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Robert Sobel
Number of games in database: 8
Years covered: 1953 to 1957
Overall record: +3 -5 =0 (37.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ROBERT SOBEL (born Feb-19-1931, died Jun-02-1999, 68 years old) United States of America [what is this?] Robert Sobel was born in New York City. He was a master-level player who represented the United States at two Student Olympiads (1957 and 1958), and defeated thirteen-year-old future world champion Robert James Fischer at the Canadian Open in 1956. Shortly thereafter he became a history professor at Hofstra University and gave up serious competitive chess. Today he is better-known for the over 50 books he published after his chess career was finished, including a series of business histories and the alternate history novel For Want of a Nail. Wikipedia article: Robert Sobel

page 1 of 1; 8 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Sobel vs E Hearst   0-1 40 1953 54th US Open B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 2. Dake vs R Sobel   1-0 43 1953 54th US Open A46 Queen's Pawn Game 3. R Cintron vs R Sobel   0-1 49 1953 54th US Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 4. R Sobel vs J F Donovan   0-1 41 1953 54th US Open B50 Sicilian 5. R Sobel vs R Brieger   1-0 33 1953 54th US Open C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 6. R Kerr vs R Sobel   1-0 31 1956 CAN-op E57 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...dc and 9...cd 7. R Sobel vs Fischer 1-0 27 1956 Montreal CA-open A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 8. R Sobel vs Fischer 0-1 49 1957 New Jersey A04 Reti Opening

Aug-12-08    monopole2313: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert...

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