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• Robert J. Fischer, 1955 bio + additional games
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• Robert J. Fischer, 1975 bio + additional games
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Articles From 1992 Index

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January 06, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Miami Herald Miami, Florida Monday, January 06, 1992 - Page 86 — Chess Greats Lament Fischer's Reclusion: American Left Game After '72 Win — Reuters News Service— Reggio Emiliar, Italy—When the greatest players in chess gathered in Italy for a nostalgic reunion, the name on all their lips was that of the one former Read More

January 09, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Valley Falls Vindicator Valley Falls, Kansas Thursday, January 09, 1992 - Page 1 — Timetables — The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by the Senate 20 years ago and 22 states ratified the amendment in 1972. The few words prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender failed to get approval from the Read More

January 11, 1992

  • The Post-Crescent Appleton, Wisconsin Saturday, January 11, 1992 - Page 22 — Chess Club A Game Group — Mike Selig could tell war stores for hours when he gets talking about his hobby. With animated arm gestures and strained facial expressions, the bearded figure bounces around in his chair with excitement just talking about it. Read More

January 12, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Miami Herald Miami, Florida Sunday, January 12, 1992 - Page 265 — Dissolution of U.S.S.R. Shakes Up Chess World — Reuters News Service, London—The collapse of the Soviet empire may mean bleak times for the game of chess. Many countries will be happy if fragmentation into separate republics makes it easier to Read More

July 31, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Wichita Eagle Wichita, Kansas Friday, July 31, 1992 - Page 8 — Chess Anyone? Fischer, Spassky but not as in 1972 — Remember 1972? Richard Nixon was re-elected president. Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law and assumed nearly dictatorial powers. A. Managua, Nicaragua, earthquake killed Read More

  • Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Friday, July 31, 1992 - Page 127 — 'Chess,' A Play on Game, At Town Hall Auditorium — The show is set in Bangkok, Thailand, site of a world chess championship between a Russian and American. The plot focuses on the players, including the Russians's effort to escape his Communist homeland and his Read More

  • The Kansas City Star Kansas City, Missouri Friday, July 31, 1992 — 20 Years Ago-1972 — The Russians postponed the ninth game with Bobby Fischer for the international chess title saying Boris Spassky has a cold. /

  • The Wichita Eagle Wichita, Kansas Friday, July 31, 1992 - Page 19 — News Quiz: Arts and Entertainment — It could be a match made in heaven when Boris Spassky takes on Bobby Fischer…

August 01, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Journal News White Plains, New York Saturday, August 01, 1992 - Page 3 — Fischer: Chess Is Not Political — Belgrade, Yugoslavia—U.S. chess master Bobby Fischer said yesterday that he came to Yugoslavia to play chess and wasn't concerned with the political implications of his visit, which may violate U.N. sanctions. Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Honolulu Star-Bulletin Honolulu, Hawaii Saturday, August 01, 1992 - Page 5 — Fischer In Yugoslavia For Chess — AP. Belgrade, Yugoslavia—U.S. chess master Bobby Fischer has been in seclusion for 20 years and now that he's ready to play Boris Spassky, he says the United Nations isn't going to stop him. Fischer, 49, Read More

  • Chippewa Herald-Telegram Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Saturday, August 01, 1992 - Page 16 — Fun Facts — It is believed that the game of chess originated in India in the A.D. 600's, perhaps earlier. In 1972, Bobby Fischer became the first American to win the official world championship of chess. / / / /

August 02, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, August 02, 1992 - Page 58 — Deja Vu in '92 — In sports, we've seen famous comeback attempts, but perhaps nothing quite like what Bobby Fischer proposes. Those older than 35 surely recall the national mania of 1972 when, at the depths of the Cold War, Fischer toppled Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Observer London, Greater London, England Sunday, August 02, 1992 - Page 18 — Surprise Gambit of A Grandmaster — Bobby Fischer, undefeated former world chess champion, plans a return match with Boris Spassky, his opponent of 20 years ago. Julie Flint looks at the prospects. MOST thought it impossible, Read More

August 04, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Tuesday, August 04, 1992 - Page 93 — Pawns In A Game — At a distance from events in Bosnia-Herzegovina, one might possibly view the horrific campaigns of “ethnic cleansing,” which aim to leave only one set of players still standing, as unfolding with deadly deliberation in Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Tampa Tribune Tampa, Florida Tuesday, August 04, 1992 - Page 42 — Reclusive Celeb Turns Emergence Into Prize Gambit — He didn't look quite the same as he did 20 years ago, but then again, with the exception of Dick Clark, who does? But there he was, former grand chess master Bobby Fischer, a recluse who makes J.D. Read More

August 05, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link Newsday (Nassau Edition) Hempstead, New York Wednesday, August 05, 1992 - Page 8 — Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky: It's Their Move — It is 20 years since Bobby Fischer became America's only world chess champion by defeating Boris Spassky of the then-Soviet Union. The reclusive Fischer forfeited the title by Read More

August 06, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Thursday, August 06, 1992 - Page 20 — Spassky, Fischer in Yugoslavia to Play Chess — Belgrade (AP) — Russian chess grand master Boris Spassky has arrived in Yugoslavia for a $5 million match that has brought American Bobby Fischer out of seclusion, organizers said Read More

August 07, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri Friday, August 07, 1992 - Page 4 — Fischer, Spassky Ready For Rematch — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP) — Boris Spassky, the Russian chess grandmaster, has arrived in Yugoslavia for a $5 million match with American Bobby Fischer, who has come out of seclusion, Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Elko Daily Free Press Elko, Nevada Friday, August 07, 1992 - Page 2 — Robert Fischer, Legendary Chess Icon 'Superstar' — “You see the distinction I'm trying to make. The news that Bobby Fischer is coming out of seclusion to play chess again interests even people who don't play chess or know who the current champion is. It Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link Daily News New York, New York Friday, August 07, 1992 - Page 428 — Chess Masters Square Off — Bobby Fischer has come out of seclusion to meet Russian chess grand master Boris Spassky in a $5 million match in Yugoslavia. The former world champions met Wednesday for an informal dinner in Belgrade and match Read More

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Friday, August 07, 1992 - Page 8 — Chess Greats Play For $5M Rematch — (UPI)—In an opening move for a $5-million rematch, arch-rival chess champs Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky met in a Belgrade restaurant for their first game in 20 years, Tanjug news Read More

September 01, 1992

September 02, 1992

Bobby Fischer, 1992 World Championship Serbia and Montenegro - September 02: Chess: World Championship, Closeup of Bobby...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, March 14, 2020

Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, 1992 World Chess Championship Chess: World Championship. Bobby Fischer (R) in action vs...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, September 30, 2019
1992. Bobby Fischer after a dinner during the “Revenge Match of the 20th Century” versus Boris Spassky. The match was held in Sveti Stefan and Belgrade of the former Yugoslavia.

September 09, 1992

September 10, 1992

  • Chronological Permanent Link The Times Shreveport, Louisiana Thursday, September 10, 1992 - Page 8 — Bobby Fischer Trails 2-1, Spassky Makes Most of Opponent's Errors —Sveti Stefan, Yugoslavia (AP) — Bobby Fischer on Wednesday lost the second consecutive game of his comeback chess series with Boris Spassky, who took a 2-1 lead in their $5 Read More

September 21, 1992

5-2 Lead5-2 Lead Mon, Sep 21, 1992 – 2 · Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) · Newspapers.com

November 06, 1992

  • The Titusville Herald Titusville, Pennsylvania Friday, November 06, 1992 - Page 3 — Bobby Fischer Wins Rematch — Belgrade, Yugoslavia (AP) — Bobby Fischer won his $5 million chess rematch against Boris Spassky Thursday, 10-5, after a 30-game series that defied international sanctions on Yugoslavia. Playing white, Spassky resigned on Read More

November 14, 1992

New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, November 14, 1992 Prof. Arpad E. Elo Is Dead at 89; Inventor of Chess...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, October 15, 2019
  • Chronological Permanent Link New York Times, New York, New York, Saturday, November 14, 1992 - Page 27 — Prof. Arpad E. Elo Is Dead at 89; Inventor of Chess Ratings System —Prof. Arpad E. Elo, a physicist and astronomer who devised the system that ranks the world's chess players, and a founder of the United States Chess Federation, died on Read More

November 1992

Citizens' Voice Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Friday, November 06, 1992 — Fischer Poses Wearing Laurel Wreath Following His Victory https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35832956/fischer_poses_wearing_laurel_wreath/

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, September 10, 2019

December 1992

  1. (Bobby Fischer 1992 Blog) () (Image) New York Times, New York, New York, Wednesday, December 16, 1992 - Page 3, “Fischer Is Indicted Over Chess Match: Games With Spassky Violated Embargo on Yugoslavia Government Charges”

December 16, 1992

  • The Titusville Herald Titusville, Pennsylvania Saturday, December 16, 1992 - Page 27 — Bobby Fischer Indicted
Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, circa 1992.
Political Propaganda / Smear Campaign: These articles were part of politically-motivated smear campaign of Bobby Fischer, spanning 1960's till his death in 2008. Sources often cited 1962, Ralph Ginzburg (sued by Presidential Candidate Barry Goldwater for defamation); Ronald Gross who claimed he ‘moved to New York’ to substantiate his sordid rumors about Fischer. (Search Chess Grand Master Isaac Kashdan's Los Angeles Times chess column which meticulously documents the 1950's-1970's residency of Ronald Gross as 'Compton, California'.)
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Karpov had chickened out of actually meeting Fischer on numerous occasions in 1975, even being provided with Fischer's direct Telex # via FIDE's Campomanes as intermediator. So, *why* would that be any different although 20 years had passed?

Ron Gross Fabricates Past History With Robert Fischer / /

1,000,000 bribe offered to “take down” Israel's critics (State PROPAGANDA). In 1980, you could earn as much spreading propaganda, as you could winning a chess tournament!
For examples where Chess has been sold out for a political agenda and deception, see and

'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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