June 24, 1972 Larry Evans on Chess

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Evans on Chess, June 24, 1972 Chess Puzzle

EVANS ON CHESS

H. Hermanson, Sweden
Problem: (06/24/1972) White mates in two.
Stockfish Analysis.

June 24, 1972 Larry Evans on Chess

Improving Your Game
The best way to improve is by constant practice against better players. But these can't always be found; and even if they can, constant losses may prove painful. Sooner or later the student must wend his way to a library. Since the literature of chess is vaster than any other game, a choice can be confusing. Unfortunately the best books are not always written by the best players:, and the number of articulate grandmasters can be counted on the fingers of one maimed hand.

For the beginner, almost any primer will get him started: CHESS/BEGINNER TO EXPERT (Evans), CHESS THE EASY WAY (Fine), OFFICIAL CHESS HAND-BOOK (Harkness), LASKER'S MANUAL OF CHESS, etc.
Some instructive master collections are: MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS (Alekhine, 2 vols.), 100 SELECTED GAMES (Botvinnik), LOGICAL CHESS MOVE BY MOVE (Chernev), TAL'S BEST GAMES (Clarke). MODERN CHESS BRILLIANCIES (Evans), MY 60 MEMORABLE GAMES. (Fischer), CAPABLANCA'S 100 BEST GAMES (Golombek), RUBINSTEIN'S CHESS MASTERPIECES (Kmoch), KERES' BEST GAMES and TARRASCH'S BEST GAMES (Reinfeld), MASTERS OF THE CHESSBOARD (Reti), THE ART OF SACRIFICE (Spielmann).

On the opening: MODERN CHESS OPENINGS (Evans & Korn), IDEAS BEHIND THE CHESS OPENINGS (Fine), CHESS OPENINGS: THEORY & PRACTICE and NEW TRAPS IN THE CHESS OPENINGS (Horowitz), CHESS FROM MORPHY TO BOTVINNIK (Konig), MODERN OPENING THEORY (Suetin).

On the middle game: THE MIDDLE GAME (Euwe & Kramer), JUDGMENT AND PLANNING IN CHESS (Euwe), NEW IDEAS IN CHESS (Evans). HOW TO THINK AHEAD IN CHESS (Horowitz & Reinfeld), ART OF THE MIDDLE GAME (Keres & Kotov).

On the ending: CHESSBOARD MAGIC (Chernev), BASIC CHESS ENDINGS (Fine), HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS (Howard), ROOK ENDINGS (Levenfish & Smylov).
Bedside reading: FIRESIDE BOOK OF CHESS and THE CHESS COMPANION (Chernev), A SHORT HISTORY OF CHESS (Davidson), CHESS CATECHISM (Evans), CHESS SECRETS and CHESS FOR FUN AND CHESS FOR BLOOD (Lasker). THE DEFENSE (Nabokov). TREASURY OF CHESS LORE (Reinfeld). ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHESS (Sunnucks), THE ROYAL GAME (Zweig).

PROBLEM SOLUTION: 1 N-KB3!

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The actual truth about Bobby Fischer's political views…

Bobby Fischer Gives “Peace Sign” in 1958 and the Peace Movement Calling for Nuclear Disarmament

Bobby Fischer in 1958 and the Peace Movement Calling for Nuclear Disarmament

Bobby was leftist-leaning, like his mother, Regina Fischer who went on a “Peace March” to Moscow in 1961 to put pressure on the Khrushchevs and U.S.S.R. toward disarmament.

(Readers' Digest) The Dark, Untold Story About the Peace Sign
“It originated as a symbol used by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC). An artist, Gerald Holtom, was on the groups' board, and as a well-known designer, stepped up to create a symbol that would have not only a visual but also a political impact. The symbol was first displayed during a protest march that took place on Easter weekend of 1958. Protesters marched 52 miles from London to Aldermaston in Berkshire, which is the site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment to protest the use of nuclear weapons in war. This march was organized by the DAC and it was the first wide spread public display of the peace sign.”
https://www.rd.com/culture/history-of-peace-sign/

Bobby's views never strayed far from his roots. The collage above, mentions BERTRAND RUSSELL, who was responsible for putting the peace signs on the 1958 banners and buttons of the activists. BERTRAND RUSSELL held strong views opposing the Apartheid of Israel. Just as Bobby did. Bobby never abandoned his leftist-leaning roots which he learned from Regina Fischer. He loathed Fascism.

Bertrand Russell on Zionism and Apartheid
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