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• Robert J. Fischer, 1955 bio + additional games
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• 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
• Robert J. Fischer, 1979 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1980 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1981 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1982 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1983 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1984 bio + additional games
• Robert J. Fischer, 1985 bio + additional games
• 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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• Robert J. Fischer, 1998 bio + additional games
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• Robert J. Fischer, 2006 bio + additional games
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Men Remain Kings In World of Chess

The Austin American Austin, Texas Thursday, August 10, 1972 - Page 47 ()

Men Remain Kings In World of Chess
Women's liberation has been checkmated on the chess board and the women themselves are the first to admit it.
“The fact is, that women are definitely not as good at chess as men,” said Marilyn Braun of Milwaukee, Wis., co-winner of the 1972 U.S. Women's National Championship.
“Women have always been in a minority and they've never done as well,” said Pearle Mann, a regional vice president of the U.S. Chess Federation. “And I think it's the way we're built. It's the way I'm built anyway.”
“Just like in tennis, the strongest women competitors in chess are not as strong as the strongest men,” said Kathryn Slater, U.S. representative to the Ladies Commission of the World Chess Federation.
The world championship match between American challenger Bobby Fischer and Russian defender Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland, has sparked an interest in chess among both men and women, but the females lag far behind.
Eva Aronson of St. Petersburg, Fla., who shares this years women's title with Mrs. Braun, estimated that there are about 200 rated women's players, compared to 1,200 men. There are 88 men and 2 women in the chess club she belongs to.
Mrs. Aronson, who's been playing chess for 30 years, said she believes that chess is “too strenuous for some women. There's too much pressure.”
Other factors in the lack of women players, she said, are “childbearing and childbearing responsibilities” and a shortage of willing male competitors.
“Men usually don't like to be defeated by women,” Mrs. Aronson said.
Col. E.B. Edmondson, president of the American Chess Federation, agreed. He said that far from showing any gallantry when they are playing against women, men usually are “more vicious” because it would hurt their ego to lose to a female.
Mrs. Mann, who also directs tournaments in Milwaukee, said “I don't think chess is predominantly a women's game because women aren't predominantly the sort of people that are aggressive and I think it takes a certain amount of aggressiveness to play well.”
Mrs. Braun said chess is “just a hobby…I have better things to do than study chess eight hours a day.”
Both Mrs. Braun and Miss Mann agree that women's liberation could bring more women into chess. “You're coming into new times as far as chess and women are concerned. Women are more free to express themselves in any way they want,” Miss Mann said.
Mrs. Braun said she met Fischer in New York in 1969 and went to lunch with him. He was “very polite, friendly and sociable,” she said, but she wouldn't want to play against him, adding, “I don't want to humiliate myself.”
Asked why there aren't more women players. Edmondson said: “I've never really given it that much thought…I don't think there's a different in native ability. Women just don't want to spend that much time.”
Edmondson said he himself has played against women. Did he win or lose? “I won most of the time,” he said, “but then, I usually win.”
He said he would encourage more women to take up the game, particularly because of its sudden popularity. “I would like to see some young gal with the talent and drive come along. She could make a fortune.” Edmondson added, discussing the possibility of a Fischer-type female champion.
Mrs. Slater, who also is secretary of the Marshall Chess Club in New York, said “the interest in chess recently “has been absolutely tremendous. It used to be that wives were chess widows. Now they're becoming involved and they're tremendously interested.”

Men Remain Kings In World of Chess

'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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