+ The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories (with Arnold Denker)

http://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Fischer...

+ Viktors Pupols: American Master (with Yasser Seirawan)

http://www.amazon.com/Viktors-Pupol...

+ Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters: Fundamentals of the Game Volume 1 (with Lev Alburt)

http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Russi...

+ Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters: Beyond the Basics Volume 2 (with Lev Alburt)

<Caissanist> some of his essays can be found on the net these days - in one kind or another archived form.

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I was wrong previously (thankfully), as it appears the wayback has the entire series:

(Starting here...)

And... did any of those games last 64 moves??

And just for mindless fun: Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, each with one game in this database, lived on average 23,669 days, which translates as 64.84 years.

Without reviewing the DB:

Fischer and Mednis met numerous times; Savon may well have faced Planinc and/or Antoshin, and Fischer faced one of the Hurttlens in junior days. I believe he also played Troianescu once, in 1968, as well as Schoene.

I actually met two players: Mednis and Stopa, the latter on nine occasions.

This year, <FSR> and I both hit 64; do we see good ol' six-five?

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM3...>

Fischer and Mednis played nine times. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... Savon and Planinc had two games. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... Savon and Antoshin played twice. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... There is also A Planinc vs Antoshin, 1970. I doubt that there are many games between the others, though I'm not going to try every permutation.

<And... did any of those games last 64 moves??.>

Not that I've seen, but Savon and Antoshin's two games totaled 64 moves. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

<And just for mindless fun: Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, each with one game in this database, lived on average 23,669 days, which translates as 64.84 years.>

<FSR....Savon and Antoshin's two games totaled 64 moves....>

Good grief.

Indeed. Well, they were both leaders of the Cuban revolution and they both faced Najdorf in a simul. Which does nothing to justify my bringing it up, but may tempt you into discovering a rule that does!>

I don't know what this rule is. They apparently played in 1962, not '64, so that's not it.

<In 1962 Najdorf played in Havana. Among the daily visitors of the chess event were Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, both great chess fans. Najdorf was asked if he could give a blindfold simul against members of the Cuban government.

Najdorf agreed. Fidel Castro played on board one, his brother Raoul on board two, and President Oswaldo Dortiicos on board three. Che Guevara played on board eight. Najdorf made an early draw with Castro but on the other boards things looked rather well – with the exception of his game against Che Guevara. Therefore, Najdorf decided to be careful and offered the famous guerilla fighter a draw.

But Guevara declined: "A draw? No way. You must have forgotten that we've played each other before. Back in 1947 in Mar del Plata. I was still studying medicine and you mated me in a few moves. It was terrible and for many years I have dreamt to get a rematch. This game must be decided one way or another. A draw is impossible." In the end Najdorf won the game and Guevara congratulated him warmly.> https://en.chessbase.com/post/remem...

Oh, I don't either. I was just thinking that IF there is a hidden rule somewhere, you'd find it!