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2A Legend on the Road (I)
Compiled by Littlejohn

Fischer's 1964 simultaneous tour of North America.

"Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders." ― Savielly Tartakower

"The pawns are the soul of chess." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

"Remember us,
Should any free soul come across this place,
In all the countless centuries yet to be,
May our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones, Go tell the Spartans, passerby:
That here by Spartan law, we lie."
― Frank Miller, 300

"Chess is a war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind." ― Bobby Fischer

"The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country." ― George S. Patton Jr.

"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." ― Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, and former U.S. Army Colonel

* Assorted Good games Compiled by rbaglini: Game Collection: assorted Good games

* GK's Scheveningen: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10.

"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer

"Be active. I do things my way, like skiing when I'm 100. Nobody else does that even if they have energy. And I try to eat pretty correctly and get exercise and fresh air and sunshine." ― Elsa Bailey, first time skier at age 100

"Don't look at the calendar, just keep celebrating every day." ― Ruth Coleman, carpe diem at age 101

<Shakespearean Puns
Perhaps no writer is better known for the use of puns than William Shakespeare. He plays with "tide" and "tied" in Two Gentlemen of Verona:

"Panthino
Away, ass! You'll lose the tide if you tarry any longer.

Launce
It is no matter if the tied were lost; for it is the unkindest tied that ever any man tied.

Panthino
What's the unkindest tide?

Launce
Why, he that's tied here, Crab, my dog."

In the opening of Richard III, the sun refers to the blazing sun on Edward IV's banner and the fact that he is the son of the Duke of York:

"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York."

In this line from Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare plays on the different meanings of heavy (which also means sad) and light:

"Give me a torch: I am not for this ambling; Being but heavy I will bear the light."

Later in Romeo and Juliet, a morbid pun comes from a fatally-stabbed Mercutio, where grave means serious, but also alludes to his imminent death:

"Ask for me tomorrow, you shall find me a grave man."

If you open any Shakesperean play, you're likely to find at least one pun on the page! Keep an eye out for a clever play on words example the next time you read Hamlet or watch As You Like It on the stage.>

The Chess Play
by Nicholas Breton
A Secret many yeeres vnseene,
In play at Chesse, who knowes the game
First of the King, and then the Queene,
Knight, Bishop, Rooke, and so by name.
Of euerie Pawne I will descrie
The nature with the qualitie.

The King.

The King himselfe is haughtie Care
Which ouerlooketh all his men
And when he seeth how they fare.
He steps among them now and then,
Whom when his foe presumes to checke
His seruants stand, to giue the necke.

The Queene.

The Queene is queint, and quicke Conceit,
Which makes hir walke which way she list
And rootes them vp, that lie in wait
To worke hir treason, ere she wist:
Hir force is such, against hir foes,
That whom she meetes, she ouerthrowes.

The Knight.

The Knight is knowledge how to fight
Against his Princes enimies,
He neuer makes his walke outright,
But leaps and skips, in wilie wise.
To take by sleight a traitrous foe,
Might slilie seeke their ouerthrowe.

The Bishop.

The Bishop he is wittie braine,
That chooseth Crossest pathes to pace.
And euermore he pries with paine,
To see who seekes him most disgrace:
Such straglers when he findes astraie,
He takes them vp, and throwes awaie.

The Rookes

The Rookes are reason on both sides,
Which keepe the corner houses still.
And warily stand to watch their tides.
By secret art to worke their will,
To take sometime a theefe vnseene,
Might mischiefe meane to King or Queene.

The Paiones.

The Pawne before the King, is peace
Which he desires to keepe at home,
Practise the Queenes, which doth not cease
Amid the world abroad to roame.
To finde, and fall vpon each foe,
Whereas his mistres meanes to goe.

Before the Knight, is perill plast,
Which he, by skipping ouergoes,
And yet that Pawne can worke a cast
To ouerthrow his greatest foes;
The Bishops, prudence; prieng still,
Which way to worke his masters will.

The Rookes poore Pawnes, are sillie swaines,
Which seeidome serue, except by hap,
And yet those Pawnes, can lay their traines.
To catch a great man, in a trap:
So that I see, sometime a groome
May not be sparèd from his roome.

The Nature of the Chesse men.

The King is stately, looking hie:
The Queene doth beare like maiestie:
The Knight is hardie, valiant, wise:
The Bishop, prudent and precise:
The Rookes, no raungers out of raie
The Pawnes, the pages in the plaie.

Lenvoy.

Then rule with care, and quicke conceit,
And fight with knowledge, as with force;
So beare a braine, to dash deceit,
And worke with reason and remorse:
Forgiue a fault when yoong men plaie
So giue a mate and go your way
And when you plaie beware of Checke
Know how to saue and giue a necke:
And with a Checke, beware of Mate;
But cheefe, ware had I wist too late:
Loose not the Queene, for ten to one.
If she be lost, the game is gone.

Detroit, MI (+47 -2 =2) 09.02.1964
Fischer vs H Kord, 1964
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 45 moves, 0-1
Detroit, MI (+47 -2 =2) 09.02.1964
Fischer vs J Jones, 1964
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0
Detroit, MI (+47 -2 =2) 09.02.1964
Fischer vs J Richburg, 1964
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Detroit, MI (+47 -2 =2) 09.02.1964
Fischer vs J Witeczek, 1964
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 62 moves, 1-0
Rochester, NY (+69 -1 =5) 15.02.1964
Fischer vs G Grant, 1964
(C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1
Rochester, NY (+69 -1 =5) 15.02.1964
Fischer vs D Reithel, 1964
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Waltham, MA (+39 -0 =1) 20.02.1964
R Lunenfeld vs Fischer, 1964
(B57) Sicilian, 50 moves, 0-1
Waltham, MA (+39 -0 =1) 20.02.1964
Fischer vs J Rubens, 1964
(C15) French, Winawer, 23 moves, 1-0
Montreal, CAN (+46 -5 =4) 23.02.1964
Fischer vs P de Gruchy, 1964
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 47 moves, 1-0
Montreal, CAN (+46 -5 =4) 23.02.1964
Fischer vs G Jobin, 1964
(C26) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0
Montreal, CAN (+46 -5 =4) 23.02.1964
Fischer vs J K MacDonald, 1964
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 39 moves, 1-0
Montreal, CAN (+46 -5 =4) 23.02.1964
Fischer vs I Zalys, 1964
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1
Montreal, CAN (+10 -0 =0) 24.02.1964
Fischer vs D Allan, 1964
(C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 1-0
Montreal, CAN (+10 -0 =0) 24.02.1964
Fischer vs W Oaker, 1964
(C51) Evans Gambit, 41 moves, 1-0
Quebec City, CAN (+48 -0 =0) 25.02.1964
Fischer vs A Bilodeau, 1964
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 47 moves, 1-0
Quebec City, CAN (+48 -0 =0) 25.02.1964
Fischer vs J Guay, 1964
(C27) Vienna Game, 38 moves, 1-0
Quebec City, CAN (+48 -0 =0) 25.02.1964
Fischer vs M Tordion, 1964
(B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Toronto, CAN (+40 -4 =6) 27.02.1964
Fischer vs M Lister, 1964
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 29 moves, 0-1
Westerly, RI (+44 -1 =2) 01.03.1964
Fischer vs R Barry, 1964
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
Westerly, RI (+44 -1 =2) 01.03.1964
Fischer vs S King, 1964
(B89) Sicilian, 24 moves, 0-1
Fitchburg, MA (+49 -5 =2) 02.03.1964
Fischer vs C Barber, 1964
(C18) French, Winawer, 26 moves, 0-1
Fitchburg, MA (+49 -5 =2) 02.03.1964
Fischer vs H Dondis, 1964
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
Fitchburg, MA (+49 -5 =2) 02.03.1964
Fischer vs E Martin, 1964
(C18) French, Winawer, 37 moves, 0-1
Hartford, CT (+49 -2 =4) 03.03.1964
Fischer vs L Noderer, 1964
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 31 moves, 0-1
Hartford, CT (+49 -2 =4) 03.03.1964
Fischer vs J C Owen, 1964
(B10) Caro-Kann, 38 moves, 1-0
Hartford, CT (+49 -2 =4) 03.03.1964
Fischer vs I Pierce, 1964
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hartford, CT (+49 -2 =4) 03.03.1964
Fischer vs J Platz, 1964
(C18) French, Winawer, 37 moves, 0-1
Richmond, VA (+44 -4 =2) 05.03.1964
Fischer vs S Mathews, 1964
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 28 moves, 0-1
Richmond, VA (+44 -4 =2) 05.03.1964
Fischer vs C Powell, 1964
(C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 0-1
Washington, D.C. (+52 -4 =9) 08.03.1964
Fischer vs J Evans, 1964
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Washington, D.C. (+52 -4 =9) 08.03.1964
Fischer vs L Hucks, 1964
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 0-1
Pittsburgh, PA (+50 -1 =2) 15.03.1964
Fischer vs A Sivitz, 1964
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Cleveland, OH (+51 -0 =0) 18.03.1964
Fischer vs B Costaras, 1964
(B32) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
Cleveland, OH (+51 -0 =0) 18.03.1964
Fischer vs T Ellison, 1964
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Cleveland, OH (+51 -0 =0) 18.03.1964
Fischer vs J Gloger, 1964
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
Cleveland, OH (+51 -0 =0) 18.03.1964
Fischer vs D Ina, 1964
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Cleveland, OH (+51 -0 =0) 18.03.1964
Fischer vs Z Kuberczyk, 1964
(B32) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0
Cleveland, OH (+51 -0 =0) 18.03.1964
Fischer vs H Mobley, 1964
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 37 moves, 1-0
Cleveland, OH (+51 -0 =0) 18.03.1964
Fischer vs D Zaas, 1964
(B10) Caro-Kann, 51 moves, 1-0
Toledo, OH (+50 -3 =2) 19.03.1964
Fischer vs R Blaine, 1964
(C10) French, 32 moves, 1-0
Toledo, OH (+50 -3 =2) 19.03.1964
Fischer vs W Dillard, 1964
(C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
Toledo, OH (+50 -3 =2) 19.03.1964
Fischer vs W Fink, 1964
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Toledo, OH (+50 -3 =2) 19.03.1964
Fischer vs R Underhill, 1964
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs S Crown, 1964
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs G Dibert, 1964
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 39 moves, 0-1
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs W Fulk, 1964
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs K Gasser, 1964
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs A LoCoco, 1964
(C52) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs L Manter, 1964
(C26) Vienna, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs K O Mott-Smith, 1964
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 57 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs A Sandrin, 1964
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs B Sax, 1964
(C51) Evans Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs S Silverman, 1964
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs J G Sullivan, 1964
(B44) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chicago, IL (+56 -4 =11) 22.03.1964
Fischer vs J E Warren, 1964
(B89) Sicilian, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs C Garwin, 1964
(C51) Evans Gambit, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs J Kuhn, 1964
(C57) Two Knights, 12 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs F Panzer, 1964
(C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs R Sugerman, 1964
(C52) Evans Gambit, 12 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs F Gruenberg, 1964
(C57) Two Knights, 23 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs G Kral, 1964
(C10) French, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs L Redman, 1964
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs T Rouse, 1964
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs P Wolf, 1964
(A43) Old Benoni, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs W Wagenhals, 1964
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs G Thornell, 1964
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 38 moves, 0-1
New Orleans, LA (+70 -3 =2) 26.03.1964
Fischer vs F Chavez, 1964
(B33) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1
New Orleans, LA (+70 -3 =2) 26.03.1964
Fischer vs A M Lockett Jr., 1964
(B06) Robatsch, 54 moves, 1-0
New Orleans, LA (+70 -3 =2) 26.03.1964
Fischer vs F Parham, 1964
(C52) Evans Gambit, 36 moves, 0-1
Montreal, CAN (+10 -0 =0) 24.02.1964
Fischer vs NN, 1964
(C57) Two Knights, 8 moves, 1-0
Westerly, RI (+44 -1 =2) 01.03.1964
Fischer vs T Schuch, 1964
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Richmond, VA (+44 -4 =2) 05.03.1964
Fischer vs J Hughes, 1964
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 32 moves, 1-0
Washington, D.C. (+52 -4 =9) 08.03.1964
Fischer vs D Mathews, 1964
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
Washington, D.C. (+52 -4 =9) 08.03.1964
Fischer vs M Smith, 1964
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 0-1
Washington, D.C. (+52 -4 =9) 08.03.1964
Fischer vs NN, 1964
(B56) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
Washington, D.C. (+52 -4 =9) 08.03.1964
Fischer vs D Collins, 1964
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0
Chicago, IL (+49 -1 =4) 23.03.1964
Fischer vs N Goncharoff, 1964
(B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs Peil, 1964
(C52) Evans Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs R Carbonell, 1964
(C52) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs N Ermidis, 1964
(C28) Vienna Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs T Cunningham, 1964
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 45 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs E Bone, 1964
(C13) French, 21 moves, 0-1
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs S Moffit, 1964
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 19 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs W A Bills, 1964
(C11) French, 51 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs A D Schmid, 1964
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs K Chaney, 1964
(C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs G Smith, 1964
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs A K Hale, 1964
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs R Chalker, 1964
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 11 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs G Staight, 1964
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs J Kelley, 1964
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 27 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs C H Bone, 1964
(B54) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs C Bell, 1964
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs C Heising, 1964
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 47 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs R Brieger, 1964
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 61 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs D Gould, 1964
(C58) Two Knights, 38 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs B G Dudley, 1964
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs J Boatner, 1964
(C51) Evans Gambit, 10 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs E Travis, 1964
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs B Patteson, 1964
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs J Nuchold, 1964
(C26) Vienna, 22 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs Michalopoulos, 1964
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs R F McGregor, 1964
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs Lynch, 1964
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs E Longcobe, 1964
(C41) Philidor Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs S Jacobs, 1964
(B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Little Rock, AR (+36 -0 =0) 29.03.1964
Fischer vs L H Weaks, 1964
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 37 moves, 1-0
Little Rock, AR (+36 -0 =0) 29.03.1964
Fischer vs R Long, 1964
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 19 moves, 1-0
Little Rock, AR (+36 -0 =0) 29.03.1964
Fischer vs J F Hurt, 1964
(C15) French, Winawer, 43 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs C B Jones, 1964
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 28 moves, 0-1
New Orleans, LA (+70 -3 =2) 26.03.1964
Fischer vs D Levin, 1964
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 0-1
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs Limoh, 1964
(B32) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0
Little Rock, AR (+36 -0 =0) 29.03.1964
Fischer vs G D Berry, 1964
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Houston, TX (+51 -3 =3) 28.03.1964
Fischer vs J Plaster, 1964
(C14) French, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
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