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Bobby Fischer, Game of the Century!

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Bobby Fischer. Photo courtesy nytimes.com Botvinnik, the Chess Legend, said after this game, "we must keep an eye on this kid". Fischer created history with this game, also known as the Game of the Century. He beat Byrne by throwing all his pieces starting with the Queen! Definitely one of the best Chess games ever!

Bobby Fischer - Photo Book by Harry Benson (Powerhouse Books)

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Harry Benson’s rare, exclusive photos of the elusive and controversial chess genius Bobby Fischer taken during the historic World Chess Championship match in Iceland in 1972 are collected by powerHouse Books for the first time, in Bobby Fischer. See the video of the book on this page: http://www.rupamedia.com/?p=921

Belgrade Street to be named after Bobby Fischer

There is an initiative that has been started to name a Belgrade Street after Chess Legend Bobby Fischer. The Balkan Insight says "Look for non-Serb names, too, like Theodore Dreiser, Archibald Rice, Anton Chekov, Anne Frank, Samuel Beckett, Georges Clemenceau, Patrice Lumumba, and President Kennedy. Often these people had some direct connection with Serbia, like Jacob Grimm, of the Brothers Grimm, who learned Serbian so he could read the country’s folklore in the original. In 2007, a decision was made to name a street after the late Japanese Ambassador Keisuke Oba, who had been associated with the former Yugoslavia for 30 years, and who is buried in Belgrade. An initiative is now underway for a street to be named after the legendary chess champion, Bobby Fischer." We also noticed a certain Prof. Leko. Can anyone tell us if he is related to someone we know well? The full article is available here

Bobby Fischer dead

The legendary Bobby Fischer, arguably one of the greatest ever chess players died on January 17 th 2008. He was pronounced dead at a Reykjavik iceland hospital. Rated by many as the very best ever chess player, Fischer was a recluse and took on the US government in bitter fights.

Bobby Fischer resurfaces

Fischer (or mostly likey a scamster in Fischers' garb) has come back in the news again. An auction was placed on the Canadian website of Ebay of his latest edition of his book written decades back. Mig at Chessninja.com says he got a mail from a reader saying the auction has been withdrawn and this appears to be just a scam. More on this on the Chess Dirt on Chessninja.com - http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/

Fantasy Future Chess

Chess News in 2019: World Top Five 1. Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2989 2. Levon Aronian (ARM) 2973 3. Shakriyar Mamedyarov (AZB) 2972 4. Chiu Wei (CHN) 2961 5. Sahaj Grover (IND) 2954 The King's Gambit is unsound. Computers have proved that black wins by force in 56 moves. If the last piece of the puzzle is solved, computers will be able to prove the French Defence is also unsound. It loses in under 89 moves. The Petroff Defence is indeed a draw. It is a draw by perpetual in 68 moves or 76 moves depending on the variation on the 36th move. Bobby Fischer - Boris Spassky world championship match held. Fischer wins 12.5 - 9.5 Vishwanathan Anand announces his retirement after a long reign at top level chess. He is currently ranked 14th with a rating of 2918. China win the Chess Olympiad for the third time in succession. India again had to be content with the second position. USA finished third. Hou Yifan was the star performer for China. She won the Gold medal on the third board with a 9/10 s...