Chess masters that quit chess.
Chess has gained popularity lately, mainly because of online chess and some content creators that bring people to the game. Some people start to play chess because it’s interesting, but some people decide to quit or stop playing the game for personal reasons. In light of this, I'd like to present a list of chess masters who have given up on the game.
Chess Players List
1. Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov is a Soviet-Born chess master who became the world chess champion in 1985. Kasparov was the youngest world chess champion (at 22 years of age), and he is also known for his matches against a computer known as Deep Blue in 1996 and 1997.
2. Bobby Fischer
(1943 – 2008) He was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Qualifying for the 1972 World Championship, Fischer swept matches with Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen by 6–0 scores. After winning another qualifying match against Tigran Petrosian, Fischer won the title match against Boris Spassky of the USSR, in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation between the US and USSR, the match attracted more worldwide interest than any chess championship before or since.
3. Ignatz von Kolisch
From 1837-1889, he was one of the strongest chess players in the world. In 1867, he won the strongest chess tournament of the yar, in Paris, ahead of Steinitz. He them met Baron Albert Rothschild and became involved in banking. He gave up chess and became a millionaire in the Viennese banking world and became a baron himself.
4. Albert Beauregard Hodges
From 1861-1944, he was a former U.S. chess champion, he won it in 1894. After accomplishing his life's goal of becoming the U.S. chess champion, he announced he was retiring from chess. He then became an accountant and businessman and gave up chess.
5. Oldrich Duras
From 1882-1957, he was one of the top players in the world from 1906 to 1914. He then met and married a wealthy woman and withdrew from chess, becoming a civil servant and, occasionally, a chess journalist.
6. Gersz Rotlewi
From 1889-1920, he was one of the strongest Polish players from 1909 to 1911. He took 2nd in the 1909 Russian championship, behind Alekhine. In 1911, he took 4th place, ahead of Alekhine, Marshall, Nimzovich, Vidmar, Tartakower, and others. The next year, at the age of 23, he dropped out of chess and never played again.
7. Andrija Fuderer
He was one of the strongest Yugoslav players in the mid 1950s. He then turned to chemical research, earned a PhD in chemisty, and retired from serious chess play.
8. Carlos Torre Repetto
(1905-1978) He was one of the strongest players in the world from 1924 to 1926. He defeated Emanuel Lasker and drew ith Capablanca and Alekhine. He then had a nervous breakdown from the stress of chess and the social gathering invitations. His fiancee left him and married another man, and his teaching offer at the University of Mexico was turned down because Torre did not have any academic credentials. He gave up chess in 1926, never to play again.
9. Joshua Waitzkin
He was one of the most promising juniors in the United States. He won the National Scholastic Chess Championship 8 times. In 1994, he wn the U.S. Junior Championship. He was the subject in the book and the movie called Searching for Bobby Fischer. He then gave up chess and became involved in martial arts. He is the current Middleweight World Champion Tai Chi Chuan.
Honorable mentions
We're not done yet! The reason that I decided to put some of the players in this section is because their histories are too short, or I can't find a lot of information about those chess masters. So, here are some honorable mentions:
I hope you enjoy this blog! Have a nice day, enjoy your chess career, take care, and thanks for viewing my blog.
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