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Chess Variant Inventors: Andy Looney, Bobby Fischer, Bruno Faidutti, Christian Freeling, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Ferdinand Maac

Chess Variant Inventors: Andy Looney, Bobby Fischer, Bruno Faidutti, Christian Freeling, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Ferdinand Maac


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Andy Looney, Bobby Fischer, Bruno Faidutti, Christian Freeling, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Ferdinand Maack, Gary Gygax, Jose Raul Capablanca, Philip M. Cohen, Raymond Smullyan, Robert Abbott (game designer), Solomon W. Golomb, V. R. Parton, Yasser Seirawan. Excerpt: Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008) was an American chess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He is widely considered the greatest chess player of all time. Fischer was also a best-selling chess author. A chess prodigy, at age 13 Fischer won a "brilliancy" that became known as The Game of the Century. Starting at age 14, he played in eight United States Championships, winning each by at least a point. At age 151/2, he became both the youngest grandmaster and the youngest candidate for the World Championship up to that time. He won the 1963-64 U.S. Championship 11-0, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. In the early 1970s he became one of the most dominant players in modern history-winning the 1970 Interzonal by a record 31/2-point margin and winning 20 consecutive games, including two unprecedented 6-0 sweeps in the Candidates Matches. According to research by Jeff Sonas, in 1971 Fischer had separated himself from the rest of the world by a larger margin of playing skill than any player since the 1870s. He became the first official World Chess Federation (FIDE) number-one rated chess player in July 1971, and his 54 total months at number one is the third longest of all time. In 1972, he captured the World Championship from Boris Spassky of the USSR in a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation. The match, held in Reykjavik, Iceland, attracted more worldwide interest than any chess match before or since. In 1975, Fischer declined to defend his title when he coul


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  • ISBN-13: 9781230799407
  • Publisher: Booksllc.Net
  • Publisher Imprint: Booksllc.Net
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 52
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 109 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1230799400
  • Publisher Date: 13 Sep 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Andy Looney, Bobby Fischer, Bruno Faidutti, Christian Freeling, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Ferdinand Maac
  • Width: 189 mm


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