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    Copyright © 2020 by John Donaldson All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Donaldson, John (William John), 1958- author. Title: Bobby Fischer and his world / by John Donaldson. Description: First Edition. | Los Angeles : Siles Press, 2020. Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020031501 ISBN 9781890085193 (Trade Paperback) ISBN 9781890085544 (eBook) Subjects: LCSH: Fischer, Bobby, 1943-2008. | Chess players--United States--Biography. | Chess players--Anecdotes. | Chess--Collections of games. | Chess--Middle games. | Chess--Anecdotes. | Chess--History. Classification: LCC GV1439.F5 D66 2020 | DDC 794.1092 [B]--dc23 Cover Design and Artwork by Wade Lageose a division of Silman-James Press, Inc. www.silmanjamespress.com [email protected] CONTENTS Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii A Note to the Reader xx Part One – Beginner to U.S. Junior Champion 1 1. Growing Up in Brooklyn 3 2. First Tournaments 10 U.S. Amateur Championship (1955) 10 U.S. Junior Open (1955) 13 3. Ron Gross, The Man Who Knew Bobby Fischer 33 4. Correspondence Player 43 5. Cache of Gems (The Targ Donation) 47 6. “The year 1956 turned out to be a big one for me in chess.” 51 7. “Let’s schusse!” 57 8. “Bobby Fischer rang my doorbell.” 71 9. 1956 Tournaments 81 U.S. Amateur Championship (1956) 81 U.S. Junior (1956) 87 U.S Open (1956) 88 Third Lessing J.
  • Glossary of Chess

    Glossary of Chess

    Glossary of chess See also: Glossary of chess problems, Index of chess • X articles and Outline of chess • This page explains commonly used terms in chess in al- • Z phabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, • References like fork and pin. For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of chess-related games, see Chess variants. 1 A Contents : absolute pin A pin against the king is called absolute since the pinned piece cannot legally move (as mov- ing it would expose the king to check). Cf. relative • A pin. • B active 1. Describes a piece that controls a number of • C squares, or a piece that has a number of squares available for its next move. • D 2. An “active defense” is a defense employing threat(s) • E or counterattack(s). Antonym: passive. • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P Envelope used for the adjournment of a match game Efim Geller • Q vs. Bent Larsen, Copenhagen 1966 • R adjournment Suspension of a chess game with the in- • S tention to finish it later. It was once very common in high-level competition, often occurring soon af- • T ter the first time control, but the practice has been • U abandoned due to the advent of computer analysis. See sealed move. • V adjudication Decision by a strong chess player (the ad- • W judicator) on the outcome of an unfinished game. 1 2 2 B This practice is now uncommon in over-the-board are often pawn moves; since pawns cannot move events, but does happen in online chess when one backwards to return to squares they have left, their player refuses to continue after an adjournment.
  • Issue CT-300 of Chess Today

    Issue CT-300 of Chess Today

    The First Daily Chess Newspaper on the Net Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky. CT-300, 3 September 2001 Zagrebelny maintains not big , this tournament is a Chess Today very prestigious tournament. lead in AbuDhabi Mikhail Tal had a huge Celebrates its' collection of Moscow Lighting th samovars. This prize was also s reported in yesterday's CT, 300 Issue! won by Tigran Petrosian, David Sergei Zagrebelny is still a Bronstein, and Yury Averbah point and a half ahead of his nearest rivals. (this time he was the main arbiter). 8-time winner A th After drawing in the 7 Round of the AbuDhabi of the samovar, 68-years old Evgeni Vasiukov, Open he has 6 points. 11 (!) players have 4½. Some was also among the participants. results of the 7th Round: Safin – Zagrebelny ½:½, Bagirov – Kotsur ½:½ Vladimirov – The Russian Olympic team was prepared Dizdar ½:½, S. Gouliev – Gleizerov ½:½ for it’s match vs. China in Moscow Magerramov – Arkhipov 1:0. Top boards region last week, and the members from for the 8th Round: (6) Zagrebelny – Kotsur another town (St-Petersburg - Sergei (4½); (4½) Bagirov – Magerramov (4½); Rublevski – Kazan, and Peter Svidler (4½) Dizdar – S. Gouliev (4½), (4½) also were invited. In total there were 20 Barsov – Gleizerov (4½), (4½) Ulibin – participants in this round-robin system Safin (4½), (4½) Mherramzade – event). Vladimirov (4½) Sergei Rublevsky, Sergei Rublevsky lead almost the picture from whole tournament and his win was At the European Youth Chess www.kasparovchess highly deserved. Alexander Championships in Chalkidiki, Greece, tow Morozevich in the 3-5 rounds lost 3 rounds have been played.