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Moses Scholtz, 1929

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January 20 1929

Selected GamesSelected Games 20 Jan 1929, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

SELECTED GAMES.
Many of the chess players of Cincinnati will recall Dr. Moses Scholtz, a former resident, regarded as one of the best of local amateurs. Dr. Scholtz is now living in Los Angeles. Calif. That the physician still continues active in the pursuit of Caissa's charms and retains his ability to hold his own with the best players of the Golden West is evidenced by the score of the following game recently contested in the major championship tournament of the Los Angeles Club:

Moses Scholtz (white) vs. Albert H. Bierwirth (black)
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation

Moses Scholtz vs. Albert H. Bierwirth, 1928

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 P-K3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. NxP P-QR3
5. N-QB3 Q-B2
6. B-Q3 N-QB3
7. NxN QPxN
8. O-O B-Q3
9. P-KB4 B-B4ch
10. K-R N-B3?
11. P-K5 N-Q4
12. N-K4 B-K2
13. Q-N4 P-KN3
14. B-Q2 B-Q2
15. P-B4 P-KB4
16. PxPe.p. NxP
17. Q-K2 NxN
18. BxN B-B3
19. P-KB5 B-K4
20. PxKP BxP
21. BxBPch PxB
22. B-B3 R-KB
23. BxB Q-K2
24. RxRch KxR
25. R-Bch K-N
26. B-B3 R-K
27. Q-K5 Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 a6
5. Nc3 Qc7
6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 dxc6
8. 0-0 Bd6
9. f4 Bc5+
10. Kh1 Nf6?
11. e5 Nd5
12. Ne4 Be7
13. Qg4 g6
14. Bd2 Bd7
15. c4 f5
16. exf6e.p. Nxf6
17. Qe2 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 Bf6
19. f5 Be5
20. fxe6 Bxe6
21. Bxc6+ bxc6
22. Bc3 Rf8
23. Bxe5 Qe7
24. Rxf8+ Kxf8
25. Rf1+ Kg8
26. Bc3 Re8
27. Qe5 1-0

NOTES BY WINNER. (a) Castles (QR), for which he had been working so long, was necessary.
(b) R-KB would have prolonged the game.


October 03 1929

EczemaEczema 03 Oct 1929, Thu The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) Newspapers.com

ECZEMA (PART 1).
“I hate to see a baby with eczema come to my clinic. It's the most ornery thing we have treat! Some cases will seem to respond to changes in the diet, others to external medication, and others fail to be relieved in any case. If the eczema does clear up, we don't know whether the treatment we used had any bearing or not, for it seems to clear up at times of itself.”
This is what a New York children's specialist said to me recently.
So don't be surprised, Mrs. K., that the doctors you have seen failed you. However, you mustn't be discouraged, either, for not all doctors are so pessimistic as the ones you have seen and the one I quoted. In fact, Dr. Moses Scholtz, a skin specialist, says that eczema can be cured, and that the reason more of the doctors do not cure it is that they do not realize that the causes may be both external and internal and the treatment must take this into consideration.


October 06 1929

Eighth Annual State ChampionshipEighth Annual State Championship 06 Oct 1929, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The eighth annual State championship tourney was concluded last Sunday at the local clubrooms, first prize going to Adolph J. Fink of San Francisco. It was his third success in winning the title. Second and third prizes were divided between Harry Borochow and Dr. Moses Scholtz, both of Los Angeles.

Nine rounds were played eight days, necessitating a double round one day on Saturday, when Dr. Scholtz celebrated by beating both the leaders Fink and Borochow.


'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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