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Carroll Mather Capps, 1951

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August 26 1951

1951, Carroll Mather Capps, Double Champion in Chess.

The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Sunday, August 26, 1951

Carroll Capps: A Double Champion!
Winning the championship of the Barton Chess Club and the Championship of Northern California almost in one breath, demands some doing and proves without a shadow of doubt that Carroll Capps, of Oakland, is one of the strongest players in California today. A native of Woodland, California, he learned the game from his brother in 1930 at the age of 17, and studied hard to improve his game during the 1936-40 period. Was champion of the Castle Chess Club of Berkeley in 1936, 1941 and 1942. Won the Mechanics Institute championship in 1946 and 1949. In 1950 he won the first Bay Area Open championship and was second in the California Open in Santa Monica that year. During the war years he was a Navy photographer. His game has improved by leaps and bounds lately and he feels a much better insight to the game right now. We would like to see Carroll participate in either a master tournament or championship of the United States. He would surprise some of the eastern masters!

Jim Schmitt (white) vs. Carroll Mather Capps (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation

Jim Schmitt vs. Carroll Mather Capps, 1951

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-K3
3. N-QB3 B-N5
4. P-K3 O-O
5. B-Q3 P-Q4
6. P-QR3 BxNch
7. PxB N-B3
8. N-B3 R-K1
9. O-O P-K4
10. PxQP QxP
11. P-B4 Q-Q3
12. P-Q5 P-K5
13. PxN PxN
14. PxNP BxP
15. Q-N3 N-N5
16. P-N3 B-B3
17. B-B5 N-K4
18. Q-B2 P-N3
19. B-K4 Q-K3
20. B-B5 PxB
0-1
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 0-0
5. Bd3 d5
6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 Nc6
8. Nf3 Re8
9. 0-0 e5
10. cxd5 Qxd5
11. c4 Qd6
12. d5 e4
13. dxc6 exf3
14. cxb7 Bxb7
15. Qb3 Ng4
16. g3 Bc6
17. Bf5 Ne5
18. Qc2 g6
19. Be4 Qe6
20. Bf5 gxf5
0-1

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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, 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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