Bobby Fischer versus 50 players Posted By: Scott Harrison Posted On: 12:14 a.m. | October 8, 2012 Apr. 12, 1964: U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer makes move during an exhibition match against 50 players in the Knickerbocker Hotel in...
Still searching for the greatest
Still in search for Bobby FischerFriday October 5, 2012 Telly Halkias Twenty-five years ago, while on vacation in Mallorca, I bought a chessboard, an inlaid mahogany slate with tournament-caliber playing pieces. The purchase was impulsive, and a nostalgic salute...
Self-destructive WC
The self-destructive chess champion Wednesday, October 3, 2012 The late Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant champion in the annals of chess, was a deeply troubled soul brimming with contradictory impulses. He was secretive, yet candid, cruel, yet...
Fiercely, ferociously, going for his opponent’s jugular
For Boris Spassky, the key to Bobby Fischer’s unparalleled chess achievements was his implacable will to win. Bobby’s competitiveness was noticed early by others. As a 9-year-old grade-school student, he elicited the following appraisal by a teacher: “Whatever he...
Fischer and Kasparov are back!
FIDE just published the September 2012 rating list. Both Kasparov and Fischer are on the list! This must be the first in history 🙂 Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2843 10 1990...
Fischer made chess cool and ubiquitous
Bobby Fischer: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of a World Chess ChampionAugust 30, 2012 12:04PMBy Eudie Pak Forty years ago this week, Bobby Fischer became the first American to win the World Chess Championship, dethroning the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky...
For a brief moment, everybody wanted to be a part of it
How Bobby Fischer (Briefly) Changed AmericaBy Stephen L. CarterAug 23, 2012 5:30 PM CT This summer marks the anniversary of an extraordinary moment in U.S. history: the 1972 match in which the American genius Bobby Fischer defeated the Soviet...
Tobey Maguire to play Bobby Fischer in Pawn Sacrifice
Ed Zwick attached to direct ‘Pawn Sacrifice’Tobey Maguire to star in and produce Bobby Fischer chess tale with Gail Katz Prods.By Justin Kroll After immersing himself in all sorts of battlefields onscreen, Ed Zwick is looking to tackle one...
Fischer and Spassky made it cool to play chess
In the Summer of ’72, Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky made it cool to play chessPublished: Sunday, August 12, 2012, 6:19 PM Updated: Sunday, August 12, 2012, 6:35 PMBy Ron Chimelis, The Republican Forty years ago this summer, I...
Fischer helped game come full circle
On Chess: Fischer helped game come full circleSaturday August 11, 2012 8:25 AMShelby Lyman Chess was introduced to Russia partly by ninth-century Viking merchants who had learned the rules of the game from Arab traders. The Norsemen plied river...