Category: Robert James Fischer

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Chess In May / Three Smashing Birthday Wins !

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by National Life Master Loal Davis   Wilhelm Steinitz May 18th 1836 Max Euwe May 20th 1901 Anatoly Karpov May 23rd 1951   The complete PGN notation of the games/notes below are contained in their entirety within the Comments to this post.   Vienna – 1860 White “Steinitz, Wilhelm” Black “P”… Continue reading

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Mark Taimanov 1926-2016

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Mark Taimanov, Hoogovens 1970 Born February 1926 – 28 November 2016 was one of the leading Soviet and Russian Chess players and Concert pianist. Taimanov became a grandmaster  in 1952 and in 1956 became the winner of the 23rd  USSR Championship..          Spassky-Taimanov  0-1 [Event “USSR Championship”][Site “Leningrad (RUS)”][Date “1956.??.??”][EventDate “1956.??.??”][Round “?”][Result “0-1”][White “Boris… Continue reading