Rare Bobby Fischer Photos Anyone?
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About 9 years old. 
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Jun 25, 2017
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I believe the photo on page 1 is not of Bobby and the Polgar sisters, but they are his nieces - they do bear a similarity to the Polgars though.
I think Bobby's sister Joan only had one child, a girl. The Fischer family seemed to have had a curse on them. Joan died at barely age 60, her daughter at 40. Glad Bobby at least made it to the 64 squares age. Who said Bobby never smiled? He did all the time, unlike in that awful movie with Spider-Man playing him. 
Polgar Sisters? I don't know, ya'll be the judge. I was trying to match up the wallpaper... Maybe Batgirl knows about that page one photo. 
Jun 26, 2017
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I wish someone wooda designed his tombstone in colored squares or pieces or something like that. And I'm glad he got buried & not burnt.
Courtesy, of "Google-Sweden"- images .. from the 1970, "Palma De Mallorca," {spain}, 'Interzonal'.
.. Translated, from 'Spanish', {by 'moi'}.. which appeared beside, the above image, on "'Google'-Sweden"; Confusing, huh {!?}
Palma de Mallorca, 1970. Bobby Fischer is 27 years old and for the third consecutive time has been about to stay out of the fight for the world crown. Having rejected the possibility of revalidating for the ninth time its title of American champion, it did not have a place for the great Interzonal Tournament that was going to be celebrated in the Balearic island. Only thanks to the intelligent - and, everything is said, desperate - intervention of the American federation that we already narrated in the previous chapter, the genius of Brooklyn has been able finally to appear to the Interzonal as everyone waited anxiously. Now a disturbing question was raised: What will Fischer do this time? Will he return to the tournament halfway, leaving everyone in the lurch as he did in the Interzonal three years ago?
Despite what many feared not without reason, the fickle Bobby did not organize any quarrels in Palma and came ready to qualify. What's more, he was determined to get the top spot even though he only needed to be in the top six. And he did not leave. This was going to be the first time he had finished an Interzonal since he was 19 years old. It finished in the first place with a difference of score more than considerable with respect to the rest of competitors; His performance was brilliant. After a good start in which he soon became the leader of the tournament, he fell slightly in the intermediate section - probably due to his low pace of competition - and during that small downfall saved three draws in some trouble. Indeed, he could not avoid suffering the only defeat of the event against the Danish Bent Larsen, one of the best players of the moment. But Bobby's reaction was worthy of his talent: when he realized that he was performing below his odds, he again tightened the throttle and dazzled everyone with an impressive final streak of seven wins in seven games (although there was an abandonment On the part of the Argentine Oscar Panno, that protested with all reason by the privileges of schedule granted to Fischer by religious reasons). A gesture that remembered what had obtained some years before in the American championship and in some other smaller tournaments. Now, competing against the world elite, finished Interzonal showing that he was becoming a player more dominant than before. Fischer was beginning to be afraid.
That seven-win streak not only aroused great admiration in chess circles but also caused expectations to grow once again about his chances of becoming world champion. When Bobby decided to raise his level in the last rounds of the Interzonal, none of the Masters he came across could rip him off or half a point. It is true that they had not been the first-class Russian champions, but even those less likely to gloss over their exploits had to admit that there was finally a Western player endowed with the necessary conditions to become at least a threat to Soviet hegemony. For years Fischer had claimed that he was the best player in the world, despite not being a world champion. But his absences in the big competition and his losses with some players, especially with Boris Spassky, prevented this opinion from being universally shared. After the Interzonal, however, many were beginning to wonder if their time was really coming ... because a new Fischer seemed to have emerged on Mallorca.
And so much that it had emerged. Moreover, no one could even imagine what Fischer was going to become the next year: an amazing machine to crush rivals.
"Maybe it's not so scary"
Fischer may not be so scary. Some time ago, while on vacation with Botvinnik, we studied his games and I could see that Fischer's ideas are straightforward, clear and seemingly easy to unravel. (Boris Spassky)
Fischer was going to play the Candidates for the first time since his adolescence and the new format - one-on-one eliminations - seemed suitable for such a comp player
Despite what many feared not without reason, the fickle Bobby did not organize any quarrels in Palma and came ready to qualify. What's more, he was determined to get the top spot even though he only needed to be in the top six. And he did not leave. This was going to be the first time he had finished an Interzonal since he was 19 years old. It finished in the first place with a difference of score more than considerable with respect to the rest of competitors; His performance was brilliant. After a good start in which he soon became the leader of the tournament, he fell slightly in the intermediate section - probably due to his low pace of competition - and during that small downfall saved three draws in some trouble. Indeed, he could not avoid suffering the only defeat of the event against the Danish Bent Larsen, one of the best players of the moment. But Bobby's reaction was worthy of his talent: when he realized that he was performing below his odds, he again tightened the throttle and dazzled everyone with an impressive final streak of seven wins in seven games (although there was an abandonment On the part of the Argentine Oscar Panno, that protested with all reason by the privileges of schedule granted to Fischer by religious reasons). A gesture that remembered what had obtained some years before in the American championship and in some other smaller tournaments. Now, competing against the world elite, finished Interzonal showing that he was becoming a player more dominant than before. Fischer was beginning to be afraid.
That seven-win streak not only aroused great admiration in chess circles but also caused expectations to grow once again about his chances of becoming world champion. When Bobby decided to raise his level in the last rounds of the Interzonal, none of the Masters he came across could rip him off or half a point. It is true that they had not been the first-class Russian champions, but even those less likely to gloss over their exploits had to admit that there was finally a Western player endowed with the necessary conditions to become at least a threat to Soviet hegemony. For years Fischer had claimed that he was the best player in the world, despite not being a world champion. But his absences in the big competition and his losses with some players, especially with Boris Spassky, prevented this opinion from being universally shared. After the Interzonal, however, many were beginning to wonder if their time was really coming ... because a new Fischer seemed to have emerged on Mallorca.
And so much that it had emerged. Moreover, no one could even imagine what Fischer was going to become the next year: an amazing machine to crush rivals.
"Maybe it's not so scary"
Fischer may not be so scary. Some time ago, while on vacation with Botvinnik, we studied his games and I could see that Fischer's ideas are straightforward, clear and seemingly easy to unravel. (Boris Spassky)
Fischer was going to play the Candidates for the first time since his adolescence and the new format - one-on-one eliminations - seemed suitable for such a comp player
http://www.echecs-photos.be/BobbyFischer-photos/slides/1966 Bobby Fischer vs Ivkov Piatigorsky _ Najdorf _ Portisch _ Larsen _ Unzicker.jpg
You link isn't working @Flank_Attacks Try to insert the image...upper left, 2nd icon...click it then hit browse, then click on any image you've saved. The young master thinking...
'Santa Monica', {California}, 1966 .. "2nd 'Piatigorsky' Cup" ..
https://twitter.com/dgriffinchess/status/843399874733363201
.. 'Bobby', vs. Danish, GM.. "Bent Larsen" ..1971
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Ha, what a great photo, choosing for black or white...never saw this in any photo, let alone Bobby doing it.
That story in your 50 facts "He didn’t take it lightly when his request for playing the reigning World Champion, Mikhail Botvinnik was turned down. Russian was angered by his outburst, when he called them “Russian Pigs.”
This is probably another media fake news. In Garry Kasparov's book on Fischer, he told it a different way. Paraphrasing here, Botvinnik DID turn him down and Bobby found this out while eating some sausage or the like. Half in disgust and half in humor, he said he didn't want to stay in this country any more anyway, because he was tired of Russian PORK. The Russian translator then translated this as calling the Russians PIGS. lol Below, Bobby and his probable Daddy. 
Close! The force is probably with him.
Here he is at hot springs in Japan.
So are you sure you want to make that move?!