He said Fischer showed up at the board with a huge sandwich, and quickly wolfed it at the board before the game

Afterward, Fischer analyzed with him, and showed him some lines where Hook could have improved

He also tells the story of how he used to beat Fischer when he was a kid, but then in one game, Fischer played a move and Hook "could feel the power emanating from it"

Hook also gives the score of one of his victories against Duchamp

He said he knew Stanley Kubrick pretty well, who was master strength and a regular at the old "Flea House" chess club

His memoir, Hooked on Chess, is a classic. I wish I'd written to tell Bill how much I liked it -- for the sheer range of his memories, the good writing and excellent photographs.

<Actually, Torre played a crucial role in the absolute highlight of Hook's Olympiad career, as in Malta 1980, they both vied for the gold medal on Board 1. Hook had a good start by beating Westerinen(!) in round 1, and following a scrappy draw against a Tunisian IM, his team dropped to lesser opposition and he was able to continue scoring well. Going into the last round, Torre had the same number of points, but he had faced stronger opposition. In his last game Bill Hook played a third player aspiring to the gold medal, Kanani of Kenya, broke open his position with a pawn push and managed to win. Now everything depended on Torre's game against Westerinen(!) and when the news came that they had drawn their game, the members of the British Virgin Islands let out a big whoop. Although their team had finished 75th out of 81, Bill Hook's 11.5 out of 14 won him the gold medal on first board.>

Lajos Portisch holds the record for most career victories (121) in the Olympiad team tournaments. Who is number two in the record book?

(a) Miguel Najdorf
(b) Viktor Korchnoi
(c) Anatoly Karpov
(d) Eugenio Torre
(e) Bill Hook

- Bill Hook

Now everything depended on Torre's game against Westerinen(!) and when the news came that they had drawn their game>

The story is incorrect, the opponent in the last round was Rantanen.

<“Word was getting around about Bobby Fischer.From the first rumours of a talented kid from Brooklyn,he was now appearing regularly at the speed tournaments,and getting progressively better scores.At one point, however,I had beaten him four times in a row,and he cried at least once,revealing the depth of his intensity for the game.But one night at the Marshall Chess Club rapids where played a French Defence and a very peculiar thing happened.In the middle of the game Bobby made a strong move and I suddenly had an almost physical sense of power emanating from it.And Bobby moved again with the same effect; it was as if he were playing with dynamic rays of force that I had a heightened sensitivity to.It happened once more,and my position was busted,as the coffee house players would say.I never won an other game from Bobby,and I wonder if any other players had this experience while opposing him”.>

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