The chess games of Robert James Fischer

Fischer

Robert James Fischer
Number of games in database: 958
Years covered: 1953 to 1992
Current FIDE rating: 2780
Highest rating achieved in database: 2785
Overall record: +445 -91 =252 (72.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      170 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (175)
    B90 B32 B88 B44 B57
Ruy Lopez (115)
    C92 C69 C95 C97 C98
Ruy Lopez, Closed (74)
    C92 C95 C97 C98 C89
French Defense (61)
    C11 C19 C18 C16 C15
Caro-Kann (52)
    B10 B11 B18 B14 B17
French Winawer (34)
    C19 C18 C16 C15 C17

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (116)
    B92 B99 B97 B90 B93
King's Indian (111)
    E62 E80 E60 E97 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
   Fischer vs Benko, 1963 1-0
   Letelier vs Fischer, 1960 0-1
   Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 0-1
   Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958 1-0

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

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   Match Fischer! by amadeus
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   Fischer's Finest by morphyvsfischer
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   Fischer Defeats the Best by Anatoly21
   Bobby Fischer's Road to the World Championship by WeakSquare
   Fischer vs The Russians by wanabe2000
   fav Capablanca & Fischer games by guoduke
   Brooklyn Bobby by chocobonbon
   Road to the Championship - Bobby Fischer by Fischer of Men

GAMES ANNOTATED BY FISCHER: [what is this?]
   Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858
   R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963
   Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961
   Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886
   Unzicker vs Fischer, 1962
   >> 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)

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Robert James Fischer was born on March 9, 1943, in Chicago. By the age of 14, Bobby Fischer won the US Championship, becoming the youngest player ever to win that title. In 1958, at the age of 15, he became the youngest international grandmaster in history. He won the US Championship eight times in eight attempts, including, at the age of 20, setting a record with a perfect 11-0 score. In 1971 he set another record, when he won the quarter-final and semi-final matches for the world championship by identical scores of 6-0 against Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen respectively. Then, when he won against Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian in the first game of the final candidate match, he had thus set a record of 20 consecutive wins (without draws) at the highest level of competition. By 1972 he achieved a FIDE rating of 2785, making him, at that time, the highest rated player in history.

In Reykjavik, 1972, Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion by defeating the defending champion, Boris Spassky in what is often referred to as "The Match of the Century." The final score was 12� to 8�. In 1975, FIDE refused to meet Fischer's conditions for a World Championship match with Anatoli Karpov, and Fischer consequently refused to play. FIDE therefore awarded the title of World Champion to Karpov. Fischer then vanished from the public eye for twenty years. He resurfaced in 1992 to play a match against his old rival Spassky in Yugoslavia, which he won, 10 to 5 (with 15 draws). This action violated a U.N. sanction, and 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 in 2008.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. D Mayers vs Fischer	1-0	17	1953	Blitz Game	C33 King's Gambit Accepted
2. Fischer vs J Altusky	1-0	12	1954	Offhand Game	E90 King's Indian
3. J Altusky vs Fischer	0-1	8	1954	Offhand Game	C71 Ruy Lopez
4. W Whisler vs Fischer	½-½	25	1955	Lincoln ch-US jr	E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
5. Fischer vs D Ames	½-½	28	1955	Lincoln ch-US jr	C47 Four Knights
6. Thomason vs Fischer	0-1	23	1955	Lincoln ch-US jr	E90 King's Indian
7. A Humphrey vs Fischer	½-½	33	1955	US Amateur Ch	E61 King's Indian
8. Fischer vs K Warner	0-1	28	1955	Lincoln ch-US jr	B58 Sicilian
9. A W Conger vs Fischer	1-0	12	1955	Correspondence Game	E70 King's Indian
10. Fischer vs V Pupols	0-1	44	1955	Lincoln ch-US jr	C40 King's Knight Opening
11. C Grossguth vs Fischer	0-1	29	1956	US Junior Ch.	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
12. Fischer vs M Pavey	½-½	35	1956	New York Ros-mem	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
13. Reshevsky vs Fischer	1-0	31	1956	New York Ros-mem	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
14. Fischer vs E Nash	0-1	51	1956	US Amateur Championship	A05 Reti Opening
15. Fischer vs Hurttlen	½-½	14	1956	Eastern States op	C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
16. A Turner vs Fischer	1-0	50	1956	New York Ros-mem	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
17. Fischer vs Seidman	1-0	39	1956	New York Ros-mem	A07 King's Indian Attack
18. Feuerstein vs Fischer	½-½	31	1956	New York Ros-mem	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
19. Fischer vs S Bernstein	½-½	56	1956	New York Ros-mem	C70 Ruy Lopez
20. R Sobel vs Fischer	1-0	27	1956	Montreal CA-open	A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
21. Fischer vs M Pavey	0-1	52	1956	New York Manhattan	A07 King's Indian Attack
22. B Owens vs Fischer	½-½	43	1956	Oklahoma City US-op	E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
23. Fischer vs E Hearst	0-1	40	1956	New York Ros-mem	C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
24. A Turner vs Fischer	1-0	53	1956	New York Manhattan	E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
25. Fischer vs A Di Camillo	1-0	41	1956	Washington D.C.	C78 Ruy Lopez


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Jun-26-09		jessicafischerqueen: Here are ten EXCELLENT video annotations of <Fischer Masterpieces> by <Sean G Godley>: 1. Fischer v Sherwin (1957) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uR... 2. Fischer v Larsen (1958) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAFV... 3. Fischer v Geller (1961) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th-G... 4. Unzicker v Fischer (1962) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tw_... 5. Fischer v Fine (1963) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnd9... 6. Robert Byrne v Fischer (1963) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brYQ... 7. Evans v Fischer (1965) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_5N... 8. Nikolic v Fischer (1968) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRwm... 9. Petrosian v Fischer (1970) <Blitz game> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rKn... 10. Fischer v Addison (1970) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seaj... All of these <youtube video annotations> are permanently linked in my Profile. Highly recommended!!!

Jun-26-09		Domdaniel: <Jess> -- <His name is <HAM>, apparently. Maybe he named himself after the <Beckett> character.> If he did, I reckon he dropped an 'm' -- and Sam never took kindly to folk messin' with his texts. So my money's on Dr Seuss.

Jun-27-09		BishopBerkeley: Google has teamed up with the LIFE magazine photo archive to provide a searchable collection of images from LIFE magazine -- quite a valuable historic resource (definitely worth a browser bookmark/favorite in my view). Simply use the search box provided in the upper right to search the collection: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/ Many images of Bobby Fischer here (at least 10 webpages), perhaps some not before published (?): http://tinyurl.com/l8dfq3 Probably many other interesting Chess photos in the collection. Hope you are all in good spirits.... (: Bishop Berkeley :)

Jun-27-09		Joshka: Thanks Bishop for posting!! Yes, many of the photos are new for me at least. Just wish Cavett would release the other two interviews he did with Bobby!

Jun-27-09		BishopBerkeley: You are most welcome, Joshka! (I think many of these photos were the "castaways" that never made it into Life magazine -- I don't think they have been seen by the general public before, though I am not sure about this.) Hope you are in good spirits.... (: Bishop Berkeley :)

Jun-27-09		timhortons: http://images.google.com/hosted/lif... who is in the pic with bobby? sammy paalson family?

Jun-27-09		parisattack: <BishopBerkeley: > Neat! Thanks for sharing.

Jun-27-09		Calli: Winter has really nice photo of nine year old Bobby from DeLucia's "Bobby Fischer Uncensored". Go down to Chess Note to CN 6193 http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Jun-27-09		parisattack: <Calli: Winter has really nice photo of nine year old Bobby from DeLucia's "Bobby Fischer Uncensored". Go down to Chess Note to CN 6193 http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...; That book has some great early photos of Bobby. I especially enjoyed the ones of him sitting on his bed eating, studying chess.

Jun-27-09		Dredge Rivers: Still crazy after all these years!

Jun-27-09		paulalbert: <timhortons> Picture is of Bobby's sister Joan, her husband Russell Targ, and their child. Wondertful photo which I had not seen before. Paul Albert

Jun-27-09		Pawn Ambush: "Morphy, I think everyone agrees, was propably the greatest of them all." -- World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer http://files.chess.com/images_users...

Jun-27-09		timhortons: <paulalbert> thanks..

Jun-27-09		BishopBerkeley: <paulalbert> Thank you for this information, Mr. Albert. I had wondered if this might be Russell & Joan Targ. I had also wondered if the cherubic little girl we see might be the brilliant Elisabeth Targ (Stanford, M.D.) who sadly passed away at such a young age (41): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisab... http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/... I had read a number of her articles over the years. I'm sorry she died so young....

Jun-27-09		BishopBerkeley: <parisattack> You are most welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the photos.

Jun-27-09		BishopBerkeley: <Calli> Thank you for the link to this Edward Winter article! Some excellent photos here.

Jun-27-09		BishopBerkeley: <Pawn Ambush> You might enjoy the excellent page of quotations about Paul Morphy at Wikiquote: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_M... Everyone from Adolf Anderssen to Emanuel Lasker to Jose Raul Capablanca to Robert James Fischer to Garry Kasparov to Viswanathan Anand (with many others in between) is quoted there! You might also enjoy Batgirl's (Sarah Beth's) blog -- she may be the most knowledgeable person about Paul Morphy alive! http://www.chess.com/members/view/b... (She's also made many excellent contributions to this site as <SBC>: User: SBC )

Jun-28-09		BishopBerkeley: I wouldn't have pegged Mr. Fischer as a "Skee Ball" player, but he certainly seems concentrated on the game here :) http://tinyurl.com/ku8q3v Rather amusing.... (: Bishop Berkeley :)

Jun-29-09		M61MG Wrestler: New location for discussing "My 61 Mem Games", including all* previous posts on that topic from Mrs. Alekhine's forum. Click my Avatar to join in. Anyone is welcome. *some pruning has occurred on irrelevant posts.

Jul-01-09		Augalv: More Fischer-Spassky memorabilia on sale http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...

Jul-01-09		lamont: Yo, to Thee, BishopBerkeley ~ I remember that we knew each other well -- before I 'shuffled off this mortal coil' --NOT! Glad to see you back & spreading yr/ qualities of affability & graciousness & civility :: You are the therapeutic, Mega-B12 shot this site cd/ really use. Assorted blessings & encomia, Lamont

Jul-01-09		lamont: PS/ to Bish/Berk : &&& I just LOVE the touch (6/28) of yr/ character that has you --& only you-- refer to the namesake of this site as,"Mr. Fischer." You/re the kind of guy people of taste wd/ like to hv/ as their passenger on a drive across the country. Yez !!

Jul-02-09		visayanbraindoctor: <alexmagnus: <In his prodigy days, Hikaru broke every Bobby Fischer age-group record save for that of youngest US champion> Which records are meant? I can't say of any record still held by Fischer around the time Nakamura appeared. Ah, youngest <American> GM ever. But that is it. Fischer in his time was also youngest GM ever, but that was was broken long before (1991 by J.Polgar).> Fischer became a Grandmaster (correct me if I am wrong) by qualifying into the Candidates by placing number 5 in the 1958 Portoroz Interzonal. I do not think that he had any FIDE title at that time, but I think that FIDE had a rule (is this rule still extant?) that any Candidate has to be awarded a FIDE GM title. Fischer was 15 then. Carlsen has beaten Fischer's record when he also became a Candidate at 15 by placing 10th in the 2005 World Cup, younger than the age of Fischer when he qualified by months. Post WW2, age at becoming a Candidate IMO is a better measure for the chess strength of a teenager, rather than a GM title per se, although there are caveats. In the 1950s to 1980s, for instance, the limited number of slots for the Zonals - Interzonals - Candidates would have worked against young players from the Soviet Union becoming Candidates during their teens, even if the strongest chess players then were from the Soviet Union. Before WW2, when there were no Candidates or WC cycles at all, nor even FIDE GM titles, it was impossible to gauge the strength of a teenage or pre-teen prodigy based on performance in a WC cycle. This condition has to be stated as it's possible that some 12 year olds before WW2, such as Reshevsky and Capablanca, were at least as strong as any 12 year old in chess history. My personal view is that the 12 year old Capablanca played the strongest chess ever in history, but only a thorough comparative analysis of games of 12 year-olds throughout chess history can clarify this issue to some degree. For youngsters in general, I think that the best gauge of their chess strength is their performance in a World Champion Cycle. If so, the strongest young players (post WW2) were Tal, Kasparov, and Karpov, who all went through the Zonals - Interzonals - Candidates on their first try. If some of the present-day rising stars can do the same before they reach 25, that surely would be an unambiguous sign of their strength.

Jul-03-09		M61MG Wrestler: ////LINKS ACCEPTED\\\\ I'm looking for good links to headline and summarize for the "Uncovering the Truth" forum. See the short kibitz history on my forum (click my avatar).

Jul-04-09		James Demery: Russell Targ will be on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory Wednesday July 8th to discuss his writings and also his realationships with the late Bobby Fischer and Ayn Rand. Knowing C2C I wonder if they will discuss UFO`s?

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