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2 Texas Tech staffers at center of online chess scandal (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:30:00 GMT

Chess can be something of a staid affair. But a dispute involving members of the governing chess organization in the United States has erupted into a legal fight that has all the passion of a Bobby Fischer tantrum.

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2 Texas Tech staffers at center of Web chess scandal (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:30:00 GMT

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Claims of Fake Web Postings Roil the Chess World (New York Times)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:53:22 GMT

A dispute involving members of the governing chess organization in the United States has erupted into a legal fight that has all the passion of a Bobby Fischer tantrum.

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Pushovers! (INSTAPUTZ)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:14:00 GMT

Boy, it didn't take much to appease the nutters , eh? Well played, Obama -- even if the move is meant to placate 404 of the craziest people this side of Bobby Fischer.

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Arise King Magnus? (The Closet Grandmaster)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:00 GMT

Melbourne's The Age newspaper boldly declares, "The search for Bobby Fischer is over." Now, for those of you who argue that chess is a game, not a sport, and therefore has no more right to be discussed in these pages than, say, the world cluedo championships, you're probably right. Regardless, the rise of "Magnificent Magnus" has chess fans hopping. They've needed a new Bobby Fischer...

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Book Review: The Art of Learning (South Carolina Trial Law Blog)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:04:59 GMT

I just finished reading the Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin. Josh was the young chess prodigy that was featured in the movie Waiting for Bobby Fischer. Well, Josh has gone from winning a number of National chess championships to...

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Hating the media? (Susan Polgar Chess Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (SusanPolgar) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:16:00 GMT

Fischer hated press -- sometimes for good reason Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:59 AM By SHELBY LYMAN The media were the bane of Bobby Fischer's existence. He avoided them, fled from them, even once asked a friend whether it was legal to kill a journalist. Friends were warned never to give reporters information about him. Those who did were summarily excluded from Fischer's...

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Chess Boxing - Rocky Balboa Vs Bobby Fischer (TREND HUNTER Magazine)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:24:37 GMT

(TrendHunter.com) You may soon see "My Chess Champion Child Kicked Your Kid's Ass" bumper stickers as an odd new hybrid sport gains momentum. Chess Boxing is a sport that combines chess, the sophisticated game of strategy,…

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Bobby the maximalist (Susan Polgar Chess Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (SusanPolgar) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:14:00 GMT

Fischer even swam as if victory were only option Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:55 AM By SHELBY LYMAN Bobby Fischer was a maximalist who set his eyes on the world chess championship before he became a teenager. In person, he could be genial and even seemingly relaxed, but most of his conscious moments seemed subsumed to his ultimate goal. Like a Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan or Tiger...

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Busta Lee Ann Rhymes, Sai Baba and Bob Ross in Child Death Cult, Bobby Fischer Vs Christ, Invisible Dog, I love Hearses. (Dekionplexis)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:41:00 GMT

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Never been published FR games (Susan Polgar Chess Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (SusanPolgar) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:47:00 GMT

I recently found many additional pictures of me playing Fischer Random chess with Bobby Fischer. In addition, I also found a number of our games scores. Maybe one day when I have time, I will publish them with full analysis :) Chess news from Susan Polgar

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JAMS DEAN - Bobby Fischer (The Hype Machine)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:07:55 GMT

in post Meet Jams Dean from CreamTeam .

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A truly great player (Susan Polgar Chess Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (SusanPolgar) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:49:00 GMT

27-time champion was formidable even in old age Saturday, July 5, 2008 3:06 AM By SHELBY LYMAN How strong a player was Emanuel Lasker, who was world champion for 27 years (1894-1921)? A young Bobby Fischer obscured Lasker's legacy when he wrote in 1964 that he "was a coffeehouse player" who "knew nothing about openings and didn't understand positional chess." For many, Fischer's...

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The next potential Bobby Fischer (Susan Polgar Chess Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (SusanPolgar) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:16:00 GMT

Chess: The rapid ascent of Magnus Carlsen July 6, 2008 Bill Cornwall Carlsen is for real: Erasing all doubts, 17 ½-year-old Magnus Carlsen of Norway has established himself as the next potential Bobby Fischer . In the past few years, the teen has soared into the supergrandmaster category, but just recently he stunned everyone when he won a major event in the Ukraine. He not only bested...

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‘Wanted’: The Man Who Would Be Kingpin (News & Information)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Whatever else you might want to say about it, Mark Millar’s graphic novel “Wanted” was one of the most effective evocations of nerd-boy rage since the days of Bobby Fischer. Obscene, misogynistic, scatological,……Read more

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What Bobby Fischer lost (Susan Polgar Chess Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (SusanPolgar) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:11:00 GMT

Chess by Larry Evans: What Bobby Fischer lost June 15, 2008 Bobby Fischer wrested the title of World Chess Champion from Boris Spassky in 1972 at age 29, but his refusal to defend it against Anatoly Karpov in 1975 was disastrous. Most fans expected him to win and wondered if he was crazy for spurning millions to play Karpov in a match. Everyone was disappointed. His colleagues...

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20 in a row (Susan Polgar Chess Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (SusanPolgar) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:09:00 GMT

Winning streak set Fischer apart as dominant force Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:56 AM By SHELBY LYMAN Perhaps the best estimate of a world champion's strength is how he compares with his contemporaries. Garry Kasparov thinks that, by this metric, no one ranks higher than Bobby Fischer, who won an unprecedented 20 straight games against grandmaster opposition in a 1971-72 run-up to...

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Multitasking is the Enemy of Learning (HD BizBlog)

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:16:52 GMT

Josh Waitzkin, one of the world’s most recognizable chess personalities, gained popular fame as the subject of his father’s book turned movie “Searching for Bobby Fischer”. Josh stepped back from chess at 22, to explore his interest in Eastern Philosophy and Tai Chi Chuan. In 2004, Waitzkin became a world champion in Tai [...]

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Bobby Fischer: Chess King, Intellectual Pawn (Jeremayakovka)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:14:43 GMT

In "Knave's Gambit," John-Paul parses chess prodigy Bobby Fischer's late-life anti-Americanism and antisemitism: Fischer was not mentally disorganized. He was instead a base and, partly, stupid man. Cognitively, he was a genius. His intellectual deficit was emotional. Fischer was aware...

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Breaking News: Fischer's daughter inheritance (Susan Polgar Chess Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (SusanPolgar) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:11:00 GMT

Fischer heiress to get share of P140-M estate soon Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 02:52:00 06/05/2008 MANILA, Philippines—Jinky Young, the late Bobby Fischer’s Filipino child, will soon receive her share of the estate left by the chess icon estimated at P140 million, excluding gold deposits and royalty from the movie, “Bobby Fischer Goes to War.” This was...

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