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Philip Stuart Milner-Barry, 1927

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January 01 1927

1927, Hastings Chess Tourney

Western Daily Press, Bristol, Avon, England, Saturday, January 01, 1927

CHESS.
Day of Surprises at Hastings.

In the Hastings Chess Congress yesterday, the pairings and openings in the fourth round of the Premier Tourney were as follows: Reti v. Tartakower, Reti's opening; Michell v. Sergeant, Queen's Pawn; Yates v. Teller, Sicilian defence; Buerger v. Sir George Thomas, Queen's pawn; Colle v. Norman, Queen's pawn.
On at least four boards the unexpected happened. Teller, after defeating Reti in masterly fashion, fell a victim to splendid play on the part of Yates. Reti, with the white pieces against Tartakower in his favourite opening, suffered his second loss in the tournament. Sir George Thomas fell to Buerger, who had lost his games in all three previous rounds, and Michell succumbed to Sergeant, resigning after 49 moves. Norman lost to Colle on the 19th move. Two games adjourned from previous rounds were resumed in the afternoon. Norman beat Yates on the 88th move, and a critical ending between Reti and Thomas went to the former.
The leaders in the tourney are Tartakower 3½, Colle, E. G. Sergeant, and Teller each 2½.

The Major Tourney.
In the Major Tourney, Koltavoski beat Jackson. Gudju beat Goldstein and Koltanowski and Goldstein beat Gudju. The leaders are Goldstein and Gudju, three wins each.
In the Major Reserves Tourney, Milner (Barry) has scored 3½, and Miss Menchik 3.


January 04 1927

1927, Hastings Chess. Other Tourneys.

Western Daily Press, Bristol, Avon, England, Tuesday, January 04, 1927

Hastings Chess
Other Tourneys.

In the Major Tournament Atkinson beat P. W. Sergeant, Goldstein drew with Koltanowski, Soulfanbieff, who has been playing fine chess in this contest, lost to Konig. Landau beat Gudju, and Jackson beat Gruber.
In adjourned games Gruber beat Sergeant. Sergeant beat Landau, and Landau beat Jackson.
The leaders are: Soultanbieff and Goldstein, 4½; Koltanowskie and Atkinson, 4.
The leaders in the Major Reserve Tournament, Milner Barry and Miss Menchik, played their individual game yesterday, a draw resulting.
The chief scores are: Milner Barry, 5; Miss Menchik, 4½; and J. A. Watt, 4.
F. Salmony, playing in the First-Class Tournament, Section “B.” is the only competitor in the Congress with a clear score of six wins. Capt. McMallow in the Second-Class Tournament with five wins, and an adjourned game, may, however, equal this record.


January 07 1927

1927, Hastings Chess, Prize Winners

The Daily Telegraph, London, Greater London, England, Friday, January 07, 1927

Hastings Chess.
The Prize Winners.
From Our Chess Correspondent.

Hastings Thursday. — With the ninth round of the chess festival played to-day all the tournaments were brought to a very successful conclusion. The play in the last round of the Premier Tournament was particularly interesting as several of the competitors were striving very hard to get into the prize list. Overnight Colle scored two wins in playing off adjourned games, one against Yates from the seventh round and one against Buerger from the eighth round.
The pairing and play to-day was as follows:
Reti v. Yates, Queen's. Yates won.
Michell v. Buerger, Queen's. Buerger won.
Colle v. Thomas, Queen's. Drawn.
Sergeant v. Teller, Sicilian. Sergeant won.
Tartakower v. Norman, Queen's. Drawn.
Yates gave of his best. Reti played his Q to R6, trying for a King's side attack. Yates not only parried all danger, but got up a King's side attack on his own by fine play and drove Reti into a mating position. Michell, suffering from a depression which he seems unable to throw off, lost to Buerger, and Colle, though trying hard against Thomas, finally agreed to a draw. Teller, in his contest with Sergeant, was another instance of a player trying to force matters in order to get into the prize list. Teller attacked loosely, and Sergeant was able to turn the tables. Tartakower v. Norman was a case of mutual respect. The pieces were exchanged early and a draw was agreed. The final result, therefore, is as follows:
Tartakower 7 (first prize), Colle 6 (second prize), Yates 5½ (third prize), Norman and Reti 5 (divide fourth prize), E. G. Sergeant 4½; Buerger and A. Teller 4, G. A. Thomas 3, R. P. Michell 1.
In the Major Tournament there were several fights for position, the ultimate result being:
1. G. Koltanowski (7); 2. V. Soultanbeieff (6½); 3. M. E. Goldstein (6); 4. Captain Gudju (5); 5. P. Konig (4½); 6. W. Atkinson (4½); 7. S. Landau (4); 8. E. M. Jackson (3); 9. P. W. Sergeant (3); 10. S. Gruber (1½).
Winners of other tournaments: Major reserves, P. S. Milner-Barry and Miss Vera Menchik, 6½ each; first-class section “A,” E. J. Scrimgeour 7; section “B,” F. Salmony 9; section “C,” W. H. King 7½; first reserve, E Atkinson 8½; second class, Captain McMullon 8½; third class S. Deitz 7½.
In the afternoon, the Mayor of Hastings Councilor J. S. Dymond, presided at the prize distribution. He expressed his very great pleasure at the success of the congress.


'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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