Wind back the clock to when Iceland first made its $125,000 bid, along side Argentina and Mexico, among others. Did Iceland ever actually produce evidence it had $125,000 + enough funds to cover their expenses? Tucked away in a security fund or were they guilty of making a bid, with no actual assets to back it? If so, that's illegal in most countries. It's like offering a $125,000 grand prize sweepstakes, but not actually having the cash in a security account to offer the winner. Here in America that would be judged to be a False Advertising scam. They keep repeating the same claim, that the “entire financial structure depends on the movie camera money”. Remove all the movie money from the equation and ask yourself, “Where is Iceland's hard cold $125,000 in cash?” According to their claims, they don't have a dime to pay out for prize money or expenses without forcing those cameras and the disruptive camera men on Fischer to ruin his games. Since there's no proof that Iceland actually had the money — without Fox, we're led to suppose Iceland's “bid” was to be generated in the future from selling tickets, gate receipts, and make up the difference in costs “as they go along”. Was that their master plan? They've repeated the same claim, again and again, the soooo large $125,000 prize money was “only possible” due to a movie contract with a Chester Fox, that didn't actually exist before Iceland was awarded the venue, before Fischer and Spassky could agree to it.
Rehashed Soviet Anti-American Invective to Turn Public Interest Away From Fischer's Defeat of USSR 15 Jul 1972, Sat The Leader-Post (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) Newspapers.comNotice to commercial publishers seeking use of images from this collection of chess-related archive blogs. For use of the many large color restorations, two conditions must be met: 1) It is YOUR responsibility to obtain written permissions for use from the current holders of rights over the original b/w photo. Then, 2) make a tax-deductible donation to The Gift of Chess in honor of Robert J. Fischer-Newspaper Archives. A donation in the amount of $250 USD or greater is requested for images above 2000 pixels and other special request items. For small images, such as for fair use on personal blogs, all credits must remain intact and a donation is still requested but negotiable. Please direct any photographs for restoration and special request (for best results, scanned and submitted at their highest possible resolution), including any additional questions to S. Mooney, at bobbynewspaperblogs•gmail. As highlighted in the ABC News feature, chess has numerous benefits for individuals, including enhancing critical thinking and problem-solving skills, improving concentration and memory, and promoting social interaction and community building. Initiatives like The Gift of Chess have the potential to bring these benefits to a wider audience, particularly in areas where access to educational and recreational resources is limited.
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'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. |
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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.