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Robert J. Fischer (1943-2008) was an American grandmaster and world chess champion. At the height of his skills (1972) he was peerless. He was known for his meticulous preparation, deep understanding of the game, and mercurial temperament.
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Seeking a transcript of Hope vs. Fischer, 1972
On one of Bob Hope's television specials in 1972, Bobby Fischer appeared with him in a skit about himself (Fischer). The two also sat down at a board and sort-of played a game. (The moves were not all ...
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Karpov-Kasparov matches prearranged?
In an interview toward the end of his life, among other (questionable) things, Fischer claimed that the Karpov-Kasparov matches were prearranged.
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What test is Fischer referring to when describing 1.e4 as "best by test"?
Famously, Bobby Fischer describes the first move 1. e4 as "best by test". However,
Bobby Fischer exclusively opened his games with 1.e4...
“Best by test: 1.e4” (Bobby Fischer)
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What are the 18 moves?
Last week New in Chess' book of the week was Zlotnik's Middlegame Manual by Boris Zlotnik. Zlotnik was Caruana's coach during his youth when he was living in Spain and Caruana wrote a foreword for the ...
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Who was Bobby Fischer's father?
This interesting YouTube video asks the question: "Why Did the World’s Best Chess Player Go Insane?" without really answering its own question. It also makes the suggestion, again ...
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Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess - Visual Teaching of Chess
I have severe dyslexia which means that for the majority of chess books I find it very difficult to accurately read games (although having a board does help). My favorite chess book when I was younger ...
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What is the opening value of 1. e4 in 2020?
Bobby Fischer:
e4 -- best by test.
What is the current theory or trend in theory behind this statement?
We have seen huge strides taken in chess AI in the past two years. How is this affecting ...
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What was so special about the incremental "Digital Chess clock" that a patent was granted to Bobby Fischer for the same?
Bobby Fischer had 'invented' a way of incrementing some time duration with every chess move(s) played. This was quite new in that era. But was that so unique that a patent was granted for it?
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Who did Nigel Short really play on the ICC in 2001 when he thought he was playing Fischer?
In 2001, Nigel Short went public with the opinion that he had in fact played Bobby Fischer on the Internet Chess Club.
This was denied by Fischer himself, and the consensus seems to be that it was not ...
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Why did Bobby Fischer play the Queen's Gambit as White vs. Spassky?
Why did Bobby Fischer play the Queen's Gambit as White in many games in the 1972 World Championship match vs. Spassky, although he almost never played it in any other tournament or match game?
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Where did Bobby Fischer live in New York?
Where did Bobby Fischer live in New York in his younger years? Is anyone able to locate the street address where he lived? Is it 1059 Union Street in Brooklyn from the famous 1951 Helms letter to his ...
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Why and how do great chess players become "crazy"? [closed]
I know that this question may be for a more psychology-focus forum, and "great" is an understatement for players such as Fischer; yet, I want to know your opinion on this question. Is it intelligence? ...
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In Fischer-Petrosian 1971 game 7, why did Fischer give up his good knight for a bad bishop?
Fischer played 22. Nxd7, which seems strange since the knight looked very good. Why did he play it?
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Why did Bobby Fischer make his demands in the 1975 World Chess Championship?
Many topics ask about Fischer's demands in the 1975 World Chess Championship between him and Karpov, but I've never found the reason Fischer made these demands.
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If the result is 9-9, ...
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Why can white not mate in this position?
In the attached position, why can't white mate?
Is it not possible to go Rxc6 and depending on blacks response go Rxc6.
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In "The Queen's gambit" were there any famous games played?
Throughout "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix) we see games at an advanced stage (after the opening).
And while the characters are fictitious, the show being set in the 1960s (Beth adult), Benny ...
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In which article did Nigel Short retract from having played online vs Fischer?
I read a recent tweet by Nigel Short mentioning his retraction, but I can't find it.
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Why can white not mate in this position from Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (frame 73)?
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Why did Bobby Fischer resign his title?
I was wondering about this question for a while. Why did Bobby Fischer resign his title?
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Did Fischer really have a 180 IQ?
I have read many times that Bobby Fischer had an IQ of 180. Did he really have that high of an IQ? Does anyone have proof that he was ever even tested (like a citation from an early book about him)?
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How many new openings did Fischer use against Spassky in 1972?
Bobby Fischer's openings in the 1972 World Chess Championship are said to have taken Spassky completely by surprise:
Fischer played always e4 as his opening move, in football terms he had a very ...
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When did Bobby Fischer move from New York to California?
As title above, when did Bobby Fischer move from Brooklyn, New York, to California, where did he actually locate, and why did he leave New York?
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Why didn't Donald Byrne capture with the queen instead of pawn (against 13-year-old Bobby Fischer in the Game of the Century)?
I watched this video - Game of the Century - Bobby Fischer vs Donald Byrne in which the 13-year-old Bobby Fischer defeated Donald Byrne in an epic match.
But I didn't really understand what happened ...
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What were Fischer's 179 demands for a World Championship rematch?
According to this video (at 4:25), Bobby Fischer made 179 demands for a rematch for a World Championship, after he won the title. What were those 179 demands?
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Is Bobby Fischer hanging a knight?
So I've been looking at the "Game of the Century" between Bobby Fischer and Donald Byrne. There's something I can't get over.
In move 18, that queen is tempting, but there's also a knight on c3 that ...
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Fischer vs Sherwin Game - 1957
In this game Move # 32 Sherwin play Rxh7 and this move makes him lose the game, so why he didn't play Rxf6? is this mistake from him? or something I didn't get.
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How would I train like Bobby Fischer did? [closed]
As the title suggests, I want to know how to train like Bobby Fischer did, along with what books he read during his chess training. Remember, keyword is TRAIN. I don’t want to be like him, as that is ...
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Did Bobby Fischer actually write "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess"?
Did Bobby Fischer actually write his bestseller primer “Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess” (1966, 978-0553130539), or was it written by a ghost writer?
I often ask myself this question because it seems ...
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Why did Fischer play 17.c4 here?
Why did Fischer play 17...c4 here?
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Doesn’t it make the bishop e6 a lot worse? I would have played rfb8 instead, but I am not Fischer....
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What was Bobby Fischer's actual chess strength during the 1992 re-match vs. Spassky?
As title above, what was Bobby Fischer's actual chess strength during the 1992 re-match vs. Spassky, apart from all his already legendary past achievements?
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Why did Bobby Fischer play the 1992 rematch with Spassky?
As title above, why did Bobby Fischer play the 1992 rematch with Spassky after some 20 years of inactivity? Was it because he was in need of money? Or was it, as Fischer explained in the press ...
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Why did Bobby Fischer quit chess after the match with Spassky?
I am not asking about the 1975 "resignation" to Karpov, but for which reasons did Bobby Fischer gradually lose interest in competitive chess after becoming World Champion? Jews or not Jews, he did not ...
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Weakest player to ever beat the mature Bobby Fischer?
Who was the weakest player to ever beat the mature Bobby Fischer in a tournament or match game? I understand that it's a bit hard to define the "mature" Fischer indeed, since he was incredibly strong ...
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In Damanovic-Fischer, 1970, wasn't 66. Ke3 better?
In Damanovic-Fischer, it seems like the move played, 66. bxa4+, made it easy for Fischer. Wasn't 66. Ke3 better?
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What did Bobby Fischer mean in this quote?
Bobby Fischer has been quoted many, many times. What did Bobby Fischer mean when he said "My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration.”?
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Why didn't Spassky play 26. g3 in game 5 of Fischer-Spassky (1972)?
Fischer's play was powerful in this Nimzo-Indian, achieving a strong knight against two bishops in a closed position. The knight became a monster on f4. But why did Spassky let the knight reach f4? ...
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In King's gambit, is Fisher's conclusion that "3...P-KN4 ... is inexact" inexact?
I was reading A Bust to the King's Gambit by Bobby Fischer. The game starts with
1 P-K4 P-K4 2 P-KB4 PxP 3 N-KB3
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What was Fischer's preparation for tournaments?
Surely he didn't follow the old cookie-cutter formula of take a day off before game day, play blitz matches, or some other standard ritual?
Any sources?
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Why isn't Gata Kamsky considered the first American since Bobby Fischer to fight for the World Championship?
As in the title above, since we read it everywhere about Caruana... why isn't Gata Kamsky considered the first American since Bobby Fischer to fight for the World Championship? He played Karpov in ...
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How to use dice to determine starting position in Fischer Random?
Using a set of Platonic dice (tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron), what way of choosing the initial position in a game of Fischer Random Chess (Chess 960) uses the fewest ...
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Are there any chances that the Fischer who reappeared in 1992 was not the real one? [closed]
As in title above, are there any chances that the Fischer who reappeared in 1992 (and then later on), was not the real Bobby? If this is not the case, what do you consider as "proof" that he was ...
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Fischer playing Greenblatt in 1977
Is there any information, apart from the three games, regarding Fischer playing the Greenblatt computer in 1977? Wasn't Fischer living in seclusion at that time? How did someone manage to have Fischer ...
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Playing Styles of Fischer and Botvinnik
They say Botvinnik had 'scientific' approach to chess and Fischer's style was crystal-clear.
What does it mean?
Could you please enunciate about the styles of these masters in a more lucid way?
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Why do Americans hail Fischer when he was anti-American and idolized Hitler? [closed]
Whenever I talk chess legends with some Americans I know, they love to hype up Fischer and call him the greatest ever and what not.
While I appreciate Fischer's talent for chess, and he is certainly ...
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Did Spassky stand up and applaude at Fischer after the famous Tartakower game?
Is it true that Boris Spassky stood up and openly applauded at Fischer after the sensational round 6 win by Fischer in the 1972 World Championship match? (The QGD Tartakower), as portrayed in the 2014 ...
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Bobby Fischer photos in his NY apartment?
Are there any photos of young Bobby Fischer in his NY apartment?
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Did Stein really ridicule Fischer for grabbing the poisoned pawn in the Najdorf Sicilian?
I remember reading somewhere that Leonid Stein (one of the top players at that time) has ridiculed Bobby Fischer for grabbing the poisoned pawn in the Najdorf Sicilian during the Spassky-Fischer match ...
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Change of venue of 1972 match
In 1972, when Fischer and Spassky played the championship tournament, Fischer demanded to play the games in a ping pong room stating too much distractions as his reason. Later (if I am not wrong) he ...
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Bobby Fischer and the U.S
Why did Bobby Fischer despise the U.S and why did he get exiled?
Wasn't he America's hero at one point?
I'm a big fan of his games.
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How come chess prodigies seem to start at a young age?
I started looking into the history of a few grandmasters such as Fischer and Carlsen, so I wondered: why does it seem that chess "kings" and queens" start playing the game from a young age? Can anyone ...
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