Shelby Lyman on Chess: A Calculating Machine Sunday, June 7, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, June 7, 2015) For Sammy Reshevsky, a former child prodigy like his nemesis Bobby Fischer, the loss of the American title to Fischer in...
Sammy the Great Legend
Shelby Lyman on Chess: Sammy the Great Sunday, May 31, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, May 31, 2015) A historic prodigy himself, Samuel “Sammy” Reshevsky ruled the American chess scene until Bobby Fischer won the U.S. championship in 1958...
Kids caught in the act of greatness
9 Inspiring Kids Caught In The Act Of GreatnessPosted: 03/20/2014 3:25 pm EDT Updated: 03/20/2014 5:59 pm EDT Little people know, When little people fight, We may look easy pickings, But we’ve got some bite, So never kick a...
Epic Swindle?
What Are the Most Amazing Draws in Chess History? By Quora Contributor Posted Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at 2:27 PM The Swindle of the Century In the 1963-64 U.S. Chess Championship, a young Bobby Fischer was widely regarded as...
A (More) Yiddishe Bobby Fischer
A (More) Yiddishe Bobby FischerBy Adam Soclof · April 28, 2012 Samuel Reshevsky was a child chess prodigy who routinely whooped older opponents. A Polish-born Orthodox Jew, Reshevsky arrived in the U.S. in November 1920, around the age of...