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High Expectations of Chess Enthusiasts from Bobby Fischer, the Restless, Patient, Tenacious and Resilient Chess Genius

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Express and News San Antonio, Texas Saturday, June 20, 1959

Championship Chess By Blake Stevens, Texas State Champion
Bobby Fischer, the 16-year-old chess genius, is in the middle of another important chess tournament.
After winning the U.S. Open, the U.S. Absolute, and qualifying in the Candidate's Tournament at Portoroz, Yugoslavia, he went to South America and tied for third, behind Najdorf and Pachman. This disappointed many of his followers! And Fischer only 16!
Already there is a sense of great expectations every time he participates in a big tournament. The chess world has accepted the fact that Fischer is good, very good, and now it appears the adjectives will have to be more glowingly superlative.

Zurich
Fischer is restless. He finishes one tournament and is ready to move on to the next. On one occasion he completed a tournament, barely caught a plane in time to enter a following tournament.
Older players like a little rest in between, and some need it, as tournaments are trying, sometimes to the point of nervous exhaustion. This does not bother Fischer. In fact, at Zurich, he has played long games (against Larsen, 85 moves; against Barcza, 95), with what looks like a deliberate attempt to wear down his senior competition.
Since youth is a weapon more fitted to Fischer's hands than any other player, why not use it to full advantage? We know Bobby has patience and tenacity, but resiliency?
Resiliency is the ability to bounce back after a loss. In golf it is the ability to regain one's composure after a bad hole. Fischer has lost a few games in his major tournament career. (I can think of three), and his score after the loss was satisfactory so it can be assumed that he possesses this quality. He had a score of 8-2 at Zurich, but met Gligorich who defeated him.
Tal, that barracuda, is leading with 9½-1½, a phenomenal score when you consider he lost his first round game Tied with Fischer is Gligorich and Keres, followed by Larsen, Barcza, Olafsson, Unzicker, Donner, Bhend, (who beat Tal), Kupper, Keller, Walther, Duckstein, Blau, and Nievergelt. Four rounds remaining. Fischer is scheduled to play the Russian Grandmaster, Paul Keres, next. A tie for second or third would be a fine achievement. We will report the outcome soon.

1959, High Expectations of Chess Enthusiasts from Bobby Fischer, the Restless, Patient, Tenacious and Resilient chess genius

Andreas Dueckstein vs Robert James Fischer
Zurich (1959), Zurich SUI, rd 7, May-27
Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation (B53) 0-1

Brief Encounter Andreas Duckstein, who is remembered for his victory over Botvinnik in the team matches, is led to the slaughter without much resistance. He chooses to play a line against the Sicilian which gives him highly rapid development at the most of the minor exchange (he trades Bishop for Knight).
He hopes that Black's Q3 Pawn will be weak, but finds that Black has more than adequate compensation if White goes after the pawn. Then he places his pieces so that they interfere with each other. Fischer breaks in the center (17. ...P-Q4—so thematic in the Sicilian!) and it is soon over.
(a) Exposing the Queen, and not so strong as NxP.
(b) A beautiful position to illustrate our previous remarks on “Maximum Potential” White has quickly developed and now must take a definite action or else an aimless shifting of pieces will bring on a state of decay. This is just what happens! White has just protected his King Pawn, and now considered BxN and QxP.
(c) Now if 12. BxN BxB; 13. QxQP BxN; 14. PxB QxRP (or BP), leaves White's position shattered.
(d) White does not know what to do, and he is still ahead in development. 12. P-QN4 (weak though it seems) is worth a try. 12. ... Q-R6; 13. QR-QN1 threatening 14. B-B1 or 14. R-N3 and 15. P-N5.
(e) Now Black's Q3 is sufficiently protected and he has an edge.
(f) A long and deep move designed to immobilize White's King Knight.
(g) Not a rational move, but trappy.
(h) A fine defensive move (17. R-R3, Queen moves; 18. P-K5 was the threat).
(i) 17. NxB or 17 P-KB3 is better.
(j) White's position is seamy. All kinds of pawns are exposed.
(k) SO that 21. KNxP QBxN; 22. RxB, P-K4.
(l) Black made no mistakes and White made a few too many.

'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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