| Mar-17-04 |
| shr0pshire: Arthur Bisguier won the US Chess Championship in 1954. This was right before the era of Bobby Fischer. And evidently Bisguier is still playing chess and in tournaments to this day. |
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Sep-02-04
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| Joshka: <shr0pshire> Yes, he still is! He's been at all the 4 major's I've been to...still does analysis after rounds with players who bring in their games as well:-) |
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| Dec-05-04 |
| Kaspy2: GM Bisguier is a record holder. He played the longest ever GM-GM uninterrupted winning spree. Bobby Fischer played him 11:0, with other results before and after. |
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| Dec-05-04 |
| Minor Piece Activity: Well Bisguier was only 2379... Even with rating inflation his rating isn't all that high. =) Anyway, didn't Kaspy break that record? He is 16-0 against Shirov in this db, and has never lost to him unlike Fischer-Larsen. Or are some of those 16 wins non-classical? It's hard to tell these days, what with the variety of time controls. |
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Dec-05-04
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| Sneaky: Kaspy, not 11, it's 13. You can see them all here http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... (the 57 games must be out of order.) MPA, "not losing" doesn't make a winning streak; Garry never beat Shirov 16 games in a row. Also, Bisguier's rating peaked at 2455, the database is in error (I submitted a correction.) |
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| Dec-05-04 |
| Kaspy2: sneaky ure correct, Fischer played him 13:0 and counting, appearantly only 15 games total so far. So Bobby could make it 14:0 some time, nailing up Bisguiers coffin for good. |
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Dec-05-04
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| Benzol: Fischer's lifetime score against Bisguier is 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. |
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Dec-22-04
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| Benzol: Arthur Bernard Bisguier
Born 8th October 1929 in New York
Awarded the IM title in 1950 and GM title in 1957, he was US champion in 1954. |
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| Apr-05-05 |
| WorldChampeen: He's on the cover of the latest Chess Life; April 2005. I do not know his style real well; but it looks like he has a very entertaining, exciting style. As is sometimes the case however, I am not sure, if there is an in depth article in the issue. The USCF informs us that Bisguier is now recognized as the "Dean of American Chess." |
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| Apr-05-05 |
| RookFile: Bisguier beats Fischer
Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956 |
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| Jul-10-05 |
| priluki: he was a strong player! |
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| Jul-25-05 |
| RSD770: A few years ago I played him at a simul. of seven boards, very easy competition, and I skewered his queen to his rook with my rook, So he gave me his queen for my rook.
And he beat Bobby Fischer! |
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| Aug-19-05 |
| alexandrovm: James was the nemesis of this guy: Robert James Fischer beat Arthur Bisguier 13 to 1, with 1 draw |
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| Aug-19-05 |
| RookFile: Well, RJF gets top billing, of course.
But Reshevsky smacked him around as
well, 13 to 3.
Bisguier is a solid GM, of course,
just not a top 20 player. |
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Dec-30-05
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| notyetagm: Check out the wicked zwischenzug (in-between move) played by Bisguier in this game. After 33  x Black does not play the obvious recapture 33 ...  x+ but instead plays 33 ... xRP!, threatening 34 ...  xg2#.[Event "Hastings 6162"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1961.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robatsch,Karl"]
[Black "Bisguier,Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C99"]
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.h3 Na5
9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 0-0 12.Re1 Bd7 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Ne3 Rfe8 16.d5 g6
17.b3 Nb7 18.b4 Nh5 19.Bd2 f6 20.Rc1 Nd8 21.Bd3 Qb7 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Nc2 Nf7 24.Nh2 Ng7
25.Na1 f5 26.f3 Bh4 27.Rf1 Nh5 28.Qb1 Qd8 29.Qc1 Ng3 30.Rd1 f4 31.Nf1 Qb6+ 32.Kh2 Qf2
33.Nxg3 Bxh3 34.Bf1 Bxg3+ 35.Kh1 Ng5 36.Qa3 Bd7 37.Qd3 Nh3 38.Be2 Qg1+ 0-1 |
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Dec-30-05
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| notyetagm: If you play through the game I just posted, you will see that White ends up in a horrible KID-like position. He has none of the queenside counterplay that he usually gets in the KID while Black still has the raging kingside attack. Here is what the position looks like after 32 ... f2: 
click for larger viewThe board looks just like White has played a really bad KID, even thought the opening was a Ruy Lopez Chigorin. Different openings but the same pawn structure (blocked central pawn chains). |
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| Jan-06-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Arthur Bisguier BISGUIER, Arthur
http://www.bidmonfa.com/bisguier_ar...
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| Apr-15-06 |
| PhilFeeley: Foxwoods list him as only 2242, where he lost quickly to Shulman: [Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards, Ct"]
[Date "2006.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shulman, Yury"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Nf6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nbd7
15. Rxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxf6 Rg8 17. Ne5 1-0 |
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| Sep-03-07 |
| RookFile: Well, he's approaching 80 years of age, of course. |
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| Jan-04-08 |
| Petrosianic: <James was the nemesis of this guy: Robert James Fischer beat Arthur Bisguier 13 to 1, with 1 draw> Yes, Bisguier won his first game against Fischer (at Rosenwald), drew the second (at the US Open), and then lost 13 straight. In one of his introductions in <My 60 Memorable Games>, Larry Evans comments that Bisguier is the one GM who consistently gets good positions against Fischer, only to throw them away for no good reason. For a particularly bizarre example, check out this game, played in the last round of a US Championship, when Fischer and Bisguier were tied for first. Get a load of the chainsaw Bisguier takes to a perfectly good position on Move 23. Fischer vs Bisguier, 1962
During the 1964 Interzonal, after Fischer had refused to play because the prize fund was too low, Larsen was quoted in Chess Life as saying that he didn't think Fischer would have qualified even if he'd played, because Fischer's play hadn't been that good lately. The person talking to him objected, pointing to the fact that Fischer had just a few months back scored 11-0 in the US Championship. Larsen wasn't impressed, saying that Americans played like children against Fischer. The interviewer asked, do you think American players are that weak? Larsen: All I know is that against Fischer, they play like they're beaten before they've even started. For some reason, that comment always made me think of Bisguier. |
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| May-29-08 |
| RookFile: Comments like that leave me glad that Larsen got slapped around 6-0 in 1971. |
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Dec-06-08
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| GrahamClayton: In the course of his long and distinguished career Bisguier has won every major title in US chess:
US Junior Champion 1948
US Closed Championship 1954
US Open Championship 1956
US National Open 1970, 74 & 78
US Grand Prix 1980
US Senior Champion 1989, 97 & 98 |
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Oct-08-09
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| talisman: happy birthday arthur and thanks for my 1st 2000 chess computer!...like you a classic! |
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| Aug-17-10 |
| Lil Swine: please dont torture us with your post |
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