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maricheri on Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:24am.
Recent Photos of Bobby FischerRecent Photos of Bobby FischerWith his fiancée Miyoko Watai, who returned to Japan some days ago Recent Photos of Bobby FischerIn animated discussion with friends Read more »
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shreyansh on Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:02am.
Viswanathan Anand (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. Anand is one of four players in history to break the 2800 mark on the FIDE rating list and he has been among the top three ranked ... Read more »
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maricheri on Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:11am.
World Chess Champions The best players on the planet - past and present Unofficial Louis-Charles de La Bourdonnais France 1834 Howard Staunton ... Read more »
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maricheri on Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:35am.
Robert James (Bobby) Fischer geboren:09.03.1943 ... Read more »
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maricheri on Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:09am.
Als Robert James Fischer Ende Oktober 1971 das Herausfordererrecht gegen den zehnten Weltmeister Boris Spasski erkämpft hatte, nahm in seinem Heimatland der Absatz von Schachspielen sprungartig um 20 Prozent zu. Fast jede Tages- und Wochenzei... Read more »
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maricheri on Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:58am.
1970 absolvierte Robert James Fischer das hektischste Jahr seiner Karriere. Doch der Erfolg gab ihm Recht. Aus 74 Turnierpartien holte er 59 Punkte. Knapp 80 Prozent lautete die stolze Bilanz. Nach einem gemächlichen Vierteljahrhundert Schach... Read more »
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Fellippo on Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:47am.
Richard Réti (28 May 1889, Pezinok (now Slovakia) – 6 June 1929, Prague) was an Austrian-Hungarian, later Czechoslovakian chess player, chess author, and chess problemist. He was born in Pezinok which at the time was in the Hungarian ... Read more »
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Submitted by
Himmler2339 on Sun Nov 4, 2007 1:18pm.
One of the greatbenefits of being a grandmaster is that it allows me to really appreciate how hard it is to be good at anything. The field may vary: sports, entertainment, law, medicine, farming, pottery. Whatever the endeavor, the top performers ... Read more »
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Submitted by
ginny71 on Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:33am.
Addition: 2/16/08 So, I've been teaching more females to play - including my mother-in-law, grandmother-in-law, and potential future sisters-in-law. This is especially useful in long visit with grandma - as she is not fluent ... Read more »
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Submitted by
Griffndore on Sun Oct 7, 2007 6:21pm.
When I was in college the first time back in 1980, I was the president of Chess club at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario Oregon. That doesn't mean I was the best player by any means, just that I had a love for this wonderful game. ... Read more »
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Submitted by
galadriel on Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:35am.
Parimarjan Negi (b. 9 February 1993) is a 14-year-old chess prodigy from India. In July 2005, he became the youngest International Master ever when he earned his third and final IM norm at the Sort International open chess tournament in Sort, Spai... Read more »
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Submitted by
WTHarvey on Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:27pm.
Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987 in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh) is a chess grandmaster from India. She was originally named Hampi but her father later changed it to Humpy, a more Russian-sounding name. She writes her family name (Koneru)... Read more »
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Submitted by
schahinap on Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:05pm.
Just over a decade ago, on May 11, 1997, IBM's Deep Blue computer defeated the best chess player in the world, Garry Kasparov. Computer scientist Murray Campbell was one of the programmers of Deep Blue and moved the chess pieces for the comput... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:05am.
George Henry Mackenzie was born on March 24, 1837 in North Kessock, Scotland. In 1856, at the age of 19, he purchased a commission in the 60th Rifles (the King’s Royal Rifle Corps). He served as a Lieutenant in the British army i... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Tue Aug 7, 2007 6:48pm.
Fred Reinfeld was born in New York City on January 27, 1910. Reinfeld wrote over 100 chess books in his lifetime, and perhaps over 260 books total. He also wrote about geology, history, numismatics, checkers, and astronomy. He was said to have... Read more »
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Submitted by
WTHarvey on Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:52pm.
Hou Yifan started playing chess at the age of 6. She was admitted to the National Chess Center in Beijing and has leading Chinese grandmaster Ye Jiangchuan as her trainer. She plays e4 as White and as Black, a variety of Sicilians (Dragon, N... Read more »
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Submitted by
mida on Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:12am.
Italy and United States have their new chess prodigy. Fabiano Caruana, a young player with dual citizenships, won the First Saturday-GM group in Budapest, Hungary, with 7 points out of 9 and scored his third and last GM norm. Caruana is 14 ye... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:19pm.
Johannes Hermann Zukertort (SOOK-er-tort) was born in Lublin, Poland on September 7, 1842. Zukertort said that his mother was the Baroness Krzyzanovska. Zukertort studied chemistry at Heidelberg and physiology at Berlin. In 1861, he enrolle... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:23pm.
Siegbert Tarrasch was born on March 5, 1862 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland). In his autobiography (Dreihundert Schachpartien), he wrote that he was born with a club foot Breslau was one of the largest Jewish communities in the world.... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:36pm.
Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal (born Mihails Tals) was born in Riga, Latvia on November 9, 1936. Hi father was a medical doctor, At age 7, Mikhail became interested in chess when he saw it being played in his father's waiting room. He learned the... Read more »
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Submitted by
mida on Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:47am.
He has been one of the greatest chess players ever, now he is a politician and a very brilliant speaker. Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov was in Milan, Italy, on June 30 and July 1: he spoke about "Absolute" and "Competiti... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Sun Jul 8, 2007 3:06pm.
Wilhelm Steinitz (vil'helm shti'nits) was born to Jewish parents in a Prague ghetto, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) in 1836. His exact birth date is unknown. The best research comes from Dr. Hermann Neustadtl who establishes his birt... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Sat Jul 7, 2007 3:47pm.
Harry Nelson Pillsbury was born on December 5, 1872 in Somerville, Massachusetts. He learned chess around Thanksgiving in 1888 at the age of 15. In 1889 he was a member of the Somerville Chess and Checker Club. His first chess teacher was Ad... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Fri Jul 6, 2007 8:07am.
Frank James Marshall was born on the west side of Manhattan on August 10, 1877. He was taken to Montreal when he was 8 years old and lived there for 11 years. He learned the game of chess at age 10 from his father, Alfred. In 1890 he... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Thu Jul 5, 2007 10:15am.
Emanuel Lasker was born in Berlinchen (now Barlinck, Poland as of 1945), the Prussian province of Brandenberg, on December 24, 1868. He was the second son of Adolf Lasker, a Jewish cantor in a synagogue. His mother was Rosalie Israelssohn. T... Read more »
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