Tag Archives: Fischer
Book Review: Not Another Bobby Book!?
‘A Psychobiography of Bobby Fischer: Understanding the Genius, Mystery, and Psychological Decline of a World Chess Champion’ – Joseph G. Ponterotto (Thomas 2012). 189 pages + xxvi, hardback, 10 plate photos (some, extremely rare – …
Happy Birthday to Peter Leko
International Grandmaster Peter Leko (b. 8th September, 1979) is 33. Happy Birthday to Hungary’s top board in the Olympiad which concludes today. EG Winter called him ‘a gentleman’; high praise indeed. We did hear a …
Obituary ‘Gligo’ – the Light of the World – Gentleman Grandmaster
International Master (1950), International Grandmaster (1951), Svetozar Gligoric has died in Belgrade. He was 89. Born in modest circumstances he grew up in a country torn by war but if he developed a thicker skin it …
As I Please by Neville Twitchell
I have recently found a new use for YouTube in trying to track down film footage of the great players of the past. Whilst there is an abundance of footage of present day players, and …
Happy Birthday: Nigel Povah
Nigel Edward Povah was born in London a mere sixty years ago. Today is his birthday and we send our best wishes. In 1983 he became both correspondence and otb IM! A GM title at …
