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| Apr-16-05 | | pazzed paun: come on people! does anybody have stories about "Zuck the Book"? The class C player with a photographic memory who went on to become an I.M. |
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| Apr-16-05 | | humanehuman: I think Larry Evans said that Fischer played a session(s) of five minute chess with B Zuckerman, with Zuck getting 5 minutes to fischers 30 seconds, and "Fischer won game after game, his hands were a blur...." I guess that doesn't bode well for Zucks ego, but anything if the Fischer of old generates interest.... |
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| Nov-14-05 | | ronniejames: The tall tale about Zuckerman receiving such implausible odds originates with some guy from Brooklyn who calls himself a swami. You can read more about him on Jeremy Silman's site. Zuckerman calls the story an utter crock, pointing out that he and Fischer played a) at even time, and b) rarely in public (they played occasionally at Fischer's home). Zuckerman says that Asa Hoffmann and Mike Valvo were witnesses when Fischer offered him money odds of 5-1 and draw odds. The result was pretty dismaying for Bobby, as he lost two games and won one. Fischer then quit and accused Zuckerman of hustling him, forgetting that the original offer was his own idea. Zuckerman was a phenomenal talent whose international appearances were limited by the indifference of the USCF leadership, particularly Col. Ed Edmondson. In five World Opens, Zuckerman tied for first three times. |
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| Nov-14-05 | | pazzed paun: <ronniejames> thank you for keeping recent chess history alive! |
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| Mar-31-06 | | BIDMONFA: Bernard Zuckerman ZUCKERMAN, Bernard
http://www.bidmonfa.com/zuckerman_b...
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| Oct-29-07 | | Granny O Doul: I never heard of Fischer playing anyone, let alone Zuckerman, with less than two minutes on his own clock. |
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| Jul-18-08 | | myschkin: <pazzed paun> International Master who was playing in the 1975 Cleveland International when a spectator became loud. Zuckerman (Zook the Book) told him to shut up. When that didn't work, he hurled a captured bishop at the spectator. Zuckerman was reprimanded for his "unsportsmanlike" conduct. .... autsch^^ |
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| Jul-18-08 | | Strongest Force: GM Pal Benko would often tease Zuck about his book knowledge by asking him: "is this book?", whenever the two of them where analyzing somebody's game at a tournament. Zuckerman, a little pissed, would give some cryptic remark... Zuck had much respect for his superior players. Bernard was know as a excellent blitz player but seldom played...unlike his childhood friend Asa Hoffman. |
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| Jul-18-08 | | myschkin: another one:
Sep-01-05
Bishoprick: Drunkenknight, I can give you an early Bernard Zuckerman story. I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club on Sunday mornings (then located at the Woodrow Hotel, on W65th St), and one Sunday a teenaged Bernard Zuckerman walked in for the first time. We played about ten games, all of them the same variation of the Spanish Opening, and I won every one of them. He asked me for my name, and kiddingly I told him it was Raskolnikov. The following Sunday, the young man returned, but markedly improved. I only won half the games we played. Obviously he had studied. The Sunday after that, we played again, and he murdered me. I didn't win a single game or even come close. Years later I attended a US Championship in which he was playing (among other notables were R. Fischer and the soon-to-be murdered Abe Turner). He noticed me in the crowd, and between moves walked over to me and asked, "Your name isn't really Raskolnikov, is it?" Bernard had a fantastic memory which soon made him one of our outstanding opening experts. Unfortunately, he was not equally expert in other parts of the game.
Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967 |
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| Jul-18-08 | | myschkin: more <Zuck>:
http://www.365chess.com/players/Ber...
(needs a closer look, for someone more familiar with this real character) |
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| Jul-23-08 | | Lutwidge: Does anyone remember a player on the old Internet Chess Server (before the split) named "Birchbeer"? I used to speculate as to his well guarded identity, and Zuckerman seemed always high on the list of who it might have been. |
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| Jul-24-08 | | Strongest Force: I use to talk to Birchbeer... no way was Bernie Birchbeer. Birch was a free-spirit when it came to openings while Zuck always played the popular stuff. |
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| Jul-24-08 | | Strongest Force: More importantly, "Zuck The Book" didn't even like computers... i use to talk with him alot. |
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| Jul-24-08 | | Petrosianic: <humanehuman> <I think Larry Evans said that Fischer played a session(s) of five minute chess with B Zuckerman, with Zuck getting 5 minutes to fischers 30 seconds, and "Fischer won game after game, his hands were a blur...."> And Irina Krush swore that Fischer was cheating?
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| Jul-24-08 | | Lutwidge: Hmm. Actually, I used to talk to Birchbeer too, but didn't really know much about Zuckerman and figured maybe he was just goofing off on the net. Anyhow, I agree that computers and/or crazy openings don't seem his style. Oh well. :) |
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| Jul-24-08 | | Lutwidge: Btw, my favorite opening that Birch and I played was probably: e4 e6 Qe2 e5!? Nf3 Nc6 Qb5?!
The Spanish Queen. :)
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| Jul-24-08 | | lorker: My friend told me that Zuckerman was once caught in the bathroom with opening moves written out on his hand. If this is true then it would greatly lower Zuckerman's impressive " photographic memory". Can anyone confirm this? |
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| Jul-24-08 | | JonathanJ: how should that work? you don't know what your oppenent plays |
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| Jul-24-08 | | Petrosianic: Never heard that story, and I'd be hesitant to believe a story so devoid of detail. |
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| Jul-09-09 | | BogusAurelius: how do i get ahold of this guy? I once played the 'Book' in a U.S.Junior championship and lost the score but won the game.
i've emailed USCF to see if i can get in touch with him that way, but they haven't replied. It was a good game, as i remember it...I do remember his buddy asa hoffman was looking on, and after i moved, they would laugh at my move, which naturally made me fight harder... I had the black side of a KIndian, and sacrificed a bunch of pieces to drive his king around and finally mated him. |
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| Jul-09-09 | | Granny O Doul: Don't know, but I think your chances of getting him to help reconstruct your old game are considerably smaller than of just getting hold of him. |
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| Jul-09-09 | | parisattack: I would like to know what happened to Zuck. My first love has always been openings and I enjoyed his games/articles in CL in the 1960s... |
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| Aug-06-09 | | BogusAurelius: actually have high hopes of getting him to 'reconstruct' the game. he probably has the score in his back pocket...i just know he has been waiting all these years to get his revenge by showing all the ways he shoulda,coulda, woulda won. |
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| Aug-06-09 | | AnalyzeThis: Either that, or he's forgotten about you. |
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| Mar-31-10 | | wordfunph: <myschkin: <pazzed paun> International Master who was playing in the 1975 Cleveland International when a spectator became loud. Zuckerman (Zook the Book) told him to shut up. When that didn't work, he hurled a captured bishop at the spectator. Zuckerman was reprimanded for his "unsportsmanlike" conduct..> lol!
happy birthday Bernard.. |
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