November-December 1960, (Seated) Tibor Weinberger, Zoltan Kovacs, Sven Almgren, Herbert Dasteel Jr., Frank Hufnagel (Standing) Carl Diesen, William G. Addison, Irving Rivise, Julius Loftsson, Jack Blackstone.
William Grady Addison, 1956
April 1956
Vol. 5, No. 8, California Chess Reporter, April 1956. Mechanics' Institute vs. Golden Gate. The photo is the last-round decisive match in the San Francisco Bay Area Chess League 1956 season. Mechanics' Institute, on the left, beat Golden Gate 4½-2½. The pairings, beginning with Board One nearest the camera: Jim Schmitt-Vladimir Pafnutieff, Charles Bagby-Henry Gross, William Addison-Carroll Capps, Charles Svalberg-Gilbert Ramirez, Horst Bullwinkel-Robert Currie, Alan Bourke-William Bills, Kurt Bendit-Ed Logwood.September 1956
Vol. 6, No. 2, California Chess Reporter, September 1956, William G. AddisonSeptember 09 1956
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, September 09, 1956
Ramirez Wins Open at Santa Barbara
Gilbert Ramirez, 18-year-old San Francisco star, outscored a record-breaking contingent of 96 players from all parts of the State to take the California Open Chess Championship, in the tournament completed last week end in Santa Barbara.
Ramirez tired in game points at 6-1 with Kurt Bendit of San Francisco and Robert Cross of Santa Monica. The tie-breaking Sonneborn–Berger system was used, and here Ramirez scored 28¼ points to 27½ for Bendit and 26¼ for Cross.
The crucial game found Ramirez and Cross matched together in the last round. A win for either player would have meant the title. Cross, apparently in the belief that a draw was sufficient for him, steered the game into safe channels, and the draw soon became inevitable.
In the meantime, Bendit, whom neither of the leaders had reckoned with, won his last game from George Hunnex of Elsinore, to wind up with six points and second prize. Just behind the leaders was William G. Addison of San Francisco, alone at 5½-1½.
No less than 14 players were tied at 5-2. Phil D. Smith of Fresno led this group after the tie-breaking formula was applied. Just below him were Charles Bagby of San Francisco. Robert Brieger of San Diego and Donald J. Foley of San Jose.
November 1956
Vol. 6, No. 4, California Chess Reporter, November 1956, William Addison in a post-mortem with Larry Remlinger
William Grady Addison, 1955
July 1955
Vol. 5, No. 1, California Chess Reporter, July 1955. William Addison shows Walter Pafnutieff a missed move.August 1955
U.S. Open Chess Championship, California Chess Reporter, August 1955. Mechanics' Institute Clubroom Scene.
U.S. Open Chess Championship, California Chess Reporter, August 1955. Mechanics Institute Chess Club (Seated) Charles Svalberg, A. B. Stamer, Charles Bagby, Earl Pruner (Standing) Karl Bopp, William G. Addison, Dmitri Poliakoff.
U.S. Open Chess Championship, California Chess Reporter, August 1955. Golden Gate Chess Club. (Left to right) Imre Koenig, James Cook, Herbert Dasteel, Jr., Jerry Ets-Hoken, David Peizer, Edward Logwood, Norman Neilsen, Carroll Capps, Gilbert Ramirez, Ben Zeiler, Herbert Holden, Ted Eisenstadt, Robert Konkel, Henry Gross, Herbert Rosenbaum, Godfrey Lutz, Curtis Wilson, Eugene Lien, Willard Sprague, Edvins Simanis, Carl Huneke, Les Talcott, Henry King, William Addison, Russell Freeman, Dr. Kenneth M. Colby, Walter Pafnutieff.
William Grady Addison, 1954
December 1954
Vol. 4, No. 4, California Chess Reporter, December 1954. Seated, left to right: William Addison, Sven Elias Almgren, James Cross, Eugene Levin, Ray Martin. Standing: Dmitri Poliakoff, Milton O. Meyer, Irving Rivise, Herman Steiner, Jim Schmitt.
William Grady Addison, 1957
August 18 1957
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 18, 1957
Byrne And Fischer Tied In Semifinal
With one round remaining to be played in the Open Championship of the U.S. Chess Federation at the Manger Hotel in Cleveland, Donald Byrne of Ann Arbor, Mich., is tied for first place with Junior Champion Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, according to a report from the New York Times.
Each player won his 11th-round game and has a 9½-1½ score. Donald Byrne defeated his older brother Robert of Indianapolis. They have been rivals since they played chess together at Yale. Fischer, a 14-year-old student of Erasmus Hall High School, outmaneuvered William G. Addison of San Francisco.
Donald Byrne had led the tournament for eight rounds but met his first setback in the ninth round at the hands of Fischer, who then took the lead by half a point. In the following game Fischer drew with Robert Byrne to drop back level with Donald.
U.S. Champion Arthur B. Bisguier of New York is in third place with 9-2, one-half point behind the leaders. Bisguier lost to Addison in the sixth round in a noteworthy game.
Walter J. Shipman of New York is fourth with a score of 8½-2½. Robert Byrne, at 8-3, is bracketed with Edmar Mednis, Anthony E. Santasiere and Morton Siegel of New York; Hans Berliner of Washington, D. C. and Orest Popovych of Lakewood, N. J.
Following this group, with totals of 7½-3½, are Paul Brandts, Jack W. Collins, Victor Guala and Anthony F. Saidy of New York, William G. Addison of San Francisco, Dr. E. W. Marchand of Rochester, N. Y., and J. Theodorovitch of Toronto, Canada.
December 12 1957
The Hammond Vindicator, Hammond, Louisiana, Thursday, December 12, 1957
Grady E. Addison Dies in Baton Rouge From Heart Attack on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
The many Hammond friends of Grady E. Addison, 45, were shocked to learn of his sudden death on Wednesday of last week at Baton Rouge General hospital. He died at 8:10 a. m., as the result of a heart attack.
Born and reared in Hammond he had been associated with Esso standard Oil in Baton Rouge for the past 16 years. He resided at 250 Beverly Drive, Baton Rouge.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 3:30 p. m. at St. James Episcopal Church, Baton Rouge, with the Rev. Philip Werlein officiating.
Mr. Addison was a member of St. James Church; Istrouma Lodge No. 414, F. & A. M.; a Scottish Rite Mason, and a Shriner; and a member of the Elks Club.
He is survived by his widow the former Dorothy Trudell; one son, William G. Addison, San Francisco, Calif; one daughter, Miss Isabell Addison, Baton Rouge; his mother, Mrs. Jewel Addison, of Hammond; two sisters, Mrs. James McKnight, Hammond and Mrs. T. O. Woods, Baton Rouge; and one brother, Harry Addison, of Tickfaw.
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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.
March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008The 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.
