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William Henry Steckel

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Additional Games

  • Chessgames
    1. Game, George Nelson Treysman vs. William Steckel, U.S. Championship Preliminaries, 1936.
    2. Game, Phil Smith vs. William Steckel, California State Championship, September 1950.
    3. Game, William Steckel vs. Leslie Boyette, California State Championship, 1950.
    4. Game, William Steckel vs. John Keckhut, Los Angeles County Chess championship, 1950.
    5. Game, William H. Steckel vs. Robert Merton Jacobs, Los Angeles County Championship, 1950.
    6. Game, William H. Steckel vs. Burke, Los Angeles County Championship, 1950.
    7. Game, Arthur Spiller vs. William H. Steckel, Los Angeles County Championship, 1950.
    8. Game, William Steckel vs. Raymond L. Wheeler, Southern Preliminaries of State Championship, 1951.
    9. Game, George Hunnex vs. William Steckel, Southern Preliminaries of State Championship, 1951.
    10. Game, Hyman Gordon vs. William Steckel, Southern Preliminaries of State Championship, 1951.
    11. Game, William H. Steckel vs. Carlos Rivera, Capablanca Chess Club of Havana and the Hollywood Chess Group, 1951.
    12. Game, William Steckel vs. Lodewijk Prins, Prins Exhibition, 1951.
    13. Game, William H. Steckel vs. Samuel Reshevsky, Reshevsky Exhibitions, 1952.

William Henry Steckel
September 22, 1905 - August 15, 1954

First, Middle and Last Name: William Henry Steckel
Date of Birth: September 22, 1905
Date of Death: August 15, 1954
Name of Father: Joseph Steckel
Name of Mother: Edna E. Steckel (born Weiss)
Birth: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Education:
Military Enlistment:
Occupation(s):
Accountant. Formerly employed in the Call-Chronicle Newspapers circulation
department. An accountant with the Bethlehem Steel Company.
Residence(s):
Native of Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania.
Transferred to Los Angeles, California, about 1943.
Moved to Minot as his final residence.
Spouse(s):
Faith Geraldine Hertzog married March 17, 1940
Wescosville, Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania 

Esther Selmina (Pederson) Steckel
married May 21, 1949 - Los Angeles, California
Siblings:
Lillian V Steckel
Children:
Other:
William H. Steckel was well known throughout the state for his prowess in chess.
He held the Allentown City chess championship in 1937 and was Lehigh Valley
open chess champion in 1942. In 1939 he tied Herman Hesse for the Pennsylvania
State chess championship and took the title in 1942. In the year of 1954 he was
the North Dakota state chess champion.

William Henry Steckel, Statitician

William H. Steckel
Correspondence Statitician


Chess Column: It's Your Move by W. H. Steckel, Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania


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, 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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