so the game's session would be over in time to make the event (at which the Piatigorskys were to be introduced in the audience - Gregor was himself a cellist of international reputation). They decided to move the start time up to 11 a.m. In addition to chess, the Piatigorskys were also patrons of the symphony, and there was a major concert scheduled during the match. It all probably goes back to the aborted match with Reshevsky a couple of years earlier, also sponsored by the Piatigorskys. The amount he demanded, $2000, was completely unheard-of at the time for a "mere" grandmaster. There may be more to Fischer's refusal to play in the First Piatigorsky Cup. Frank Brady for organizing the event, and to the Marshall Chess Club Foundation for sponsoring it. I think one thing everyone can agree on is that he played some beautiful games of chess through out his career. The topic of whether he was the greatest or not will be debated for many more years. Anyone who played back in the 70s knows what I'm talking about. I don't think it's so much of us living in the past, but more curiosity about a man who had such a profound impact on chess in the United States. It is a shame he didn't defend his title against Karpov, that would truly have been a match for the ages. Bobby simply did not play long enough in my opinion to warrant him as the best or even second best ever. He was a great player, but I would put Karpov ahead of him. In my previous post one reader made the following comment: My problem with this Bobby worship is that we seem to live in the past. I certainly learned some new things about Fischer, and got to hear from people who knew him personally and others who have spent a lot of time following his chess career. She said yes.Īll in all it was a very interesting two days of discussing different aspects of Fischer's life. She was asked if Fischer had aknowldeged that Nemenyi was his father. In this book is an interview with a Hungarian woman chess master, Zita Rajcsanyi who was friends of Fischer. There is book about Fischer in Hungarian that has not been translated into English. There were a lot of other interesting things they brought up from their research in Hungary. Also Regina Fischer signed a document denouncing any claim to Nemenyi's estate. There were also documents from the probate court after Nemenyi died, indicating that he had fathered Bobby out of wedlock.
Included amongst the various documents is proof that Paul Nemenyi paid child support for Fischer. Using the Freedom of Information Act, Benson and Nicholas have obtained FBI files regarding Regina Fischer. Below is a side by side comparision of Fischer and Nemenyi at similar ages. However from researching documents relating to his mother, Regina Wender Fischer it's quite apparent that his actual father was a Hungarian by the name of Paul Nemenyi. For the record Gerhardth Fischer is listed as Bobby's father. They have done extensive research on who was really Bobby Fischer's father. Below are some of the highlights from their presentation. The last presentation titled “Fischer and His Jewish Father”was given by Peter Nicholas and Clea Benson. Fischer felt he should have won the tournament and was distressed by his poor play early on. In the second half of the tournament he fought his way back, and at the end finished half a point behind the winner, Boris Spassky. What was interesting about that tournament was that half way through it, Fischer was in last place.
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He was looking to be treated as a professional chess player. They gave all the players a $2,000 appearance fee. Fischer said "I add status to any tournament I attend." He would play in the in the 2nd Piatigorsky Cup in 1966. They did not feel it was fair to give him so much when they were giving other players so much less. Brady spoke about how Fischer refused to play in the 1st Piatigorsky Cup because they refused his demand of a $2,000 appearance fee.
She was also a very good chess player herself and ranked second among US women players at the time.ĭr. The Piatigorsky Cup tournaments were sponsored by Jacqueline Piatigorsky, wife of the famous cellist Gregor Piatogorsky. Brady to "fill in" for Fischer, so to speak. The author of this upcoming book on the Piatigorsky Cup tournaments has asked various participants to write on the tournament from their point of view. Brady started things off with another introduction and then read a piece he has written for a book to be done on the Piatigorsky Cup tournaments. The piece on Fischer Random chess was dropped as was the discussion of the World Wide Church of God.ĭr.
The schedule of presentations had changed quite a bit from what was originally supposed to be on the program. Ratings of All US Chess Players Rated by the World Chess Federation on the JList Ratings of All US Chess Players Rated by the World Chess Federation on the JList.Today was the second day of the Fischer Symposium.
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