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St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Friday, September 24, 1965 - Page 31
Fischer Wins Chess Match
New York, Sept. 24 (UPI) — United States chess champion Bobby Fischer, playing by telegraph, defeated Cuba's Francisco Perez last night in the twentieth round of the Capablanca chess tournament at Havana.
Fischer is in third place. Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia is leading, followed by Vassily Smyslov of the Soviet Union.
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, September 26, 1965 - Page 52
Fischer Defeats Cuban; Now 3rd In Capablanca
Bobby Fischer, competing in the Capablanca International Chess Tournament at Havana by telephone, has taken over sole possession of third place after defeating Cuba's Francisco Perez in 25 moves Thursday.
The United States champion and international grandmaster has now garnered 14 points, just one game behind pace-setting Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia.
Ivkov managed to stay in first place despite an upset at the hands of Gilberto Garcia of Cuba.
Ewfim Geller of Russia and Vassily Smyslov, former world champion from the USSR, were tied for second place with 14½ points each. Geller and Smyslov drew in 40 moves.
The Daily Advertiser Lafayette, Louisiana Friday, September 10, 1965 - Page 13
Bobby Fischer Beats Bulgarian In Chess Match
Havana (AP) — Bobby Fischer beat Bulgaria's Karl Robatsch in 33 moves Thursday night in the 11th round of the Capablanca International Chess Tournament and remained in a tie for second place in the 30 day event.
Fischer, the 22-year-old Brooklyn grandmaster, and Yugoslavia's Borislav Ivkov remained a half-point back of Russia's Vassily Smyslov after completion of the 11th round.
Smyslov defeated Francisco Perez of Cuba in 22 moves.
Fischer, denied permission by the U.S. State Department to visit Cuba, is in New York. His moves, and those of his opponent, are being relayed to and from Havana by telephone.
Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Sunday, September 05, 1965 - Page 52
Czech Wins, Ties Fischer in Chess
Havana (AP) — Ludek Pachmann of Czechoslovakia defeated Francisco Perez of Cuba Saturday in a postponed sixth-round game in the Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament. The game, which had been postponed because of the Cuban's illness, ended in 37 moves.
The victory gave Pachmann five points in the tournament and a tie with Bobby Fischer, the United States champion from Brooklyn, N.Y., and Vassily Smyslov of Russia.
The leader with 5½ points is Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia. The eighth round of the 30-day tournament will be played Sunday with Ivkov meeting Robert Wade of Britain, Fischer playing Szabo of Hungary and Smyslov playing Johannes Donner of Holland.
'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: Tweets by swilkinsonbc |
 “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.
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.
