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Robert Eugene Burger, 1955

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August 1955

Guthrie McClain, Vladimir Pafnutieff, Robert E. Burger U.S. Open Chess Championship, California Chess Reporter, August 1955. 1955 Officials of the San Francisco Bay Area Chess League (Left to right) Guthrie McClain, President; Vladimir Pafnutieff, Vice President; Robert E. Burger, Secretary-Treasurer
Neilen Hultgren, Fred Byron, Wade Hendricks, Glen Hultgren, Guthrie McClain, Paul Traum, Bob Burger, Fred Christensen, Neil Falconer, Henry Gross, Ralph Hultgren U.S. Open Chess Championship, California Chess Reporter, August 1955. Castle Chess Club (Seated) Neilen Hultgren, Fred Byron, Wade Hendricks, Glen Hultgren, Guthrie McClain (Standing) Paul Traum, Bob Burger, Fred Christensen, Neil Falconer, Henry Gross, Ralph Hultgren.
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Robert Eugene Burger, 1972

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November 04 1972

Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, Saturday, November 04, 1972

Robert Eugene Burger, Chess Master

One Defeat For Master
U.S. Chess Master Robert E. Burger (left), who once defeated international champion Bobby Fischer in a similar situation, Thursday played 20 simultaneous games at College of Alameda and was defeated once—by student Michael Weber. Among opponents, from left, were Dale McKay, Michael Kress and Frank Thornton. At a second evening session, Burger took on 48 challengers, with no losses and three draws.

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Sir George Alan Thomas, 1972

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July 29 1972

1972, Sir George Thomas, Chess Champion, Obituary

The Daily Telegraph, London, Greater London, England, Saturday, July 29, 1972

Obituary
SIR GEORGE THOMAS
Sir George Alan Thomas the grand old man of British chess has died. He was 91.
Playing regularly for Britain for many years from 1910 and acting as captain from 1930 he was British champion in 1923 and 1934. He was equal first (with Euwe and Flohr above Capablanca and Botvinnik) at Hastings at Christmas, 1934.
He also excelled at badminton and lawn tennis. He was All England badminton champion singles, 1920-23 and won the doubles nine times. From 1934 to 1955 he was president of the International Badminton Federation.
Educated at Wellington, he succeeded his father as the seventh baronet in 1918. There is no heir to the title.

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George Alan Thomas, 1919

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1919

Victor Leonard Wahltuch, Jose Raul Capablanca, Amos Burn, Henry Ernest Atkins, Sir George Thomas

A Group at the Hastings Victory Congress, 1919
Victor Leonard Wahltuch, Jose Raul Capablanca, Amos Burn, Henry Ernest Atkins, Sir George Thomas. Original b/w from A Century of British Chess by P.W. Sergeant (London, 1934) Source

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Recommended Books

Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'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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