If only I had writ, uplifting wit, there'd be no wite(2)

Time management is as much of an issue today as ever.

The base times are now lower, and the increment added so no one can lose solely on time.

Before inexpensive chess clocks were common, 10 seconds a move was very popular, and that's just a 10 second Bronstein Delay. I miss the thrill of actually making a time control, though.

Imagine starting a game with an actual minute hourglass set at halfway on its side, attached to a swivel. Not even batteries needed!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c0Xd...

<Fischer vs. Kasparov> "I never thought of that before..."

Really?!?!

<Nearly two decades ago a 753-page paperback, ISBN 0-9666673-0-1 and ‘Printed in Iceland’ was advertised. No publisher, editor or date of publication was indicated. It was almost impossible to find a purchase outlet, but Edward Winter managed to procure a copy and analysed it extensively, comparing it with Fischer's original (genuine) book. He quotes our own research on this book:

Via Frederic Friedel (Hamburg, Germany) we learn that Garðar Sverrisson, who may be regarded as Fischer’s closest confidant in Iceland, states that Fischer would never have considered bringing out a book such as My 61 Memorable Games without consulting him. Mr Sverrisson writes:

‘When I told Bobby about the forgery in early December 2007 he just became sad and disappointed, exactly as he used to react when he learned about slander or a similar betrayal. At that time his health was deteriorating, and we had other things to worry about than who might be behind this book.

When we discussed the possibility of having My 60 Memorable Games republished he was very much against using any improvements of his own or others (including computers). And changing the notation from the descriptive to the algebraic was out of the question.

We never saw My 61 Memorable Games, and I still have not seen it.’>

A couple of points on this:

1) I thought that at the time the prevailing view was that Ed Trice had written it. Is that still what people think, or was it disproven, or at least not proven enough for Chessbase to mention it in their article?

2) I also thought this wasn't a "hoax" at all, but a money-making scam. It had originally been announced as the precursor to an entirely new book "by Bobby" about the second half of his career. The second book never materialized after almost nobody believed this one.

3) Doesn't "Honest Abe" Joshka still insist that My 61 is genuine, and refer to it as "Bobby's 2006 analysis" without any hint that there's even a question about it?

4) Take note: Bobby would never have considered issuing the book in algebraic. As people may recall, Batsford issued a version in 1995 that not only converted it to algebraic, but <heavily> rewrote Fischer's prose. I'm not sure if Fischer would have approved of an algebraic version that made no other changes, but probably not.

"Now aged 23, Fischer would win every match or tournament he completed for the rest of his life."

Oh, is that all.>

"It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline."

"He's as happy as a penguin in a microwave."

<Sally>'s link has this notice:

<Latest update: 31 March 2025.>

So it looks as if some recent info might have been added. I used <Wayback> to compare this latest version to the last archived version of the page:

https://web.archive.org/web/2024121...

It has the notice:

<Latest update: 3 January 2023.>

Copying this archived version's text, and the current page's, and comparing I found this one difference (other than the <Latest update> notice, of course!):

<Our article on My 60 Memorable Games is Fischer’s Fury.>

https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...

Really, if I was running the show, I might not even update the <Latest update> for that - the <Fischer's Fury> article being from 1999. It also has a recent update - but now I wonder - why two pages? Shouldn't the ~Evans "concluded it was a hoax." really go on the 61 page?

The "Fischer's Fury" should strictly be about the algebraic version of the M60 version I think.