A rarely seen picture of Bobby Fischer. Can you create a clever caption? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
“All the ‘guilty ones’ were punished” after the match
Fischer plus fortyBy ANDY SOLTISLast Updated: 11:13 PM, July 28, 2012Posted: 9:59 PM, July 28, 2012 Forty years ago this month, Bobby Fischer ended Soviet supremacy in chess by taking a huge lead in his world championship match with...
GM Schmid recalls the match of the century
Chess referee recalls ‘Cold War clash’Published: 11 Jul 12 06:39 CET The 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky was almost abandoned but for a timely intervention from German arbiter Lothar Schmid. He tells the story...
Video of Fischer with lots of singing
He was on his way from Japan to Iceland. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Triumph and tragedy on a scale difficult to comprehend
Fischer came to forein jeans, sneakersSaturday June 9, 2012 10:11 AMBy Shelby Lyman I first encountered Bobby Fischer at the Manhattan Chess Club during the winter of 1956. A 12-year-old among adults, he was dressed in a flannel shirt,...
Why US can’t get Fischer II
Why US can’t get Fischer IIPublished: Saturday, Jun 9, 2012, 8:50 ISTBy Jayadev Calamur | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Like many other Soviet residents, Ziatdinov Raset moved to the United States for a better life in 1985. Now,...
Fischer vs Kasparov: The Sicilian Najdorf
Fischer vs Kasparov: The Sicilian Najdorf, Amsterdam Variation with 6. f4Posted on May 28, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Chess Openings, Classic Games (Pre 2010), Strategy & Game Review The Amsterdam Variation with 6. f4 is...
Chess work ethic to its highest level
High standards credited to FischerSaturday May 26, 2012 8:58 AM Before the rise of Bobby Fischer, international chess — even among the vaunted Soviets — was sometimes a quasi-amateur affair. Several of the top Soviet grandmasters depended on inspiration...
Chasing Bobby Fischer?
Chess Master Nakamura: Chasing Bobby Fischer Ask most Americans to name one great chess player, and they will answer “Bobby Fischer.” That’s in part because Fischer was, for a time, No. 1 in the world and in part because...