Fischer or Kamsky? - Chess Forums

Mar 27, 2018

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Since Caruana just won the Candidates tournament earlier, I've heard that he is the first contender since Kamsky in the 90s, and I've heard he is the first since Fischer. Who was our last representative for the title match?

godsofhell1235

Mar 27, 2018

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#2

Also depends on what you want to call American.

Is it citizenship? Birthplace? Ethnicity? Some kind of lineage?

What if the person grew up in two difference places? Parents from different backgrounds?

What if they were born in once place, but immediately moved and were raised in another country?

(As you might expect, there are variations of all these in US GMs).

Looks like Kamsky was born in Russia, and moved to US when he was 15.

Caruana was born in US, then at 12 moved around Europe (Portugal, Italy, Switzerland) to train and play (Europe has the best tournaments and coaches, so this is a common enough sort of story).

wombat_chess

Mar 28, 2018

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#3

ficher

Moscatel87

Mar 28, 2018

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#4

Steinitz, who was French when he won his title became an American citizen shortly after and Defended his title ans an American in 1886

fischerrook

Mar 28, 2018

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BobbyTalparov wrote:

That depends on how you look at it. In the 1990s, Kasparov split with FIDE and created the PCA. FIDE "awarded" their title back to Karpov and he had a match with Kamsky. Kasparov had a match with Nigel Short. So Kamsky competed for "a" world title, but it was not viewed as official since no one had beaten Kasparov in a match to take his title.

What he said.