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Bill Wall's Wonderful World of Chess by Bill Wall Bobby Fischer Trivia Bobby Fischer’s first experience with a chess master was during a simultaneous exhibition given by Senior Master Dr. Max Pavey in Brooklyn in 1951. Fischer lost his queen and the game in 15 minutes and burst into tears when he lost. In that same exhibition, Edmar Mednis, age 14, played and drew his game with Dr. Pavey. Dr. Pavey would die a few years later from radiation poisoning. Fischer’s only chess instructor was Carmine Nigro, President of the Brooklyn Chess and Checker Club, and not Jack Collins. Fischer’s first USCF rating was 1826. In 1955, Fischer was the youngest member of the Manhattan Chess Club, at age 12. In November, 1955, Fischer gave his first simultaneous exhibition. It was at the Manhattan Chess Club. He won all 12 games from a youth group. Fischer first appeared on the cover of Chess Review magazine in January, 1956. It was entitled “Small Time, Big Time” and an article appeared about his simultaneous exhibition. His picture was on the cover of Chess Review in December, 1956 for his “Game of the Century” with Donald Byrne. Fischer first appeared on television as a 13 year old in June, 1956. He appeared with Arlene Francis on the “Home Show” on NBC. Fischer became a master at the age of 13 years, 3 months, 29 days after winning the U.S. Junior Championship in 1956. His rating was 2321 and ranked #33 in the nation. He was the youngest ever to win the U.S. Junior Championship. He won a portable typewriter. His record as youngest U.S. master stood until July 1977, when Joel Benjamin became a master at 13 years, 3 months. Fischer’s first chess game to appear in print was a game he won from Dr. Peter Lapiken in the 1956 U.S. Open. It appeared in the September, 1956 issue of Chess Review. Fischer became an International Master at the age of 14 years, 10 months after winning the 1957/58 U.S. Championship. He also became the youngest person to win the U.S. Championship. Bobby Fischer was U.S. champion eight times in eight attempts, from 1957 to 1966, including an 11-0 score in 1963-64. Out of 90 games in U.S. championships, he only lost 3 games. He scored 74 out of 90 for an 82.2% winning record. In May, 1958, Fischer appeared on Garry Moore’s “I’ve Got a Secret” television show. He stumped the panel, which included Dick Clark. His secret was that he was the U.S. chess champion. For stumping the panel, he received two complimentary airline tickets to Europe. In September, 1958, he became the world’s youngest World Champion Candidate (a record he held until 2005 when Magnus Carlson qualified) and International Grandmaster at age 15 years and 6 months after taking fifth-sixth place at the Portoroz Interzonal. His record as the youngest GM held until 1991, when Judit Polgar broke his record. Fischer attended Erasmus High School where he was a classmate of Barbra Streisand. He dropped out of school when he turned 16 to devote his whole time to chess. He said his two favorite subjects were Spanish and Geometry. Fischer’s favorite actor was Marlon Brando. Fischer didn’t watch television because he feared it was giving off radiation. The first book on Bobby Fischer was published in Stockholm in 1962. Fischer had planned on playing over 400 opponents in a simultaneous exhibition in New York on November 27, 1963, but it was postponed and cancelled because of President Kennedy’s assassination. In 1964, Fischer played 1,882 games in a nationwide simultaneous exhibition. He won 1,719 games, drew 102 games, and lost 61 games. In 1964, Fischer took a physical examination for the military, but was rejected. In 1966, Fischer played Boris Spassky at the Piatigorsky Cup in Santa Monica. Over 1,000 people watched the game, the largest audience for a chess game in U.S. history. From 1966 to 1966, Fischer wrote a chess column for Boys’ Life, the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America. In 1970, he won a blitz grandmaster tournament 4.5 points ahead of the field, which included Tal, Korchnoi, and Petrosian. He rattled off the moves of all 22 games after the tournament. Fischer won 19 games in a row, with no losses or draws, against top Grandmasters. In 1972, Fischer won the world chess championship and $250,000. He gave $61,200 of that money to the Worldwide Church of God. Fischer’s peak USCF rating was 2825. His peak FIDE or Elo rating was 2785 after defeating Taimanov (6-0), Larsen (6-0), and Petrosian. His rating was 2780 after defeating Spassky. Fischer was the 11th official world chess champion, from 1972 to 1975. Anatoly Karpov met secretly with Bobby Fischer three times, in Japan, Washington, DC, and Manila. Fischer defeated Boris Spassky 18 games, losing 10 games, and drawing 33 games during their careers. In 1981, Fischer was arrested in Pasadena, California after he matched the description of a man who had just committed a bank robbery. In 1985, Fischer was the first person inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2001. His display was sponsored by Bill Wall. In 1988, Fischer patented the Fischer digital clock that adds a small increment of time after each completed move. The prize fund for the 1992 match between Fischer and Spassky was $5 million, with the winner getting two-thirds of the money. In 1996, Fischer announced and advocated Fischer Random Chess, also known as Chess960. Fischer had one daughter, Jinky Ong (Young), born in 2001. Fischer died of degenerative kidney (renal) failure on January 17, 2008. Fischer’s estate is estimated to be worth more than $2 million. In tournaments and matches, Fischer played 748 games, winning 415, drawing 248, and losing 85 games in his career, scoring 72% overall. Fischer played for the U.S. on four U.S. Chess Olympiad teams. He won the silver medal three times for individual result, and two silver medals for team result. He won 40, drew 18, and lost seven games in Olympiad play.
Fischer won
the Chess Oscar three times – 1970, 1971, and 1972. Bill Walls Wonderful World of Chess
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