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Samuel Warren Bampton, 1890

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March 02 1890

1890, Chess Game, Samuel Warren Bampton vs. John Welsh Young.

The Philadelphia Times, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, March 02, 1890

Juniors Play The Penn.
The Juniors played a little team match of three games against the Penn Chess Club, a coterie of enthusiastic amateurs who meet at 1927 Chestnut street Tuesday evenings.
Result of play was:

    Juniors.                Penn.
J. W. Young ........ 1   H. B. B. Finn ....... 0
J. P. Morgan ....... 1   F. S. Cross ......... 0
W. H. Schultz ...... 1   C. C. Pettit ........ 0

In the Junior Tourney.

7. Mr. Young believes P to Q4 to be also very interesting.
9. Well wiggled.
14. Mr. Bampton's friends will be pleased with this coup de repos.
17. With grave intentions on the king's pawn.
23. On the wing, but black's centre pawns are not to be sneezed at.
24. In observance of the time-honored maxim that an enemy's pawn is often a greater protection than your own.
29. Losing the exchange, but, as Mr. Young observes, it is difficult to find a good move.
31. And black finally won.

Samuel Warren Bampton (white) vs. John Welsh Young (black)
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense

Samuel Warren Bampton vs. John Welsh Young, 1890

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. KN-B3 QN-B3
3. B-N5 N-B3
4. O-O B-K2
5. P-Q4 PxP
6. P-K5 N-K5
7. R-K N-B4
8. NxP NxN
9. QxN N-K3
10. Q-KN4 P-QB3
11. B-QB4 N-N4
12. BxN BxB
13. P-B4 B-R3
14. N-B3 O-O
15. B-Q3 P-Q4
16. P-B5 Q-N4
17. Q-B3 R-K
18. R-K2 Q-B5
19. QxQ BxQ
20.  QR-K P-KN3 
21. P-KN3 B-R3
22. P-K6 PxKP
23. PxNP B-N2
24. PxPch K-R
25. B-B5 P-K4
26. B-N6 R-K2
27. R-B2 P-K5
28. QR-KB B-N5
29. N-K2 P-K6
30. R-B3 BxR
31. RxB BxP 
0-1
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6
4. 0-0 Be7
5. d4 exd4
6. e5 Ne4
7. Re1 Nc5
8. Nxd4 Nxd4
9. Qxd4 Ne6
10. Qg4 c6
11. Bc4 Ng5
12. Bxg5 Bxg5
13. f4 Bh6
14. Nc3 0-0
15. Bd3 d5
16. f5 Qg5
17. Qf3 Re8
18. Re2 Qf4
19. Qxf4 Bxf4
20. Re1 g6
21. g3 Bh6
22. e6 fxe6
23. fxg6 Bg7
24. gxh7+ Kh8
25. Bf5 e5
26. Bg6 Re7
27. Rf2 e4
28. Rf1 Bg4
29. Ne2 e3
30. Rf3 Bxf3
31. Rxf3 Bxb2
0-1
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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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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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