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The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
No. 1(July 1971) Robert James Fischer(March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmasterand the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championshipsat the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament.
As of 2023, twelve players are invited to compete: the reigning US champion, as well as the respective winners of the US Open Chess Championship and the US Junior Championship. The remaining players are chosen by highest invitational rating, in addition to one organizer wildcard. [4] Fabiano Caruana is the current US chess champion.
The official poster of the Olympiad. The 15th Chess Olympiad (Bulgarian: 15-ата Шахматна олимпиада, 15-ata Shahmatna olimpiada), organized by FIDE and comprising an open [1] team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 15 and October 10, 1962, in Varna, Bulgaria.
In 1962, at the height of the Cold War, President Kennedy warns that the USSR is preparing for war, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The first scene is the Grand Master chess match between the dazed American with blood on his hand who walks out to the already seated Russian. Seven days earlier, the American chess player arrives home.
Donald Byrne (1930–1976) was one of the leading American chess masters at the time of this game. He won the 1953 U.S. Open Championship, and represented the United States in the 1962, 1964, and 1968 Chess Olympiads. [2] He became an International Master in 1962, and probably would have risen further if not for ill health. [3]
Dubrovnik, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) Died. 8 December 1980. (1980-12-08) (aged 70) Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Title. Grandmaster (1953) Petar Trifunović (31 August 1910 – 8 December 1980) was a Yugoslav and Serbian chess player, who was awarded the international grandmaster title, and was a five-time Yugoslav champion.
The United States Chess Federation designated the 1960 U.S. Championship as the Zonal tournament. Top finishers in the championship were Bobby Fischer with 9/11, William Lombardy with 7, Raymond Weinstein with 6½, and Arthur Bisguier, Samuel Reshevsky, and James Sherwin with 6. Zone 5 was allotted three players, but the lack of true chess ...