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<title>Fischer's Father: The Latest News</title>
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<description>That Bobby Fischer's father was not Gerhardt Fischer but Paul Nemenyi has been known for some time now. What is news, however, is that Fischer knew this - apparently from an...</description>
<dc:creator>Dennis Monokroussos</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2009-09-21T22:09+00:00</dc:date>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[That Bobby Fischer's father was not Gerhardt Fischer but Paul Nemenyi has been known for some time now. What is news, however, is that Fischer knew this - apparently from an early age.<br />
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More <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bobby-fischer21-2009sep21,0,1824779,full.story">here</a>.<br />
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HT: Brian Karen]]></content:encoded>
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<title>In Memory of  a More Hopeful Time</title>
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<description>HT: Ben Vinyard...</description>
<dc:creator>Dennis Monokroussos</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2009-06-14T21:06+00:00</dc:date>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[HT: Ben Vinyard<br />
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<title>Fischer on Cavett</title>
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<description>It doesn't seem like the full interview, but here are seven minutes' worth of Bobby Fischer on the Dick Cavett Show, from back in 1971....</description>
<dc:creator>Dennis Monokroussos</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2009-05-06T02:05+00:00</dc:date>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It doesn't seem like the full interview, but here are seven minutes' worth of Bobby Fischer on the Dick Cavett Show, from back in 1971.<br />
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(HT: Brian Karen)<br />
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<title>Why I Hate The Media, Reason 12,584: Schaap on Fischer</title>
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<description>Ever since I was interviewed as a teenager by the local paper and saw the "reporter" regularly change and ignore my answers my esteem for the fourth estate has been pretty...</description>
<dc:creator>Dennis Monokroussos</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2009-02-25T04:02+00:00</dc:date>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ever since I was interviewed as a teenager by the local paper and saw the "reporter" regularly change and ignore my answers my esteem for the fourth estate has been pretty low, and little I've seen since then has changed my general opinion. (Here's an example from that first interview. Q: Who are some of your idols? A: As a Christian, I don't have idols, but some players whose chess I admire include.... Print version: Some of Dennis' idols include....) It would be unfair to tar all members of the media with the same brush, and I have known and been interviewed by conscientious individuals whose desire for a story doesn't trump the mandate to speak and write the truth and the value of doing good in the world. All too often, though, the story - or ideology - comes first.<br />
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I offer this as a preface to <a href="http://jimwestonchess.blogspot.com/2008/02/schaaps-article-on-fischer.html">an old Dick Schaap story about Bobby Fischer</a> (scroll down that page to find it), which Jim West has kindly transcribed on <a href="http://jimwestonchess.blogspot.com/">his blog</a>. Even the article's header is offensive: "Whatever Happened to Bobby Fischer? Our Peripatetic Reporter Pursues an Old Friend". <a href="http://jimwestonchess.blogspot.com/2008/02/schaaps-article-on-fischer.html">Read the article</a> for yourself, and when you're done, if you pray, thank God that you don't have "friends" like this.<br />
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(HT: Brian Karen)]]></content:encoded>
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<title>1 Year Ago Today</title>
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<dc:creator>Dennis Monokroussos</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2009-01-17T10:01+00:00</dc:date>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[...Bobby Fischer died. So much was wrong in his life, but we'll always have his chess.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Rogoff-Spencer, annotated by Fischer</title>
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<dc:creator>Dennis Monokroussos</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-08-25T00:08+00:00</dc:date>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kenneth Rogoff is a retired American grandmaster now best known as an economist, but there are some interesting materials on <a href="http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/rogoff">his website</a> (see <a href="http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/rogoff/Biography_Rogoff">this page</a>) looking back at his chess career. One such article, from the October 1969 <i>Boys Life</i>, looks at his win over Steve Spencer from that year's U.S. Junior Championship (won by Rogoff). <a href="http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/rogoff/files/Fischer69.pdf">The article</a> is by none other than Bobby Fischer, and thus especially worth a look.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Quotation Time #12</title>
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<dc:creator>Dennis Monokroussos</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-06-15T21:06+00:00</dc:date>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="firstinpost">Here's a fun one:</p>

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<p>Word was getting around about Bobby Fischer. From the first rumors of a talented kid from Brooklyn, he was now appearing regularly at the speed tournaments, and getting progressively better scores. At one point, however, I had beaten him four times in a row, and he cried at least once, revealing the depth of his intensity for the game. But one night at the Marshall Chess Club rapids we played a French Defense and a very peculiar thing happened. In the middle of the game Bobby made a strong move and I suddenly had an almost physical sense of the power emanating from it. And Bobby moved again with the same effect; it was as if he was playing with dynamic rays of force that I had a heightened sensitivity to. It happened once more, and my position was busted, as the coffee house players would say. I never won another game from Bobby, and I wonder if any other players have had this experience while opposing him.</p>
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<p>Who said (or rather, wrote) it?</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Fischer-Keres: A resignation puzzle</title>
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<description>Some time ago on this blog, there was a discussion about how lost a position should be before one resigned. One opinion expressed a preference for a delayed resignation, so as...</description>
<dc:creator>Dennis Monokroussos</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-04-24T17:04+00:00</dc:date>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some time ago on this blog, there was a discussion about how lost a position should be before one resigned. One opinion expressed a preference for a delayed resignation, so as to allow amateurs to see how exactly the win ought to be achieved. As a general rule, I'm not sure I agree, but it has to be said that the following example helps my interlocutor's case.<br />
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White has just played 81.f6 and Keres resigned. Black is indeed losing, and even if the players weren't more than strong enough to figure out over the board why Black is lost, there had been two adjournments prior to this point. For us, however, it might not be immediately evident. It's a good exercise to work out how White wins this, especially against best defense by Black.<br />
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The solution, when you're ready for it, is <a href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/fischer_keres_zurich1959.htm">here</a>.]]></content:encoded>
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