Bobby Fischer 1965

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January 1965

(Vague Mention) (★) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 24, 1965 - Page 83, “William Addison King's Gambit” “Addison opened with the King's Gambit, which Rivise defended by a line of play recommended by U.S. champion Bobby Fischer. The game followed the analysed path for some time.”

February 1965

(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, February 07, 1965 - Page 82, “New Ratings By Chess Federation”
(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) (★) (Image) Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Sunday, February 07, 1965 - Page 32, “Exhibit Hone U.S. Champ”
(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) (★) (Image) Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Sunday, February 28, 1965 - Page 28, “The Chess Corner: Elimination Procedures Modifications for World Championship”

March 1965

(Vague Mention) (★) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, March 04, 1965 - Page 4, “Chasing the Bishop” “Recently (‘Guardian,’ November 19), I analysed the immediate chase of the white bishop in the Ruy Lopez—an idea for Black which the American champion Bobby Fischer says is an “absolute equalising” defence against the chess opening generally recognized as strongest for White. The variation has received further tests since my previous article, and this week's game and notes are an abstract of the possibilities for both sides.… …in Addison-Fischer from the 1964 United States championship White was soon in difficulties after 8 P-B3? Nx B”
(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) (★) (Image) Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Sunday, March 14, 1965 - Page 18, “The Chess Corner: The Spectacle of Sacrifices”
(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) (★) (Image) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, March 21, 1965 - Page 98, “Botvinnik Drops Out”
(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) (★) (Image) Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Wednesday, March 24, 1965 - Page 9, “Former World Champion Retires From Competition for World Title”

April 1965

(Vague Mention) (★) The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, April 04, 1965 - Page 94, “Challenger Matches To Start In Moscow” “Next in line was Bobby Fischer, brilliant young American champion, but he is now out of the race.”
(Opinion Piece) (★) The Oshkosh Northwestern Oshkosh, Wisconsin Saturday, April 24, 1965 - Page 2, “Poker”

May 21, 1965

May 21, 1965. Robert J. Fischer played 21 United Nations Chess Club members and 5 others experts in a simultaneous at...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, November 29, 2019

May 21, 1965. Robert J. Fischer played 21 United Nations Chess Club members and 5 others experts in a simultaneous at the UN. He lost to Vladimir Vakula of the USSR and Luis Loaya of Peru (Secretary of the Club) and drew with E. Zhukov of the USSR, but won all the rest. The event was sponsored by TAG, manufacturer of adult games, played on TAG's Mandarin chess tables and its new Mandarin chessmen. On the cover, Fischer is interviewed by Jean Parr of CBS-TV (Channel 2). Fischer, as usual, played 1 P-K4 on each and every board.

(This event is surrounded by misprinted information. My source cites Chess Life, and notes it gives the wrong name of the actual "winner" and then cites NY Times/ Al Horowitz for corrections. https://www.nytimes.com/1965/06/24/archives/chess-fischer-plays-26-experts-and-suffers-only-2-losses.html) So yeah... Chess Life making errors. Then I find the date given as May 21, 1965, but publications claim these simultaneous games occur during June.

One of the games: Robert James Fischer vs Luis Loayza
Simul, 26b (1965) (exhibition), New York, NY USA, May-21 (https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044230)

One of my sources state: "One of Bobby's more unusual exhibitions was held at Church Center of the United Nations on May...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, November 29, 2019

One of my sources state: "One of Bobby's more unusual exhibitions was held at Church Center of the United Nations on May 21, 1965. Results for the event are contradictory. Chess Review has Bobby facing 26 players for a score of 23 wins plus losses to Vladimir Vakula of the USSR and club secretary Luis Loayza of Peru, and a draw with Evgeny Zhukov of the USSR. Chess Life and Zhukov have it +18,=1,-2. Neither of these may be right, as the two of the games from the event which have surfaced are draws! It doesn't make things any clearer to know that Chess Life gives Ivan Grischenko, not Vakula, as a winner. We think that the New York Times report on June 24, 1965, provides the most accurate results." (Bobby Fischer in Action, Donaldson) meanwhile when reviewing NY Times, one of the games reported by Al Horowitz, "Fischer encountered a stubborn, if unorthodox, opponent, when GERARDO MARTINEZ, as Black in a French Defense, played the bizarre 2 . . . B-N5ch. This loss of time allowed Fischer to obtain the bishop-pair after 9 NxB, QxN. After 11 B-Q3 moreover. White was completely developed and had an attack in hand." (See full analyses https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32242924/chess_fischer_played_26_experts_and/) the game by a chess player "Gerardo Martinez" doesn't appear in Google searches. Thanks to GM Sundararajan Kidambi for verifying Gustavo Martinez is the actual name associated with the game in question. (http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=3300072)

Game: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044231

May 1965

(Vague Mention) (★) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, May 23, 1965 - Page 174, “Chess” “Then comes a veritable cascade of well known and beautiful games—the win and the roses of chess. Here is Rubinstein's dramatic, sacrifice against Rotlewi, Anderssen's one and only Immortal Game, Morphy's piquant aria played during the ‘Barber of Seville’, the Marshall spine-tingling Q-N6 move that brought a shower of gold coins and Bobby Fischer's stupendous Rosenwald victory against Donald Byrne.”

June 1965

(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) (★) (Image) The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, June 20, 1965 - Page 111, “More Rumors and Speculation”
(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) ★ (Image) The New York Times New York, New York Thursday, June 24, 1965 - Page 32, “Chess: Fischer Plays 26 Experts And Suffers Only 2 Losses”

Bobby Fischer, Mid-60's.
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, November 29, 2019

July 1965

(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) (★) (Image) The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, July 03, 1965 - Page 55, “Chess: Fischer Played 26 Experts and Had Only Two Losses”
(Vague Mention) (★) The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Friday, July 09, 1965 - Page 24, “Chess Master To Play Here” “Byrne, ranked second to American champion Bobby Fischer, last week tied for first in the Western Open chess tourney at St. Louis…”
(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) (★) (Image) The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, July 10, 1965 - Page 53, “Snitzer Aimed To Win But Settled For Draw”
(Vague Mention and False Rumor) (★) The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, July 15, 1965 - Page 7, “Chess by Leonard Barden” “…Meanwhile, there is news that Bobby Fischer, the world's best player outside the Soviet Union, has been drafted into the United States Army for two years. It is apparently quite possible that he will eventually be sent with the infantry to Vietnam.”
(Bobby Fischer 1965 Blog) (★) (Image) The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Saturday, July 24, 1965 - Page 26, “Robert Fischer at United Nations”

Bobby Fischer in the Capablanca Memorial Tournament, Havana in 1965, playing by teletype.
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, October 1, 2019

August 1965