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 in a dream, his first sight of the gleaming tables and chess pieces at a pavilion […]
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 after legendary American chess champion Bobby Fisher took on Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in […]
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 early 1970’s he became one of the most dominant players in history. In 1972, he […]
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 the World Chess Championship in Reykjavik, Bobby Fischer—who died five years ago today—appeared on The Dick […]
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 Bobby Fischer pulverized his opposition to become world champion in 1972, he was also vastly superior […]
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 the chess grandmaster and his death in 2008. Entries needed to have had their first UK […]
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. Lionsgate International, winning a heated bidding war among sales agents, has signed on to represent the […]
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