Chess / By Shelby Lyman on June 29, 2013 – 8:08 AM What is genius? It is an edifice built of solitude. Our inner spirit drives it forth. So it was with the young Boris Spassky, who recounted, as...
Fisher chess memorial exhibition unveiled in Reykjavik

Bobby Fisher chess memorial exhibition unveiled in Reykjavik Posted on 15 March 2013A memorial exhibit has been unveiled a Reykjavik hotel commemorating what chess players refer to as ‘the match of all time’. The launch of the artefact comes four decades...
Famous Birthdays March 9: Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer was born at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois on March 9, 1943 Bobby Fischer was an American chess grandmaster. At age 13, Fischer won a ‘brillancy’ that became known as The Game of the Century. In...
The one and only, Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer vs. The Rebbe The chess genius denied he was a Jew, but the Lubavitcher Rebbe disagreed. Who was right? By Jonathan Zalman January 17, 2013 7:00 AM In the summer of 1971, a year before he won...
A rare breed

Fischer needed little time to winSaturday December 15, 2012 9:32 AM Great chess players have exceptional, rapidly adjusting vision at the board. This ability allows them to excel at speed chess as well as much slower traditional chess. When...
Fischer tactic review

6rk/p2q3p/1p2pP1Q/n1b5/2p1BBr1/2P5/PP5P/3RR2K w – – 0 1Fischer vs. Borislav Ivkov, Santa Monica, 1966White to move. Find the best continuation. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Bobby Fischer documentary wins award

Bobby Fischer documentary wins award A film about troubled US chess genius Bobby Fischer has been named best cinema documentary at the Grierson Trust’s British Documentary Awards. Bobby Fischer Against the World looked at the rise and fall of...
Pawn Sacrifice

Set during the Cold War, the drama recalls Bobby Fischer’s historic chess championship clash with the Soviets. Ed Zwick’s Pawn Sacrifice — starring Tobey Maguire as legendary chess player Bobby Fischer — is beginning the journey toward getting financed....
Game of the century tactic

Black to move. How should black proceed? This is the game of the century between Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar