Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer’s Top Ten Players of All Time. His insights into these players is remarkable and he may well hit the nail on the head in the evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses. Paul Morphy Howard Staunton Wilhelm Steinitz Siegbert Tarrasch Mikhail Tchigorin Alexander Alekhine Jose Capablanca… Continue reading
PHOTO BY: Steve Fontanini / Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 1964: 21 year old U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer makes his move during an exhibition match against 50 players at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood. He won a total of 47 games, lost one, and drew two. Continue reading
The Game of the Century.. Donald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer at the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York City on October 17, 1956. [SQUARE CONTROL] Dubbed ‘Game of the Century’ by Hans Kmoch in the CHESS REVIEW wrote ..”The following game, a stunning masterpiece of combination play performed… Continue reading
The first game was played on 11 July. Of the five games contested previously between the two players, the score was three wins for Spassky and two draws. At the appointed hour, match arbiter Lothar Schmid started the clock and Spassky played 1.d4, but Fischer was not in the… Continue reading
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. a4 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Qb1 Nh5 14. Be3 h6 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. h3 Bd6 17.… Continue reading
Fischer Flick: Award-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus presents a fascinating portrait of one of the most intriguing and enigmatic figures of the 20th century – World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. Out in cinemas 15 July, Bobby Fischer Against the World traces the Grand Master from child prodigy to Cold War hero… Continue reading
It’s one of the most famous stories in chess history. After losing the first, Bobby Fischer didn’t show up for the second game of the 1972 World Championship match against Boris Spassky. The American was 0-2 down, and demanded that the third game would be played in a small room… Continue reading
New York 1960 Alekhine Defense Fischer – Berliner (1-0) 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. e5xd6 c7xd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. b3 Nd7 13. Ne4 Nf5 14.… Continue reading
Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess Grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer’s achievements are legendary. At 13, he won a brilliancy that became known as the… Continue reading
