1924
Edward Sterling Carter in his youth. Estimated 1924.
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Klaus Viktor Darga, 1955
December 28, 1955
Britain's Jonathan Penrose plays the white pieces against West Germany's Klaus Viktor Darga on December 29, 1955 during the International Chess Congress at Hastings.
Klaus Viktor Darga, 1964
January 08 1964
Klaus Darga, Hoogovens, January 08, 1964, Beverwijk, Netherlands.
Klaus Viktor Darga, 1963
October 04 1963
Klaus Darga, Enschede Zonal, Eastern Netherlands, October 04-05, 1963.
Klaus Viktor Darga, 1953
1953 World Junior Championship. (Left to right) Klaus Darga, Oscar Panno, and Fridrik Olafsson.
July 30 1953
Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, July 30, 1953
Junior World Title
Oscar Panno, 18-year-old student from Buenos Aires, officially was declared the world junior chess champion after a first-place tie at 5½ points with Klaus Darga of West Germany in the biennial tournament at Copenhagen last week.
The two leaders kept pace with each other throughout the seven rounds of the finals without losing a game and thereby forced Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia, the defender, into third place.
James T. Sherwin of New York defeated Ivkov in the seventh and final round and thus finished in a four way tie for fifth place, Sherwin, the only one of 10 in Group A of the preliminaries to avoid defeat, with three victories and six draws, was far below form in the finals.
THE FINAL STANDINGS
1. Oscar Panno, Argentina 5½-1½ 2. Klaus Darga, W. Germany 5½-1½ 3. Borislav Ivkov, Yugoslavia 3½-3½ 4. Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland 3½-3½ 5. Dieter Keller, Switzerland 2½-4½ 6. Bent Larsen, Denmark 2½-4½ 7. Jonathan Penrose, England 2½-4½ 8. James T. Sherwin, U S A 2½-4½
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'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: Tweets by swilkinsonbc |
 “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.
March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008The 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.
