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Chess Books 1959

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Games of ChessGames of Chess 13 May 1959, Wed Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Newspapers.com Spotlight on BooksSpotlight on Books 01 Jun 1959, Mon The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) Newspapers.com New ArrivalsNew Arrivals 12 Jul 1959, Sun The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) Newspapers.com New Books at Public LibraryNew Books at Public Library 06 Sep 1959, Sun Casper Star-Tribune (Casper, Wyoming) Newspapers.com Following Books May Be Borrowed at Public LibraryFollowing Books May Be Borrowed at Public Library 10 Sep 1959, Thu The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) Newspapers.com Book Library ListBook Library List 13 Sep 1959, Sun The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa) Newspapers.com Library NewsLibrary News 17 Sep 1959, Thu The Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) Newspapers.com New Books Listed at LibraryNew Books Listed at Library 03 Oct 1959, Sat Green Bay Press-Gazette (Green Bay, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com Portrait of Nixon Among New Books at Waterloo LibrariesPortrait of Nixon Among New Books at Waterloo Libraries 04 Oct 1959, Sun The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa) Newspapers.com Book ReleaseBook Release 08 Oct 1959, Thu News-Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) Newspapers.com

  • The Index-Journal, Greenwood, South Carolina, Tuesday, October 20, 1959 — Bobby Fischer's Games of Chess — BOBBY FISCHER'S GAMES OF CHESS, by Robert Fischer: “The youngest international grandmaster of chess annotates 14 or the games he played in U.S. championship tournaments. The plays of his 21 games in the Interzonal tournament of 1958 are recorded without commentary.”

    • Douglas County Library ArrivalsDouglas County Library Arrivals 05 Nov 1959, Thu The News-Review (Roseburg, Oregon) Newspapers.com T.B. Scott LibraryT.B. Scott Library 07 Nov 1959, Sat The Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com Bobby Fischer book, 1959Bobby Fischer book, 1959 19 Jul 1959, Sun Evansville Courier and Press (Evansville, Indiana) Newspapers.com
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    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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