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Best of Chess Fischer Newspaper Archives
• Robert J. Fischer, 1955 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1956 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1957 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1958 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1959 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1960 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1961 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1962 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1963 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1964 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1965 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1966 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1967 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1968 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1969 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1970 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1971 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1972 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1973 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1974 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1975 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1976 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1977 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1978 bio + additional games
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• Robert J. Fischer, 1980 bio + additional games
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• Robert J. Fischer, 1986 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1987 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1988 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1989 bio + additional games
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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

  • Rabar, Braslav

  • Rabinovich

    • Game, Rabinovich vs. Maijutin, 1959.
  • Rabinowitz, Bernard

  • Rabinowitz, Nathan

    • Game, Matthew Green (Marshall CC) vs. Nathan Rabinowitz (Williamsburg CC), 1936.
  • Radaikin, Vitaley M.

    • Chessgames
    • Game, E. H. Mueller vs. V. Radaikin, San Francisco Open, 1951.
  • Radic, Paul

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Deichmann vs. Paul Radic, blindfold exhibition, 1960.
  • Radojcic, Miroslav

  • Radspinner, William Ambrose bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Raettig, Adele S. bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Ragan, John V.

  • Ragozin, Viacheslav Vasiliyevich bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Raisa

    • Game, Olanen vs. Raisa, Finnish Championship, 1959.
  • Ralston, Henry James bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Ramirez, George

    • Game, Harry Borochow vs. George Ramirez, 26th annual North-South match, 1959.
  • Ramirez, Gilbert bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Ramirez, Simon del Gardo

  • Ramos, Rafael Cintron bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Ramsey

    • Game, Dr. Leon Bankoff vs. Ramsey, Southern California Chess League, 1934.
  • Ramsey, Russell Henry bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rangaswami

    • Game, M. Appadurai Mudaliar vs. K. Rangaswami, tutorial of Philidor, 1936.

  • Rankis, August

  • Rao

    • Game, K.N. Sunderam vs. R. Nagaraja Rao, Madris, India, 1956.
  • Rasmussen

    • Game, Rasmussen vs. Hammond, 1956.
    • Game, Rasmussen vs. Hammond, Birmingham, 1956.
  • Rasmussen, Gunnar

  • Rauch, Joseph Lyon

  • Raugh

  • Raut, Kamalakar

  • Rauzer, Vsevolod bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Ravn

    • Game, R. Ravn vs. Kozma, 1959
  • Raymond, Al bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Raymond, Nicholas

    • Game, Nicholas Raymond vs. NN, Hartford Chess Club Ladder, 1959.
  • Redolfi, Rodolfo Argentino

  • Reinbart

  • Reinfeld, Fred bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Reinhardt, Gottfried bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Reinhardt

  • Reissman, Karl bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rellstab, Ludwig bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Remlinger, Larry bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Repetto, Carlos Torre bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Reshevsky, Samuel bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Reti, Richard bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Reza

  • Reyes, Romuel

  • Reynolds, William N. bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rheams

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

  • Rheams, Charles

    • Game, Charles Rheams vs. Keller, Boston Championship, 1949.
  • Rhoden, Frank

  • Rhodes, Herbert Gibson bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Ribera

    • Game, J. Ribera vs. George Koltanowski, Barcelona tournament, November 27, 1934.
  • Rice, Claude Thayer bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rice, Isaac Leopold bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Richardson, Don

  • Richman

    • Game, S. Richman vs. Jack Soudakoff, Metropolitan League Match, New York, 1936.
  • Richman, Joseph bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Richter

    • Game, C. Richter vs. Sigismund Wolff, Southern California League Matches, 1934.
    • Game, Richter vs. Stueber, Intercollegiate Championship, 1960
  • Rinaldi

    • Game, M. Rinaldi, Switzerland vs. J. Vandiest, Belgium, 1956.
  • Rinaldo, John bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rivarola

    • Game, Elliot - Borochow vs. Garcia - Rivarola, Radio match between Los Angeles and Rosario, Argentina, 1931.
  • Rivera, Carlos

    • Game, William H. Steckel vs. Carlos Rivera, Capablanca Chess Club of Havana and the Hollywood Chess Group, 1951.
    • Game, Carlos Rivera vs. William Steckel, Capablanca Chess Club of Havana and the Hollywood Chess Group, 1951.
  • Rivise, Irving bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Robatsch, Karl bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Roberts

    • Game, Roberts vs. Dr. Max G. Sturm, Correspondence, 1958.
  • Roberts, Griffith T.

    • Game, Toivo I. Saarela/Griffith T. Roberts, Hawaii (white) vs. Le Roy Johnson and Adolph Chern, Hollywood, 1936.
  • Robinson

    • Game, Joseph Henry Blackburne vs. F. Robinson, Simul Exhibition at Bury, West Suffolk Chess Club and the St. Edmunds' Bury Chess Players, October 05-06, 1882.
  • Robinson, David Stuart

    • Chessgames
    • Game, D.S. Robinson vs. Benjamin Milnes, Philadelphia Franklin Chess Club Championship, 1911.
  • Robinson, Nathan bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rochlin

    • Game, Barnoff vs. Rochlin, Russian tournament, 1937.
  • Rodatz, Hans

  • Rodgers, Ronald Frank bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rodriguez, Armando

  • Roele-Coeuraad, Charles H

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Charles H Roele-Coeuraad vs. Nicolas Rossolimo, British Tournament, 1951.
  • Roeske, John F.

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Martinez, Sharp, Roeske vs. Milnes, Mlotkowski, Bauder; Franklin CC consultation, 1910.
  • Roething, Otto

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Stasch Mlotkowski vs. Otto Roething, Manhattan CC vs. Franklin CC, 1910.
  • Rogard, Folke

  • Rogosin, Hy

  • Rohde, Michael

    • Game, Michael Rohde vs. George Cunningham, Atlantic Open, Round 1, 1972.
  • Rohland

  • Rolavsky

    • Game, Old Master vs. Rolavsky, 1893.
  • Rolo, Orlo Milo bio + additional games bio + additional games aka Orlando Milo Rolo

  • Romanenko, Ivan

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Garfinkel-Romanenko, Atlantic Coast Amateur Championship, 1956.
  • Romanoff, Mike bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Romo, Julio Salas

  • Roos, Nancy bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rosate

    • Game, A. A. Rosate vs. George B. Oakes, North-South Match, 1950.
  • Rose

    • Game, Joseph Henry Blackburne vs. W. Rose, Blindfold Chess Exhibition at Cambridge Club, December 14, 1891
    • Game, Herman Steiner vs. Rose, Metropolitan League, NY City, circa 1930.
    • Game, E. Rose vs. Keith Kerns, Toronto Chess League, 1959.
  • Rose, Edward

  • Rose, Mike

    • Game, Mike Rose vs. Daryl Pink, San Diego High School, 1959
  • Rosen, Leon bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rosen, Ronald

  • Rosenbaum

    • Game, Jacqueline Piatigorsky vs. H. Rosenbaum, California Open Championship, 1951.
  • Rosenman, Jacques bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rosenstein, Walter J.

    • Game, Stasch Mlotkowski vs. Walter J. Rosenstein, Franklin CC vs. Manhattan CC, May 30, 1908.
  • Rosenwald, Lessing J. bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rosset

  • Rossetto, Hector Decio bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rossolimo, Nicolas bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rostoker

  • Rothen

  • Rothman, Mark

    • Game, Rothman-Kupka, U.S. Amateur Open, New Jersey, 1956.
  • Rott, Alexander

  • Rubin, Eugene Lloyd bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rubinow

  • Solomon Isaac Rubinow, Chess Champion

    Rubinow, Dr. Solomon “Sol” Isaac bio + additional games bio + additional games
    November 06, 1923 - February 22, 1981

  • Rubinstein, Akiba bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rubinstein, Samy

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Samy Rubinstein vs. Edward Lasker, Blitz game, New York, circa 1950.
  • Rubtsova, Olga Nikolayevna

  • Rudolph, William E. bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • Rudy

    • Game, M. Schroeder vs. A. Rudy, 1959.
  • Rueb, Alexander

  • Rumens, David Edward

    • Chessgames
    • Game Leonard William Barden vs. David Edward Rumens, British Club Championship, 1958-59.
    • Game, Leonard W. Barden vs. David Edward Rumens, 1959.
  • Rusenescu, Eugen

  • Russo, Al

    • Game, Al Russo vs. Alexander Shearer, tournament “B” players, Los Angeles city championship, 1950.
    • Game, Jacqueline Piatigorsky vs. Al Russo, County League Games, 1951.
  • Ruth, Dale bio + additional games bio + additional games

  • William Allen Ruth, Chess Champion

    Ruth, William Allen bio + additional games bio + additional games
    September 18, 1886 - February 03, 1975

  • Ruys, Dr. Frank C.

    • Chessgames
    • Game, Clark Merritt vs. Dr. Frank C. Ruys, British Championship, 15th Grand National Calif. Sect. I, 1947.

'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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