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Charles Severo Martinez, 1889

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June 30 1889

1889, Double Blindfold Chess Seance, Charles S. Martinez vs. Samuel Warren Bampton

The Philadelphia Times, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, June 30, 1889

A DOUBLE BLINDFOLD SEANCE.
The other evening two bright particular Juniors, Charles Martinez, Jr., and S. Warren Bampton, enlivened the proceedings of the home club by a seance of three games without the use of board or men, each player conducting his game from his mind's eye alone. The result was that the junior Martinez won two and Bampton scored the third. The following are two of the parties:

9. After these many exchanges white retains the position by virtue of his pawn phalanx.
11. Here the blindfold player of the second part trips.

Charles S. Martinez (white) vs. Samuel Warren Bampton (black)
King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit

Charles S. Martinez vs. Samuel Warren Bampton, 1889

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. PxKP P-Q5
4. KN-B3 QN-B3
5. B-QN5 B-KN5
6. BxNch PxB
7. QxP BxN
8. QxQch RxQ
9. PxB B-B4
10. B-N5 P-B3
11. PxP P-KR3
12. P-B7ch 1-0
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. d4 d5
3. dxe5 d4
4. Nf3 Nc6
5. Bb5 Bg4
6. Bxc6+ bxc6
7. Qxd4 Bxf3
8. Qxd8+ Rxd8
9. gxf3 Bc5
10. Bg5 f6
11. exf6 h6
12. f7+ 1-0

Charles S. Martinez (white) vs. Samuel Warren Bampton (black)
King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit

Charles S. Martinez vs. Samuel Warren Bampton, 1889

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. PxKP P-Q5
4. KN-B3 P-QB4
5. P-B3 QN-B3
6. B-N5 B-N5
7. Q-R4 Q-N3
8. PxP BxN
9. PxP BxP
10. PxB BxPch
11. K-B N-K2
12. B-KB4 O-O
13. B-N3 B-Q5
14. N-Q2 NxP
15. BxN BxB
16. N-B4 Q-KB3
17. NxB QxN
18. R-KN N-N3
19. B-B4 QR-B
20. R-Q P-QR3
21. Q-B2 P-QN4
0-1
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. d4 d5
3. dxe5 d4
4. Nf3 c5
5. c3 Nc6
6. Bb5 Bg4
7. Qa4 Qb6
8. cxd4 Bxf3
9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. gxf3 Bxf2+
11. Kf1 Ne7
12. Bf4 0-0
13. Bg3 Bd4
14. Nd2 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Bxe5
16. Nc4 Qf6
17. Nxe5 Qxe5
18. Rg1 Ng6
19. Bc4 Rfc8
20. Rd1 a6
21. Qc2 b5
0-1

9. Black now gets the bulge.
21. Losing outright, but black anyway had the better game.

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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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