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Fischer hated press -- sometimes for good reason Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:59 AM By SHELBY LYMAN The media were the bane of Bobby Fischer's existence. He avoided them, fled from them, even once asked a friend whether it was legal to kill a journalist. Friends were warned never to give reporters information about him. Those who did were summarily excluded from Fischer's life -- forever. Whether the...
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Fischer even swam as if victory were only option Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:55 AM By SHELBY LYMAN Bobby Fischer was a maximalist who set his eyes on the world chess championship before he became a teenager. In person, he could be genial and even seemingly relaxed, but most of his conscious moments seemed subsumed to his ultimate goal. Like a Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods, he was uncompromisingly...
I recently found many additional pictures of me playing Fischer Random chess with Bobby Fischer. In addition, I also found a number of our games scores. Maybe one day when I have time, I will publish them with full analysis :) Chess news from Susan Polgar
27-time champion was formidable even in old age Saturday, July 5, 2008 3:06 AM By SHELBY LYMAN How strong a player was Emanuel Lasker, who was world champion for 27 years (1894-1921)? A young Bobby Fischer obscured Lasker's legacy when he wrote in 1964 that he "was a coffeehouse player" who "knew nothing about openings and didn't understand positional chess." For many, Fischer's famous statement has...
Chess: The rapid ascent of Magnus Carlsen July 6, 2008 Bill Cornwall Carlsen is for real: Erasing all doubts, 17 ½-year-old Magnus Carlsen of Norway has established himself as the next potential Bobby Fischer . In the past few years, the teen has soared into the supergrandmaster category, but just recently he stunned everyone when he won a major event in the Ukraine. He not only bested 11 of the world's...
Whatever else you might want to say about it, Mark Millar’s graphic novel “Wanted” was one of the most effective evocations of nerd-boy rage since the days of Bobby Fischer. Obscene, misogynistic, scatological,……Read more
Chess by Larry Evans: What Bobby Fischer lost June 15, 2008 Bobby Fischer wrested the title of World Chess Champion from Boris Spassky in 1972 at age 29, but his refusal to defend it against Anatoly Karpov in 1975 was disastrous. Most fans expected him to win and wondered if he was crazy for spurning millions to play Karpov in a match. Everyone was disappointed. His colleagues were bitter because...
Winning streak set Fischer apart as dominant force Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:56 AM By SHELBY LYMAN Perhaps the best estimate of a world champion's strength is how he compares with his contemporaries. Garry Kasparov thinks that, by this metric, no one ranks higher than Bobby Fischer, who won an unprecedented 20 straight games against grandmaster opposition in a 1971-72 run-up to his world-title match...
Josh Waitzkin, one of the world’s most recognizable chess personalities, gained popular fame as the subject of his father’s book turned movie “Searching for Bobby Fischer”. Josh stepped back from chess at 22, to explore his interest in Eastern Philosophy and Tai Chi Chuan. In 2004, Waitzkin became a world champion in Tai [...]
In "Knave's Gambit," John-Paul parses chess prodigy Bobby Fischer's late-life anti-Americanism and antisemitism: Fischer was not mentally disorganized. He was instead a base and, partly, stupid man. Cognitively, he was a genius. His intellectual deficit was emotional. Fischer was aware...
Fischer heiress to get share of P140-M estate soon Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 02:52:00 06/05/2008 MANILA, Philippines—Jinky Young, the late Bobby Fischer’s Filipino child, will soon receive her share of the estate left by the chess icon estimated at P140 million, excluding gold deposits and royalty from the movie, “Bobby Fischer Goes to War.” This was disclosed by lawyers Sammy Estimo...
Machgielis Euwe (1901-1981). Max Euwe "There's something wrong with that man. He's too normal." – Bobby Fischer Max Euwe is considered by many the weakest world champion. We should be more sensitive of Euwe's obverse situation in these days of the baseball steroid/"*" debate of the effect of performance enhancement drugs on sports and their statistics; where there always exists plenty of conversation...
