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Oct-10-10
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Big Tuna>
Regarding your <Aljechin Clock Collection>: Game Collection: Alekhine's clock simuls I don't know if you saw this or not, but if not, here is some background on <BARCELONA 27 JAN 1935 (+10 -0 =3)> <" Finally, Mr Alió observes, on the basis of other reports in La Vanguardia, that the clock display was played in difficult circumstances for Alekhine. At 22.15 on Saturday, 26 January 1935 he began a simultaneous exhibition against 43 strong players from Barcelona, scoring +33 –6 =4. The display did not finish until 05.00 on the Sunday, and later the same day the clock simultaneous exhibition took place, against opposition which included the ten best players in Barcelona." > And here is a photo from that event in case you want to link it: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... The source for this is <If Schiller is mistaken, can Winter be far behind> <Chess note 6399>
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
This detail adds knowledge of how difficult <AA's> task was on this occasion. |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: Sorry to hear of the two "catch and release" Tuna.
Have you checked out every American Newspaper that was around at that time, to see if they have a similar online archive to <The Daily Beagle>? |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: From <Edward Winter> chess note 6432 <"This photograph from page 81 of the March 1958 Chess Review, shows <<<Fischer>>> in play against Abe Turner in the final round of the 1957-58 US Championship in New York."> http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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Oct-10-10
 | | chancho: http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoes... http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoes... http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoes... http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoes... |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: Look at the wonderful photos of <Fischer> that <caucho> just posted- One post above this one here.
Thanks <caucho>! One of those was new to me, so I've saved it in the "Fischer Folder." |
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Oct-10-10
| | chancho: <Jess> Which pic had you not seen before? |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: This one:
http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoes...What is the name of the Trophy he got there? |
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| Oct-10-10 | | Eyal: At any rate, the position on the board there is from Fischer vs Benko, 1963, following Fischer's 19.Rf6!! |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: Oh well spotted <kraba>! That means <Bobby> got that nice trophy- and cake - from this tournament Game Collection: US Championship 1963/64 |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <kraba>, <caucho> If we can confirm that's where the photo is from, we can post it right on the game page for fans to enjoy. |
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| Oct-10-10 | | Eyal: Well, here's something I found... <It is said a cake was presented to Fischer on his birthday with the 19.Rf6 position made with icing.> (http://www.chessblog.com/2010/09/me...). Btw, the position just prior to 19.Rf6 was apparently issued once on a stamp... (http://www.queensac.com/positions.h... - 3rd from the top) |
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| Oct-10-10 | | malthrope: Great stuff Jess!! :XD
<Eyal: At any rate, the position on the board there is from Fischer vs Benko, 1963, following Fischer's 19.Rf6!!> Re: http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoes... Spot-on <Eyal> ! :)) With even more great stuff added on in your current post. Bloody incrediable! :XP I then had to immediately check the Bible (Bobby's - "My 60 Memorable Games" - Simon And Schuster, New York, 1st printing, 1969). This classic Chess game is found on page 286 and simply titled: <"Romp"> ~lol~ I was curious about Bobby's comments... He mentions earlier that Pal missed several opportunities such as 16... c5! (as opposed to the passive 16... c6 as played) and then later on the 17th move he suggest (instead of 17... Qe8?) that either 17... Ne6 or 17... c5 is <essential>. After Bobby's <"a bolt from the blue!"> (his exact words)... _____________________________________
click for larger viewFischer-Benko, USA Championship 1963-64
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...resulting in the above position after the scintillating 19. Rf6!! He mentions: <"The zwischenzug Benko missed. He had expected 19. e5, f5!"> All the Best, - Mal
PS: <chancho> -- great pics! :) Loved this one: http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoes... Bobby in the arcade playing pinball with the youngster looking on... Bobby's thinking to himself, <"Wonder what the high score is? Bet I can beat it!"> While the kid is impressed, <"WoW, a Grandmaster pinball wizard!"> ~lol~ :P
PPS: Note: I very carefully transcribed his original English descriptive notation into algebraic (for the benefit of your many avid readers of course!). ;) |
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| Oct-10-10 | | eightsquare: Your posts are awesome. I love you . |
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| Oct-10-10 | | malthrope: <eightsquare: Your posts are awesome. I love you .> Hehehe... :)
Jess is an incrediable thinking, analyzing, discovering & awesome one woman Chess playing posting machine! :^) So far as I know there is no one quite like her in the known Chess universe -- <anywhere!> :XP - Mal |
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Oct-10-10
| | chancho: <Jess> The picture with the trophy (according to the Time photos link) is from Bobby's sixth US Championship win. I took the pics from here:
http://www.time.com/time/photogalle... There are 15 photos there. (some of them you guys may already be familiar with) |
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| Oct-10-10 | | notyetagm: Carlsen vs Anand Bilbao Final 2010 0-1
<Eyal: Final position:
click for larger viewAs I mentioned above, White has no defence against Bd5-Nb8-(Nxb8)-Bxb7, trapping the knigh> A great example for my <TRAPPED PIECES> collection. |
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| Oct-10-10 | | malthrope: <notyetagm: Carlsen vs Anand Bilbao Final 2010 0-1> <Eyal: Final position:>
click for larger viewPosition after 45... Be6 0-1
<A great example for my <TRAPPED PIECES> collection.> Yep! It was clearly the most stylish way to win it (unstopable threats posed with 46... Bd5 followed by 47... Nb8!). A beautiful example of a ♗ domination over the ♘ :) One for your "TRAPPED PIECES" collection <notyetagm> :) Also, to be included in all forthcoming books on the Endgame as well... Magnus had a chance to hold it with 33. d5! (instead of 33. Nc5?!) according to GM Shipov (haven't double checked it yet, but my gut feeling tells me it might actually work). ;) So, after 2 rounds completed @Bilboa we have: Kramnik - 6 pts, Anand - 4 pts, Shirov - 1 pt & Carlsen - 0 pts. We'll see what happens tomorrow... :P
- Mal |
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| Oct-10-10 | | Travis Bickle: Hey Jess here's a flashback moment for ya! ; P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yAk... |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: Not flashed back far enough though-
<T-Bone> I thought of you last night as I watched an "Austin Powers" set on youtube- Animals, Yardbirds, appearing on those old TV shows.
What amazing songs- and it's fun to figure out which ones are lip synched and which not. BeeGees were there too of course, but in their pre-Disco form. You know I like the BeeGees old and disco versions, but I noticed the <Hollies> were clearly the better band in the 1960s. |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Mal> thanks for that wonderful addition to the mysteries spawned by <caucho's> fabled fotograph. Also, very kind of you to transcribe Bobby's beloved notation to "algebraic", let's hope he's not turning in his grave about it. Although he probably is. Traditional notation is "Greek" to me so I'm pretty glad about your work here. |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <eightsquare> Hello! Thanks for dropping by, and for your very kind words too. |
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Oct-10-10
| | chancho: <Jess> No mention of his parents, or Residences. |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <caucho> thanks- I just posted a bunch of other "sources" on this issue at <keypusher's> place. I stayed up almost all night trying to figure out this mystery. I'm tempted to believe the sources that state <Tartakower's> mother was Polish- this would be a far more plausible reason for him to take Polish citizenship than <Kmoch's> speculative notion of "Polish Clemency" - Particularly since the Ukrainian territories annexed by Poland after 1918 are nowhere near <Rostov on Don>. |
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Oct-10-10
| | chancho: You might find this amusing <Jess>: <Savielly Tartakower - Early career> <He was born February 22, 1887 in Rostov-on-Don, to a Polish Jewish family. At the age of twelve his family left Russia for Austria-Hungary and finally settled in Vienna, where Tartakower grew up. He graduated from the law faculties of the universities in Geneva and Vienna. During his studies he became interested in chess and started attending chess meetings in various cafés for chess players in Vienna. He met personally many notable masters of the time, among them Carl Schlechter, Geza Maroczy (against whom he later won what was probably his most famous brilliancy[1]), Milan Vidmar and Richard Réti. His first achievement was the first place in a tournament in Nuremberg in 1906. Three years later he achieved the second place in the tournament in Vienna — losing only to Réti.> <During World War I he was drafted to the Austro-Hungarian army and served as a staff officer on various posts. After the war he emigrated to France and settled in Paris. Although Tartakower did not even speak the Polish language, after Poland regained its independence in 1918 he accepted Polish citizenship and became one of the most prominent honorary ambassadors of Poland abroad.> http://www.experiencefestival.com/a... You have to scroll down the page to see it in it's entirety... |
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Oct-10-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <caucho> sigh.
Amusing, yes. Sad, too.
That account has all kinds of details mixed up and mashed together from various sources. LOL chess "history".
More like <Swiss cheese history>- smelly and full of holes. I'm inclined to go with the account from <T's Best Games> you posted. I just posted an idea for what to actually say in the film over at your house. What do you think? I'm going for "most plausible" at this point, as opposed to "the God's truth." |
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