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John William Brunnemer, 1936

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April 23 1936

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, April 23, 1936

1936, United States Preliminaries, Chess Championship, John William Brunnemer vs. Joseph Balint

Seeing It Through In Close Finish
Two Brooklyn Players—Max Rosenthal of the Williamsburg Chess Club and John W. Brunnemer, now residing in Nyack—figured prominently in the final round of Section B of the United States preliminaries at the Marshall Chess Club. Several, including Fred Reinfeld and Joseph Balint, had a chance to tie Weaver W. Adams of Boston for second place. Neither succeeded.
Rosenthal and Brunnemer were responsible for their failure to qualify, although neither of these two could hope to enter the final. Thus Adams became runner up to A. S. Denker.

John William Brunnemer (white) vs. Joseph Balint (black)
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Breyer Variation

John William Brunnemer vs. Joseph Balint, 1936

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. N-QB3 N-KB3
4. B-N5 B-K2
5. P-K5 KN-Q2
6. P-KR4 P-QB4
7. BxB KxB
8. Q-N4 K-B
9. N-B3 N-QB3
10. O-O-O PxP
11. KNxP KNxP
12. Q-N3 Q-K2
13. P-B4 NxN
14. PxN N-B4
15. Q-B2 P-KR4
16. B-Q3 P-KN3
17. BxN NPxB
18. Q-B4 B-Q2
19. R-R3 P-B3
20. R-N3 K-B2
21. R-K QR-KN
22. RxR RxR
23. Q-R6 PxP
24. QxRPch K-B
25. RxP RxP
26. R-K Q-N2
27. Q-B3 Q-R3ch
28. K-N QxP
29. R-KB Q-R7
30. R-QB R-N8
31. N-K2 RxRch
32. NxR Q-Q3
33. Q-R5 K-K2
34. Q-N5ch K-K
35. P-N3 P-K4
36. Q-N8ch K-K2
37. N-Q3 Q-K3
38. Q-N7ch K-Q3
39. Q-B8ch K-B2
40. N-B5 Q-B3
41. NxB QxN
42. Q-B5ch K-N
43. Q-KB8ch K-B2
44. Q-B5ch K-Q
45. Q-KB8ch Q-K
46. QxP Q-K2
47. Q-N6 K-B2
48. Q-N8 Q-Q3
49. Q-B7ch K-N3
50. Q-B2ch P-Q5
51. Q-B5 P-R4
52. P-R4 K-B4
53. Q-K4 Q-Q4
54. Q-Q3 P-K5
55. Q-N5ch K-Q3
56. Q-N6ch K-K4
57. Q-B7ch K-B4
58. Q-R7ch K-B5
59. Q-R4ch K-K6
60. Q-N3ch K-K7
61. Q-N2ch K-Q8
62. Q-Bch 1/2-1/2
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7
5. e5 Nd7
6. h4 c5
7. Bxe7 Kxe7
8. Qg4 Kf8
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. 0-0-0 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Ndxe5
12. Qg3 Qe7
13. f4 Nxd4
14. fxe5 Nf5
15. Qf2 h5
16. Bd3 g6
17. Bxf5 gxf5
18. Qf4 Bd7
19. Rh3 f6
20. Rg3 Kf7
21. Re1 Rg8
22. Rxg8 Rxg8
23. Qh6 fxe5
24. Qxh5+ Kf8
25. Rxe5 Rxg2
26. Re1 Qg7
27. Qf3 Qh6+
28. Kb1 Qxh4
29. Rf1 Qh2
30. Rc1 Rg1
31. Ne2 Rxc1+
32. Nxc1 Qd6
33. Qh5 Ke7
34. Qg5+ Ke8
35. b3 e5
36. Qg8+ Ke7
37. Nd3 Qe6
38. Qg7+ Kd6
39. Qf8+ Kc7
40. Nc5 Qc6
41. Nxd7 Qxd7
42. Qc5+ Kb8
43. Qf8+ Kc7
44. Qc5+ Kd8
45. Qf8+ Qe8
46. Qxf5 Qe7
47. Qg6 Kc7
48. Qg8 Qd6
49. Qf7+ Kb6
50. Qf2+ d4
51. Qf5 a5
52. a4 Kc5
53. Qe4 Qd5
54. Qd3 e4
55. Qb5+ Kd6
56. Qb6+ Ke5
57. Qc7+ Kf5
58. Qh7+ Kf4
59. Qh4+ Ke3
60. Qg3+ Ke2
61. Qg2+ Kd1
62. Qf1+ 1/2-1/2
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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's True History
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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