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Aug
12
2007

My 101 Goals in 1001 Days (Parallels between Life and Chess #11: Goal Setting)

I assume that everybody knows the importance of goal setting in life- if not in life (outside Chess), then at least in Chess. Way back when I used to play in (local) tournaments regularly, I would decide in advance what my goals were. My goal would either be to win the tournament (almost invariably the [...]

Aug
12
2007

Bobby Fischer – Robert James Fischer

The player whose games I will be analyzing is Robert James Fischer – well known as Bobby Fischer. He was a chess prodigy. He worked very hard for what he achieved. He was the world champion of chess from 1972 – 1975. His life outside chess was something else that I would rather not go [...]

Aug
12
2007

Fischer for beginners – Analysis of Bobby Fischer’s games

I will try to analyze Bobby Fischer’s game- any that I can lay my hands on. It will do it in the style of Irving Chernev’s Logical Chess My work will emulate that classic…
My analysis will not be too detailed because…
First, I do not have the time to analyze Fischer’s games in depth. (Do I [...]