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MatPlus.Net Forum Competitions Studies in memoriam Bobby Fischer
 
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(1) Posted by Gerhard Josten [Friday, Nov 7, 2008 15:01]

Studies in memoriam Bobby Fischer


Dear chess friends,
I´ve started an endgame tourney in memoriam Bobby Fischer. Details are to be seen under http://www.mynetcologne.de/~nc-jostenge/Bobby.htm.
Regards
Gerhard
 
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(2) Posted by Sergiy Didukh [Sunday, Dec 28, 2008 18:53]

In his book “Studies in the eyes of grandmasters”1982, G.Nadareishvili writes on page 5:
“Together with the world champions A.Karpov and M.Chiburdanidze and all the ex-champions (except R.Fisher) many leading soviet and foreign grandmasters have expressed their approval to the study.
V.Archakov in his “Grandmasters’ compositions” 1985 gives studies by the world champions and states on page 4 that all of the greats have composed a few studies of their own, except B.Spaskiy and R.Fisher.
It’s well-known that Boris Spaskiy likes our art very much. But what about Fisher? Is it just Soviet propaganda or was he indeed only interested in over-the-board chess?

Now I wonder if it is going to be a kind of “composers’ revenge” by not sending their works to the money-less and judge-less memoriam tourney organized by G.Josten? Or the fact of organizing such a tourney is already a revenge. For the moment I have this feeling.
 
 
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(3) Posted by Yochanan Afek [Thursday, Jan 1, 2009 12:25]

There is no true chess passion without the love for endgame studies!All chess greats have been fond of endgame studies and Bobby Fischer was no exception!
A couple of years ago I was invited to play a chess match and to give a series of lectures about endgame studies in Frnken, Germany. Hotel-restaurant Pulvermuhle which hosted the chess festival belongs to the family of over the board GM Michael Bezold who himself is a great studies lover. He told me about the history of this institute which had hosted many of the chess greats over the years. At the end of 1990 Fischer stayed there incognito for a couple of months.Young Michael used to iclude studies solving in his training program. When Fischer passed by the board he used to give it a try too and usually spotted the solution in no time. When he failed to do so he went to his room and did not show up until he finally managed to crack the tough nut.This curious visit of the American genious was suddenly interrupted when one morning he spotted another guest as a journalist.It was indeed a reporter of the magazine "Stern" and Fischer immediately left the place and never came back...
 
   
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(4) Posted by Marjan Kovačević [Friday, Jan 2, 2009 01:03]

It is probably the GM Pal Benko who could give the most objective answer. There are several stories about Benko (and other chess players and problemists, too) challenging Fisher with chess problems and endgames. Right now I have in mind one threemover and one helpmate as subjects of such Benko-Fischer duels, very much reminding on Steinitz-Loyd duels. The Yochanan's story quite matches the image of Fischer's readiness to be challenged with various chess forms.
What I know about the Sergiy's question is what Fischer himself told me in 1992. It was during the most exciting job I ever had, reporting from the Fischer - Spasky match in St. Stefan and Belgrade. At the end of the first part, held in Sveti Stefan, there was a party with Bobby Fisher surprisingly cheerful, dancing to the Yugoslav folk music and even accepting to talk with some funs.
The young English journalist, I believe Katie Forbs is her name, asked Bobby to play a game. Instead of a reply, there was the question: "What is your rating?" Of course, her Elo rating was quite modest, but Bobby accepted to play. I assisted with my small magnetic chess board and enjoyed watching the short duel.
There was a wonderful blitz dialog at the end of the game. Katie lost a material in a difficult position and immediately gave-up the fight, with a question: "Where did I make the mistake?" The answer was calm and gentleman-like: "At the end"!
Then, I asked Bobby if he liked to solve chess problems at all, and if yes, which kinds? His answer was positive and I remember very well the surprising part of it: he mentioned helpmates, among others!
Indeed, he was willing to solve a couple of problems, helpmates and threemovers, on this small board. Even when his bodyguards came to take him away, he got up and stood a minute by the table, until pointing the key-move, to leave the room with the mission completed.
 
   
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(5) Posted by Hauke Reddmann [Friday, Jan 2, 2009 15:38]

Allow me a Freudian speculation:
Bobby wanted to be king of the hill in everything he did.
He surely could have made a great study, but there *isn't*
even a World Champion of problem composition.

So let's enjoy his great games instead.

Hauke
 
 
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