This is the original report of the game Byrne-Fischer, in which the phrase "Game of the Century" was used as a descriptive term: Chess Review 1956 SELECTED GAMES ANNOTATED BY HANS KMOCH GAME OF THE CENTURY The following game, a stunning master...
CHESS REVIEW DECEMBER 1956 - full cover photo The Third Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy Tournament proved thoroughly memorable. Donald Byrne's first round upset in a superbly played game against Reshevsky helped young Arthur Feuerstein to an early ...
GAME OF THE CENTURY PART 1: Bobby's RatingIn May 1949, six-year-old Bobby learned how to play chess using the instructions from a chess set bought at a candy store below his family's apartment. He soon beat his sister and the neighborhood kids. It...
This is about a photo that I pulled from Google, already presented in the last entry, and depicts Bobby biting his nails. Why was he doing this? It must have been an intense situation: Of course, nothing fixated Bobby's attention more than a c...
Chess Life: Highlights on the 3rd "Rosenwald"By U.S. Master DR. Harold SussmanThe American Chess Foundation merits the appreciation of the chess community for its dynamic promotion of the 3rd annual L. J. Rosenwald Tourney. Large enthusiastic crow...
Final Annotated game Fischer-Cardoso MatchNEW YORK, 1957Match Play - Game 3The Talent is There Although White ought to have lost this game, it still testifies in his talent because of the perfect way in which he uses his golden opportunity. More ...
Fischer-Cardoso Match 1957 - Game 2 Annotated. I received requests to include games from the Fischer-Cardoso match of my previous entry, and will soon present annotations to game 3, which Fischer lost. (Chess Review Nov. 1957 pg.339) NEW YORK...
Chess Review 1957 - THE WORLD OF CHESS Junior International Cardoso - Fischer Match: Rodolfo Cardoso (19) of Manilla and Bobby Fischer (14) of Brooklyn came together in an international match, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. Cardoso had competed in t...
"Screen star Humphrey Bogart succeeded in holding Sammy Reshevsky to a draw in one of the latter's simultaneous exhibitions in Los Angeles." Chess Review April 1956, page 100.
Chess Review January 1956 The astonished members of the oldest American Chess Club - the Manhattan Chess Club of Central Park South of New York City - witnessed the most unusual and unique chess exhibition, November 26, 1955. Bobby Fisher, age...
