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Chess by George Cunningham & Gerry Dullea Sunday, October 17, 1971 The Bangor Daily News Bangor, Maine Problem: Bobby...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, September 7, 2020
Chess by George Cunningham and Gerry Dullea
The incredible Robert J. Fischer is currently trying to prove what he has believed for years: that he is the best chess player in the world.
It all began in Brooklyn, where he learned to play the game at age six. But, he says, he didn't take chess seriously until he was about 10.
He won the National Junior, the U.S. Open, and the National Championships by the time he was 15. He was also recognized as an International Grandmaster at 15, the youngest player ever awarded this title.
But then, after a clean sweep of the 1963-64 U.S. Championship, Fischer virtually retired from competitive chess at the age of 20.
Last year he emerged from his semi-retirement to play in the USSR vs. the Rest of the World match, where he beat Tigran Petrosian 3-1.
Then he was a surprise entry in the Interzonal Tournament at Palma, played to determine the top challengers to World Champion Boris Spassky of the USSR. Seemingly stronger than ever, he won this tournament, comprised of 24 of the world's strongest players, by an astounding 3½ points.
Greater triumphs, however, were in store for Bobby. In the quarter-finals of the Candidates Matches, a 10 game contest, he routed Soviet Grandmaster Mark Taimanov 6-0.
Then came the semi-finals and Danish Bent Larsen, an exceptionally powerful adversary. But the results were the same: 6-0 for Fischer.
Now only two players stand between Fischer and the title. Presently, he is playing a 12-game match with ex-champion Petrosian for the right to meet Boris Spassky next year.
Problem: Bobby Fischer, as White, makes a move that forces Bent Larsen's resignation in the Interzonal Championship of 1958. But Fischer calls his move a mistake! Can you find the mate in three that Bobby missed over the board? White to move.
FEN 3r1k2/1q1P4/5b2/p3p2p/1p6/1B3P2/PPPQ4/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
Fischer moved 1. Q-Q6ch Better is
1. Q-R6ch K-K2
2. Q-R7ch B-N2
3. QxB mate
