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Bobby Fischer Online?
talilee writes "This story from AP (but I found it at SFGate.com) suggests that Bobby Fischer is playing online chess anonymously against champion level players. I'm glad to see that he has an opportunity to express his genius without having to deal with the overwhelming attention (and without exposing his, um, "eccentricities".)" The BBC has a slightly more informative story.
This should give you some background info on Fischer and his "eccentricities."
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The real Raunchola isn't cool enough to have any imposters
I find it hard to understand how someone who has been interested in chess for the length of time you claim to have been, can be ignorant of Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest players of all time.
Bobby was the youngest International Grandmaster ever. He won 8 US Chess Championships, and won basically every game he played between 1962 and 1972.
Unfortunately, he has become a reclusive paranoid schizophrenic who rants about how the Jews and Russians are out to get him (it should be noted that Bobby is half-Jewish).
By the way, in the future, perhaps you should try Google for queries like this.
If you have a problem with my views, REPLY, don't moderate!
It is really depressing to see that Bobby Fischer finally went over the edge mentally. In 1999 he accused Jews of causing all of his problems. Here is a transcript of the radio interview where he first talked about it.
So climate's changing. So what? It has always changed. The big news would be if it wasn't changing. - Dr. Philip Stone
2 points for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss.
If the opponent WON all 4 games, the score would have been 8-0.
Championship chess normally has lots of draws.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
I'd guess that he wanted to throw Short off (it sounds like that game was the first), and possibly get him to be careless, and also to make 8 quick moves at the beginning, saving his time for later. Also, while they're lousy moves to start with, they don't lead to any obvious attacks, so Short probably didn't have time to figure out how to take advantage of his ability to develop an attack without being bothered.
Here are his games, move by move.
As you can see, he brings his king to the center of his board. Very wierd.
I (a reasonably strong player but nothing special--around USCF 2100) just logged on to ICC and played 6 games as a guest at 3 0. In 5 of the games, I spoofed Fischer--got embarrassed to play dreck against a strong player and played real chess. I went 6-0!! (Note that two wins were on time--I was lost on the board once.) The fourth game is my masterpiece :-)
... 2.Kf2 is a classic weapon of chess hustlers.
I think the psychological burden on the player facing such garbage can't be discounted. 1.f3
Here are the five silly games.
[Event "ICC 3 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "guest209"]
[Black "guest976"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[Opening "R\\'eti opening"]
[ECO "A04"]
[NIC "QP.11"]
[Time "01:43:55"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. Nf3 f6 2. e4 Kf7 3. d4 g6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 b6 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 d6 9. e5 Bb7 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Be2 Ne7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. b4
Nf8 15. Qb3 Kg7 16. d5 e5 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Nh4 a6 21.
Nxg6 hxg6 22. Re4 Nf8 23. Rg4 f5 24. Rg5 Qd7 25. h4 Nh7 26. Rg3 e4 27. Be2
Nf6 28. h5 Rh8 29. hxg6 Qe8 30. Bc3 Nxg6 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Qc3+ Qe5 33.
Qxe5+ Nxe5 34. Rc1 Rcg8 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 36. Kf1 f4 37. f3 e3 38. Rd1 Rh8 39.
Ke1 Rh1+ 40. Bf1 a5 41. Rd4 axb4 42. Rxf4+ Kg5 43. Re4 Nxc4
{White forfeits on time}
0-1
[Event "ICC 3 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "guest976"]
[Black "guest209"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[Opening "Gedult's opening"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Time "01:38:00"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. f3 d5 2. Kf2 e5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Ke3 Bc5+ 5. Kd3 e4+ 6. Kc2 Bf5 7. d3 exd3+
8. exd3 Nc6 9. Qe1+ Be7 10. Kd1 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nd2 Bxd3 14.
Bxd3 Rxe1+ 15. Kxe1 Qe7+ 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Kd1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Kc2 c6
20. Rae1 Qd6 21. h4 Be3 22. h5 Bxd2 23. Kxd2 a6 24. h6 g6 25. Nd4 Rxe1 26.
Rxe1 c5 27. Ne2 b5 28. Kc1 c4 29. Bc2 Kf8 30. Kb1 Ng8 31. Nd4 Nxh6 32. g4
Ng8 33. g5 Ne7 34. f4 Nc6 35. Nxc6 Qxc6 36. Re5 Qd6 37. Bd1 f6 38. gxf6 Qxf6
39. Rxd5 Qxf4 40. a3 Ke7 41. Ka2 Qc1 42. Rd4 a5 43. Rd5 b4 44. cxb4 axb4 45.
axb4 Qe3 46. Ra5 c3 47. bxc3 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0
[Event "ICC 3 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "guest695"]
[Black "guest976"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[Opening "Barnes defense"]
[ECO "B00"]
[NIC "VO.17"]
[Time "01:34:18"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. e4 f6 2. Ne2 Kf7 3. Ng3 e5 4. Be2 g6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nd5 c6 7. Ne3 Be6 8. h3
Bg7 9. b3 Ne7 10. c4 Rf8 11. d4 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5
15. exd5 Bd7 16. O-O Kg8 17. Bg4 Qc8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne4 Bh6 20. Nxf6+
Rxf6 21. h4 Raf8 22. h5 Nf5 23. hxg6 Rxg6 24. g3 Qg7 25. c5 Nxg3 26. cxd6
Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Bf4+ 28. Kh3 Rh6# {White checkmated} 0-1
[Event "ICC 3 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "guest976"]
[Black "guest695"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[Opening "Gedult's opening"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Time "01:28:55"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. f3 d5 2. Kf2 Nc6 3. Kg3 e6 4. Kf4 Bd6+ 5. Ke3 Nf6 6. Kf2 Nh5 7. e3 O-O 8.
Ne2 f5 9. d4 f4 10. c3 Qh4+ 11. Kg1 e5 12. Na3 fxe3 13. Bxe3 e4 14. Bf2 Qf6
15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 exf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rxf3 19. Kg2 Rf8 20. Bb5
Ne7 21. Rae1 Nf5 22. Nc2 c6 23. Bd3 g6 24. Ne3 Nxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Bf5 26. Bxf5
Rxf5 27. Rhf1 Raf8 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. g4 Rf8 30. Rf1 Rxf1 31. Kxf1 a5 32. Kg2
a4 33. Kf3 b5 34. g5 Kg7 35. a3 Kf7 36. Kg4 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0
[Event "ICC 3 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "guest755"]
[Black "guest976"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "01:19:59"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. d4 f6 2. c4 Kf7 3. Nc3 Ke6 4. e4 d6 5. d5+ Kd7 6. Be2 Ke8 7. f4 g6 8. Bg4
Bg7 9. Be6 Nh6 10. h3 Nf7 11. Bd2 c5 12. Qg4 Na6 13. O-O-O Nc7 14. f5 g5 15.
h4 h6 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rxh8+ Nxh8 18. Nf3 Kf8 19. Nxg5 fxg5 20. Bxg5 Bxe6
21. fxe6 Kg8 22. Rh1 Qf8 23. Bh6 Ne8 24. Bd2 Nf6 25. Qe2 Qe8 26. Nb5 Qg6 27.
Nc7 Rc8 28. Nb5 a6 29. Nc3 Qg4 30. b3 Qxe2 31. Nxe2 Rf8 32. g4 Nxg4 33. Ng3
Be5 34. Nf5 Ng6 35. Rg1 Rxf5 36. exf5 Nf4 37. Rxg4+ Kf8 38. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 39.
Rxf4 Kg7 40. Kd2 Kf6 41. Ke3 b6 42. Kf3 a5 43. a3 Kg7 44. Kg4 Kf6 45. Kh4
Kg7 46. Kh5 Kf6 47. Kh6 Ke5 48. Rf1 Kf6 {White forfeits on time} 0-1
Umm, no.
That's 1 point for a win, 1/2 for a tie, 0 for a loss.
This is an EX-PARROT!
No really, it's me. Send me an e-mail if you like. I've been reading /. for a long time. I was taking networking seriously long before chess.
Actually I was only going to post the first paragraph of that, which is from my article that went up at KasparovChess yesterday, and the link, but my mouse ran amok in my sleep-deprived, sunburned state and I clicked submit. Really.
Anyway, here's the link to the full article. Only the last bit is about Fischer.
KasparovChess article about Fischer online.