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Frank Ross Anderson, 1951

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1951

Canadian Chess Championship 1951 Vancouver, B. C.

August 31 1951

The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, August 31, 1951

1951, High School Student, Frank Ross Anderson, Leads Chess Contest

High School Student Leads Chess Chase
(Caption: Canadian Chess championship hung in the balance today in Hotel Vancouver, like the king and queen in the hands of likely titlist Frank Anderson. The Toronto student finished play in the lead Thursday night with a point total of 10. But Dr. Theodore Bohatirchuk, of Ottawa, and Paul Vaitonis, of Hamilton, Ont., had a chance to beat him in their final matches today, ending tourney.)
A 23-year-old Toronto high school student who plans to be an atomic scientist seemed headed today to be Canada's next chess champion.
Frank Anderson, wo learned the game from books while confined to bed with crippling arthritis, finished play Thursday night at Hotel Vancouver with 10 points.
ONE DEFEAT
In his final match of the 13-game tournament he suffered his only defeat.
The match was won in 41 moves by Dr. Feodore Bohatirchuk of Ottawa, a former all-Russian champ and one-time conqueror of World Champion Milkhail Botvinnik.
Dr. Bohatirchuk and Paul Vaitonis of Hamilton, Ont., are tied with 8½ points, and both had a slim chance to beat Anderson by winning their matches today.
Behind them in the standings came Abe Yanofsky. Canada's only chess master, 7½ points; Maurice Fox, defending champ, 5½; Dr. Nathan Divinsky and Walter Jursevskis, 5 each; Jack Taylor and Frank Yerhoff, 4 each; Walter Holowach and R. Hayes, with 3 each; Howard Ridout, 2, and Charles Millar one.
BATTLE TONIGHT
The crucial battle will come tonight, and young Anderson plans to be at the tables to watch closely.
But this morning he slept in. “It was a hard fight last night,” he said, “and I thought I had a little extra sleep coming to me.”
Was he worried about today's matches?
“No, not particularly. There's a possibility they will beat me, but I'm not worried.”
The slim young student, who is still working to complete his matric so he can go to University of Toronto, says he has no special chess ambitions.
WANTS RESEARCH
What he does want to do after high school is major in mathematics and physics and then get a post as a nuclear scientist in an atomic research laboratory.
His education has been delayed because of his long bout with arthritis, started by rheumatic fever, but he reads an average of two non-fiction books a week to make up for this.
Anderson said he has read 150 books on chess and at one time during a two-year period he was confined to bed he had 50 games going by correspondence with opponents all over North and South American.
He is the eldest son in a family of five children which includes two twin brothers. His father is wire chief in the CNR's Toronto telegraph service.
MAGAZINES, TOO
Young Anderson says that in addition to his voluminous non-fiction reading, he also reads five chess magazines and science fiction.
“The magazines keep me up to date on all the latest developments and novelty moves in chess, and the science fiction is relaxing,” he says.
And what's humanity's future in the atomic age?
“That's too big a question for me. I'll pass that one.” he said.


'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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