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Behind the scenes with Bobby Fischer and Pal Benko.

January 1966

  1. (Bobby Fischer 1966 Blog) (★) (Image) The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, January 01, 1966 - Page 2, “Bobby Wins”

March 1966

  1. (Bobby Fischer 1966 Blog) (★) (★) (★) (Image) (Image) The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville, Tennessee, Sunday, March 13, 1966 - Page 3, “Chess Problem” & “Is The U.S. Chess King Really A Prima Donna?”

July 01 1966

Jacqueline Piatigorsky stands near as Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky take a break following their drawn game in the Penultimate Round of the Piatigorsky Cup tourney, 1966.
Group photo of challengers featured in the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup Tournament.

July 16 1966

Gregor and Jacqueline Piatigorsky watching Bent Larsen and Bobby Fischer playing chess, Calif., July 16, 1966 in the Piatigorsky Cup.

July 17 1966

Samuel Reshevsky vs Robert James Fischer

July 17, 1966 Piatigorsky Cup Chess tournament. Samuel Reshevsky plays white against Robert J. Fischer. Invitational chess tournament for some of the world's best players which lasted a month. This was opening day. Isaac Kashdan is located just to the back of Bobby Fischer.
July 17, 1966 Piatigorsky Cup Chess tournament. Samuel Reshevsky plays white against Robert J. Fischer. Invitational chess tournament for some of the world's best players which lasted a month. This was opening day. Isaac Kashdan is located just to the back of Bobby Fischer.

August 01, 1966

October 1966

United States Olympiad team in Havana, 1966. Left to Right: Larry Evans, William Addison, Pal Benko, Bobby Fischer, Nicholas Rossolimo, Robert Byrne, and Team Captain Donald Byrne.
Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Tal at the chess olympiad in Havana, 1966.

October 26 1966

Olavo Yepez of Uruguay plays the white pieces against Bobby Fischer, first round of the Havana Olympiad in Havana, Cuba, October 26, 1966.

November 14, 1966

Boris Spassky and Robert Fischer at Havana 1966 Olympiad.

Four World Chess Champions including Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Tal and Bobby Fischer, from Havana Chess Olympiad, November 14, 1966.
Robert Fischer vs. Boris Spassky, 17th Olympiad, Havana November 14, 1966.

November 15, 1966

Bobby Fischer during a game at the Chess Olympiad in Havana, Cuba, November 15, 1966.

November 16, 1966

Gheorghiu-Fischer (17th Olympiad, Havana 1966). The Romanian scored a win.

November 18, 1966

Chess players Eleazar Jiménez and Bobby Fischer during the 1966 Chess Olympiad, Havana.
Havana Olympiad, Florin Gheorghiu vs Robert James Fischer, 1966.

December 01, 1966

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Recommended Books

Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:
Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
“What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.		 To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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