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Charles C. Henin

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    1. Game, Thompson vs. Charles Henin, Springfield-Hartford match, 1949.
    2. Game, Charles Henin vs. Victor Palciauskas, Chicago Open Championship, 1959.

Charles C. Henin
January 28, 1936-February 14, 1972

20th Century Chess Player

May 29 1949

Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Sunday, May 29, 1949

Game Selection
Our choice this week is taken from the recent Springfield Hartford match. Charles Henin, playing for Springfield, is 14 years-old-high school student. He played well until the latter part of the game, when greater experience won out. His opponent played for many years in Providence before coming to this city.

Thompson (white) vs. Charles Henin (black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred

Thompson vs. Charles Henin, 1949

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-N5 P-QR3
4. B-R4 P-B4
5. P-Q4 PxQP
6. NxP P-QN4
7. B-N3 NxN
8. QxN N-K2
9. PxP NxP
10. Q-K4ch Q-K2
11. N-B3 QxQch
12. NxQ B-N2
13. N-N5 BxNP
14. R-KN1 N-R5
15. K-Q1 O-O-O
16. B-K3 R-K1
17. N-B7 R-N1
18. P-R4 B-B4
19. BxB N-B6
20. B-Q5 NxR
21. BxB R-K7
22. PxP KR-K1
23. B-K3 P-Q4
24. PxP P-QB3
25. N-Q6ch K-N1
26. P-R7ch K-R1
27. NxR 1-0
 
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 f5
5. d4 exd4
6. Nxd4 b5
7. Bb3 Nxd4
8. Qxd4 Ne7
9. exf5 Nxf5
10. Qe4+ Qe7
11. Nc3 Qxe4+
12. Nxe4 Bb7
13. Ng5 Bxg2
14. Rg1 Nh4
15. Kd1 0-0-0
16. Be3 Re8
17. Nf7 Rg8
18. a4 Bc5
19. Bxc5 Nf3
20. Bd5 Nxg1
21. Bxg2 Re2
22. axb5 Re8
23. Be3 d5
24. bxa6 c6
25. Nd6+ Kb8
26. a7+ Ka8
27. Nxe8 1-0

September 07 1954

Chicago Chess Player, Charles C. Henin, Wins State Tourney

Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, September 07, 1954

Chicago Chess Player Wins State Tourney
Peoria, Ill., Sept. 6 (AP)—A University of Chicago senior, Charles C. Henin, 19, today won the Illinois state chess tournament. He posted nine straight victories in the three day tourneys. Forty-three players competed.

February 27 1972

Charles C. Henin

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, February 27, 1972

Charles Henin Dies
Former California chess champion Charles C. Henin of Los Angeles died last week at the untimely age of 36. He was a frequent participant in open and club tournaments, with consistently good scores.
Henin was co-holder with Dennis Fritzinger of Redwood City in the 1971 state championship. He did not defend the title in the tournament early in January.
Henin left a wife, Terry Elizabeth, two children, Eva, 8 and Anthony Eric, 5, and a sister, Mrs. Shirley Elliott of Bethesda, Md.

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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.

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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