<With infinite pains, Wade researched and compiled all of Spassky's published games; some were well-known, others were located in obscure journals. The folder ended up at over a thousand pages. He dispatched it to Fischer via Edmondson, who had it bound in red velvet. Fortunately, it reached its destination, for the work had been done by hand and there was no other copy.

[...]

For over thirty years, Wade has kept the letter that came back from Grossinger's on receipt of his meticulously prepared material. There was not a word of thanks. Instead, he was greeted by a torrent of abuse for failing to abide by Fischer's preferred methods of displaying the moves. Wade had written them across the page rather than down the page. "Can't you follow even the simplest instructions?" He was rebuked for having "cut corners." There was nothing for it but for Wade painstakingly to copy out each move again, working almost from scratch.>

(From "Bobby Fischer Goes to War")

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/ (with a link to an interesting interview at http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/bcm1...)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obi...

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wolthuis,Wim"]
[Black "Wade,Robert Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "E11"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.a3 Be7 6.Nc3 d5 7.Bg5 0-0 8.e3 h6 9.Bh4 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Bd3 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.0-0 Nbd7 15.e4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Bxe4 Rab8 19.Qd2 Nf6 20.Bb1 Bd5 21.Qxa5 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rxb2 23.Qxc5 Qb7 24.Qc6(??) Rxb1 0-1

I did a tribute video to him which has been featured on Chesscafe:

The FSGT (Fédération Sportive et Gymnique du Travail) invited Robert Wade to Paris where he should play a match against Rossolimo.

Dominique Thimognier: <[...] the Fédération Française des Echecs banned Rossolimo from playing. Instead, there was a two-game match between Wade and François Molnar. Both games were drawn.>

With 8 decades, we have Edward Lasker (1902-1976), Miguel Najdorf (1929-1994), Vasily Smyslov (1935-2001), Laszlo Szabo (1933-2004).

There are quite a few with seven decads, the earliest of whom may be Baron Tassilo Heydebrand und der Lasa (1836-1890) and Henry Edward Bird (1849-1903). Of current sevens, Borislav Ivkov (1948-2008), Viktor Korchnoi (1945-2008) and Boris Spassky (1948-2007) have chances to move up in a couple of years.

Well-Known Russian Story: Ostap Bender, an extremely weak chess player, arrived in the small town of Vasyuki and announced that he would give a lecture followed by a simultaneous exhibition at the Cardboard-Workers' Club. By describing himself as a Grandmaster, Bender persuaded many townsfolk to pay to watch or to participate in his exhibition. On each of the 30 boards he opened 1.e4 and each game ended in his defeat. At the end of the 'exhibition', Bender rushed out into the street and escaped in a waiting boat.

Bob Wade - Tribute to a Chess Master by Ray Cannon

http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant...

<James> In "The Batsford Book of Chess" by Bob Wade he had a section devoted to Humam factors and indicated what a player should ask himself at critical points.

The basic summary of this was:

1.First question: What is my oppenent trying to do?

2.Second question : How does his possible reply affect my plan?

3.Third question: What should I do next?

4.Fourth question: Have I a better move?

5.Fifth question: Is the intended move safe? Am I being stupid?