October 16 1940
October 16, 1940 Robert Jerome Cook, in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards
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Robert Jerome Cook, 1949
August 26 1949
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri, Friday, August 26, 1949
Fannie Cook (nee Frank)—Aug. 25, 1949, wife of Dr. Jerome E. Cook, mother of Dr. Robert J. Cook and Howard F. Cook, sister of Simon M. Frank.
Funeral services strictly private. Please omit flowers. Memorial services will be announced at a later date.
Robert Jerome Cook, 1955
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Dr. Robert Jerome Cook and wife Betty. Unknown date, estimated 1960. Unknown photographer.
Robert Jerome Cook, 1962
May 04 1962
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, Friday, May 04, 1962
Evans, who says he doesn't start thinking until after the first hour of play, won all three of the longest games, which lasted less than three hours. But he lost a 44-move game to Dr. Robert J. Cook, a physician who lives at 8529 Douglas avenue, Brentwood, and was held to a draw by Donald R. Galbreth, assistant manager of a mercantile firm, of 4228 Beethoven avenue.
Robert Jerome Cook, 1996
June 24 1996
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, Monday, June 24, 1996
Dr. Robert J. Cook, 79; Longtime Veterans Administration Physician
Dr. Robert J. Cook, a longtime Veterans Administration hospital physician here, died Sunday (June 23, 1996) at Mari De Villa Retirement Center in Town and Country after a long illness. He was 79.
Dr. Cook, a resident of Brentwood for 46 years, was on the staff for more than 25 years at John Cochran Veterans Administration Hospital. He also served as chief of outpatient services for VA hospitals in St. Louis.
A native of St. Louis, Dr. Cook graduated from University City High School and attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He was a 1940 graduate of the Washington University School of Medicine and was a fellow of the American Colleges of Chest Physicians and Angiology. He served in the Army Medical Corps in World War II.
In the 1970s, Dr. Cook was elected to three terms as an alderman in Brentwood.
A private funeral service was held. Burial will be at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
Among the survivors are his wife of 54 years, Betty B. Cook of Clayton; two sons, Robert J. “Bud” Cook Jr. of Maryland Heights and Michael Cook of Hurst, Texas; two daughters, Barbara Cook of Clayton and Nancy Jumper of Brentwood; a brother, Howard F. Cook of Evanston, Ill.; and six grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Boy Scouts of America, 4568 West Pine Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo., 63108.
George Chernowitz, 2002
January 26 2002
The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, Saturday, January 26, 2002
CHERNOWITZ - George on January 24, 2002 (age 85). Beloved husband of Edith J. Chernowitz for over sixty years. Visitation Monday, January 28, 2002 5-7 PM at “Wien Wien” Park and Passaic Hackensack, NJ
Constant Ferdinand Burille, 1914
December 05 1914
The Stirling Observer, Stirling, Central Region, Scotland, Saturday, December 05, 1914
American Player's Death.—The death of Mr. C. F. Burille, who was regarded as one of the strongest American amateurs, at the age of 49, will be a loss to the Boston Chess Club. About twenty to twenty-five years ago, after winning matches against Pillsbury and Steinitz at the odds of pawn and move, he was regarded as one of the most promising players of the day. In the first cable match between Great Britain and the United States he defeated Bird, but after this success he did not devote himself very seriously to the game. He had an exceptionally quick sight of the chess board, and once successfully undertook to solve sixty two-move problems in less than an hour.
Paul Keres, 1959
April 18 1959
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Simultaneous chess by grandmaster Paul Keres in the Wapen van Heemskerk in Alkmaar, November 04, 1959, Alkmaar, North Holland. Original b/w via Anefo and National Archives, Netherlands.
Paul Keres, 1975
June 06 1975
Soviet Chess Ace Dies 06 Jun 1975, Fri The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Newspapers.com
PAUL KERES Soviet chess ace dies
HELSINKI (UP1)-Grandmaster Paul Keres, three time Soviet chess champion, died Thursday of a heart attack.
Keres, 59, arrived in Finland last Saturday from a trip to Canada. He was to travel to Estonia the next day, but one hour before his boat left, he suffered a heart attack.
Doctors said he appeared to be recovering when a second heart attack struck Thursday and killed him.
Keres first came to prominence in the 1935 Warsaw chess Olympiad and won tournaments the next two years in Austria and the Netherlands. He was a challenger for the world chess championship but did not compete because of the Second World War.
While in Canada, Keres won the $16,000 Vancouver 1975 chess tournament over a strong field. He was also well-known for his simultaneous exhibitions in Canada and the U.S.
Paul Keres, 1943
February 28 1943
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, February 28, 1943
A King's Gambit
Alekhine and Keres met in the Salzburg Tournament played last year. In their first game, the young Esthonian succumbed to a Ruy Lopez. In their second, Keres needed to win to overtake the world's champion. His King's Gambit was bold, but Alekhine never faltered, and Keres never really had more than an outside chance.
Paul Keres vs Alexander Alekhine
Salzburg (1942), Salzburg AUT, rd 10, Jun-18
King's Gambit: Accepted. Schallop Defense (C34) 0-1
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September 05 1943
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, September 05, 1943
In a recent book, “Fifty Great Games of Modern Chess,” the author, H. Golombek, in discussing the youthful Paul Keres, the Estonian master, states the most impressive point in Keres' style is his power of producing dynamic attacks in much the same way as a conjuror produces a rabbit out of nothing. Golombek says Keres has played a vast number of games in which he breaks through the barrier of position play with a dazzling stream of fluid piece maneuvers. This game was played in the Semmering tournament of 1937, Keres' opponent being E. Eliskases.
Paul Keres vs Erich Eliskases
Semmering/Baden (1937), Semmering/Baden AUT, rd 5, Sep-14
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit. Deferred Variation (B50) 1-0
—A delayed Wing Gambit which, though formidable in the hands of an attacking genius such as Keres, has not really much sting.
(b)—Simple and sound is N-KB3; 4. PxP NxP; 5. PxP NxP(Q3)
(c)—It is wrong to open up the position here; best is P-KN3.
(d)—P-KR3 would be bad because of 9. N-K6.
(e)—Black must leave white in possession of the center since PxP e.p. fails against 10. Q-N5, P-K3; 11. NxBP KxN; 12. N-N5ch.
(f)—Too ambitious; preferable was P-N3, followed by B-N2
(g)—And here R-K1 was better than the text.
(h)—If QxP, then 20. N-B5 QxR; 21. QxP N-B4; 22. NxPch K-R1; 23. NxPch K-N1; 24. N-R6ch K-R1; 25. Q-R5 NxB; 26. N-B5 dis. ch, K-N1; 27. N-K7 mate.
(i)—A positional sacrifice of the highest order by white White takes full advantage of the weakness of Black's king side.
(j)—The threat was QxBch and N-B5ch.
(k)—Threatening 33. B-N4ch K-N1; 34. R-N5.
(l)—White's two bishops prove more powerful than Black's two rooks. If now Black plays NxR, then, 34. Q-Q8ch, R-K1; 35. B-N4ch, or if Black plays K-K1, then 34. R-R8ch N-N1; 35. B-N5ch and wins.
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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.
