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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) 
    C11 C19 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
   Fischer vs Benko, 1963 1-0
   Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 0-1
   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?]
   Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959)
   Mar del Plata (1959)
   Mar del Plata (1960)
   Stockholm Interzonal (1962)
   US Championship 1963/64 (1963)
   Havana (1965)
   Skopje (1967)
   Vinkovci (1968)
   Netanya (1968)
   Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970)
   Rovinj/Zagreb (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
   Russians versus Fischer by Anatoly21
   Bjelica_125 by Gottschalk
   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
   fav Capablanca & Fischer games by guoduke

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. J Altusky vs Fischer 0-18 1954 Offhand GameC71 Ruy Lopez
3. Fischer vs J Altusky 1-012 1954 Offhand GameE90 King's Indian
4. A Humphrey vs Fischer ½-½33 1955 US Amateur ChE61 King's Indian
5. W Whisler vs Fischer ½-½25 1955 Lincoln ch-US jrE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
6. A W Conger vs Fischer 1-012 1955 Correspondence GameE70 King's Indian
7. Fischer vs K Warner 0-128 1955 Lincoln ch-US jrB58 Sicilian
8. J Thomason vs Fischer 0-123 1955 Lincoln ch-US jrE90 King's Indian
9. Fischer vs V Pupols 0-144 1955 Lincoln ch-US jrC40 King's Knight Opening
10. Fischer vs D Ames ½-½28 1955 Lincoln ch-US jrC47 Four Knights
11. F R Anderson vs Fischer ½-½19 1956 Montreal CA-openB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
12. D Ruth vs Fischer 0-124 1956 57th US OpenB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
13. W Walz vs Fischer 0-140 1956 Montreal CA-openB25 Sicilian, Closed
14. Fischer vs E Hearst 0-140 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
15. Fischer vs Santasiere ½-½19 1956 57th US OpenA06 Reti Opening
16. Fischer vs A Di Camillo 1-041 1956 Washington D.C.C78 Ruy Lopez
17. H Goldhamer vs Fischer 0-125 1956 WashingtonB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
18. A M Swank vs Fischer 0-143 1956 57th US OpenB20 Sicilian
19. Fischer vs S Baron 1-053 1956 New York ManhattanC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
20. Bisguier vs Fischer 1-033 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
21. Fischer vs Mednis ½-½40 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
22. Reshevsky vs Fischer 1-031 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
23. A Turner vs Fischer 1-050 1956 Third Rosenwald TrophyE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
24. Fischer vs H Gross ½-½17 1956 57th US OpenA04 Reti Opening
25. Fischer vs Popovych 1-052 1956 57th US OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
 page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 983  PGN Download
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May-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  harrylime: <lamont: ###
harry lime ~

Try, for the nonce,
shooting-up on Ovaltine.

[You'll make more friends.]>

lol

As I replied to you before <Lament> I'm not on here to 'make friends' and I loath sychophants and cliques. OK?

Why don't you just use the 'ignore' option?

May-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: <AylerKupp> Bobby's so called 179 demands, well, I've read and heard so many different numbers, 181, 182, ect. Have you ever seen them in print? I doubt it, cause I believe this is another one of those events, where something is made up to try to make Bobby look unreasonable in the publics eye. The man is dead and gone, can't FIDE release the appropriate documents so once and for all we can study the evidence? You are correct, there was ample precedent for a tied match, Champion retains the title. Still believe the TRUE story has yet to be told.
May-24-13  RFW3: That's a pretty fair point, Joshka. The only demands we've been told about are the race to ten wins, unlimited games, and the 9-9 tie provision. I think however it's reasonable to believe it would not have been above Fischer to have made so many demands, especially now that he was the champion.
May-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  harrylime: ^^^

Things is does it really matter now ?

Fischer's place in chess history is assured.His impact obvious.

No match in 75' and a chess vacum ensued which the soviets filled with their main man ... lol

The political hold the soviets had on fide and the world of chess back then killed off any chance of a period of time whereby the public could witness the greatest chess player of all time defending his title ..

But history irons over these things ...

May-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: There is an artifact called <Bobby Fischer's Bag of Marbles>. The marbles were said to increase focus and determination, a direct reference to his chess playing skills.

Huhh ;)

May-24-13
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  TheFocus: Good one <whiteshark>.
May-24-13
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  Joshka: <RFW3> Absolutely. Very reasonable for the sitting World Chess Champion to put forth conditions. But rather than just keep repeating like they ALWAYS do, the NUMBER of demands, let's see them for a change!! Karpov holds the key as well. He met with Bobby a few times, but has never really gone into all the details. What's he hiding? We're given scraps, pieces, basically rubbish, and we're expected to be satisfied?? No one seems to care either, everyone seems to say, "Oh, well Bobby was crazy, lade da, lade da" Maybe documents are stored away, locked in a vault somewhere. I can't believe those who know, have all passed on. I better stop venting, sorry, when I write about this subject, I want to SCREAM. ;-)
May-24-13
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  harrylime: <whiteshark: There is an artifact called <Bobby Fischer's Bag of Marbles>. The marbles were said to increase focus and determination, a direct reference to his chess playing skills. Huhh ;)>

What is YOUR opinion <whiteshark> ?

I don't wanna discuss 'marbles' lol

May-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tomlinsky: <Joshka: Absolutely. Very reasonable for the sitting World Chess Champion to put forth conditions.>

The conditions proposed by Fischer weren't the problem, it was that they were unconditional. As my grandfather used to say... "If you only want one answer then don't ask a question in the first place".

May-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  harrylime: Joshka> Leave it chap. It's gone..

And the soviets won and had the last word...

But they did'nt ..

Genius always shines thru in history..

May-24-13
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  harrylime: Any chance we can focus on the beauty of Fischer's chess on these pages instead of tired old redundant arguments ???
May-24-13
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  TheFocus: <Any chance we can focus on the beauty of Fischer's chess on these pages instead of tired old redundant arguments ???>

If we did that, this page would be ruined.

May-24-13
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  TheFocus: 1809 pages down the tubes <harry>.
May-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  harrylime: Maybe . ..

Fischer's chess is so sublime and beautiful it's a shame these pages get sucked into stuff nothing to do with his art..

Fischer is a dinosaur now for kids getting into chess..

But he's a monster in his influence.

I guess if Mozart was around now his twitter page would be exploding and his you tube would be too ..

But not on this site

Mozart's bio would be maybe three very skinny paragraphs at best lol lol ...

Not in the Nigel Short league for sure lol lol lol

May-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  TheFocus: <harry> I do agree with you that some important chess players bios are for the dogs.

Shameful.

May-24-13
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  perfidious: Likewise, and I rectify any such shortcomings in the bios whenever possible.
May-25-13  lamont: ###

HeMateMe ~

You 'bitzed Bobby had no friends ??

Well, Charlie Brown,
neither did Diogenes...!!

(Read D's Wiki entry...& learn something.

May-25-13
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  HeMateMe: Lamont, I love his chess games, but he was a very flawed human being.
May-25-13  lamont: ###

^^^
harrylime ~

Yr/ reflective, serious post beginning:
"... does it really matter now?"

For me,
--just knocked it out of the ballpark !!

All yr/ points were salient... & true.
Corrupt Russia controlled corrupt FIDE.

This nasty combo, symmetrically
- kept Bobby from the WC before '72
- kept Bobby from the WC after '72.

The main reason/motivation
he made demands up the kazoo

before deigning to play in Iceland
izzat he was burning w/ years of anger/outrage

for having been denied his rightful Crown
by FIDE organized rules & Soviet nefariousness.

But, mayhap, youre overly optimistic re/
matters... in time... being ironed out.

Witness: The 'wrinkled' vultures still gobbling away at it.

****************

That post made up for a lot of clowning.
Sorry for my pot shots...

Letz start over...
& pick out furniture Monday. (smiley)

Youre right:

May-25-13  lamont: ###

HeMateMe ~

After leaving us such an opulent legacy

-that the 'teen Kasparov carried
Bobby's 60 like a Bible

- that WC Vishy cherished openly sharing his
Icelandic moments w/ a "legend" (sic)

- that Friend Tal exulted
Bobby had descended from heaven

- that Friend Gligoric played practice
games preparing for Spassky

- that Friends Zsuzsanna & Judit Polgar
took him in house in his bleakest moments

No GM (above & not)sd/ to him:
Sorry, Bobby...You are too flawed a genius.

If he were flawless - wd/ you still complain
about that mole on the rt/ side of his nose ??

[long pause]

Be thankful for one who gave us a cornucopia of riches for a relatively short span - think Mozart/Schubert/Gershwin

who all, mercifully, didnt take decades to die.

May-25-13  Fiona Macleod: I loved him as a person, but his chess games were flawed--he didn't play them.
May-25-13  lamont: ###

Tomlinsky ~

W/ all due respect for yr/ grandad...

Bobby's conditions were absolute.

The 10 Commandments are Principles.

Principles are not suggestions,
either Mosaic or personal.

The 95 theses Martin Luther nailed to a church door
contesting Pope Leo X in 1517 were not suggestions.

Nailed beliefs are not meant to be bent,
or removed - metaphorically, or not.

DO YOU KNOW
of anyone else principled enuf
to walk out of a tournament -WINNING ??!!

[May the bucolic hamlet of Dripping Springs, TX thrive.

May-25-13  lamont: ###

AylerKupp ~

Where you be at, chiantiman ??

Didja catch my Beethoven 'bitz ??

Take yr/ time...
I'll wait.

Remember i lived in Acaville MX for 16 years.
Living in MX teaches one how to wait.

&&& buy that highly valued LvB biog/ on Amazon !!

May-25-13  lamont: ###

Fiona Macleoud ~

I read all yr/ posts.

You mentioned
waiting for Godot.

Beckett wanted & got
Bert Lahr & Buster Keaton for leads.

Sam B/ was in the French resistance in WWII.
He waited many times night after night for someone

to arrive w/ an instructive note written in the simplest

of (French) language for him to pass on.

Sound familiar ??

He was also (France) living in hiding in a room writing a novel

about the hero named M writing a novel locked in a room.

[All his heroes begin w/ an M : Malone/Murphy/Malloy

Get Hugh Kenner's "Samuel Beckett, A Critical Study"

written in Beckettian simple sentences

(never compound or complex).

&&& as in all of Beckett, there is... never a semi-colon !!

Go to Amazon : There are 3 dealers, now, who're selling a hardcover

in "good" condition.

There is another dealer selling a hardcover for over $360.

This absurd price is driven by algorithms, but
thazz another story.

Kenner (my friend of decades0 was the only critic Beckett

allowed/trusted to read typescripts of works-in-progress.

Kenner was the most outstanding of all the students of Marshall McLuhan.

All kKnner's books on any author replicates/mimes

the very diction/vocabulary of his author-subject. (10 exclams)

May-25-13  lamont: ###

Fiona Macleoud ~

BTW/ Them 3 dealers are all asking $9.99 ...

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