Mr. Fischer, demon of the chess world.
Mr. Fischer, demon of the chess world. In the history of championship chess there had never been such an awesome display of power. Seven weeks ago, America's Bobby Fischer defeated a Russian grandmaster name...
A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma 2
By the 11th game Bobby was psychologically unfit to play safe. He wanted victories. Here was the weakness so many commentators had uncovered - an inability to pace himself in a prolonged struggle and thereby allow an opponent the oppor...
A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma 1
A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma On the day he won the world chess championship [August 31, 1972], Bobby Fischer posed by an Icelandic hot spring, enveloped in its vapors and a native blanket. Since then he has shrouded himself in obscurity, vent...
Bobby Fischer, the Holy Grail
Bobby Fischer, the Holy Grail - A Balkan OdysseyOnce upon a time, in 1975, a little English girl called Cathy Forbes leaned to play chess. She had heard wonderful tales of a great American champion, Bobby Fischer, who had captured the world chess ...
The Peacock vs. the Wren
he Peacock vs. the Wren Not since the youthful pianist Victor Borge, with the whole Danish Royal Symphony sawing away seriously behind him, looked up at the audience in the middle of a long troll--and winked--had a spo...
All the World´s a Pawn
All the World's a Pawn His gangling body rocked gently back end forth in the black swivel chair, an unconscious, almost metronomic motion that somehow heightened and intensified the drama. At times he leaned back lang...
A Tribute to "Bobby"
A Tribute to "Bobby" Bobby Fischer. This enigmatic genius has elevated the game to...
Bobby Fischer: Pre-Match Interview
There was great interest in the staging of this match. Belgrade put up the highest bid of 152,000 dollars. Buenos Aires followed with 150,000 dollars, and Reykjavik offered 125,000 dollars. After considerable negotiation, the President of ...
Bobby Fischer 1971-
Fischer 1971- 1971 Taimanov candidates quarter final match held in Vancouver Taimanov had been Soviet champion in 1949 and 1956 and had played in the World Championship candidates tou...
Chess on stamps III
By Year / Par Années 1946 1947 1948 1950 1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 19...
Chess on stamps II
Many years ago, when it seems like I had more time, and there was no computer screen to distract me, my stamp collection didn't gather dust on the shelf. "Topical Collecting" -- collecting stamps picturing certain topics, r...
Bobby Fischer 1950-1960
1951 Max Pavey simultaneous Implications Fischer lost in about 15 minutes. However Mrs Fischer met Mr Carmine Nigro, president of the Brooklyn chess club, that evening, who invited Fischer to join the club an...
Bobby Fischer 1961-1970
Fischer 1961-1970 1961 Rehevsky match Implications and Drama The play was abandoned because of a dispute indirectly created by Rehevsky's refusal to play on the Jewish ...
"I´m not Bobby Fischer"
"I'm Not Bobby Fischer" Don't call the 18-year-old boy king of chess a geek. He rules a new generation of champs raised on hip-hop and video games. SALON, March 2006 (Note: This is the original version of the story that ...
Fischer and Spassky ready to play...
Fischer and Spassky Ready to Play Chess Not Far From a War Even by his own eccentric standards, the reclusive American chess genius Bobby Fischer has come up with something seriously weird in agreeing to make a comeback against his old rival Bori...
An unresolved mystery?
Alekhine's death – an unresolved mystery? – In 1946 Alexander Alekhine, the fourth world champion, was penniless and ailing, ostracized by the chess community. Then, on March 23, the British Chess Federat...
Chess Genius - Aljechin
Schachgenie Aljechin (Chess Genius Alekhine) - Hans Müller In the summer of 1957 I participated in the Swedish ...
The Death of Chess?
The Death of Chess?I In a recent article Dr. Ray Kurzweil, the inventor of optical character recognition used in flat bed scanners amongst other things, has sugges...
Deaths of Chess Players
Deaths of Chess Players Georgy Agzamov (1954-1986) - Russian GM fell between some rocks at a beach and died Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) - choked to death on a piece of meat in 1946 Johann Allgaier (1763-1823) - dropsy Adolf Anderssen (18...
Suicide chess players
STANISLAV GOLDOVSKI (1975-1999) Stanislav Goldovski (1975-1999) Stanislav Stan Goldovski was born In St Petersburg in 1975. He moved to Cologne around 1992. He was a student of computer science. Stan is known as the pr...
Suicide chess openings
Suicide Chess Openings VLADICA ANDREJIĆ 1. e3 b5 2. ¥b5 2 3 4 5 6 ...
Chess is War!
Bobby Fischer The Bobby Fischer UncchessofficialCheCss Home Page "Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind." - Bobby Fischer Robert Jam...
Khalifman-Akopian 1999
Khalifman - Akopian Las Vegas/USA 1999 1.d4 Sf6 2.Sf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Sc3 a6 7.a4 g6 8.Sd2 Sbd7 ...