January 29 1954
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Mikhail Tal, 1956
April 12 1956
New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, April 12, 1956
Russia Leads U.S. In Student Chess; Soviet Players Ahead 2½-½ in Fourth-Round Series—Mednis Gains Draw
The United States team, encountering Russia in the fourth round yesterday, fared poorly in the international students' chess tournament in Uppsala, according to a report from Sweden. At the end of the five-hour session, the Soviet players led with a score of 2½-½, with one game adjourned.
Edmar Mednis of New York University drew a Queen's Pawn opening with Victor Korchnoi in thirty-seven moves at the first board. The Russian had the better of the opening, but went wrong in a combination that cost him a rook. Under time pressure, Mednis accepted a draw.
The Americans lost at the third and fourth boards. Anthony Saidy, Fordham, playing white against the Sicilian defense adopted by Tal, overlooked the chance to draw by perpetual check and resigned after forty-five moves had been recorded.
Charles Witte, Columbia, lost in twenty-five moves to Lutikov in a Hungarian defense.
Mikhail Tal vs Anthony Saidy
Uppsala (1956), Uppsala SWE, rd 4, Apr-??
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. Yugoslav Attack Main Line (B77) 1-0
Lombardy Position Even
The Americans may get another half point at the second board, where William Lombardy, City College of New York, adjourned a Benoni Counter gambit with Polugaevsky after forty moves in an even position.
Lombardy took his adjourned second-round match with Laszlo Polgar of Hungary in forty-six moves, bringing the score to 1½-1½ for each side. Saidy, in a difficult position, held out for fifty-nine moves and then resigned to Layente Lengyel. Hungary thus won by 2½-1½.
Spain leads by 2-1 in the third round match with the Americans, after Saidy's draw in forty-one moves with Roman Borveli and a loss by Shelby Lyman, Harvard, to Jose Prado in fifty-two moves. Lombardy adjourned a second time with Jaime Mora.
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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. 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.
