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1964 “Bobby Fischer Chess” Articles

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January 01 1964

Robert Fischer (left) and Anthony Saidy in famous last-round game of the United States Chess Championship.
  1. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, January 01, 1964 - Page 22, “Fischer Keeps Title At Chess Tourney”
  2. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Wednesday, January 01, 1964 - Page 10, “Chess Finals Start Thursday”

  3. (Vague Mention) (★) The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Thursday, January 02, 1964 - Page 59, “While the gridmen bunked heads, Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn clinched the United States chess championship.”
  4. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (★) (Image) The Tampa Times Tampa, Florida Thursday, January 02, 1964 - Page 7, “Fischer Clinches U.S. Chess Title”

  5. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas Thursday, January 02, 1964 - Page 12, “Bobby Fischer, No Defeats, No Ties in Ten Games”
  6. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, January 04, 1964 - Page 20, “Fischer Conquers Field In Tourney: He Is First in 70 Years to Match Chess Record”
  7. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Orlando Evening Star Orlando, Florida Saturday, January 04, 1964 - Page 4, “Brooklyn Chess Whiz Racks Up 6th U.S. Title”

  8. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada Saturday, January 04, 1964 - Page 9, “Brooklyn Wizard Defeats Nevadan In Chess Play”
  9. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Saturday, January 04, 1964 - Page 5, “Whiz-Kid Wins US Chess Title”

  10. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona Saturday, January 04, 1964 - Page 18, “Fischer Wins 6th Chess Championship In 7 Years”

  11. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Daily Independent Journal San Rafael, California Saturday, January 04, 1964 - Page 2, “Fischer Chess Champ 6th Time”
  12. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, January 04, 1964 - Page 2, “Fischer Wins”
  13. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, January 05, 1964 - Page 376, “Chess: U.S. Championship Games”
  14. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 05, 1964 - Page 89, “Fischer Retains U.S. Championship”
  15. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, January 05, 1964 - Page 80, “Fischer vs. Reshevsky”
  16. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, January 05, 1964 - Page 40, “Fischer Wins Title In Sweep”
  17. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, January 06, 1964 - Page 44, “Fischer Tops Field Here By 3½ Points”
  18. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, January 06, 1964 - Page 44, “Chess: Has the Ruy, After Centuries Been Equalized by Fischer?”
  19. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, January 08, 1964 - Page 10, “Fischer Continues Miracles in Game”
  20. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Edmonton Journal Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Wednesday, January 08, 1964 - Page 34, “Fischer Named Chess Champion”
  21. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Wednesday, January 08, 1964 - Page 31, “The Passing Parade”
  22. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (★) (Image) The Record Hackensack, New Jersey Thursday, January 09, 1964 - Page 50, “The Larger Chessboard”
  23. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, January 09, 1964 - Page 28, “Chess: Quietly, Positionally, Fischer Cracks His Opponent's Line”
  24. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, January 11, 1964 - Page 44, “Robert Fischer's Big Feat”
  25. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 12, 1964 - Page 108, “Record Score For Fischer In U.S. Chess”
  26. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, January 12, 1964 - Page 45, “Bobby Fischer Perfect 11-0 Score in Sixth U.S.A. Championship Victory”
  27. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Sunday, January 12, 1964 - Page 376, “Chess: Some Odd Paths To Victory”
  28. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Observer London, Greater London, England Sunday, January 12, 1964 - Page 19, “The World of Sport - Chess”
  29. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, January 13, 1964 - Page 32, “Chess: Evans, Strong on Theory, Is Powerful Over the Board Too”
  30. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Dayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio Monday, January 13, 1964 - Page 16, “Special Lesson”

  31. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, January 16, 1964 - Page 22, “Reshevsky and Bisguier Fight A Bitter Battle to a Draw”
  32. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Tribune Coshocton, Ohio Friday, January 17, 1964 - Page 4, “The Game of Kings”
  33. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Milwaukee, Wisconsin Friday, January 17, 1964 - Page 8, “The Greatest of Them All”
  34. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, January 18, 1964 - Page 27, “Robert Fischer Coming to Montreal”
  35. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (★) (Image) The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, January 18, 1964 - Page 66, “Divinsky's Chess Charivari”
  36. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Times Munster, Indiana Sunday, January 19, 1964 - Page 49, “Wizard Would Play 50 Simultaneously”
  37. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 19, 1964 - Page 72, “Fischer Far Ahead In U.S. Title Tourney”
  38. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Monday, January 20, 1964 - Page 40, “Chess: Fischer Kept His Opponents Expecting The Unexpected”
  39. (Vague Mention) (★) The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio Sunday, January 19, 1964 - Page 147, “TV Listings”

    40. Bobby Fischer wins the Frank Marshall Trophy, Marshall Chess Club, New York City, January 22 1964. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

    • Permanent Link Getty's Images — Bobby Fischer wins the Frank Marshall Trophy at the Marshall Chess Club on January 22 1964

    New York, January 22, 1964: Bobby Fischer wins the Frank Marshall Trophy at the Marshall Chess Club on January 22 1964...

    Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, September 23, 2019
  40. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, January 23, 1964 - Page 6, “World Selection - Fischer vs. Evans”
  41. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Kingston Daily Freeman Kingston, New York Friday, January 24, 1964 - Page 13, “Bobby Fischer's Early Drop from High School”
  42. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada Saturday, January 25, 1964 - Page 46, “Another Bobby Blitz Attacks from USA Championship”
  43. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Daily Press Newport News, Virginia Sunday, January 26, 1964 - Page 98, “Fischer, United States Chess Champion, Sixth Time”
  44. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Kingston Daily Freeman Kingston, New York Wednesday, January 29, 1964 - Page 9, “Samuel Reshevsky Exhibition and U.S. Championship”
February 1964
February 15, 1964, Rochester Simul. Photo, Shelby Lohrman.
February 15, 1964. Rochester, NY Simul. National Master Erich Marchand and Bobby Fischer (center, standing). Photo, Shelby Lohrman.
Bobby Fischer at lecture and simul exhibition tour, Rochester, New York, February 15, 1964.
Bobby Fischer at lecture and simul exhibition tour, Rochester, New York, February 15, 1964.
Bobby Fischer at lecture and simul exhibition tour, Rochester, New York, February 15, 1964.
Bobby Fischer, February 23, 1964 Exhibition Canada

March 02, 1964

March 02, 1964. Fischer's Simul in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
March 2, 1964. Fischer's Simul in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Edmond Wheeler v. Robert Fischer, March 02, 1964. Photo, Glenn Wheeler).

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Bobby Fischer, March 1964. Photo by Glenn Wheeler.

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, December 3, 2019
March 1964
Bobby Fischer, ex-U.S. chess champion, playing 54 matches simultaneously against Chicagoans last night.
Left to right is Keith Carson, Bob Michaelson, Robert Fischer, D La Pierre Ballard, Charles Wayne Carson. Simultaneous Exhibition, April 04, 1964, Wichita, Kansas, Photo credit: Leola May Smith Ballard.

Photo of Bobby Fischer (on left) with D La Pierre Ballard (on right) Bobby Fischer is looking at the January 1964 issue...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, December 29, 2019

Photo of Bobby Fischer (on right) playing chess vs. D La Pierre Ballard (on left) Bobby is about to play 8. Bb3 against...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, December 29, 2019

Bobby Fischer playing chess, April 04, 1964 Wichita, Kansas, Photo credit: Leola May Smith Ballard. http://www.okla64.com/okla64.html http://www.balcro.com/ https://bobby-fischer-1964.blogspot.com/

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, December 29, 2019

April 01 1972

Bobby Fischer visits with the Wagner children in 1964.
FISCHER recalled--Don Wagner, former president of the Baton Rouge Chess Association, is shown with Bobby Fischer when he visited in Baton Rouge eight years ago. Wagner's son, Larry, looks on.FISCHER recalled--Don Wagner, former president of the Baton Rouge Chess Association, is shown with Bobby Fischer when he visited in Baton Rouge eight years ago. Wagner's son, Larry, looks on.
  • North Baton Rouge Journal, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Thursday, September 07, 1972 — Local Chess Expert Predicted Fischer's Easy Win — The Brooklyn-born Bobby Fischer's win over Boris Spassky was predicted by Baton Rougean Don Wagner, former president of the Baton Rouge Chess Association and host for Fischer's 1964 visit to Read More

April 05 1972

Chess Champ Bobby Fischer Vanquishes 47 at Same Time. Chess Champ Wins 47-Bobby Fischer, U.S. chess champion makes move during an exhibition match against 50 players in the Knickerbocker Hotel, Hollywood. He won 47 games, lost one, drew two.

April 26, 1964

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, July 31, 2020
May 1964
  1. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Council Grove Republican Council Grove, Kansas Friday, May 01, 1964 - Page 1, “Keeps Him Busy”
  2. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, May 03, 1964 - Page 59, “Child Prodigies and Diminutives”
  3. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, May 09, 1964 - Page 75, “Divinsky's Chess Charivari: Bobby Fischer vs. Boris Spassky”
  4. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, May 10, 1964 - Page 88, “Benko Vs. Bisguier”
  5. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (★) (Image) The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio Friday, May 15, 1964 - Page 14, “Should She Wed Chess Nut?”

  6. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Saturday, May 16, 1964 - Page 19, “U.S. Chess Champ Plans Exhibition In City Thursday”
  7. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Daily Press Newport News, Virginia Sunday, May 17, 1964 - Page 94, “Bobby Fischer Proves His Elements on Current Tour”
  8. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana Sunday, May 17, 1964 - Page 23, “U.S. Chess Champion To Speak Thursday”
  9. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (★) (Image) The Troy Record Troy, New York Monday, May 18, 1964 - Page 10, “The Game Of Chess”
  10. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Republic Columbus, Indiana Tuesday, May 19, 1964 - Page 4, “Indianapolis Chess Players”
  11. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Berwyn Life Berwyn, Illinois Wednesday, May 20, 1964 - Page 4, “Chess Champ Faces 50 in Exhibition”
  12. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Wednesday, May 20, 1964 - Page 42, “Chess Champ Withdraws”

  13. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (★) (★) (Image) The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Friday, May 22, 1964 - Page 21, “Fischer Beats 48, Hardly Winded: Chess Player Leans Into Work”
  14. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana Friday, May 22, 1964 - Page 23, “Chess Champ Shows Skill”
  15. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, May 24, 1964 - Page 4, “Entries in Interzonal”
June 1964
  1. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Monday, June 01, 1964 - Page 3, “Larsen Leads in Chess”
  2. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, June 03, 1964 - Page 33, “Interzonal Tournament at Amsterdam”
  3. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Saturday, June 06, 1964 - Page 46, “Fischer Refuses Participation in Interzonal Tourney”
  4. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, June 07, 1964 - Page 50, “Fool's and Scholar's Mates Are Explained”
  5. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Daily Press Newport News, Virginia Sunday, June 14, 1964 - Page 82, “Interzonal Tournament Roll”
July 1964
  1. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, July 02, 1964 - Page 6, “Amsterdam Winners and Losers”
  2. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, July 05, 1964 - Page 42, “Four-Way Tie in First Place in the Sixth Interzonal Tournament”
  3. (Vague Mention) (★) The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Sunday, July 19, 1964 - Page 48, “In This Corner” “When I asked about his chess he told me an international grandmaster, who coached Russian star Paul Keres, worked with him. Only a couple of his Russian teammates could now beat Brummel.
    He asked me about young Bobby Fischer, the controversial U.S. champion. I told him that if Fischer learned to control his temper as well as his moves, he would be world champ. Koufax was just another wild southpaw for years.”
  4. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, July 19, 1964 - Page 51, “Bobby Fischer Asks Soviet Chess Federation to Arrange Match With Strongest Russian Player”
  5. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Tuesday, July 21, 1964 - Page 35, “Soviet Ready For Challenge From Fischer”

  6. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Saturday, July 25, 1964 - Page 22, “Chessworld U.S. Chess Champion Biographies”
August 1964
  1. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, August 02, 1964 - Page 59, “Paul Keres vs. Bobby Fischer on Grandmaster Draws”
  2. (Vague Mention) (★) Sunday Gazette-Mail Charleston, West Virginia Sunday, August 02, 1964 - Page 21, “Chess News” “Al Horowitz, in his chess column in the New York Times, called Byrne's victory over Najdorf the finest game of the American's chess career. He predicted that this masterpiece would be included in future anthologies of outstanding games. If so, it would be poetic justice, because Robert Fischer's brilliancy prize game of the last U.S. Championship tournament was at the expense of Robert Byrne.”
  3. (Vague Mention) (★) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, August 09, 1964 - Page 49, “Chess” “Below is a gem of a correspondence game… the key to the game is 20. B-K3, a move endorsed by Gligoric when he was here in Boston as being the strongest move on the board. … A Saemisch attack v. the K's Indian. As Fischer says: “If you have to play P-Q4 as White, at least play the Saemisch.”
  4. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, August 16, 1964 - Page 87, “Tel Aviv Chess Olympics”
  5. (Vague Mention) (★) The Kingston Daily Freeman Kingston, New York Monday, August 17, 1964 - Page 18, “Meyer Brothers Annex National Chess Titles” “This is the same title once held by Robert Fischer, the present American Champion and International Grand Master.”
  6. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Saturday, August 22, 1964 - Page 22, “Bobby Fischer Challenges USSR”
  7. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Berwyn Life Berwyn, Illinois Wednesday, August 26, 1964 - Page 6, “A Study In Concentration”
September 1964
  1. (Vague Mention) (★) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 20, 1964 - Page 77, “Chess: U.S. Team Chosen For Chess Olympics, by Isaac Kashdan” “Missing from the team is Bobby Fischer, undoubtedly the greatest chess genius of the age, but sadly unpredictable. Earlier this year he had agreed to play, but apparently changed his mind, without stating any reason.”
  2. (Vague Mention) (★) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, September 24, 1964 - Page 8, “Chess by Leonard Barden” “…A plan introduced by Bobby Fischer to retain the white-squared bishop, but it is not good here. White could keep a positional edge by 14 BxN RxB 15 N-N3 QR3…”
  3. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) Edmonton Journal Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Wednesday, September 30, 1964 - Page 43, “Chess: Novelty Difficult In Opening Gambit”
October 1964
  1. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, October 15, 1964 - Page 7, “Fischer Participation in U.S. in Chess Olympics, Tel Aviv, Israel”
  2. (Vague Mention) (★) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Saturday, October 17, 1964 - Page 22, “U.S. Team Chess Olympics” “Bobby Fischer will refuse an invitation to play on the USA team for the Chess Olympics at Tel Aviv. Samuel Reshevsky will head the team, with P. Benko, A.B. Bisguier, D. Byrne, A. Saidy and W. Addison as co-members.”
  3. (Bobby Fischer 1964 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, November 01, 1964 - Page 103, “South Africa, Chess Olympics in Tel Aviv”
November 1964

December 04 1964

  • Kentwood Commercial Kentwood, Louisiana Friday, December 04, 1964 — Chess by Jude Acers — (A strongly worded opinion on Bobby Fischer). On several occasions I recall reading the Hammond Sun's criticism of northern journalistic interpretation and indeed the bare facts of a given news item. Before stepping off into wild county with the Read More

December 11 1964

December 15 1964

  • (Vague Mention) (★) The San Bernardino County Sun San Bernardino, California Tuesday, December 15, 1964 - Page 17, “On Baseball: Real Swinger” “…The Russians were really hurt by the absence of smog in Tokyo. We got used to it in L.A. Sports is just used as a propaganda device over here anyway. I'm going to give up track and challenge Bobby Fischer to a chess match.”
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'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's True History
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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