Game Explorer - Fischer Games

I want to search and review games by Bobby Fischer, but when I type in Fischer as player 1 I get a dropdown list that only goes through "Fischer, Franz". Typing in various possibilities (Fischer, Robert; Fischer, Bobby; etc.) results in "Player 1 not found" results.

Any ideas?

I confirmed this.

Use "Fischer" and then click search - you'll see a few of his games; Use "Fischer Robert J" (note, no commas) and you'll see the bulk of the collection.

It's a shame that chess database player naming was "standardized" so early ... not all cultures place the surname last, and then there's the whole conundrum of which of the names is the "last", "middle", etc, when there are more than the US standard three names. We should be able to search for Robert James Fischer, Fischer, or even Fi and retrieve all of Fischer's records.

Further complicating the issue is that Chess.com's Game Explorer neither follows the existing poor standard nor attempts to correct the error, nor even consistently violates the standard.

jlconn: Thanks so much! You are right, the Game Explorer could be improved. One should not need to know Bobby Fischer's middle initial to find his games! I suppose this is on a list of "things to improve" on the desk of someone at chess.com.

Thanks again for your help.

Kind of major. Actually, Chess.com might not be aware of this issue. It might be worth your submitting a support ticket.