BOBBY FISCHER (born Mar-09-1943, died Jan-17-2008, 64 years old) United States of America (federation/nationality Iceland) [what is this?] Robert James ("Bobby") Fischer was a chess prodigy 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 United States Championship (1957/58), making him the youngest U.S. Champion ever. Fischer's victory qualified him for the Portoroz Interzonal (1958). He tied for 5th-6th, which sufficed to advance him to the Candidates Tournament to decide the challenger to World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. This made the 15-year-old Fischer the youngest candidate for the World Championship. It also made him the youngest grandmaster ever - a record that stood until Judit Polgar broke it in 1991. At the Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), 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) he achieved the only perfect score (11-0) in the history of the tournament. Fischer won the Stockholm Interzonal (1962) 2½ points ahead of Efim Geller and Tigran Petrosian. This made him a favorite to win the Curacao Candidates (1962), but he only finished fourth, behind Petrosian, Geller, and Paul Keres. In a famous article in Sports Illustrated magazine, The Russians Have Fixed World Chess, he accused the Soviets of cheating: Petrosian, Geller, and Keres had drawn all 12 of the games among themselves at Curacao, most of them quickly. Because of this, Fischer refused to play in the next Candidates cycle. He did play in the Sousse Interzonal (1967), but left it while leading, because of a scheduling dispute occasioned by Fischer's refusal to play on Saturday, his Sabbath. He won the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970) by a record 3½ points. The following year, he shocked the chess world by sweeping the Fischer - Taimanov Candidates Quarterfinal (1971) and Fischer - Larsen Candidates Semifinal (1971) by identical 6-0 scores, the only perfect scores in the history of the Candidates Matches. Fischer also won the first game of the Fischer - Petrosian Candidates Final (1971) against former World Champion Tigran Petrosian, giving him a modern record of 20 consecutive wins at the highest level of competition. He won the match 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 Spassky - Fischer 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 virtually disappeared 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. Fischer won Fischer - Spassky (1992) 10-5 with 15 draws. The United States considered that Fischer, in playing this match in Yugoslavia, 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. Gravestone photo: http://www.sjakkfantomet.no/wp-cont.... 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 greats 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... Last updated: 2025-03-27 21:53:15

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page 1 of 45; games 1-25 of 1,101  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. A W Conger vs Fischer 1-0 12 1955 corr E70 King's Indian 5. Fischer vs S Greene ½-½ 11 1955 US Amateur Ch B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 6. A Humphrey vs Fischer ½-½ 33 1955 US Amateur Ch E61 King's Indian 7. Fischer vs K Warner 0-1 28 1955 Lincoln ch-US jr B58 Sicilian 8. W Whisler vs Fischer ½-½ 25 1955 Lincoln ch-US jr E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 9. J Thomason vs Fischer 0-1 23 1955 Lincoln ch-US jr E90 King's Indian 10. Fischer vs D Ames ½-½ 28 1955 Lincoln ch-US jr C47 Four Knights 11. Fischer vs V Pupols 0-1 44 1955 Lincoln ch-US jr C40 King's Knight Opening 12. Fischer vs F Saksena 1-0 22 1955 Lincoln ch-US jr C53 Giuoco Piano 13. Fischer vs S Baron 1-0 53 1956 Manhattan Chess Club Semifinal B C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 14. Fischer vs M Pavey 0-1 52 1956 Manhattan CC ch A07 King's Indian Attack 15. Fischer vs K Vine ½-½ 36 1956 Manhattan Chess Club Semifinal B B32 Sicilian 16. J Tamargo vs Fischer 0-1 40 1956 Manhattan CC ch B22 Sicilian, Alapin 17. A Turner vs Fischer 1-0 53 1956 Manhattan Chess Club Semifinal B E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 18. Fischer vs I Spector 1-0 35 1956 Casual game B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 19. P Smith vs Fischer 0-1 23 1956 Casual game C48 Four Knights 20. J R Florido vs Fischer 0-1 26 1956 Capablanca CC - Log Cabin m C50 Giuoco Piano 21. Fischer vs J A Casado ½-½ 48 1956 Simul, 12b B32 Sicilian 22. A Jenkins vs Fischer 0-1 18 1956 North Carolina - Log Cabin CC m B20 Sicilian 23. Fischer vs J Fermoselle-Bacardi Sr 1-0 28 1956 US Amateur ch A04 Reti Opening 24. Fischer vs E Nash 0-1 51 1956 US Amateur ch A05 Reti Opening 25. R Riegler vs Fischer 0-1 34 1956 US Amateur ch B20 Sicilian  page 1 of 45; games 1-25 of 1,101

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ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1917 OF 2111 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-21-14    Joshka: Yea Schaap should have at least apologized for his father's comments in an article he wrote about Bobby. Bobby had to ask him at least 3 or 4 times if he had read the article, Schaap said no. Imagine having your dad befriending Fischer for years then write a nasty article on him, you get a chance to interview the living legend and you do not even do the minimum amount of homework and be familiar with the article your dad wrote blasting Bobby. He could also have said, I haven't had the chance to read it, or something like that, heck but no, he acts like a prosecutor grilling Bobby on the stand. He never learned manners in not kicking someone when they are down, Schaap should be ashamed of himself the way he conducted himself in the press conference, IMHO. Apr-21-14    Jim Bartle: Oh BS. A writer writes what he thinks, and he doesn't have to apologize, nor does his son. Reporters don't serve the people they're covering. Or they shouldn't. Jeremy Schaap did a good job interviewing another Bobby (Knight) a few years ago .(no easier than Fischer) despite Knight's attempt to rattle him and change the subject. Apr-21-14    HeMateMe: <be familiar with the article your dad wrote blasting Bobby.> He wasn't "blasted." Get off your knees--Fischer isn't God, he's just a guy who played chess very well. Schaap wrote about an oddball, who jumped on and off busses like he was being tailed by the FBI, spent his days in the public library researching perceived plots against mankind by world jewery. If Bob hadn't been a great player, he would have been just another invisible kook with bad teeth, living in a one bedroom apartment. Apr-21-14    TheFocus: <Shams> <TheFocus> <What's your problem with Jeremy Schaap?> I don't really have a problem. I just had too much to drink. I mean... my cat had too much to drink. Let's just stick to blaming the cat. Apr-21-14    HeMateMe: I don't think Fischer would have liked this film, Homicide. Joe Montagna, The guy who played the dad in Searching for Bobby Fischer plays an urban cop who assists a JDL type group in breaking up a possible plot against the power broker jews of that city. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102048...> Apr-21-14    HeMateMe: The above film is written by David Mamet, who has quite a resume. There is a trailer on IMDB. I thought it was pretty good, though I saw it 25 years ago. William H. Macy. Apr-21-14    Shams: <Joshka> <Schaap should be ashamed of himself the way he conducted himself in the press conference, IMHO.> I hope we aren't talking about the same press conference. In the one that I saw, Fischer kept calling Dick Schaap a "dirty Jew" and Schaap fils was a model of self-control. Apr-22-14    savagerules: I saw that Searching for Bobby Fischer movie sometime back out of curiosity and couldn't they have hired a child actor that had a decent voice or at least overdub the voice? I couldn't understand anything he was trying to say and I wasn't about to put on subtitles just to know what the kid was saying. All the adults seemed to be idiots in the film- all worked up about a bunch of kids playing grade school chess. Apr-22-14    SChesshevsky: <Joshka: Yea Schaap should have at least apologized for his father's comments in an article he wrote about Bobby.> If I remember correctly the column was really pretty favorable to Fischer. Fischer focused on the ending paragraph, which ended with something sarcastic like "Oh that crazy Fischer doing his own thing like other daffy geniuses." I think it might be an only legitimately crazy Fischer, who believed that most everybody was against him, that would've thought the article a vicious attack. Apr-22-14    Joshka: <Shams> I believe we are talking about the same one. Schaap's father wrote an article saying that Bobby didn't have a sane bone in his body, and Bobby took offense to that especially since Dick Schaap acted as a friend to Bobby for years. Believe you me, if we are friends, and then you write an article on me throwing me under the bus, you don't expect me to be livid?? So Dick's son has a chance to interview Bobby in Iceland, and he does not even read the article his father wrote about Bobby. If you're any kind of decent person and claim to be a professional journalist, you would have done your homework. Jeremy acted like the snot that he is. Apr-22-14    Joshka: <SChesshevsky> Well maybe someone can find and post the article. In the end, it really doesn't matter if you or I, or others think the article was favorable or not, FISCHER DIDN'T, and then his son Jeremy thought he'd do a hachet job on Bobby at the press conference and not have Fischer react? That was his sole purpose, to get a rise out of Bobby, push his buttons. Bobby turned the tables on him, and Schaap was so upset he had to walk away!! It was reporters like Schaap that really irked the heck out of Bobby all thru his career. Perception is everything. Apr-22-14    Conrad93: Fischer hated everyone. I would take his comments with a grain of salt. Then again hate is a great catalyst for success in chess... Apr-22-14    Conrad93: Fischer is mostly famous for the 1972 WC match. He retired at his best. The Fischer of the 70's would have been awesome to see... His 60's games are good, but the Fischer after the match with Spassky is a completely different beast. Apr-22-14    HeMateMe: Fischer's post '72 friends are all butt kissers. If you had one negative thing to say about him, you were immediately cut off, out of the circle, no more communication. No flexibility at all, no regard for anyone else's feelings or situation. Paranoid hatred of Jewish people, the same ethnic group that helped him become a great player and probably helped him financially, when he was very young and developing, in NYC. In real life, where do you see such people? Working as third shift security guards? Dishwasher? homeless shelter? In Fischer's case, in Fischer's case, living like a neo Nazi recluse in Pasadena. Everyone nice to him got turned away, unless they treated him like a spoiled infant. Apr-22-14    keypusher: <Joshka: <SChesshevsky> Well maybe someone can find and post the article. In the end, it really doesn't matter if you or I, or others think the article was favorable or not, FISCHER DIDN'T, and then his son Jeremy thought he'd do a hachet job on Bobby at the press conference and not have Fischer react? > Typical dirty Jew. What was the nature of this hatchet job? Here is the article. Judge for yourselves. http://jimwestonchess.blogspot.com/... Apr-22-14    RedShield: < Fischer's post '72 friends are all butt kissers. If you had one negative thing to say about him, you were immediately cut off, out of the circle, no more communication.> Unless you were once part of Fischer's coterie, with what authority do you speak? My understanding is that the great sin was publicly speaking about one's contact with Fischer. That's not quite the same as him being wholly intolerant of any dissent within his private relationships. I imagine he rather liked a good barney. Apr-22-14    HeMateMe: <I imagine he rather liked a good barney.> I imagine he would not take a phone call from you or answer any of your letters. If you had money for him, or put a roof over his head, some contact was allowed. When he had used you up, you were cast aside. What a guy. Apr-22-14    Sally Simpson: Thanks for link keypusher, " He [Fischer] possesses two classic virtues: He is never dull, and he does not have a sane bone in his body." Brilliant, that sounds likea lot of chess players I know. Apr-22-14    Conrad93: The only remotely insulting thing in the whole article: ": will continue to play this game, to pursue the former world chess champion, because I genuinely like Bobby Fischer. He possesses two classic virtues: He is never dull, and he does not have a sane bone in his body. I'll let you know when I find him. Don't hold your breath." Dich Schaap. Apr-22-14    Conrad93: Basically Bobby got mad at Dick because Dick didn't hold back the truth. Apr-22-14    RedShield: <I imagine he would not take a phone call from you or answer any of your letters.> I have the same attitude toward unsolicited salespeople. < If you had money for him, or put a roof over his head, some contact was allowed.> I have the same attitude toward my employers. <When he had used you up, you were cast aside. What a guy.> What use did you have for him besides the fact he used to be good at chess? Go out and adopt a homeless person if you're so full of human goodness. Apr-22-14    HeMateMe: The people calling him weren't' salesmen. They were people he knew. He was an unlikeable person, extremely immature. People who helped him over the years were ignored later on, cut out of his life, and sometimes bad mouthed via the press. The only reason he didn't die in a back alley or a homeless shelter is because people remembered the great art he produced, and they felt sorry for him. Apr-22-14    RedShield: Why would people be so interested in calling such an unlikeable and immature person? <The only reason he didn't die in a back alley or a homeless shelter is because people remembered the great art he produced, and they felt sorry for him.> And the fact he he died with $3 million in the bank. Apr-22-14    diceman: <HeMateMe: He was an unlikeable person, extremely immature.> Not everyone can be a <HeMateMe.> Apr-22-14    Everyone: You said it! 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