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The Age Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Saturday, June 19, 1897 — The reported death of Steinitz, since contradicted, led the “Rochester Post Express” to revive the following anecdotes of the great master's little peculiarities:— … The happiness of “the Bohemian Caesar,” as Steinitz fondly called himself, was not unalloyed. Paul Morphy was his bête noire. He attempted to undermine the pedestal upon which Morphy's glory is everlastingly established. But he did not succeed. If Blackburne makes a brilliant combination, he calls it a “bit of Morphy.” But no one ever heard anybody call a brilliant finish a bit of Steinitz…”

“Morphy would beat anybody alive today.”
Bobby Fischer

  • Gaba
    Unknown - Unknown

  • Gajardo, Dionisio Gajardo
    Unknown - Unknown

  • Gamage, Frederick ➦ bio + additional games

  • Gaprindashvili, Nona Terentievna ➦ bio + additional games

  • Garabedian, Robert ➦ bio + additional games

  • Garais, Igor

  • Garcia, Oscar

    • Game, Edward P. Elliot - Harry Borochow vs. Oscar Garcia - J. Rivarola, Radio match between Los Angeles and Rosario, Argentina, 1931.
  • Garcia, Guillermo ➦ bio + additional games

  • Garaeu, Edmond

  • Garelick

  • Garfinkel, Boris

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Garfinkel-Romanenko, Atlantic Coast Amateur Championship, 1956.
  • Gaszo

    • Game, M. Gaszo vs. David Grimshaw, Toronto City Championship, 1959.
  • Gauger

    • Game David Bronstein vs. Gauger, Simultaneous in Munich after the Olympics, 1958.
  • Gedraitis, Albert

    • Game, Dick Friedenthal vs. Albert Gedraitis, Round 3, State Individual Tournament, 1959.
  • Gedult

    • Game N.N. vs. Gedult, World War II, May 1942, N. Africa.
  • Gedult, David

  • Gee

  • Geil, Jesse

  • Geller, Efim Petrovich ➦ bio + additional games

  • Geller, Sam ➦ bio + additional games

  • Geller, Sidney

  • Arthur Hereford Wykeham George, Chess Champion

    George, Arthur Hereford Wykeham ➦ bio + additional games
    August 29, 1871 - March 07, 1937

  • Gereben, Erno ➦ bio + additional games

  • Gersho, Jack

  • Gerusel, Mathias

  • Gheorghiu, Florin ➦ bio + additional games

  • Ghitescu, Theodor ➦ bio + additional games

  • Giacomelli

    • Game, Tilliette vs. Giacomelli, 1959.
  • Giagiulio

  • Giangiulio

  • Gibbons, Joseph

    • Game, George Steven vs. Joseph Gibbons, Short wave radio match, Santa Monica-Philadelphia, 1950.
  • Gibbs

    • Game, William N. Kendall vs. Gibbs, Southern California Tournament, 1933.
    • Game, Charles Gibbs vs. A. Gibbs, Southern California Chess League, 1933.
    • Game, Meyer Schleifer vs. A. D. Gibbs, So. California Chess League, circa 1934.
    • Game, Fisher vs. Gibbs, Wilshire CC vs. Hollywood CC, Sunday, December 28, 1952
  • Gibbs, Charles John

    • Game, Charles Gibbs vs. A. Gibbs, Southern California Chess League, 1933.
    • Game, Meyer Schleifer vs. C.J. Gibbs, Greater Los Angeles Championship Tournament, 1934.
  • Gilbert

    • Game, S. Greene vs. R. Gilbert, 1959.
  • Gill, Ernest

  • Gillar

    • Game, Stefan Fazekas vs. Gillar, Czecho-Slovakia Championship, 1934.
  • Gilliland, Alexis

  • Gillot, Antonio

  • Gipslis, Aivars

  • Giritsky, Serge

  • Glass

    • Game, Horace Ransom Bigelow vs. A. P. Glass, Marshall Chess Club, New York, 1928-29.
  • Svetozar Gligoric Chess Champion

    Gligoric, Svetozar ➦ bio + additional games
    February 02, 1923 - August 14, 2012

  • Godbold, Edmund Oliver

  • Goetze, Fred

  • Goffin, Dr. John

    • Game, Arthur Spiller vs. Dr. John Goffin, Arthur Spiller Simultaneous, October 2, 1951
  • Viktor Arsentievich Goglidze, Chess Champion

    Goglidze, Viktor Arsentievich ➦ bio + additional games
    November 27, 1905 - September 15, 1964

  • Goldberg

    • Game, A. Arrigo vs. J. Goldberg, Southern California League matches, 1936.
    • Game, Feldman vs. Goldberg, Roosevelt High vs. U.C.L.A., Los Angeles CC, January 29, 1937.
    • Game, Goldberg vs. Saarela, Exposition Park tournament, 1937.
    • Game, Carlton vs. Goldberg, Inglewood Chess Club championship tourney, 1960.
  • Goldberg, Aaron

    • Chessgames
    • Game, S.S. Sharp vs. A. Goldberg, Franklin Chess Club Tournament, 1911
    • Game, Aaron Goldberg vs. Edward M. Edwards, Pennsylvania State Tournament, 1911
  • Goldberg, Norman J. ➦ bio + additional games

  • Golden

    • Game, Golden vs. Ambarijan, Armenian Championship, 1959.
    • Game, Golden vs. Ambarijan, Armenian Championship, 1959.
  • Goldman

    • Game, Brilliancy prize entry, Platz vs. Goldman, 1949
  • Goldsmith, Julius

  • Goldsmith, Murray ➦ bio + additional games

  • Golombek, Harry ➦ bio + additional games

  • Gonzales

    • Game, Gonzales vs. Roman Toran, Corunna Tournament, 1951.
    • Game, Gonzales vs. Jimenez, Cuban Championship, 1958.
  • Gonzales, Dr. Juan

    • Game, Dr. Juan Gonzales vs. Hermann Steiner, Hollywood Chess Group of Los Angeles Vs. Capablanca Chess Club of Havana, Cuba, 1951.
    • Game, Herman Steiner vs. Dr. Juan Gonzales, Hollywood Chess Group of Los Angeles Vs. Capablanca Chess Club of Havana, Cuba, 1951.
  • Good

    • Game, Walter Shipman vs. C. Good, 1960, New York
  • Goodman, Harry

    • Game, Harry Goodman vs. Milton Otteson, National Junior Championship Tournament, Milwaukee, July 1950.
  • Gordon

    • Game, J. Gordon vs. E.S. Maguire, 1959.
  • Gordon, Hyman ➦ bio + additional games

  • Gordon, Morris ➦ bio + additional games

  • Gore, James

  • Gott, Richard

    • Game, Richard Gott vs. Newell William Banks, 1959.
  • Goudswaard, Roland ➦ bio + additional games

  • Bartlett Gould, Chess Champion

    Gould, Bartlett ➦ bio + additional games
    February 13, 1913 - April 12, 2004

  • Gould, William

    • Game, Robert Thomas Durkin vs. William Gould, third round, New England Amateur, 1960
  • Gowdy

    • Game, G. D. Gowdy vs. Stasch Mlotkowski, Los Angeles Chess Club, 1921.
    • Game, Stasch Mlotkowski/G. D. Gowdy vs. E. R. Perry/R. W. Lewis, consultation game, Los Angeles, 1922.
    • Game, C. H. Whipple, E. W. Grabill, S. Mlotkowski vs. D. H. Mugridge, G. D. Gowdy, Clif Sherwood, Consultation game, 1922.
  • Graaf, Peter De

    • Game, Peter De Graaf vs. George Hunnex, San Diego Tournament, 1950.
  • Grabill

  • Grabill, Ethelbert Warren, Professor

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Ethelbert W. Grabill vs. Carl Bergman, Match, Los Angeles, 1921.
    • Game, C. H. Whipple, E. W. Grabill, S. Mlotkowski vs. D. H. Mugridge, G. D. Gowdy, Clif Sherwood, Consultation game, 1922.
  • Gragg

  • Graham

    • Game, Philip Woliston vs. Graham, Exposition Park Chess Club tournament, 1937.
  • Graham, Douglas G.

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Douglas G. Graham vs. Harold Evans Jennings, Correspondence League of America, N. A. C., Preliminary Section A-1, 1935.
  • Graham, Harry

    • Game, Harry Graham vs. C. Sedlack, annual North-South tournament, May 31, 1936.
  • Grant, Newton ➦ bio + additional games

  • Gray, Charles Edward ➦ bio + additional games

  • Greco, Gioachino

  • Green, Matthew

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Matthew Green (Marshall CC) vs. Nathan Rabinowitz (Williamsburg CC), 1936.
  • Greene

    • Game, S. Greene vs. R. Gilbert, 1959.
  • Greene, Sanford

  • Greer

    • Game, Stasch Mlotkowski vs. P. E. Greer, Los Angeles, 1915.
  • Greiff, Boris de ➦ bio + additional games

  • Grenda, Dimitro

  • Gresser, Gisela Kahn ➦ bio + additional games

  • Griffith, Dr. Robert B. ➦ bio + additional games

  • Grigorieff

    • Game, Kirilloff vs. Grigorieff, Russian tourney, 1932.
  • Grigorieff, Vladimir

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Willis E. Lamb vs. Vladimir Grigorieff, Intercollegiate Tourney in Chicago, 1933.
  • Grimshaw, David

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Paul Vaitonis vs. David Grimshaw, Ontario championship, 1956
    • Game, M. Gaszo vs. David Grimshaw, Toronto City Championship, 1959.
  • Grob, Henri

  • Gromer

  • Gross

  • Gross, Henry ➦ bio + additional games

  • Gross, Ronald ➦ bio + additional games

  • Grover, Kenneth Maurice ➦ bio + additional games

  • Gruer, Elmer

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Elmer Gruer vs. Stasch Mlotkowski, Los Angeles-San Francisco, Board 1, September 06, 1915.
    • Game, Stasch Mlotkowski vs. Elmer W. Gruer, Los Angeles, Cal., 1918.
    • Game, Stasch Mlotkowski vs. Elmer Gruer, California Chess Championship, 1921-1922.
  • Lina Grumette, Chess Champion

    Grumette, Lina ➦ bio + additional games
    January 06, 1908 - July 21, 1988

  • Guala, Victor

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Victor Guala vs. Benedicts, Long Island Championship, 1958.
  • Gudmundsson, Arinbjorn

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Ingi Johannsson vs Arinbjorn Gudmundsson, Reykjavik, 1960.
  • Guimard, Carlos Enrique ➦ bio + additional games

  • Gulutin, Emile Z.

  • Gundlach, Ernest T

  • Gurgenidze, Bukhuti ➦ bio + additional games

  • Gustafson

    • Game, Rheams vs. Gustafson, New England championship, 1949.

  • Gutekunst, Robert

  • Gutch, Jose Van der

    • Game, Jose Van der Gutch vs. Maria Teresa Mora, Havana, Cuba, 1921.
  • Gutekunst, Thomas C. ➦ bio + additional games

  • Guthridge, LeRoy

Recommended Books

Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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