Bobby Fischer’s unbeatable doppelganger foe….

October 9, 2009

Bobby Fischer tragic hero of American Chess Often greatness in the universe is counter balanced in a space time continuum by a doppelganger separated by generations. Take for example “exhibit A” boxer Jack Dempsey who was reincarnated in the ring as “exhibit B” Mike Tyson. Jack grew up poor and on the wrong side of [...]

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William Lombardy vs Miguel Quinteros

September 28, 2009

The Best of Father Bill William Lombardy (Bill) is a very interesting man, he’s a former Roman Catholic Priest; chief second to Bobby Fischer in the 1972 World Chess Championship vs. Boris Spassky as well as being World Junior Chess Champion. Bill is one of those players that due to time and circumstances of life [...]

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Boxing and Chess

September 22, 2009

Boxing Ratings Ring Magazine June 1994 THE BOBBY FISCHER OF THE RING by Steve Farhood, Editor-in-Chief, Ring Magazine While we’re not certain there’s a perfect system to rate boxers, we’re sure the WBA, WBC, and IBF could use some help. Maybe they should turn to Paul J. Powell Jr., a Ring reader from New Castle, [...]

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World Open June 1990

September 17, 2009

My opponent Mladen Vucic was rated 2495 USCF when this game took place. This game has been among my favorites as the tactical theme that I played was figured out over the chess board. I had no previous experience with this line or specific theme. Finding something new over the chess board gave me great [...]

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One Minute Chess

September 15, 2009

This chess game has a simple win, it actually has two different theme. You can miss many things at one minute chess. [Event ""] [Site "Chessmaster, NET"] [Date "2009.09.15"] [Round ""] [White ""] [Black ""] [CBBWhiteId "*"] [CBBBlackId "*"] [Result "*"] [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.09.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul [...]

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