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November 27 1932
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday, November 27, 1932
Almgren, Chess Champion, Loses
Sven Almgren, defending Western Pennsylvania chess champion, suffered his first defeat of the annual tournament in progress at the Pittsburgh Chess Club when he bowed before Kalman Erdekey, himself a former champion.
July 24 1955
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, July 24, 1955
Sven Almgren Simultaneous
On Monday evening, Aug. 1, Sven Almgren will give a simultaneous exhibition at the Santa Monica Chess Club, in Lincoln Park, 7th St. and Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. Games will start at 8 p. m. and visitors are invited.
December 09 1943
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, December 09, 1943
Sven Almgren Leading Club Chess Series
By Hermann Helms
Sven Almgren and Irving Chernev, Brooklyn expert, are figuring in a close finish in the current tournament for the championship of the Hawthorne Chess Club of Flatbush. They have yet to play in the series.
It would please Almgren no end if he could crown his season's efforts by annexing the local title. Quite recently he was runnerup to Dr. Ariel Mengarini in the U. S. Federation amateur championship. He has a score of 4-1; that of Chernev is 3½-½. Almgren also has a hand in the tournament at the West Side Y.M.C.A. in Manhattan, where he is among the leaders.
August 20 1950
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, August 20, 1950
State Championship
Ray Martin, Sven Almgren and William Steckel will be the Southern California finalists in the State Championship Tournament to be held in San Francisco over the Labor Day week end. They topped a field of 14 in a qualifying tournament played at the Water and Power Chess Club's quarters the past seven Sundays.
Martin, in achieving the highest Sonnen-Berger system score, lost only Round 1 to George Hunnex and drew his sixth round with Steckel. He beat Morris Gordon, Martin Altshiller, Samuel Geller, Almgren and Emil Bersbach. Almgren defeated Gordon, John Barlow. Hunnex, Geller and Steckel, losing to Martin and drawing with Bersbach. Steckel won from William Banning, LeRoy Johnson and Hunnex, drew with Robert Solana. Bersbach and Martin, and lost to Almgren.
November 1960
Vol. 10, No. 4-5, California Chess Reporter, November-December 1960, (Seated) Tibor Weinberger, Zoltan Kovacs, Sven Almgren, Herbert Dasteel Jr., Frank Hufnagel (Standing) Carl Diesen, William G. Addison, Irving Rivise, Julius Loftsson, Jack Blackstone.
Vol. 10, No. 4-5, California Chess Reporter, November-December 1960, Herbert Dasteel - Tibor Weinberger, Julius Loftsson - Zoltan Kovacs, Sven Elias Almgren.
August 1959
Vol. 9, No. 1-2, California Chess Reporter, August-September 1959, Sven Almgren, Harry Borochow.
Photo by George Lydeard
Vol. 9, No. 1-2, California Chess Reporter, August-September 1959, Sven Almgren and Earl Pruner.
Photo by George Lydeard
March 13 1930
Snappy Game 13 Mar 1930, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com
Here in Brooklyn the Scandinavian Chess Club has a problem composer in Sven Almgren, who is likewise one of the most resourceful players on its league teams. A snappy game of his from the match with the Staten Island Chess Club follows.
Sven Elias Almgren (white) vs. Quackenbos (black)
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit
November 23, 1930
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday, November 23, 1930
Almgren Wins Two Chess Tilts
Sven Almgren, representing the Pittsburgh Chess Club and engaging in his first tournament, was the pace-setter in the Western Pennsylvania chess championship yesterday, winning both matches against Charles Ow and Joseph Firestone.
Stephen Emery, present title-holder, won his lone match, downing R. W. Cuthbert.
H. L. Dolde, perennial champion, met defeat at the hands of Kalman Erdeky, who copped the title in 1912.
Gunnar Wakenius defeated E. Opsahl in a long-drawn-out match.
August 1954
Vol. IV, No. 1, August, 1954, California Chess Reporter; Henry Gross being kibitzed by James Dunn (a bridge champ), Hyman Gordon, and Sven Almgren.September 1954
Vol. 4, No. 2, California Chess Reporter, September 1954. Sven Almgren (Los Angeles) - fifthDecember 1954
Vol. 4, No. 4, California Chess Reporter, December 1954. Seated, left to right: William Addison, Sven Elias Almgren, James Cross, Eugene Levin, Ray Martin. Standing: Dmitri Poliakoff, Milton O. Meyer, Irving Rivise, Herman Steiner, Jim Schmitt.
Vol. 4, No. 4, California Chess Reporter, December 1954. Sven Almgren, Los Angeles.
'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.
