Bobby Fischer, the man that made Chess popular, All-American, and ultimately as bizarre as ever has died at the young age of 64. Some Fischer facts
Some Fischer facts
- Born: March 9, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois
- Died: January 17, 2008 in Reykjavik, Iceland
- Learned the rules of chess at age 6!: 1949
- First recorded tournament game: July 1955
- International Grandmaster title: 1958
- U.S. Champion eight times in eight attempts!: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966
- Winner of: every tournament and match in which he participated from December, 1962 through World Championship match 1972 with the exceptions of Capablanca Memorial, 1965, (2nd place - ½ point behind Smyslov), and Piatigorsky Cup, 1966, (2nd place - ½ point behind Spassky).
- Bobby Fischer's tournament and match results: 415 wins, 248 draws and 85 losses out of 748 games played from 1955 through 1992 for a performance average of .721 or 72.1%
- Fischer's highest achieved rating: 2785 ELO.
- Inspired Rick Imig's Chess Tourney's at WHS
RIP Bobby.
5 comments:
There was a 1972 chess renaissance in the fifth grade classroom of Mrs. Doris Turner, as I recall. It spread to Mrs. Genevieve Drake's fourth grade class where I recall Khory league pitching standout Mike Schrieber to be the top chess-man as well at WGS. Kudos Mike. I couldn't beat you! Paul Schmid was a participant as well, but was plagued by a standard weak move-- pawn: h4, followed by rook: h3. Paul was a great sportsman however, and a joy to play.
HG
I have to admit, the mod was one of the better chess players I've come across. He beat me in London just a few years ago. I'd like a re-match on home soil.
dit
Dear DIT,
Cut it out. Stop being nice to that guy. He doesn't deserve it.
AW
Hi AW,
Been a while.. How have you been? How is the hair?
dit
The picture of the Mod and DIT playing chess in an old London pub, sipping pints of bitter is such a Dickensian/Shane MacGowan moment, only to be ruined moments later by their rowdy game of shirts'n'skins Twister.
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