Sept.1 2020… Current Events on this Day.. Pressing the opponentfrom all sideswith no real Plan,Debt grows… in the form of stretched logistics (aka connections),loose fighting formations (shapes),insufficient resources (territories). Unless the opponent is completely flummoxed,the bill will come due. What then? — Living Go (@osmoticferenc) September 2, 2020 The… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis There has been so much written on/about Fischer that it seems almost superfluous to add anything new. However Fischer did have something to say about Fischer. Bobby considered the annotated game (below) to be the epitome of his chess playing style. … Continue reading
Samuel Reshevsky Robert Fischer placed Samuel Reshevsky on his list of the best ten (greatest) players of all time. Fischer’s views are below: For a period of ten years – between 1946 and 1956 – Reshevsky was probably the best chess player in the world. I feel… Continue reading
Howard Staunton Robert Fischer places Howard Staunton on his list of the best ten (greatest) players of all time. His view are below: Howard Staunton Staunton was the most profound opening analyst of all time. He was more theorist than player, but nonetheless he was the strongest… Continue reading
Bobby Fischer guest appearance on The Bob Hope Special television show Oct 5th 1972: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSWau3pTyIg GAME 6 Fischer-Spassky 1972 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5… Continue reading
Boris Spassky Spassky was on Robert Fischer’s Top Ten List. These views of Fischer on Spassky were made in 1964. Remember Spassky played for the World Championship in 1966 and lost. He played again in 1969 and won; both matches were against Tigran Petrosian. Boris Spassky Spassky,… Continue reading
Mikhail Tchigorin You will often see Tchigorin’s name spelled “Chigorin”, however “Tchigorin” was his own preferred English spelling. He is on Robert Fischer’s Top Ten List and below are Fischer’s thoughts on this great chess player. The Russians call Tchigorin, who has been dead for sixty years,… Continue reading
Jose Raoul Capablanca The glamour boy of world chess, Capablanca, had been champion of Cuba at the age of 12, and from that time to his death in 1942, he had the totally undeserved reputation (as Petrosian does today) of being the greatest living endgame player. I recall… Continue reading
Alexander Alekhine Fischer has an opinion, actually many of them, on one of the absolute greats from his Top Ten List. Enjoy. Alekhine is a player I’ve never really understood; yet, strangely, if you’ve seen on Alekhine game you’ve seen them all. He always wanted a superior… Continue reading
Wilhelm Steinitz Steinitz was the first chessplayer to be called world champion, a title he claimed after his 1865 match with Anderson. He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the King was considered a weak piece, and players set out to… Continue reading
