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Georges Gustave Koltanowski

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Additional Games

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    1. Game, Hromodka vs. George Koltanowski, Chess Olympics, 1924.
    2. Game, J. Ribera vs. George Koltanowski, Barcelona tournament, November 27, 1934.
    3. Game, Gustav Wollman vs. George Koltanowski, Petaluma-Santa Rosa match, 1948.
    4. Game, George Koltanowski vs. George A. Hunnex, San Diego County Individual Championship Tournament, 1949.
    5. Chess Chats newspaper column, 1950
    6. Game, Koltanowski-Boren, 1957
    7. Game, George Koltanowski vs. Joel S. Quinones, Simul, 1959.
    8. Game, George Koltanowski vs. Walter R. Cunningham, Simultaneous Exhibition, 1959.
    9. Game, George Koltanowski vs. D. Simpson, 1959.
    10. Game, George Koltanowski vs. K. Jones, Simultaenous, Reno, Nevada, 1959.
    11. Game, George Koltanowski vs. J. Farmington, Blindfold simultaneous, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1959.
    12. Game, George Koltanowski vs. Dr. Dale Gillette Davis, Vacaville Exhibition, 1959.
    13. Game, E. Shafer vs. George Koltanowski, 1959.
    14. Game, George Koltanowski vs. Leif Magnusson, Simultaneous Exhibition, Marines Chess Club, 1959.
    15. Game, David A. Keresey vs. George Koltanowski, 1959.
    16. Game, George Koltanowski vs. NN, Rapid transit blindfold, Kansas City, Missouri, 1959
    17. Game, George Koltanowski vs. Ted Dana, Blindfold Exhibition, 1959.

Georges Gustave Koltanowski
September 17, 1903 - February 05, 2000

First, Middle and Last Name: Georges Gustave Koltanowski
 
Date of Birth: September 17, 1903
 
Date of Death: February 05, 2000
 
Name of Father: Gabriel D Koltanowski
 
Name of Mother: Miriam “Marie” Lassman Koltanowski
 
Birth: Antwerp, Belgium
 
Education:
 
Military Enlistment:
Short stint in the Belgian army;
Registered with U.S. Military, WWII
 
Occupation(s): Chess Editor
 
Residence(s):
(d) San Francisco, California;
(burial) Queens, New York
 
Spouse(s):
Celine Esther Koltanowski (born Frank);
Liane (Esther) Celine Kuony (born Frank) 1914 - 2005)
Marriage to: Liane (Esther) Celine Frank Apr 21 1937 at Borgerhout, Belgium;

Leah Greenberg, Marriage license Nov 10 1945.
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Siblings:
3 other Names Unknown;
Jack Kolton (Antwerp, 1894-US 1977);
Ester Koltanowski Frankel (Munich 1890-US 1980)
 
Children:
 
Other:
Chess Column: Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California
Chess Column: Chats on Chess by George Koltanowski, El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas
Chess Column: Chess by George Koltanowski, Minneapolis Star
Chess Column: Chats on Chess by George Koltanowski, Corpus-Christi Caller-Times, Texas
The Times Colonist, Victoria, BC, Chess Master by George Koltanowski
The Signal, Chess by George Koltanowski, Santa Clarita, California
Indianapolis News, Chess Master by George Koltanowski
Newsday (Suffolk Edition) Chess by George Koltanowski Melville, New York
Chess, by George Koltanowski, Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

    “Chess” by George Koltanowski; inauguration to finale from Apr 22, 1978-Feb 05, 1983

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Recommended Books

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's True History
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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