| <THE <<<LEGACY>>> OF BOBBY FISCHER> ###########################################
BOBBY FISCHER 1943-2008
<All I want to do, ever, is just play <<<chess>>>>. Given to the world at age 16- Leipzig, 1960:
Fischer vs Tal, 1960
White to play--
click for larger view<Here lies one whose name was writ in <<<chess>>>> <Boris Spassky on Bobby>: "During game, Bobby was not exactly gentleman... but almost" ###########################################
IN MEMORIUM: a Three Part Youtube Video Biography of <<<Bobby Fischer>>> by Kinsgcrusher: Part One: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=cCKLG...
Part Two: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=J5wsa...
Part Three: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=QhIKi... ###########################################
NEW!!!!!!!!!!!
PHOTOS OF YOUNG BOBBY IN THE PHILLIPINES, 1967 (courtesy of Eyal, A Karpov Fan, and Chessbase) http://www.youtube.com/view_play_li... HERE ARE <<<some>>> BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS OF THE YOUNG CHESS GOD!! a TON of thanks to Malthorpe, Niels, and Eyal for pointing me to them. Enjoy!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... THIS WEB PAGE HAS HUNDREDS OF BOBBY PHOTOS- (courtesy of Kalmantkatkaka and Malthorpe) http://www.echecs-photos.be/BobbyFi...
NEW! PHOTOS of <Bobby's> FINAL RESTING PLACE (courtesy of ChessMasta2000 and Malthrope) 1. The church:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... 2. The grave and headstone:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... 3. Bobby Fischer Memorial Desk and Photograph: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v... NEW! PHOTOS OF BOBBY FISCHER FROM HIS VISIT TO THE PHILLIPINES IN 1973 (courtesy of Kingscrusher)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXyj... NEW! Hundreds of photos of BOBBY FISCHER from LIFE MAGAZINE (courtesy of BishopBerkley)http://images.google.com/images?q=B... Bobby at War (courtesy of Travis Bickle)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... ###########################################
FISCHER CHESS BLOGS from <Edward Labate's> famous World Historical Chess Website: http://www.labatechess.com/friends....
MORE FISCHER BLOGS- This one is excellent, from the fine website of <IM Dennis Monokroussos>: http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/rem... #############################################
BOBBY FISCHER-related <<<FILMS>>>: 1. <Searching for Bobby Fischer> (super-excellent sound and picture quality)- http://www.youtube.com/profile_vide... 2. <Anything to Win- the Mad Genius of Bobby Fischer> (quite a well-done documentary) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o2o...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEKD... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUI2... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSfA... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLFD... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYXu... 3. <World's Saddest Bobby Fischer Video>: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Xg... 4.<Fischer-Spassky 1972>: Excellent BBC Documentary http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=9gO5C...
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-zY... http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=DYLqe... http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFlBf... 5. <A THIRD Bobby Fischer Biography> Courtesy of KlangenFarben http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=y2dL-...
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=gE5ML... http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=52iJp... http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=MFNNh... http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=qC1m1... 6. <Dick Cavett Interview> Courtesy of KlangenFarben http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=MPlXC... 7. <Actual film footage of Spassky Trapping Bobby's Bishop in Game One> http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=r6wsm... 8. <Bobby on "I've got a Secret"> Courtesy of Ragh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Jc... 9. <CBC Interview of Bobby Fischer> Courtesy of byrnedmpl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdA7... 10. <Fischer biography Frank Brady Reminisces About Bobby> Courtesy of Hugin http://www.youtube.com/view_play_li...
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NEW! MUSICAL TRIBUTES TO <<<BOBBY>>> FISCHER! (courtesy of Travis Bickle)
1. ROOK HOUSE (live) "A Rook House for Bobby Fischer" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6oa... 2. ROOK HOUSE (studio version) "A Rook House for Bobby Fischer" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjXK... Not to be missed- very, very reminiscent of <Nick Cave> #########################################
ARTICLES ABOUT <<<BOBBY>>> FISCHER <NEW!!! THIS LINK TAKES YOU TO OVER A HUNDRED ARTICLES AND A HUNDRED AND FIFTY VIDEOS ON <<<Bobby>>> Fischer>!!! http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/va... (courtesy of A Karpov Fan) 1. THE WONDER MATCH- Bobby Fischer
by Michael Paterniti (courtesy of hms123)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/m... 2. BOOK REVIEW: "Russians v. Fischer" (courtesy of Eyal)http://www.chessville.com/reviews/R... 3. YOUNG FISCHER- An Appraisal of His Chess Strength
by Eyal Segal Eyal chessforum 4. BOBBY FISCHER By William Lombardy (courtesy of KlangenFarben) http://www.chlodwig.com/Fischer/Fi_...
5. CHECKMATE by Bobby Fischer (Boy's Life, 1969- courtesy of Capatal) http://www.economics.harvard.edu/fa... 6. THE FBI HARRASSES BOBBY FISCHER! (courtesy of Brankat) http://nycitynewsservice.com/2008/1... 7. BOBBY FISCHER- ANALYSIS AND APPRAISAL OF MY FAVORITE 20 GAMES
by Eyal Segal
(<Eyal Segal> is this year's winner of the CAISSAR AWARD for <Best Analyst>, so be sure to click on all of the games links in this article in order to see Eyal's analysis of interesting points and highlights in each of the 20 Fischer brilliancies in this collection) jessicafischerqueen chessforum 8. THE HOUNDING OF A CHESS LEGEND by Richard Wall
(courtesy of chancho)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/wall/wal...
9. FRIDRIK OLAFSSON Interview about BOBBY FISCHER (courtesy of Pinned Piece) http://www.grandmastercorner.com/GC... 10. BOBBY FISCHER 1943-2008 By Chandler http://www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/cha... 11. LIFE IS NOT A BOARD GAME by Peter Nicholas and Clea Benson (courtesy of chancho) http://www.academicchess.org/Focus/... 12. FISCHER-CASTRO, HAVANA 1966? NOT! by Michael Goeller (courtesy of sleepyirv and Riverbeast)
http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/... ###########################################
YOUTUBE VIDEO ANALYSIS OF <<<BOBBY FISCHER>>> GAMES <Brilliancy Prize: Fischer v Sherwin, 1957> by Kingscrusher: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=E1PQC... <Brilliancy Prize: R. Byrne v Fischer, 1963> by Kingscrusher: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&... <Fisher-Spassky 1972> by Kingscrusher Game 6:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvvw... Game 10:http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=uBHTC...
Game 11:http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUapL...
Game 13:http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=1uoTa...
<1963 US Championship-- Bobby Fischer scores 11-0> by Kingscrusher 1. Fischer v Mednis: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=sKrGX... 2. Fischer v Evans: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=9noRi... 3. R. Byrne v Fischer: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=jMN9l... 4. Fischer v Bisguer: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=i9mUt... 5. Reshevsky v Fischer: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=CB67N... 6. Fischer v Steinmeyer: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=yeT-I... 7. Addison v Fischer: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=jnRY7... 8. Fischer v Weinstein: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=IHGLF... 9.D. Byrne v Fischer: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=BYjPr... 10.Fischer v Benko: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=9lkZT... 11.Saidy v Fischer: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=YlXbu... <THE GAME OF THE CENTURY> D.Byrne v Fischer: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=GYdp9... <FISCHER v TAL- Absolute Beauty> 1.Candidates Tournament 1959: by Kingscrusher--http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=GYdp9... 2. Bled 1961: by Canstein-- http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=6cdU1... 3. Short Very Rare Film Clip-- Fischer and Tal at the chessboard: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=QWs4I...
NEW!!! <Kingscrusher Analyzes BOBBY FISCHER'S "My 60 Memorable games">!!! 1. Petrosian v Fischer (1958) http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=rsOXI... 2. Pilnik v Fischer (1959) http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=NulaU... 3. Fischer v Rossetto (1959) http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y79f... 4. Fischer v R. Shocron (1959) http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=zhRiz... 5. Fridrik Olafsson v Fischer (1959)http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=srb7q... 6. Fischer v Keres (1959)http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=xkYB8... NEW!! <Sean G Godley Analyzes Bobby Fischer masterpieces> 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)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rKn... 10. Fischer v Addison (1970)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seaj... ###########################################
NEW! Annotations and Historical background on important Fischer games from <Life Master A.J. Goldsby>: 1. The Game of the Century http://www.geocities.com/lifemaster... 2. Fischer v Spassky, Game Six from the World Championship http://www.lifemasteraj.com/old_af-... 3.Fischer v Panno 1970 http://www.geocities.com/lifemaster... ##########################################
BOBBY FISCHER EN ROUTE TO GLORY: <Interzonals, Candidate's tournaments, and World Championship Match> 1.Game Collection: Interzonals 1958: Portoroz (courtesy of Eyal and Capybara) 2. Game Collection: WCC Index [Candidates Tournament 1959] 3.Game Collection: Interzonals 1962: Stockholm (courtesy of Eyal and Capybara) 4. Game Collection: WCC Index [Curacao 1962] 5. Game Collection: Sousse Interzonal, 1967 (courtesy of Resignation Trap) 6. Game Collection: Road to the Championship - Bobby Fischer 7. Fischer-Spassky World Championship Match (1972)
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BOBBY FISCHER OTHER MAJOR TOURNAMENTS LIST
(courtesy of Eyal-- who both wrote the actual list, and who also researched the database to actually find the games collections in this list) <1956>Game Collection: Third L. J. Rosenwald Trophy Tournament, 1956 (courtesy of Resignation Trap) Article about the 1956 Rosenwald Tournament and the "Game of the Century" (courtesy of Eyal) http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... <1957> US Open (14 year old Bobby Fischer wins this extremely strong tournament) Game Collection: US Championship 1957/58 (courtesy of suenteus po) <1958>Game Collection: US Championship 1958/59 (courtesy of suenteus po) <1959> Game Collection: Santiago 1959 (courtesy of suenteus po- "under construction") -US Championship,
Game Collection: Mar del Plata 1959 (courtesy of suenteus po- "under construction") - Game Collection: Zurich 1959 (courtesy of suenteus po) <1960>Game Collection: Mar del Plata 1960 (courtesy of suenteus po) -Buenos Aires,
-Leipzig olympiad,
-US Championship;
<1961>Game Collection: Fischer vs Reshevsky Match (courtesy of wanabe2000) Game Collection: Bled sep-oct 1961 (rounds 1-10) Game Collection: Bled sep-oct 1961 (rounds 11-19) (courtesy of Kopenhagener) <1962> -Varna Olympiad, -US Championship;
<1963>Game Collection: US Championship 1963/64 (courtesy of suenteus po) <1965> -US Championship, -Havana (Capablanca Memorial);
<1966> -US Championship, Game Collection: Second Piatigorsky Cup, Santa Monica, CA 1966 (courtesy of wanabe2000) -Havana Olympiad;
<1967>Game Collection: Skopje 1967 (courtesy of suenteus po) -Monte Carlo;
<1968> -Netanya,
-Vincovci;
<1970>Game Collection: USSR vs. Rest of the World 1970 (courtesy of mynameisrandy) Game Collection: Fischer's Blitz Games at Herceg Novi, 1970 (courtesy of OBIT) -Rovinj/Zagreb,
-Buenos Aires,
-Siegen Olympiad.
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MY FAVORITE BOBBY FISCHER GAMES COLLECTIONS:
1. Game Collection: Pandolfini's "Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Moves" 2. Game Collection: Fischer's Finest (courtesy of notyetagm and MorphyvFischer) 3.Game Collection: Fischer Brilliancies Appraised by Eyal Segal 4. Game Collection: Tal vs. Fisher!! (courtesy of Piano player) 5. Game Collection: Bobby Fischer: Selected Games 1955-1977 (courtesy of wanabe2000) 6.Game Collection: My 60 Memorable Games/Fischer (courtesy of apple head) 7.Game Collection: ROOT OF SPAWN or Bobby vs The Youth (courtesy of vonKrolock) 8. Game Collection: Fischer vs The Russians (courtesy of wanabe2000) 9. games annotated by Fischer (courtesy of Boomie) 10. Game Collection: Fischer wins with black: 1959 (courtesy of Technical Draw) #####################
Here is a website that tries to prove, statistically, that <Bobby> was the greatest chess player of all time: http://www.truechess.com/web/champs... (courtesy of wanabe2000) #######################
VERY IMPORTANT GAMES COLLECTIONS
These Three Games Collections contain an Enormous Number of Imporant Tournaments in Chess History- Part of the important <World Historical Chess Tournament Collection> compiled by <suenteus po>, <benzol>, and <phony benoni>: suenteus po 147's Game Collections Benzol's Game Collections Phony Benoni's Game Collections ##################################
The other Greatest Chess Player in History:
Game Collection: Garry Kasparov's Best Games (courtesy of KingG) #################################
GREATEST CHESS GAMES IN HISTORY:
Game Collection: Best Chess Games of All Time <compiled by Timothy Glenn Forney> Special thanks to <Lifemaster AJ Goldsby> for posting the collection in his forum, which is where I first saw it. Mr. Goldsby, along with John Emms, John Nunn, Andrew Soltis, Tim Krabbe, Graham Burgess, and Bill Wall, are credited for helping inspire and create the collection | 
