The chess games of Anthony Pabon

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Anthony Pabon

Number of games in database: 4
Years covered: 1957 to 2007
Last FIDE rating: 1768
Overall record: +1 -3 =0 (25.0%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ANTHONY PABON
(born Mar-06-1935, died Oct-19-2022, 87 years old) United States of America
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Last updated: 2023-09-12 08:56:19

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. D Byrne vs A Pabon	1-0	51	1957	58th US Open	A15 English
2. A Pabon vs W Moreno	1-0	72	2004	Western Class-ch	A57 Benko Gambit
3. S Homa vs A Pabon	1-0	19	2007	Chicago op 16th	B23 Sicilian, Closed
4. T Brownscombe vs A Pabon	1-0	36	2007	Las Vegas National op	C78 Ruy Lopez

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Sep-12-23		Stonehenge: <While in San Francisco, according to Fischer acquaintance Tony Pabon, Fischer was literally hypnotized by a fellow junior player to give him confidence. According to Pabon, after supposedly hypnotizing Fischer, this unidentified junior chanted to Fischer “You will have confidence against the masters.” Apparently this hypnotism experience Fischer would recount by repeating this “confidence against the masters” line through out the next several months when Fischer did a road trip with a few friends he met at the San Francisco milk dairy tournament. According to Tony, Fischer felt that he was good enough to beat masters but only lost to them because of a psychological hurdle. Through a dose of kitchen hypnotism, Fischer thought he could break apart this hurdle.> <Most of Fischer’s wins in this time were against weaker players. In 1956 at a local New York Tournament, Fischer found himself paired against a strong chess master Donald Byrne. This game is now one of the most famous games of chess, so much that it now has the nickname “The Game of the Century” which every Fischer fan knows; Fischer brilliantly “sacrifices” his queen. According to Tony Pabon, Fischer confided in him that in this game Fischer was extremely nervous, and although Fischer knew he was playing brilliantly, his nerves got the best of him and he actually left his queen hanging by mistake, and in then Fischer’s words “played like hell to win it.” According to Tony, Fischer viewed this “brilliant win” as a lucky break and thus did nothing to help Fischer’s chess master stigma.> http://www.calchess.org/journal/200...

Sep-12-23		fredthebear: Young Bobby Fischer flew across the country to play in the "milk dairy tournament"?? Most teenagers did no such thing back in the 1950s. An electric typewriter was cutting edge technology back then. Hypnosis? Positive thinking? A shot of confidence? Decide for yourself. It wasn't just any tournament. This US Junior Championship tournament was sponsored and hosted by "Spreckles Milk Dairy on 14th and Mission in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission district." In the previous year, Bobby Fischer won the 1956 US Junior Championship tournament in Philadelphia, the youngest to do so yet still lower rated and relatively unknown to the chess world. Interesting article on BF's early playing days, a reminder why I subscribe. Thank you for providing the link Stonehenge!

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