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Fischer 
The Championship Season: Bobby Fischer in 1972.  
Robert James Fischer
Number of games in database: 983
Years covered: 1953 to 1992
Last FIDE rating: 2780
Highest rating achieved in database: 2785
Overall record: +417 -85 =246 (72.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      235 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (182) 
    B90 B32 B88 B44 B57
 Ruy Lopez (118) 
    C92 C69 C95 C97 C98
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (76) 
    C92 C95 C97 C98 C89
 French Defense (65) 
    C19 C11 C18 C16 C15
 Caro-Kann (52) 
    B10 B11 B18 B14 B17
 French Winawer (38) 
    C19 C18 C16 C15 C17
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (118) 
    B92 B99 B97 B90 B93
 King's Indian (115) 
    E62 E80 E97 E60 E67
 Sicilian Najdorf (77) 
    B92 B99 B97 B90 B93
 Nimzo Indian (23) 
    E45 E46 E40 E43 E21
 Grunfeld (20) 
    D79 D86 D98 D80 D85
 English (18) 
    A16 A15 A10 A19
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956 0-1
   R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963 0-1
   Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 1-0
   Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967 1-0
   Fischer vs Fine, 1963 1-0
   Fischer vs Tal, 1961 1-0
   Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 0-1
   Fischer vs Benko, 1963 1-0
   Letelier vs Fischer, 1960 0-1
   Fischer vs Panno, 1970 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   Fischer-Spassky World Championship Match (1972)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Zurich (1959)
   Mar del Plata (1960)
   Stockholm Interzonal (1962)
   Curacao Candidates (1962)
   US Championship 1963/64 (1963)
   Havana (1965)
   Skopje (1967)
   Vinkovci (1968)
   Netanya (1968)
   Rovinj/Zagreb (1970)
   Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970)
   Fischer-Spassky (1992)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Fischer vs The Russians by wanabe2000
   Match Fischer! by amadeus
   Bobby Fischer: Selected Games from 1955-1992 by wanabe2000
   Russians versus Fischer by TheFocus
   Bjelica_125 by Gottschalk
   Russians versus Fischer by Anatoly21
   Robert Fischer's Best Games by KingG
   Fischer Favorites by atrifix
   Fischer's Finest by morphyvsfischer
   fischer best games by brager
   Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis) by AdrianP
   Games by Fisher by gothic
   Bobby Fischer's Road to the World Championship by WeakSquare
   Guess-the-Move Chess: 1960-1979 (Part 1) by Anatoly21

GAMES ANNOTATED BY FISCHER: [what is this?]
   Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858
   R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963
   Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961
   Korchnoi vs Fischer, 1970
   Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886
   >> 18 GAMES ANNOTATED BY FISCHER

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ROBERT JAMES FISCHER
(born Mar-09-1943, died Jan-17-2008) United States of America (citizen of Iceland)

[what is this?]
Robert James ("Bobby") Fischer was born on March 9, 1943 in Chicago. At 13, he won the stunning brilliancy D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956, which Hans Kmoch christened "The Game of the Century." At 14, he won the US Championship, becoming the youngest player ever to do so.

Fischer's victory qualified him for the 1958 Portorož Interzonal. He tied for 5th–6th, which sufficed to advance him to the Candidates Tournament to decide the challenger to World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. It also made him, at 15, the youngest grandmaster ever - a record that stood until Judit Polgar broke it in 1991. At the Candidates tournament, held in Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Fischer finished fifth out of eight, the top non-Soviet player.

Fischer won the US Championship all eight times he played, in each case by at least a point. In the US Championship 1963/64 (1963) he achieved the only perfect score (11-0) in the history of the tournament.

In 1962, he won the Stockholm Interzonal 2½ points ahead of Efim Geller and Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian. This made him one of the favorites to win the Candidates Tournament at Curaçao, but he only finished fourth, behind Petrosian, Geller, and Paul Keres.

In a famous article in Sports Illustrated, The Russians Have Fixed World Chess, Fischer accused the Soviets of cheating: Petrosian, Geller, and Keres had drawn all 12 of the games among themselves at Curaçao. Because of this, he refused to play in the next Candidates cycle. He did play in the 1967 Sousse Interzonal, but left it while leading, because of a scheduling dispute occasioned by Fischer's refusal to play on Saturday, his Sabbath.

In 1970 he won the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal by a record 3½ points. The following year, he shocked the chess world by sweeping the Fischer-Taimanov Candidates Match (1971) and the Fischer-Larsen Candidates Match (1971) by identical 6-0 scores. He also won the first game of his Candidates final against former World Champion Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, giving him a modern record of 20 consecutive wins at the highest level of competition. He beat Petrosian by 6½-2½ to advance to the World Championship match against reigning champion Boris Spassky. This also gave him a FIDE rating of 2785, making him at that time the highest-rated player in history.

In Reykjavik, he won the Fischer-Spassky World Championship Match (1972) by 12½-8½ to become the 11th World Chess Champion. In 1975, Fischer forfeited his title after FIDE refused to meet his conditions for a World Championship match with Anatoly Karpov. He then vanished from the public eye for nearly 20 years.

After ending his competitive career, he proposed a new variant of chess and a modified chess timing system. His idea of adding a time increment after each move is now standard, and his variant "Fischerandom" (or "Chess960") is gaining in popularity.(2)

Fischer resurfaced in 1992 to play a match against his old rival Spassky in Yugoslavia, which he won 10-5 with 15 draws. This action allegedly violated U.S. Treasury Department regulations that forbade transacting business with Yugoslavia. Fischer evaded authorities for twelve years until July 13, 2004, when he was arrested in Japan. On March 22, 2005, he was granted Icelandic citizenship and finally freed from Japan. He died of renal failure in Iceland on January 17, 2008 at the age of 64.

Fischer's anthology, My 60 Memorable Games, was published in 1969. It has been described as a "classic of objective and painstaking analysis"1 and is regarded as one of the great classics of chess literature.

(1) Hooper & Whyld. The Oxford Companion to Chess. 1992

(2) Wikipedia article: Bobby Fischer

(3) User: jessicafischerqueen 's YouTube documentary of Fischer http://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...


 page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 983  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. D Mayers vs Fischer 1-017 1953 Blitz GameC33 King's Gambit Accepted
2. Fischer vs J Altusky 1-012 1954 Offhand GameE90 King's Indian
3. J Altusky vs Fischer 0-18 1954 Offhand GameC71 Ruy Lopez
4. W Whisler vs Fischer ½-½25 1955 Lincoln ch-US jrE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
5. Fischer vs K Warner 0-128 1955 Lincoln ch-US jrB58 Sicilian
6. J Thomason vs Fischer 0-123 1955 Lincoln ch-US jrE90 King's Indian
7. Fischer vs V Pupols 0-144 1955 Lincoln ch-US jrC40 King's Knight Opening
8. A Humphrey vs Fischer ½-½33 1955 US Amateur ChE61 King's Indian
9. Fischer vs D Ames ½-½28 1955 Lincoln ch-US jrC47 Four Knights
10. A W Conger vs Fischer 1-012 1955 Correspondence GameE70 King's Indian
11. Fischer vs Mednis ½-½40 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
12. Bisguier vs Fischer 1-033 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
13. Feuerstein vs Fischer ½-½22 1956 Eastern States OpenE68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
14. Reshevsky vs Fischer 1-031 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
15. Fischer vs H Gross ½-½17 1956 57th US OpenA04 Reti Opening
16. A Turner vs Fischer 1-050 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
17. Fischer vs E Nash 0-151 1956 US Amateur ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
18. Fischer vs Popovych 1-052 1956 57th US OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
19. D Byrne vs Fischer 0-141 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
20. Feuerstein vs Fischer ½-½31 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
21. R Sobel vs Fischer 1-027 1956 Montreal CA-openA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
22. Fischer vs H Matthai ½-½108 1956 Montreal CA-openB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
23. Fischer vs C Sharp 1-033 1956 CAN-opC78 Ruy Lopez
24. Fischer vs K Vine ½-½36 1956 New York ManhattanB32 Sicilian
25. B Owens vs Fischer ½-½43 1956 57th US OpenE68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
 page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 983  PGN Download
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Feb-15-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  M61MG Wrestler: <B=== UGH ===B>

<Joshka: <rannewman> Those notes were collected and written over decades, and according to reports I've read, they measure some 22 inches high stacked on top of one another! The bootlegged book was printed in Iceland 2007. IM Larry Day did a review for a Toronto newspaper, believe it's the Toronto Star. My copies are 2nd printing, have never seen a 1st printing. ..... So I'm hoping this all gets resolved soon!>

Double Ugh.

Anyone who wants to get drawn into another round of this fakery can continue here:

User: M61MG Wrestler

<B=== ===B>

Feb-16-12  lamont: +++
Joshka ~

Re/
Fischer/Jew ??
My 61

The services for these 2 hoaxes
were held a long time ago on this site.

Too bad you missed their interment.

***

&&& you renege on an invitation ??
You extend our notion of sleaze-ball.

Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <Joshka (to TheFocus): You're behavior is very juvenile, childish....I thought I was writing to an adult, thanks for allowing me to see the real you.>

Typical <Joshka> response when his B.S. is exposed.

I got a similar response back in 09 when I was mocking his crap about My 61:

<Jan-22-09 Joshka: <chancho> Allright, I guess no civil conversation with you either. You are very childish, LOVE this ignor feature! :-)>

I got a good chuckle from this <ughaibu> post that very day in regards to My 61:

<Jan-22-09 ughaibu: How does the claim go? Fischer's first memorable book was substandard and needed correcting. After he spent years obsessing that all games between Soviet players whose surnames began with a K were rehearsed but copied known games and were full of mistakes, as a service to the public he. . . . . I cant even be bothered finishing this, who could believe that Fischer wrote this book? Raise your hands. All you with your hands up, resign from any and all positions of responsibility, hand over your car keys and condoms, book a visit to the witch doctor for ten minutes from now.>

Feb-16-12  Jim Bartle: Shams, I have to disagree with you concerning "Enghamde" and "61."

I simply cannot believe Brady would have written a biography of Fischer and not mention a book Fischer wrote.

Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Bobby Fiske: <<AlphaMale:> Any ideas on who these white women are? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE3H...
They're in several others photos.>

I have seen these pictures before on the web. IIRC, the beautiful blonde with the necklage was the daugther of the American ambassador. Probably she accompanied Fischer during the honorable dinner. [This is what was suggested/mentioned the other place, so take it for what it is worth].

Feb-16-12  Jim Bartle: Oops, a little sloppy above: that should be "Endgame," of course.
Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Fischer photos take on the significance of the images in the Zapruder film, of the JFK assassination.
Feb-16-12  Penguincw: Quote of the Day

< "Patzer sees check, patzer makes check." >

--- Fischer

I assume it's this Fischer.

Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  TheFocus: Poor <Joshka>. It was bad enough for you to be made to look silly over this whole <61> affair on the <Wrestler> page, but it amazes me that you can still cling to this sinking ship of a hoax.

Why not just admit that you were duped into believing in a fraud? You are only making yourself look bad.

Or how about you send me copies of 100 pages and I will investigate them. Or tell us what games you have and how many pages of notes for each one.

You are a liar if you don't. You don't have a stack of notes 22 inches high.

I actually feel sorry for you.

Feb-16-12  timhortons: Looking at that youtube photo alphamale, sad no pgn of president marcos bobby fischer game survive.bobby must have acted in a diplomatic way, drawing some of games against marcos.
Feb-16-12  timhortons: why keep resurrecting the 61 games joshka?
Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: <timhortons> LOL It was resurrected by thefocus when he answered <rannewman>
Feb-16-12  Jim Bartle: "The bootlegged book was printed in Iceland 2007."

What do you mean by "bootlegged" there, Joshka? Are you saying someone printed and sold the book without proper permission from Fischer or someone else who owned the rights?

Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <The Focus> said there were no 2007 notes.

Not exactly a resurrection.

Feb-16-12  King Death: This whole thread has taken a funny turn. <TheFocus> is obviously very knowledgeable about things regarding Fischer and somebody that buys into a bogus line of argument comes in and starts, well, an argument. Talk about fighting with one hand tied behind your back! This is another vote for the side that says the earth is flat.
Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: People who believed in the flat earth did not suddenly have a conversion to rationality. Rather they died off and the next generation had little resistance to the demonstrable idea of a spherical earth.

These half-dozen anonymous internet posters passionately claiming certainties without giving verifiable sources have very little credibility in my opinion. Wiser minds prefer to wait for evidence before returning verdicts.

Many of the revised notes published in 2007 were likely written in Baguio circa 2000-2001. Here is information from someone closer to the scene, Bobby Ang writing on August 31, 2010:

"...Bobby Fischer came to the Philippines in June 2000 with the express intention of getting married and having a child. That was, of course, not the only reason he came (for one he expressed a wish to do a revised edition of his 60 Memorable Games), but it was the main one. In fact, around this time I was organizing the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) which in August 2000 was to oust the Philippine Chess Federation (PCF) as the authorized governing body of chess here in the country. Naturally I had to stay in Manila to work out the organizational details, and this enraged Fischer because I could not go up to Baguio to work on his book..."

from Business Week, republished at:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Feb-16-12
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  TheFocus: I will only say it one more time, then I am done with this silly affair.

Bobby Fischer said he had no part in <My 61 Memorable Games>. He was saddened that his name was used in this way.

<61> has already been proven to be a fake, a hoax, a fraud, however you want to say it.

For those people that want to believe in <61>, I want to remind you that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy aren't real either.

Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <That was, of course, not the only reason he came (for one he expressed a wish to do a revised edition of his 60 Memorable Games), but it was the main one.>

This really does not prove anything.
Fischer also said he was going to write a book exposing the Karpov Kasparov pre arranged games. No such book exist.

Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: The sad part of re-reading that chessbase article, is when Fischer asked why the baby did not have blue eyes, then relented, and accepted Jinky as his daughter.

(Given the DNA results years later, the
poor guy got played.)

Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  PinnedPiece: <chancho: <That was, of course, not the only reason he came (for one he expressed a wish to do a revised edition of his 60 Memorable Games), but it was the main one.>

This really does not prove anything.
Fischer also said he was going to write a book exposing the Karpov Kasparov pre arranged games. No such book exist.>

Quite so, and not only that, but <IM LDay>'s quoted comment <Bobby Ang writing on August 31, 2010:

"...Bobby Fischer came to the Philippines in June 2000 with the express intention of getting married and having a child. That was, of course, not the only reason he came (for one he expressed a wish to do a revised edition of his 60 Memorable Games), but it was the main one.> is equally supporting evidence for where <Trice> got his original idea to create this "missing" book. One could argue that he knew this could give him cover. This has all been hashed over and over, and badly soiled by the layering of additional frauds and scams, additional lies and accusations, on the part of the principal scam artist. No part of his endeavor showed an honest intent. Every action ultimately resulted in another exposed element of fraud.

Go to the <M61MG Wrestler> pages and follow the story. It hasn't gotten mellower with time. The deceit is permanent.

.

Feb-16-12  drkodos: Nice to see some of the special Olympians here still trying to sort this out years after it has already been solved and put to sleep.
Feb-16-12  King Death: < drkodos: Nice to see some of the special Olympians here...>

Speak for yourself.

Feb-16-12
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  TheFocus: <lamont> I am putting the chapters from my Fischer book that I promised you in the mail today or tomorrow.

My girlfriend got ahold of them and decided to reformat them. She did a fantastic job! The copies you are getting are even better than the ones I sent <parisattack>.

Enjoy!

Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: <IMlday> Hi Larry, Hadn't read that piece by Ang, thanks for posting! One of your long time IM colleagues inquired about you this morning. I have his email address and I'll send it to you, if you want?
Feb-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  TheFocus: Just bought <I Was Tortured in the Pasadena Jailhouse> by Bobby Fischer for $99.00. Thank you, eBay.

There are two others for sale. One for $250 and the other for $175.

Neat.

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