George Steven vs. James Cross, 1950
It is my personal ongoing labor of love as a tribute to my fellow American, the great Bobby, Robert James Fischer. This ongoing search and rediscovery of lost games, not known as currently listed on chessgames.com, requires many hours of brainstorming to transliterate Descriptive notation to the modern Algebraic format so these once forgotten games played by history's great chess experts can have a second life breathed in them by a new generation of chess enthusiasts. THANK YOU all the world over for visiting, subscribing, your likes, kindness and support! - Sharon Mooney, https://chess-columns.blogspot.com Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BobbyFischerTruth The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, Sunday, August 06, 1950, Los Angeles, California HOLLYWOOD INVITATIONAL George Steven of Santa Monica reports an error in his standing in the Hollywood Invitational Tournament published last Sunday. His score was 5-11 instead of 3-13 giving him a tie with George Croy and Sam Geller. Steven had wins over Jim Cross, E. Bersbach, L. Woronzoff. Geller and E. Leoke. His game with Cross was rated by some of the players as the best in the tournament, proving to be the turning point in Jim missing out in the prize money. This game and two others from the tournament are given herewith. Jim's victory over Sven Almgren is also a beauty. George Steven (white) vs. James Cross (black) Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Accelerated 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6? 6. f3 Nd7 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. Ne2 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. f4 h6 13. Ra2 Ng6 14. f5 Nf8 15. Nh5 Nh7 16. d5 b6 17. g3 Kh8 18. h4 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nh7 21. Rh2 Bd7 22. g4 f6 23. Kf2 Rb8 24. Rg1 b5 25. g5 bxc4 26. Bc2 c6 27. g6 cxd5 28. Rhg2 Rg8 29. gxh7 Kxh7 30. Qh5 Be8 31. Rg6 Qf8! 32. Qg4 Bxg6 33. Qxg6+? Kh8 34. exd5 Rc8 35. Be4 Rc7 36. h5 Qf7 37. Qxf7 Rxf7 38. Rg6 Rb8 39. Rg3 Rb3 40. Bc2 Rb5 41. Be4 Rb7 42. Ke1 Ra5 43. Rg2 Kg8 44. Rg4 Kf8 45. Bf3 Rc7 46. Kd2 Ke8 47. Kc2 Kd8 48. Be2 Ra4 49. Bf3 Kc8 50. Be4 Kb7 51. Rg2 Ra5 52. Kb1 Ka6 53. Ka2 Rb7 54. Rb2 Rb5 55. Rb4! Rc7 56. Bf3 Rxb4 57. cxb4 e4 58. Bxe4 Re7 59. Bc2 Re2 60. Kb2 Re5 61. Kc3 Rxd5 62. Kxc4 Re5 63. Bf4 Re1 64. Bxd6 Rc1 65. Kb3 Re1 66. a4 Kb7 67. b5 a6 68. Kb4 Re3 69. Bf8 Rg3 70. Be4+ Kc7 71. Ka5 axb5 72. axb5 1-0 https://fischer-notes.blogspot.com/2020/07/august-06-1950-los-angeles-times-chess.html Tell members of U.S. www.Congress.gov “Bobby Fischer Day” deserves official recognition as a national and international celebration of public chess tournaments, t-shirts, memorabilia, prizes, family fun and festivities hosted in cities around the U.S., and the world. U.S. House of Representatives - Ford House Office Building Room 217 Washington, DC 20515 U.S.A. (FAX 202-226-0357) “Bobby always had mixed feelings about the way Native Americans were unjustly stripped of their land and culture. Charity work in favor of native Americans is something Bobby would support.”— A.E.L. “… That country, the United States, belongs to the red man, the American Indian …” — Bobby Fischer, 2005 (Indigenous people dwelling on what is now called the “American Continents” would have shared the land, but White settlers would not and took without asking. Every treaty ever made, has been violated https://www.history.com/news/native-american-broken-treaties.) “We are on Amazon Smile and the link is https://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-3730147. Thank you.” — @PWNA4hope (http://www.nativepartnership.org/)
It is my personal ongoing labor of love as a tribute to my fellow American, the great Bobby, Robert James Fischer. This ongoing search and rediscovery of lost games, not known as currently listed on chessgames.com, requires many hours of brainstorming to transliterate Descriptive notation to the modern Algebraic format so these once forgotten games played by history's great chess experts can have a second life breathed in them by a new generation of chess enthusiasts. THANK YOU all the world over for visiting, subscribing, your likes, kindness and support! - Sharon Mooney, https://chess-columns.blogspot.com Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BobbyFischerTruth The Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, Sunday, August 06, 1950, Los Angeles, California HOLLYWOOD INVITATIONAL George Steven of Santa Monica reports an error in his standing in the Hollywood Invitational Tournament published last Sunday. His score was 5-11 instead of 3-13 giving him a tie with George Croy and Sam Geller. Steven had wins over Jim Cross, E. Bersbach, L. Woronzoff. Geller and E. Leoke. His game with Cross was rated by some of the players as the best in the tournament, proving to be the turning point in Jim missing out in the prize money. This game and two others from the tournament are given herewith. Jim's victory over Sven Almgren is also a beauty. George Steven (white) vs. James Cross (black) Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Accelerated 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6? 6. f3 Nd7 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. Ne2 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. f4 h6 13. Ra2 Ng6 14. f5 Nf8 15. Nh5 Nh7 16. d5 b6 17. g3 Kh8 18. h4 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nh7 21. Rh2 Bd7 22. g4 f6 23. Kf2 Rb8 24. Rg1 b5 25. g5 bxc4 26. Bc2 c6 27. g6 cxd5 28. Rhg2 Rg8 29. gxh7 Kxh7 30. Qh5 Be8 31. Rg6 Qf8! 32. Qg4 Bxg6 33. Qxg6+? Kh8 34. exd5 Rc8 35. Be4 Rc7 36. h5 Qf7 37. Qxf7 Rxf7 38. Rg6 Rb8 39. Rg3 Rb3 40. Bc2 Rb5 41. Be4 Rb7 42. Ke1 Ra5 43. Rg2 Kg8 44. Rg4 Kf8 45. Bf3 Rc7 46. Kd2 Ke8 47. Kc2 Kd8 48. Be2 Ra4 49. Bf3 Kc8 50. Be4 Kb7 51. Rg2 Ra5 52. Kb1 Ka6 53. Ka2 Rb7 54. Rb2 Rb5 55. Rb4! Rc7 56. Bf3 Rxb4 57. cxb4 e4 58. Bxe4 Re7 59. Bc2 Re2 60. Kb2 Re5 61. Kc3 Rxd5 62. Kxc4 Re5 63. Bf4 Re1 64. Bxd6 Rc1 65. Kb3 Re1 66. a4 Kb7 67. b5 a6 68. Kb4 Re3 69. Bf8 Rg3 70. Be4+ Kc7 71. Ka5 axb5 72. axb5 1-0 https://fischer-notes.blogspot.com/2020/07/august-06-1950-los-angeles-times-chess.html Tell members of U.S. www.Congress.gov “Bobby Fischer Day” deserves official recognition as a national and international celebration of public chess tournaments, t-shirts, memorabilia, prizes, family fun and festivities hosted in cities around the U.S., and the world. U.S. House of Representatives - Ford House Office Building Room 217 Washington, DC 20515 U.S.A. (FAX 202-226-0357) “Bobby always had mixed feelings about the way Native Americans were unjustly stripped of their land and culture. Charity work in favor of native Americans is something Bobby would support.”— A.E.L. “… That country, the United States, belongs to the red man, the American Indian …” — Bobby Fischer, 2005 (Indigenous people dwelling on what is now called the “American Continents” would have shared the land, but White settlers would not and took without asking. Every treaty ever made, has been violated https://www.history.com/news/native-american-broken-treaties.) “We are on Amazon Smile and the link is https://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-3730147. Thank you.” — @PWNA4hope (http://www.nativepartnership.org/)