8/13/2019 The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories-4 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-bobby-fischer-i-knew-and-other-stories-4 1/41 110 T obby F I O o Whit should not los atr 35. Q-B4 35. . . . QxPch 36. K-R I B-S Whe esgns Thr is no dns against .. B-B6ch. A possibl inal is 37 N N 38. QB2 B-B6ch 39. KN1 PR7 mat. Th Comback Tial At about th tim that I rtird to Florida in th arly 1970s, I bgan snding Bobby opning analysis to hlp out in his candidats matchs. O cours h didnt nd my advic but at last I lt good. And, prhaps did hlp to rinorc a conclusion that h had probably alrady rachd: not to rpat a variation o th Taimanov Sicilian that h playd in his irst match gam against Ptrosian. Manwhil I stard studying chss again with th objc o rturning to srious comptition. Easir said than don. Th com back trail bcam a comback trial. Opning knowldg had x pandd gomtrically and n th vrnacular o th ight rackt, my ootwork had slowd down. It took m two yars to l a littl bt tr about my play and by that tim Bobby was alrady world champion, having datd Boris Spassky in 1972 Unortunatly, Bobby did not liv and play happily vr atr. H ll out with many o his rinds and surrndrd to rligious nthu siasms. His good rind Anthony Saidy approachd m at on o th on Pin tournamnts and sustd that I call him You'r an old rind" Tony said to m and think hll b glad o har rom you." Wll why not. I tlphond Bobby that vry day, and w bgan chatting as i it wr only ystrday hat w spok H told m about owning a pic o land in Florida and said that h might com to visit us on day Whn I askd him why h was not playing at on Pin, h cut short our convrsation, though h did tak my phon numbr and promisd to call. Bobby's rluctanc to answr my qustion brought to mind th prvious vning whn ouis Statham, our hos at on Pin complaind hotly about his lack o coopraion. I committd th srious mistak o arguing hat on had to mak allowac or gnius. To which Statham rplid in stantly I too am a gniusan invntorand do not wan anyon to mak allowanc or m." Back in Florida, I got a call rom Bobby concrning a lgal qus tion about gtting his gams copyrightd. H sustd that my son Mitch an atorny, might b abl to hlp. But Mitch wantd no part o it. Still, Bobby continud to call, usually around 2 a.m and would ask m to call him right back You'v got mor mony than
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Thr is no dns against . . B-B6ch. A possibl inal is 37 N N 38. QB2 B-B6ch 39. KN1 PR7 mat.
Th Comback Tial
At about th tim that I rtird to Florida in th arly 1970s, Ibgan snding Bobby opning analysis to hlp out in his candidatsmatchs. O cours h didnt nd my advic but at last I ltgood. And, prhaps did hlp to rinorc a conclusion that h hadprobably alrady rachd: not to rpat a variation o th TaimanovSicilian that h playd in his irst match gam against Ptrosian.
Manwhil I stard studying chss again with th objc orturning to srious comptition. Easir said than don. Th comback trail bcam a comback trial. Opning knowldg had xpandd gomtrically and n th vrnacular o th ight rackt, myootwork had slowd down. It took m two yars to l a littl bttr about my play and by that tim Bobby was alrady worldchampion, having datd Boris Spassky in 1972
Unortunatly, Bobby did not liv and play happily vr atr. Hll out with many o his rinds and surrndrd to rligious nthu
siasms. His good rind Anthony Saidy approachd m at on o thon Pin tournamnts and sustd that I call him You'r an oldrind" Tony said to m and think hll b glad o har romyou."
Wll why not. I tlphond Bobby that vry day, and w bganchatting as i it wr only ystrday hat w spok H told mabout owning a pic o land in Florida and said that h might comto visit us on day Whn I askd him why h was not playing at
on Pin, h cut short our convrsation, though h did tak myphon numbr and promisd to call. Bobby's rluctanc to answrmy qustion brought to mind th prvious vning whn ouisStatham, our hos at on Pin complaind hotly about his lack ocoopraion. I committd th srious mistak o arguing hat onhad to mak allowac or gnius. To which Statham rplid instantly I too am a gniusan invntorand do not wan anyonto mak allowanc or m."
Back in Florida, I got a call rom Bobby concrning a lgal qustion about gtting his gams copyrightd. H sustd that my sonMitch an atorny, might b abl to hlp. But Mitch wantd no parto it. Still, Bobby continud to call, usually around 2 a.m andwould ask m to call him right back You'v got mor mony than
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I," h xplaind Ths noctunal discussions distubd my wif,but dp insid I hopd to bing him back to chss. Bobby was paticulaly intstd in my comback difficultis and claly undstood that h would hav to play himslf into shap Hnc, as htold m, his dmand fo a long titl match.
Bobby's ational appoach to gtting back in shap convincd mthat h would soon play again. Thn in 1975, on th occasion ofEdwad Lask visiting us to clbat his 90th bithday with apaty and chss touny, Bobby calld fo a chat. A supisd Lasktold m that h had bn tying to contact Bobby without succss.A Gman company, Deutsches Telenken, had askd Edwad topvail on Bobby to play on mov a wk against a consnsus ofGman tlvision viws. A ya ali, th fim paid AnatolyKapov $10000 fo such a gam, and th company wantd to hi
Bobby fo an idntical sum.Whn Bobby nxt calld, told him about th off. H smd
quit plasd but addd, S if thy'll pay a littl mo." Flushdwith th ida of bing th ho who scud Bobby's pofssionalchss lif, spnt th btt pat of th nxt fw months ngotiatingwith th Telenken popl Each tim that thy uppd th ant,Bobby's answ was th sam, S if thy'll pay a littl mo."Finally, th company offd $40,000 I thought th sum was justgat bcaus it psntd $1,000 a wk fo two minuts wok
Bobby too smd plasd.
Butand with Bobby th was always a but"I congatulatdmyslf pmatuly Fo h did a complt about-fac Do youthink thy'll pay a million?" h askd. ft all of th ngotiationsand out of sh fustation, I couldn't spak. Th saddst pat wasthat Bobby smd so asonabl at th stat, and suddnly futhffot was obviously futil. nith phond no tund phoncalls fom Bobby until months lat whn Vikto Kochnoi cam to
town.Vikto visitd us fo a simultanous xhibition sponsod by th
ican Savings and Loan of Floida. Th simul was a hug succss, and Vikto povd complling in a 30minut tlvision intviw that followd. Wn w w finally alon, this chss giantspok of his dsi to play a pactic match with Bobby. Fanky, Idid not ncouag him, givn my xpinc. Sval months lat,howv whn Vikto and w having dinn with Edwad Laskin Nw Yok, th subjct cam up again. I wantd no pat of it, butEdwad agud that my ol would b limitd to putting thm intouch and laving th st to fat. On this basis w walkd back tomy Manhattan apatmnt, and I ang up Bobby
Vikto and Bobby appad to hit it off nicly Thy agd to
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mt in Pasadna th olloing k. That ndd my invovmntAccoding to Vikto, h ound hims in Pasadna at th appointdhou standing on a paticulaly isolatd stt con aiting oBobby. A ctain ca passd by patdly, cicling th bock.Finally, th vhicl stoppd in ont o him, and as th a dooopnd, h noticd Bobby couchd on th loo bckoning that h
nt
Nothing cam o th mting, just as nothing cam o th miliondolla match that Svtoza Gigoic assud m ould tak plac inBgad in 1978. Nothing also cam o th many oth poposasadvancd by Floncio Campomans, Migul Quintos and RaalTudla. Thy all tid, and thy all aild bcaus thi ots doomd om th stat
My on thoy about hy Bobby quit chss is basd on th
notion that chsso ath his psona chss gnd as anincompaabl and undatd gniusmans vything to him. I tis his raisn th singl suppot o a vy ail go It dosnot matt," ot Robt Byn at th tim Fisch oitd thFIDE old championship to Kapov, that Fischs a as aphantasm, that objctivly, Kapov ould not hav stood thslightst chanc against Fisch's gnius o th gam. What cipplsFisch is his bli that inning a chss gam mans cushing hisopponnts go and, consquntly, th sam psychic damag is in
sto o him should h los."
Ho tagic that Bob Byn hit th Fisch nai squaly on itshad!
*Bobby Fischs tun match against Bois Spassky in 1992mbaasss all o us itlss amatu psychologists Th is many asip btn th psychoanalytic lip and th cup o ality
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M frend Donald MacMurra see arro died in December, 1938, at age24. Oner of e iges IQ ever recorder in te United tates u to tatime e comleed an undergraduate degree at te Universit of Cicago i nonl eigt monts Among oters ictured it im at te 1 937 U Oens George Tres man seated second from te left. Potogra coutes ofChss L.
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Louis Zeckendorf-the Manhattan's "nonagenariankibitzer. On April 6, 935, his 98h birthday Old Man Z took
on Oscar Tenners "little vun: Also seated is Louies chauferwho would shortly abscond with the old boy's bond coupons.Standing (l to r ) Abe Kupchik unidentied Mr Rosenta? Jack Fischer ulius Helfgott and Mrs Edith TennerPhotograph courtesy of the Manhattan Chess Club
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h hgh o chos Gog Tsmas ac smld h dathmas o a Mogo wao Th sgl dmg atu was hs s Thw dp s wo lac coas stg a pool o wa ad wh hlaghd h al ppld ad ovowd ul tas s amd dow hs
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"OnenOne with Kasparv was rst published in the June 1 983issue f f, nearly 2% years befre Ga Kasparv wnthe wrld chess title m Anatly Kav in late 1 985 Theinteiew itse ccurred still earlier at the 1982 Olympiad inLucee Switzerland Wat fllws is a slightly expanded andedited versin f the ginal f article Hwever predictins and pininsbth ght and wrng-remain unchaed sas t presee the perid avr f the piece Obviusly the authr
gt it ght abut Kasparv becming wrld champin; just as bviusly the authr gt it wrng abut Kasparv having a high regard fr Karpvs character
I irst mt Gary Kasparov at th 1980 Olympia n Malta Initially,h sm mor matur than his scant 17 yars h was orn inAprl 1963) woul sust ut his nrgy an nthusiasm wrunmistakay thos o a tnagr.
By th tim o our Malta mting, I ha alray stui svra oKasparovs ary gams an was convinc that hr was on o thtruly grat chss talnts o all tima playr who at an arly agxhiit th rillianc o Alxanr Ain tmpr y thojctivity an ngam gnius o Jos Capalanca An his rsultsshow it USSR. junior champon at ag 12 participant in th1978 US.SR Championship at ag 15 winnr o th 1979 BanjaLuka Intrnational at ag 16 an a granmastr an Worl Juniorchampion in 1980 at ag 17
Do ths rsults man that Kasparovs talnt xcs that o PaulMorphy or Boy Fischr? Harly Fischr was US champion yag 14 an a granmastr at 15. Furthr Kasparov ha accss toknowlg an training unavailal or But I irmly liv thatno othr playr at so tnr an ag has shown th sam grasp ochss thory th sam pth o imagination in cominativ play,an th sam mastry o ngam tchniqu.
Whr ths grat tants wll la Kasparov, only tim wll tll
But I am wlling to go out on a im y susting that prhaps y113
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1984 at th rip old ag of 21 Kasparov will bom world hampion.
How dos titlholdr Anatoly Karpov fl about th thrat? Ihad a han to talk with him during a walk at Malta. Do youthink that Kasparov will b your nxt hallngr?" I askd
Karpov thought for only a momnt H is v talntd" thhampion answrd but th fat that h is vry motional mayprov to b a stumbling blok This intrsting and inisivommnt oms from a playr whos kn analytial powrs andvnnss of tmpramnt should not b undrstimatd. Howvr, Ibg to disagr. Grat talnt is rarly plaid and hss history islittrd with playrs ovrwhlmd by bubbling gnius
Two Yeas Late
I had a han for a sond talk with Kasparov at th 1982Olympiad in urn Switzrland. W sttld down in a ornr ofth hug playing hall, and Kasparov told m how h larnd hss atag six by wathing his parnts play. His fathr rognizd th lad'stalnt whn Gary solvd a hss problm that had puzzld both himand Gary's mothr Cara. Thr followd days filld with hss, andh improvd rapidly By ag 10 h was studying with th gratMikhail Botvinnik.
Would Gary lik to mulat Botvinnik's styl? Not at al ! "Kasparov firly xlaimd H prfrs th styl of th romantiAlkhin his gratst hss hro to th arid play of Botvinnik. ndd, Kasparov has in ommon with Alkhin a faility for pullingoff finishing ombinations that ar vn mor ompliatd than thmiddlgam manuvrs prding thm. H says that his most brilliant ombination was playd against Brazil's Jaim SunyNto atth 1981 World Junior Tam Championship in Graz, Austria.
jaime SunyeNeto-Ga KapavWord junor Team hamponhip, / 98
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f Suny-Nto had instad playd 42. K-R, Kasparov intnddth astonishing lin, 42 . . . . BxP 43. PxB Q7xP 44. NxR RN 6 , whn thr is no dfns against th thrat of 4. . . . RxP,mat If Whit movs th ight thn Black finishs with 4 .R-N8, mat
42 . . . . x! 43. x RJQ7x! 44. Q-3Whit finds th bst dfns If 44 NxR, Black has 44 . N
Q7ch; and if 44 QxP, Black scors immdiatly with 44 . . R-R74. NK2 RN4N7.
44. . . . RR7 45. K2 KR2
Th thrat is 4 . . . . 4N7.
46. Q-8?!
Kasparov nots that 46. QN4 is a bttr dfns, though Backstill wins aftr 46 . PB4 47. QN th problm with 47. Q-B8 is47 . RR8ch 48. KB2 NQ7 ) 47 . . . . PB 48. QN4 NQ7ch 49 . RR8ch KB2 PB6
46. R-R8c 47 K-2 N-Q7 Whie esgs
Kasparov givs th lin, 48 NN3 R-R7ch 49. K-K N-B6ch . KB RxB and says that Whit's caus is hoplss.
And what about Kasparovs activitis outsid chss? It turns outthat this young man ntrtains a wid rang of intrsts. H lovsalmost all sports, and h looks as if h is good at many His favorithobby is travlling around th countrysid on his motorcycl Andwhat about girls and marriag? Girls ar wondrful," h confiddbut I hav a long tim bfor can think of marriag."
Kasparov's full schdul at th univrsity, whr h spcializs inEnglish dos not lav him much spar tim. H dos manag to dosom rading, and his prfrnc is for historical novls
As for currnt ambitions, Kasparov says h wil b contnt withplaying in th candidats' matchs. And if h is lucky nough tomt Karpov in 1984 h will prpar diligntly. Kasparov has a highrgard for th champion's play as wll as for th champion's charactr. And charactr, Kasparov blivs is just as important as ability,particularly in a match.
Th tim smd right to confront Kasparov with th assssmntof him that Karpov offrd two yars arlir. Karpov thinks you arvry motional," I said. H told m so himsf in Malta. Won't yourmotions hindr you in match play?"
Kasparovs fac lit up in its usual mischivous grin. His rply was
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for prfrring th Aburt and Palatnik gams. Thy stand out
turning points in my carr" Kasparov was only 15 whn th gamswr playd and h was compting for a chanc to mov fromjunior tournamnts into th adult world of th U.SS.R Championship Too th championship qualifir containd som of th bsttalnt in th world Th grat David Bronstin for xampl, finishd
in a ti for 29th47th in th 64playr fild. Kasparov tid for firstwith Igor Ivanov who now livs in th Unitd Stats.
Aftr rturning from th Olympiad in Switzrland, I rviwd thlburt and Palatnik gams. Thy xhibit imagination and illustratKasparovs trmndous vision. H obviously ss carly th upshotof complx positions vn bfor thy occur. Most of all, th winsovr Lv burt and Smyon Palatnik show th stamp of an nthusiastic chss spirit that is much lik th man himslf. Hr thy ar
Aoth Kaspaov finss. Th is only a daw aft th hastyadvanc, 45. P-N5? . Thus 46 PxP PxP 47. K-B2 K-B5 48. P
N3ch and so on
6. Q3 - 7. -3 P-NS 8. Q3 PxP 9. PxP Q 50 -3 - 5 .3 PBS 52. 2 S 53 . 2 PB6c 5. B I 55. N White resgs
Kaspaov's win ov Palatnik was th fist gam of hs to gainintnational cognition. Appaing n Infrmant No 26, it wasvotd sixth bst in th volum by a distinguishd panl of gandmasts. Phaps vn mo tlling it finshd fst in a poll among
I fist mt Rubn Fin ov 60 yas ago and fist playd him in thJunio Masts Tounamnt of 1930 Although I dont mmbwho won ou gam, I will nv fogt th fist piz in that tounamnt: a bal of schmatz hing. This uniqu incntiv may xplain why Athu Dak payd so w to win th vntth hingbing a fotast of th gn gaps that svd as his dit duingth dp Dpssion yas to com.)
Bon in 1914, Rubn was a small, bond, bluyd youngstabout six months my junio H smd cocky and aloof to sompopl, but bliv that was only a potctiv facad typical ofovly snsitiv lads In fact, h was aways ady fo a spoof Onmmoabl vning back in 1932, h showd up at a Mashal ChssClub simutanous disguisd in movisial gab as ZuUx, a Matianinvad. Two Nubian savs" stood naby to potct thi mast" In a sntnc, Rubn was a poo boy and a good spot whogw up in th East Bonx, and anyon familia with social conditions in thos pcincts duing th Gat Dpssion knows what adifficult tim h had just to suviv
Young Fin possssd a supio intllignc, gaduating fomcollg at th ag of 18 W all knw that h was going to mak iton way o anoth. Th ony qustions w whn, wh, and inwhat fild of ndavo. By th mid-1930s, th fild of ndavoappad to b chss I gadd him as ou bst hop to bcomwold champion.
In a piod of only 18 months, fom Jun 196 to Dcmb193 7, Fin achivd sults in th intnational ana xcddamong Amicans only by Paul Mophy and Bobby Fisch. H tookfist piz in 10 of 14 tounamnts including a skin of nin fists in10 vnts In two oth tounamnts, h finishd scond At thsup-stong Nottingham 1936 and Smming-Badn 1937, hwnt undfatd and finishd just bow th top both tims. H wasnow patdly finishing ahad of Alxand Akhin Thn, onRubns nxt visit to Euop h tid with Pau Ks fo fist pac
at AVRO 1938, which was th stongst tounamnt hld unti that120
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tim and, for thos of us who suspct that FIDE ratings havbcom outragousy inflatd th strongst tournamnt vr Bothhis sporting rsults in th 'thirtis and th shr quality of hisgams," wrot Wolfgang Hidnfld in Draw! mak [Fin on ofth outstanding payrspossibly the outstanding playr of thpriod
Rubn was, thn, a grat playr but paradoxically not goodnough. During th mad and bad yars of th 1930s and 1940sthra of Stalin Hitlr Hirohito, and brad linsno Amrican couldhop to mak a carr in chss unss h wr world champion orat th vry ast, US champion Rubn ran up a narrow plus-scoragainst Alkhin but could not arrang a match; and in th USChampionships of thos yars .
Fn Vsus RshvsIf Fin clipsd Sammy Rshvsky in th intrnational arna andfinishd ahad of him in svral U.S Opns, h faild to win th U.SChampionship in four attmpts, traiing bhind Rshvsky in throf thm. I must tak som rsponsibility for my good frinds discomfitur. In th 1936 and 1940 championship fixturs, Sammydfatd m and Fin only drw If th rsults had bn rvrsd,Fin would hav finishd first qual in 1936 and won outright in1940. Thn, in th 1944 U.S Championship (without Rshvsky), Ibat Fin in th dcisiv ncountr
Athough Rshvsky outscord Fin on a numbr of occasions, Iconsidrd th lattr th bttr playr bcaus of his gratrknowldg and dpr undrstanding of th gam. It showd in hissuprior intrnational rcord. Fin lackd only Rshvsky's bulldogtnacity and singnss of purpos. What Viscount Mlbourn said ofLord Macauaythat h wishd h wr as cocksur of anything
Tom Macaulay is of vrything"dfind th distinction btwn
Fin and Rshvsky. If Rshvsky's rligious blifs wr so strongthat h nvr doubtd anything, Fin qustiond vrything Thatincludd I bliv, his right to dvot so much tim to what manypopl rgardd as a frivolous pursuit that contributd itt to thwll-bing of socity.
Doubts ar always th nmy of blind ddication which is sossntial for aspiring world champions Unmpoyd from 1939 to1941, Fin saw that a futur ddicatd to chss was blak at bst,and h obyd th dictats of common sns, rturning to school inth mid-1940s and arning a psychoogy doctorat in 948 fromU.C.L.A. Duing Word War II, h workd first as a translator(Dutch, Frnch, Grman, Italian Yiddish you nam it ) and thnfor th Dpartmnt of th Na as part of a tam to dtrmin
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whr Grman U-Boats wr most likly to surac. Latr, h didrsarch in th ara o psychological warar, including a study onkamikaz attacks.
In th ild o Frudian psychology, Fin bcam a giant, srvingas an honord visiting prossor at his old alma matr, th City
Collg o Nw York (Class o '32), not to mntion stints in thsam capacity at th Univrsity o Amstrdam, th Lowll Instituto Tchnology, and th Univrsity o Flornc in Italy Foundr oth Crativ Living Cntr, locatd in midtown Manhattan, hauthord The Hist f Psychanalysis a standard work in thild that was irst publishd in 1979. Among Rubn's 16 nonchssbooks, important titls includ Freud: a Critical Reevaluatin fhis Theries (1962) The Healing f the Mind (1971), The Develpment f Freud's Thught (1973 The Meaning f Lve in Human
Experience (1985), and The Frgtten Man Understanding theMale Psyche (1987).
But as I was saying about Fin and Rshvsky whn playing ovrthir gams rom th U.S. Opns and th U.S. Championships o th1930s and 1940s, I noticd a tiny distinction btwn th two Fin, who nvr had troubl ocusing his attntion in highproil intrnational vnts, occasionaly lost tactical control o middlgampositions in domstic tournamnts, whras Rshvsky virtuallynvr surd such accidnts. Sammys bad positions cam rom
poorly playd opnings. I bliv that in Amrican vnts, Finotn ound himsl wondring why h was playing chss or pnnisand lt his mind wandr. Tak, or xampl th ollowing orgottngam against a non-mastr
Albe Roddy-Reuben Fne.S. pen I 940
Nimzoindian Defense
I . Q4 KB3 2. QB4 K3 3 KB3 Q4 4. B3 B5 5 Q-3 B46. B5 B3 7. Qx 00 8. -K3 KR3 9. BR4 K4 0 B-3 -K5 I I BK2 QB3 2. R-QB I KR4 1 3 -KR4 -5 1 4. -Q4 Qx 5. Qx BxB/3 1 6 Bx -B4 1 7 x x 1 8 R-K I x 1 9 x QxR 20. QKB4 BK3 2 1 . K7c K-R2 22. BQ3ch B4 23. KQ2 QRK I
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mad fo ut I think that Fin playd a lot ik Boy FischBoth w activ positional plays who possssd univsal stysand oth won gams in a vaity of ways. My chif ojctiv" Finonc wot was always pcision whv that would tak m."As Savilly Tatakow notd Fin coud mak somthing out ofnothing" a la Capalanca But h coud also play gandios and
isky attacking cominations:
I -B?
Reube FieNa GssmaNew Yo 1 933
Th concption is magnificnt th comination duious.
I.
xB 2 NxP -2 3. R-N I That Whit's sacifics involv waiting movs ath than chcks
6 R- I ch -R3 7 Q3ch R2 8. Q-7ch -R3 9 Q-N7ch Black sgs
Against Mikhail Botvinnik Fin playd a gam that minds mof Fischs win ov Tigan Ptosian in gam svn of thi 9 71candidats' match. Notic Fins xcllnt opning ppaation asyngotiation of complications to achiv vant positional aims
and final pntation with th Rooks.
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I I . B-5chThis mov is all part of a prpard variation by Fin.
I . . . NB3
That this natural mov is shown to los virtually by forc spaksvolums about Fin's fl for positions. H maks bating Botvinniklook asy. Th corrct mov is 11 . . . BQ whn th gam is qual
Back cannot kp Whits Rooks off th svnth rank. As Finpoints out a possibl lin is 31 . . . RR2 32. R-B3 Q-K 33. N-Q7!K-R1 34. R-B7 R-KN1 35. N-K.
Dutch Trat
To support himslf Rubn or Ruby as w calld him bgan towrit chss books. And lots of thm Som of ths books such a
Basic Chess Endings Mode Chess Openings sixth dition) and
Dr Laskers Chess Career with Frd Rinfld) bcam classics;othrs suffrd th critical ravags of tim Most of his books soldw and along with Rinfld h was th most popular chss writrof his tim. A w-dsrvd popularity, too H wrot clarly andconcisly and bginnrs bought his books by th thousands.
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Fo a tim Ruby livd in Holland sving as Max Eu's scondin th 193 7 tun match against Alkhin. Ruby bcam astinds ith Emma Tha Ksing th daught o his Dutch publish. At a bi coutship thy maid on Sptmb 1937; and Ruby bought his bid hom to K Gadns NYok h accoding to my old addss book thy livd at 525
84th Avnu.
Emmy as a bight dakyd dainty bauty ith a pixiishsns o humo that mad mn lov h A om pot ithAmstdams Het Vlk, sh as a al Dutch tat. My i Ninaand I ond o h and sinc th Fins nighbos socializd togth. In thos days both my i and okd; andI as sot o a big shot by vitu o oning a band n Plymouth.Pic $540 Ho natual tho o all o uss Emmy ho
as a diabtic and dcidd sh could not mak th tipto divdon to th Jsy sho o a knd at Badly Bach h ntd ooms and ushd out to th aiting sand.
Th day as bautiul and Ruby and I soon ll ast aslp onth bach Suddnly, aaknd by loud voics comingom th ats dg. My i looking bdald as aguingith a liguad. W aivd on th scn just in tim to s apolicman load Nina into a paddy agon. Th liguad claimdthat sh sam out byond th ops and told him to gt lost hn
h nt out to gt h. H thn tid to to h back by th haiand sh kckd and cusd at him. And so o Nina nt to thpolic station h told th judg ould hold a spdytial
Ruby and I dashd back to ou ooms dssd in a lash andaivd at th polic station to ind Nina playing gin ummy ithth chi. Th judg as on th ay at postponing his kndhunting tip and soon ound ouslvs in th adjoining
coutoom. I actd as my is attony and Ruby claimd topsnt th N Yrk Times.
Th liguad told his stoy at hich put my clint" on thstand. Tll m" I askd did you us oul languag toad thisgntlman hn h tid to pull you out o th at?" Innocntlythis st young thing ho onc posd o Chals Dana Gibsonlookd at th judg and ansd You hono such languag isoign to my natu" That might hav bn nough but I thoughtit itting that Ruby mak th inal mov You hono" I said hav h M. Rubn Fin a sta mmb o th New Yrk Times ho sa vything I don't think it ill bnit you ai city iod laks out that local liguads dal so hashly ith th public"
Don cam th judgs gavl ith a bang Cas dismissd!
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In th aly yas of ou chss cas, Ruby and I playd a matchfo th thn hug sum of 50 which was put up by Jams Nwman.My opponnt got off to a flying stat by winning th fist twogams, and all h ndd was a thid win to finish th match. But
th followd two daws, and I won th st to tak th 50.I thnk that this match put a hx on Rubyth sam kind of
ndian sign that Sammy Rshvsky had on m unti I bat him twozip in a taining match fo th 1948 wold championship tounamnt I had a facility fo dawing with Ruby and losing to Sammyin US Championships and in th pocss, waking havoc on thfoms ca plans. hat was why Ruby inscibd my copy of hisBasic Chess Endings with th qust to Pas look this ov bfo playing Rshvsky."
On momnt that I will nv fogt is whn w dov hom aftI won th 1944 US Championshipin lag pat bcaus ofdfating Ruby in ou individual gam. You know" h said without bittnss, you'v always stood in my way." H was ight, andth thought saddnd m. h phas With a find lik m,"cam to mind
My wif was gnuinly fond of Ruby, and unlk myslf sh wasin no kind of comptition with him. Aft h and Emmy gotdivocd in 1944 Nina could not ba to s him so dpssd andoftn invitd him to dinn, wh sh tid to fix him up withdats H vntually covd and maid Sonya Lbaux whobo him his only son Bnjamin.
Sonya fgud in a small incidnt that occud duing my 1946match in Holywood against Hman Stin On vning, Rubyand his nw wif cam to s us play Whn th gam was ov, hand I wandd off discussing its manifold and condit complica
tions nv alizing that w lft his wif waiting outsid thpaying oom Luckly sh was stil th whn w doubld backsom 40 minuts lat
How's that fo a coup of absntmindd pofssos?
On Januay 25 1993 Ruby ntd St LuksRoosvlt MdicalCnt in Manhattan H had suffd a stok and on Mach 26 hdid fom pnumonia h loss of this old find, an uncowndwold champion if v th was on, haunts th vy) fw of us
