bobby fischer
Bobby Fischer’s 1964 Visit to Baton Rouge & New Orleans
The Mind of a Grandmaster – Report of a visit; Robert James Fischer; Chess Death, Inc. Baton Rouge March 24-25: 1 a.m. 128 Graham Hall Louisiana State University. Memories. HE IS HERE. WALKING. TALKING. SMILING. LAUGHING. HE IS ALIVE. HE BREATHES. IT IS TRUE BUT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. […]
ChessFlash World News/Feb 23, 2019 2
This just in … GREAT AMERICAN CHESS LEGEND/problemist/chess author/San Francisco advertising executive chess master R. E. Burger dies at age 88 … defeated Fischer in 11 moves / April 13, 1964 Mr. Burger was in the chess backstreets always with the epic 25 year running CALIFORNIA CHESS REPORTER MAGAZINE (Guthrie […]
JUST RECOVERED ACERS REPORT ON FISCHER’S BOOK
IT IS EXACTLY AS LARRY EVENS TOLD ME AS YOU KNOW R.J FISCHER TRIED TO DESTROY HIS MARVELOUS BOOK MY SIXTY MEMORABLE GAMES BY EMPLOYING HIS CONTRACT RIGHTS TO GET POSSESSION OF THE METAL PRINT PLATES … the plan .. STORE/DESTROY THEM IN GRANDMASTER LARRY EVANS’ 1968 UPPER FLOOR APARTMENT […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Oct 14, 2017
LOMBARDY DIES IN MARTINEZ CAIFORNIA AT AGE 79 San Francisco , California — This just in from John Donaldson/ US world chess championship team Olympiad captain: American chess immortal WILLIAM LOMBARDY (1957 WORLD JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPION WITH AN ASTOUNDING NEVER EQUALED 11-0 SCORE) … world chess historical chess grandmaster figure (1972 Fischer world title […]
Pawn Sacrifice Delivers
By Sam Sloan I was invited to an advanced screening of the movie Pawn Sacrifice held on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 10AM in New York City, based on the fact that I had been a close friend of Bobby Fischer. I was invited to the screening by Katherine Matthews. […]