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When my brother Fred, one year younger than me, died in 2007, jogging on a New Jersey beach, I was numb at first. He died 30 years ago, I thought, when he went to live in New York, where we were born. I had only seen him sporadically since then. Then after a few days I realized I lost the person who understood me best - because we had the same childhood he understands everything I do, think and say better than anyone - he knows my schematic. Then the enormity of the loss hit me. Now I take Fred with me - " Let's go, Fred, would you like to see a movie today?"
Randy Reynolds of Colorado initiated the " Where do you stand on Bobby Fischer's board?" - The idea is if we all get one year per square like Bobby I am on e7 now. 1-1/2 ranks to go. In order to avoid the hackneyed debates on Fischer's controversial behavior and also the repetitive re-annotations of his most famous games I would like to take a look at the rarely discussed losses of his breakthrough year - 1957. Fischer was born 1943, March 9. I wanted to feel the shift, from 1800 - getting beat up by Masters, to suddenly winning the National Championship and going to the Interzonal. This is obviously the work of a genius as all of us who spent a lifetime failing to achieve what Bobby did in two years can testify. Something of the same feeling occurred to me when I drew Hikaru Nakmura at age 13 five years ago, already an IM rocket on his way to 2700. I barely drew by playing as carefully as possible and going an hour behind on the clock. How can this boy possibly be better than me who has studied Chess all my life? Don't mess with genius. 1956 As a Chessmaster I am somewhat sensitive to opening tempi - when White wastes a move I say - "White just became Black". When Donald Byrne moved his f4-bishop to g5, that was like waving a red flag to a bull. Bobby energetically punished the squandered time. Donald Byrne - Robert James
Fischer [D92] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Bf4 d5 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 c6 8.e4 Nbd7 9.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qc5
Bg4 11.Bg5 Na4 12.Qa3 Nxe4 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bxe7 Qb6 15.Bc4 Nxc3 16.Bc5 Rfe8+
17.Kf1 Be6 18.Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Nxd4+ 21.Kg1 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nc3+
23.Kg1 axb6 24.Qb4 Ra4 25.Qxb6 Nxd1 26.h3 Rxa2 27.Kh2 Nxf2 28.Re1 Rxe1
29.Qd8+ Bf8 30.Nxe1 Bd5 31.Nf3 Ne4 32.Qb8 b5 33.h4 h5 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Kg1 Bc5+
36.Kf1 Ng3+ 37.Ke1 Bb4+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40.Kb1 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Rc2# 0-1 But Bobby wasn't producing masterpieces every game just yet. Max Euwe - Robert James
Fischer [D35]
Remember that Fischer soon became one of the most accurate Chessplayers ever, famous for brutally punishing every mistake. Sometime soon Fischer got better at seeing the tactics or started moving more responsibly. Spring 1957 - Bobby barely 14 years old.
In a year, Bobby was routinely playing the world's best players. 15 years later Euwe put the laurel wreath of World Champion around Bobby's neck. Max Euwe - Robert James
Fischer [D35]
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James Fischer [B91]
This is the only game Cardoso won in the match. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mar-02-08 rjsolcruz: IM Cardoso, now 60+ years old and concentrated to coaching, conducted a chess workshop for children of MERALCO employees last March 1, 2008 at the Lopez Bldg in Pasig City. The workshop is part of the 105th Anniversary of MERALCO, RP's #1 electric utility. And chess is part of the MERALCOlympics event. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rudolfo Tan Cardoso - Robert
James Fischer [B91] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.h3 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.c3 Bb7 15.Qd1 Nc5 16.f3 a5 17.Be3 Ba6 18.Rc1 Rab8 19.f4 bxc3 20.Rxc3 Rxb2 21.Rf2 Qb6 22.Rc1 Qb3 23.Nc3 exf4 24.Rxb2 Qxb2 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.gxf4 c4 27.Nd5 Bc5+ 28.Kh2 Bb4 29.Rc2 Qb3 30.e5 Qxa4 31.Be4 g6 32.Qg4 Bb7 33.Nf6+ Kg7 34.Qh4 Rc8 35.Qxh7+ Kf8 36.e6 Rc7 37.Qg8+ Ke7 38.Qxf7+ Kd8 39.Rd2+ Bd5 40.Rxd5+ 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another loss - I look at the losses not to put Bobby down but to show the games that convinced him to try harder and look deeper - he would soon come to absolutely despise losing. There should be a trend of these losses lasting longer and longer and in many cases he was winning all game until he blundered. The losses also become rarer and rarer and soon only the best could beat him although every dog has his day. M Otteson - Robert James
Fischer [A05]
Not much evidence here of the future 2780 Fischer except perhaps trying too hard to win an even game. In a year's time Bobby outgrew his entire nation! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- M Otteson - Robert James
Fischer [A05] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 e5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.b5 Ncxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.0-0 Nf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bxb2 13.Rb1 Bg7 14.Nc4 Bh3 15.Re1 Bc3 16.Bxb7 Bxe1 17.Qxe1 Rb8 18.Bf3 Qg5 19.a4 Qc5 20.Ne3 Be6 21.c4 a6 22.Rd1 axb5 23.cxb5 Bb3 24.Rc1 Qd4 25.Rxc7 Qxa4 26.Qc3 Be6 27.Bc6 Rfc8 28.Re7 d5 29.Qf6 Rxc6 30.bxc6 Qxc6 31.Ng4 Qc1+ 32.Kg2 Rf8 33.Rxe6 fxe6 34.Qxe6+ Kg7 35.Qe5+ Kf7 36.f4 Rc8 37.Nh6+ Kf8 38.Qh8+ Ke7 39.Qxh7+ Kd6 40.Qxg6+ Kc5 41.Qd3 Qc4 42.Ng4 Rg8 43.Ne5 Qxf4 44.Qc3+ Kb5 45.Qc6+ Ka5 46.Qxd5+ Ka4 47.Qxg8 Qxe5 48.Qc4+ Ka3 49.h4 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- famous brilliancy, Robert James Fischer - James T
Sherwin [B40] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nbd2 Rb8 8.Re1 d6 9.c3 b6 10.d4 Qc7 11.e5 Nd5 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Ne4 c4 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Ng5 Nce7 16.Qc2 Ng6 17.h4 Nf6 18.Nxh7 Nxh7 19.h5 Nh4 20.Bf4 Qd8 21.gxh4 Rb7 22.h6 Qxh4 23.hxg7 Kxg7 24.Re4 Qh5 25.Re3 f5 26.Rh3 Qe8 27.Be5+ Nf6 28.Qd2 Kf7 29.Qg5 Qe7 30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.Rh7+ Ke8 32.Qxf6 Rxh7 33.Bc6+ 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Santasiere - Robert
James Fischer [E67]
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James Fischer [E67] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd2 Nc5 12.Rc1 a5 13.Nb3 Rd8 14.Nd5 Qd6 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Qb3 Bf8 17.Rfd1 Kg7 18.Qf3 Ra6 19.e4 Rad6 20.a3 a4 21.Bf1 h5 22.h3 c6 23.Nc3 Rf6 24.Qxf6+ Kxf6 25.Rxd8 Bh6 26.Rcd1 Be6 27.Nxa4 Qa5 28.Nc3 h4 29.Kg2 hxg3 30.fxg3 Be3 31.R8d3 Bd4 32.b4 Qa7 33.Ne2 c5 34.Nxd4 cxd4 35.Rf3+ Kg7 36.c5 f5 37.Bd3 Qxa3 38.Kg1 Qxb4 39.Rb1 Qxc5 40.Rxb7+ Kf6 41.exf5 Qd5 42.fxe6+ 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ James T Sherwin - Robert
James Fischer [E87]
Crazy blunderfest at lightning speed, no doubt. 50 moves in 50 minutes. March 1957 --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rookfile - Were you to stop the story here, there is nothing unusual or amazing about Bobby Fischer. Certainly he's a pretty good player, a low rated master, for example, but not as good as Reshevsky was at the same age. It was at this point that something happened, and the most dramatic upsurge in strength and talent the chess world has ever seen, occurred. The record shows that after finishing 6th in the New Western Open, Bobby would finish first, every time, in every tournament he played in on US soil, for the rest of his career. In 1957, this included the hat trick: the US Junior Championship, the US Open, and the US Championship. So, at the start of 1957, Bobby was perhaps an expert in chess strength. By the end of 1957, Fischer was a legitimate, 2500+ strength player. I don't believe the chess world has ever again seen such a dramatic upswing in strength in a single year. Mar-15-05 RookFile: I forgot one tournament: the Piatigorsky Cup, of 1966, where Fischer finishes 2nd to Spassky. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is why I am studying Fischer's losses in his breakthrough year, 1957. What happened?? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- James T Sherwin - Robert James
Fischer [E87] 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.f3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 f5 9.exf5 gxf5 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Nge2 Nc5 13.Bc2 b5 14.Ng3 Nf4 15.Nge2 b4 16.Na4 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Nxa4 18.Bxa4 Bd7 19.Bc2 a5 20.c5 a4 21.c6 b3 22.axb3 axb3 Nxe2+ 23.Bxb3 Qb8 24.Qc4 Be8 25.h4 f4 26.Bf2 Bg6 27.h5 Bf5 28.h6 Bf6 29.Kd2 Ra5 30.Ra1 Rb5 31.Ba7 Rxb3 32.Bxb8 Rxb2+ 33.Kc1 Rfxb8 34.Rd1 Bh4 35.Ra2 R2b4 36.Qa6 R8b5 37.Kd2 Rxd5+ 38.Ke2 Rxd1 39.Kxd1 Rd4+ 40.Ke2 Bd3+ 41.Qxd3 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall
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Fischer's death eight months later hit me the same way. So what.
At first I was numb - He died 35 years ago when he quit tournament Chess.
Then after a few days I remembered how much of my life Fischer affected, I
have been a Chess Master for over 30 years. I have played over all of
Fischer's game. I have imitated hundreds of his ideas in my games.
A Fischer game is really a sporting event, like a Muhammad Ali fight, a Mike
Tyson fight, a Tal game, a Kasparov game. Fischer enjoyed one more day
of life than Karl Marx did.
