| 单词 | chess |
| 例句 | Having studied Byrne’s past games in chess books and magazines, Bobby knew something of his opponent’s style and the strategies he frequently used. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was nine p.m. on July 20, 1971, and Bobby Fischer had achieved what no one else had ever accomplished in chess: winning two grandmaster matches without drawing or losing a single game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Rooster Jim was by last week for another chess game and I held my own, though he beat me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z If they were all punk rockers with pink Mohawks and multiple piercings—maybe with one chess club geek thrown in—he could make that work. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Where did you learn how to play chess?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I realize that dealing with Shay every day is like playing chess. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The people on the radio made it sound a lot like a game of chess where any move was one play from checkmate. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Unlike Joan, Bobby seemed to have little interest in school, and whenever Regina helped him with his homework he typically gave it short shrift, impatient to go back to chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In chess, a second’s job is to be an attendant, advisor, advocate, and majordomo for the player he serves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Donald Byrne, the United States Open champion, said he was so on edge that he spent the entire day before the match trying not to think of chess, reading the romantic prose of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was thirteen and intended to spend the summer studying and playing chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He asked his mother if she’d stop coming to the chess club to take him home at night. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I always thought it was wild to see dudes you knew were hustlers playing chess for hours. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Rather, he was playing speed chess at a side table with several of the young masters, who congregated around him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Fischer’s quest and charisma transformed the image and status of chess in the United States and other countries, as well. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Portorož tourney is of a type that should make for interesting and exciting chess as only six are permitted to go to the World Championship Challengers Tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Outside of the Soviet Union, where chess masters were comfortably supported by the state, no chess player could survive on his tournament winnings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, after some speech making about the contribution of chess toward a possible détente between the Soviet Union and the United States, play got under way. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I think Jack helped Bobby psychologically, with chess fightingness, just being tough and wanting always to win.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z What Bobby achieved in going undefeated in both Bled and Stockholm was the chess equivalent of pitching two successive no-hitters in baseball’s World Series. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Or, at least, Miyoko would be the only impediment if it weren’t for the U.S. government, which, ironically, may walk away from this chess match with the best score. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If a motion picture location scout were searching for an idealized chess club, the Marshall might be his pick. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Crammed in the car, the group sometimes tired of chess talk and reminisced about other adventures, real or imagined. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Dreaming about chess didn’t happen often with Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When Bobby Fischer, chess’s version of Van Winkle, emerged after twenty years, the thing that had changed the most was him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z All I’d brought was a paperback book about chess—I figured my father ought to learn the game for real, before the lieutenant figured out he was faking it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Met at the Moscow airport by Lev Abramov, the head of the chess section of the USSR, and by a guide from Intourist, Joan and Bobby were ushered to Moscow’s finest hotel, the National. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I see a mind movie where chess pieces come to life. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z All I’d brought was a paperback book about chess—I figured my father ought to learn the game for real, before the lieutenant figured out he was faking it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I studied each chess piece, trying to absorb the power each contained. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s speed chess—each player’s taking a fraction of a second to make a move. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Bobby read chess literature while he was eating and when he was in bed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I did fairly well on it for a while,” Bobby said, looking back, “but chess had more attraction and the accordion was pushed aside.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the locker room Glen and Trip were playing chess and somebody, probably Trip, had a radio on blasting out some reggae. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Kashdan and Bobby had never met before, but the former was a legend in the chess world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She assumed he meant some kind of sport or maybe chess, but no, she didn’t know how those could be. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z At least he had won the chess game. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The possibilities of chess somehow made his essential loneliness and insecurity less painful. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I play a fair game of chess,” Luke said to the doctor, who cheered at once. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Then Papa came home early and sat with us and took turns playing chess, and he didn’t even seem mad that Amil won. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He taught me to play chess before I learned how to read. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One mistake is the argument that discovery claims are necessarily retrospective because ‘discovery’ is an ‘achievement word’, like checkmate in chess. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I’m so sick of playing chess. And my mom won’t say no to me helping people.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Tears came to her eyes and more than once she wished her father was not quite so good at the game of chess. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Most always he would be sitting over the queer, pretty chess game when she opened the door. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z All of the sisters played chess with him, but acceding to his preference, they played Fischer Random. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes in the evening the mutes would play chess. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In the winter of 1950, when he was seven years old, he asked Regina if she’d buy him another, larger chess set for Christmas. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He huffed: “It is an unprecedented instance in chess history.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Once again he won the chess match and laid the ball in for a nineteen-yard touchdown. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z No. A disguise was one thing, but Sam Westing lose a game of chess? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z This was exactly like Muggle chess except that the figures were alive, which made it a lot like directing troops in battle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As was typical of him, he approached the purchase of his first apartment as he would a chess game: Before he made a move, everything had to be perfect. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They sit in his room with the chess table between them, not moving except for their hands, which lift, hover over the board, plunge down. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And then we played regular chess and I was better at that but he still won. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By my ninth birthday, I was a national chess champion. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z An extraordinarily wealthy man with a passion for chess, he wanted to pay Bobby some of the royalties that were due him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Was this the same Bobby Fischer who supposedly knew only chess, the sullen high school dropout from Brooklyn? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Like you can learn all there is to know about life by playing chess. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The building reminds me of that piece in chess that looks like a castle. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The question read: “According to the rules of chess, is this position possible?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They went over some of the games from Browne’s recent tournaments, although they didn’t play chess, and once took a long walk at sunset to enjoy the spectacular views of the city across the Bay. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She assumed he meant some kind of sport or maybe chess, but no, she didn’t know how those could be. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The store had a chess collection—at prices lower than Buschke’s—combined with a specialization in Caribbean and radical literature. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There were also the fine points of chess etiquette. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout that summer and during the next few years, Bobby began making chess friends at the club. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As the study of chess had been compulsive when he was a boy, so now his mind was captivated by deep, serious study of history, philosophy, and other topics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Just fourteen years old, he was now officially ranked as a chess master, the youngest person ever to achieve that ranking in the United States. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He had also made a chess set, using toothpaste caps and squares of paper as pieces. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When a female chess columnist asked him for an interview after lunch, he agreed; she shrieked joyfully, hugged Bobby, and kissed him on the cheek. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He opened a sack tied to his belt and put the chess piece in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby’s invention of a new chess clock that operated differently from those traditionally used in tournaments had to be specially manufactured for the match, and Vasiljevic had it made. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z One evening, the men, who were joined by Jan Timman from Holland, the number three-ranked chess player in the world, went off to what Broodhaers described as a “raunchy” nightclub in downtown Brussels. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The deputy examined the puny little chess book as if he was expecting to find a false compartment and a skeleton key. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I was talking about a chess rook,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes they would go for a walk together or play chess—but more often they spent the day quietly in Singer’s room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At that time it looked as though the match with Spassky would have a total prize fund of $138,000, the highest amount ever for a chess match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Plus, she knew that he wanted to play chess against the better Soviet players as training before he entered the Interzonal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He’d earned the job of Assigner because of his quick mind, his swift intelligence, his fertile imagination, his ability to see two moves ahead as if life were a giant checker or chess game. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie gasped, her eyes became the size of plates, and the chess piece fell out of her mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We went into the living room and sat down at the chess board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When we were on vacation, we had a little more family time, a little more time to read newspapers, play chess or monopoly, and listen to the radio. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Years later, a friend’s offhand mention that Bobby probably had every expectation of winning his first game against a chess master elicited a strident rebuke: “Of course not!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘Your masculine smarts? Really? Tell me, who always wins at chess?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then we played speed chess up on the third floor, which I was no good at but he didn’t wipe me out too fast. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I think it’s a load of hooey. But I can’t say I’m surprised. If this school was full of geniuses, I’d have a lot more company on the chess team.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z During the summer of 1955 Bobby serendipitously happened upon a gathering place for chess aficionados and, in so doing, raised his game to a whole new level. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The old grandmaster had many tales to tell, and listening to him was like reading a book of chess history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I remember when I was a little girl, on Sunday afternoons my father and I would sit at the kitchen table playing chess. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Only four months had passed since his thirteenth birthday and Bobby had become the youngest chess master in history and one of the strongest young players in the country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Lyman was eloquent in a homespun way, and in addition to his analysis of the match, he added explanations so that the analysis would be understandable to chess novices. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “What my brother always says is, ‘Hey, say you are looking at a chess board. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Bobby wanted to scrutinize the library and view Schmid’s chess art masterpieces. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He told her he was planning to write a book that would prove how the Soviet players cheated in chess, and the tapes contained his thoughts on the matter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Fischer, like his predecessor Morphy, the nineteenth-century American prodigy, wasn’t especially prolific when it came to writing about chess, so the public greedily awaited each word he produced. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They carried chess sets, basketballs, Vietnamese-English dictionaries, insignia of rank, Bronze Stars and Purple Hearts, plastic cards imprinted with the Code of Conduct. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby’s chess dragon was not only stirring in the cave, it was lashing its tail. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The captured chess pieces, knights and pawns and bishops, line up on the outskirts of the board. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In a somewhat different mood, Bobby also said at one point that he felt like giving up chess from time to time, “but what else would I do?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Only in some chimookoman things, his cabin for instance, and his ability to play and win the white man’s game of chess with the trader, did he take secret pride. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He wanted to read and purchase Russian chess literature and visit the clubs and parks where chess was played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Like a chess game between equally matched competitors, however, the battle continued. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Intriguingly, the chess tables crossed class barriers: One might find Wall Street bankers playing against homeless men from Skid Row, or Ivy Leaguers facing down high school dropouts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the towers of the little clean Martian village, like sharply carved chess pieces lying in the afternoon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z My hands balled into fists as he collected the rest of the chess pieces. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In another, she’s at a chess tournament, staring down at the board. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There were eleven hundred spectators, more than for any previous chess event in U.S. history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Less than a week shy of his nineteenth birthday, Bobby Fischer had just established himself as one of the most extraordinary chess players in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Several other boys from the tournament traveled with him and he visited Los Angeles and Long Beach, where he stayed in the home of chess player/entrepreneur Lina Grumette and swam in her pool. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Philippines—Although Bobby was adored by the Philippine chess community and had established ties there, he was unhappy with the ouster of president Joseph Estrada, whom he believed was “pushed out illegally.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Soviet chess establishment thought of Bobby as a novinka—a novelty—but, also, someone ultimately to be feared. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Since becoming my chess partner, Rooster Jim had improved in the olfactory department. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The eight tables, with chess sets and boards, were at the ready for the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I have no idea what he was thinking, but I thought back to all our chess games. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Dad and I watched the History Channel and played chess all day, and in the evening, my mother and Charlie joined us. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Eventually, Bobby sent 10 percent of his meager chess earnings to the Church. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "I was playing chess with him in the game room, but he didn't know I knew." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And every spare minute he spent there he wanted to be engaged in chess, hopefully playing with the highest-rated masters in the country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Regina yelled at Bobby, with the not-so-subtle implication that if he spent just a fraction of the time on his studies that he devoted to chess, he’d be a stellar student. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z What is it that soccer, darts, chess, backgammon and Scrabble have in common? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His chess innocence gone, he could now see the denouement perhaps twenty or more moves ahead. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Singer was at his table by the window playing a game of chess. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They were there to talk about chess and the anxiety Bobby was feeling. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "I played with Sam Westing—chess. Hour after hour I sat staring down at that chessboard. He lectured me, he insulted me, and he won every game." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z While Shepherd didn’t play chess, he admired the idea of Bobby Fischer and what he was accomplishing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m reminded of the relentless way she played speed chess in her Memory. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In chess tournaments, contestants are not only assigned opponents, they’re also given, for each round, a color: black or white. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z An elegant public relations agent, Grumette conducted a regular chess salon in her home, which players paid to attend. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby and Jack played thousands of games—mostly speed—analyzed hundreds of positions, and solved dozens of chess problems together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He put his slippered feet up on a long, low coffee table, a chess board inset in the middle, cigarette burns and mug rings on its surface. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z That gave him three weeks to relax, play chess, and travel around California. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Despite his promotion of Fischer Random and his rejection of and scorn for the “old chess,” he still played over games, tempted by the action of contemporary tournaments and matches. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The fact that he was now an international grandmaster and was eligible to compete for the World Championship made him feel accomplished, but he wondered how he could possibly make a living playing chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was like playing chess and making a bad move and not knowing why but knowing instinctively that it was a bad move. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Week after week, wherever he went—be it chess club, restaurant, cafeteria, or billiard parlor—there was the blue box. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Today Amil and I were playing chess when we heard people yelling outside. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Bobby now realized that there was nothing about his destiny that was inevitable, and yet he would not go quietly into the chess night. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The short, stunted man confined to a wheelchair and the growing boy went to movies, dined in restaurants, attended chess events at clubs, and celebrated birthdays and holidays together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Andrei had surreptitiously taken a photograph of Bobby at a New Year’s Eve dinner party and sent it to Shakhmatny Bulletin, the Russian chess magazine. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I soon noticed that, after losing a few games of chess, my opponent talked less of masculine superiority,” she wrote in her autobiography. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The tick of the chess clock was the only sound heard. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was the coauthor of the then latest edition of the modern bible of chess, Modern Chess Openings, which contained thousands of variations, positions, analyses, and recommendations. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When he moved, the man playing chess looked up quickly and smiled at him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He stood up and tucked the chess book under his arm. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “No catch. If you stay after to learn chess for a few days, I’ll excuse you from homework on the days you stay.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The last time chess had made the Times front page was in 1954, when the Soviet team visited the United States and Carmine Nigro had brought the eleven-year-old Bobby to witness the international match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Was American chess about to soar on the wings of Bobby’s fame? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, Bobby shifted his monologues from hatred of the Jews to chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In very little time, he became almost as absorbed in the Bible and “the Church” as he was in chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t have a chess tournament to discharge his competitive energy, so he vented his anger at the Swiss bank, which he insisted was run by Jews. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I picked up a mug in front of a doctor studying the chess board. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon completion of the game, the Referee must immediately remove the chess pieces from the table to prevent analysis. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z By now, Ralph had no self-consciousness in public thinking but would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The wind hurled the sand ship keening over the dead sea bottom, over long-buried crystals, past upended pillars, past deserted docks of marble and brass, past dead white chess cities, past purple foothills, into distance. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z After she nodded, he said, “Think about the pieces on a chess board.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Rather, they put food on the table by teaching chess, giving exhibitions, operating chess parlors, selling chess sets, and writing books and magazine articles that received small advances. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the performance of your agreement with a corporate sponsor in Yugoslavia to play chess is deemed to be in support of that sponsor's commercial activity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian had stopped playing chess with him because the games were so interesting they were foolish. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Mom said I should have bought Erlan a chess set for his birthday, but I told her he likes lots of things besides just chess. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He stared at the mud like a chess player thinking out a move. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was just like Candy Man waiting on one more game of chess. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In the annals of chess, this was the first fistfight ever recorded by two grandmasters, both prospective World Champions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If Fischer had never played another game of chess, his reputation, certainly as an analyst, would have been preserved through its publication. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s important to stress the difference between Soviet and American chess teams at that time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A half a dozen from the chess team were sitting together. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Permission from the Community Woodward School was forthcoming for Bobby’s three-week absence, and the boy was delighted to be on the road playing chess instead of being in the classroom. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Fischer had a gun to our heads,” he later said, explaining the abrupt termination of one of the most important American chess matches ever played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Later, Bobby would increase the degree of difficulty by reading chess books in multiple languages. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His inscrutable expression became even more so at the sight of the two boys playing chess and the tiny girl with a squirrel in her lap. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He said again that he thought of himself as the best Japanese chess player in the whole United States. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Even in Russia, chess crowds this enormous had never been seen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They discussed Socialism and chess, and it was the beginning of a strong friendship. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We had two bunks, a toilet, a galley, no radio, plenty of books, a deck of cards, a chess set, and two thousand pounds of hash. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Laucks was inarguably one of the most eccentric people in the New York chess community, with conflicting values and erratic behavior. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The playing of chess was considered more than just a national policy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bronstein looked like what one might picture a chess player to look like. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His financial patronage of teams and players could always be relied upon, and he was the sponsor of many chess events, some major. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He also enjoyed his status as the school’s resident chess player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z That Dylan and Hudson could still play chess. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The chess fraternity, at least in New York, was all aquiver over the possibility. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At the final round, the applause from the American audience appeared to be sincere and respectful, but privately, a plaintive cry went up among many of the chess players: “What’s wrong with American chess?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She continually emphasized to him the importance of knowing other languages, especially if he intended to play chess in foreign lands. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "Hello, Doctor Deere, how about a game of chess?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Mengarini was so in love with chess that he identified with Bobby’s passion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Rather, he was there to, once again, try to become the player the whole chess world should pay homage to. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Ron went purple in the face; he looked like a radish with a bad sunburn. “... for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years, I award Gryffindor House fifty points.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He's showing Grim how to play 3-D chess, and just watching that makes me dizzy, so after a while I go out to the kitchen and help clean up, which is something I'm good at. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Bobby met Fine’s wife Marcia and their children, and then he and Fine played speed chess for an hour or two. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the difference between playing chess by mail and speed chess.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Some were even calling him the Mozart of chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At 15, this youngster from Brooklyn has become the youngest international grand master in chess and has qualified for next year’s tournament to decide who shall meet Mikhail Botvinnik for the world’s chess championship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He discovered that he loved moving through the water, and he found that he loved competition itself, whether swimming or playing chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Schmid’s castle housed the largest known privately owned chess library in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Soon they will find they have all the pieces they could ever need to make a full chess set. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He looked like the overly helpful, chess club type. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Two spools of thread, one white chess bishop, and six parts of a jigsaw puzzle...A teaspoon and a closed box of safety matches...A radish, two pennies, a nickel, and a golf ball. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Dad had found Gat both a decent chess opponent and a willing audience for his boring stories about military history, so they’d spent some time together. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Sitting with those magazines, it was as if he were studying the chess equivalent of Plutarch’s lives of the Roman generals or Vasari’s lives of the artists. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby felt that journalists weren’t really interested in how or why he moved the chess pieces, but rather in the scandal, tragedy, and comedy of his life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He told me I had a gift, like playing the violin or mastering chess. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was death chess and he was international grand master. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He considered all possibilities as if he were analyzing a chess problem, and decided that he didn’t want to be confined in Hungary. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Inside, Jesse was playing chess in one room with Sam’s younger brother; I found Eric off by himself, drinking a beer in the playroom. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This chess magazine contained theoretical articles and reports on the latest games from around the world, mostly games involving players from the Soviet Union. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A waiter, again unbidden, brought the chessboard and the current issue of the Times, with the page turned down at the chess problem. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The chess game was over, so he was expecting to get that letter from Mrs. Granger any day. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Erlan’s been my best friend since six years ago. He lives on my floor. He’s really cool. He likes chess.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z They believed that he signaled the possibility of a chess boom in America. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a chess piece. A pawn,” she said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He had begun to like him on the September afternoon when he first appeared at his cell door carrying a folded chessboard beneath his arm and a Havana cigar box full of chess pieces. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was a tall, gangly, intense, quarrelsome teenager, a quixotic chess prince who exhibited occasional flashes of charm and grace. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In his mind, my entire life is this gigantic chess match, where every tiny move I make in the seventh grade has to be perfectly designed to bring about some glorious endgame decades later. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Abandoning his own initial error, he promptly apprehended the underlying physics and, more impressively, envisioned the extended implications like a chess master thinking dozens of moves ahead. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He rolled up his sleeves, as if chess were hard, physical work. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I saw the Serjeant’s eye upon me from across the room, and dropped my own gaze to the page, where I helpless took in several incomprehensible paragraphs regarding place, chess pieces, ships, and substance. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Some day he must learn to play chess. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Fischer thought of himself as a warrior in all things, not just chess—and living in Iceland, free of incarceration, he made no exceptions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Kirk eventually earned an MBA from Auburn University, became a seasoned chess player, a vegetarian, and a marathon runner. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Starlight glittered on the spires of a little Martian town, no bigger than a game of chess, in the blue hills. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandfather had won that chess set in a card game with a ship’s captain from Siam. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But as time went on, Bobby just kept journeying more and more into himself, once again reading chess books and playing over games from the past. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Tommy didn’t mind playing chess with Bobby, but he didn’t want to take lessons from his father. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The next day, Deydey took the chess board and headed to the trader’s to play for supplies. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z These were the same qualities Bobby brought to the game of chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I kind of want to say yes because Mr. Daniels is cool and I don’t think there is any reading stuff in chess. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Although he hadn’t seen Bobby in thirty-two years, Saemi phoned some political and business leaders and several from the chess community who he thought might be able to help Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Ibtihaj, first lesson: fencing is like physical chess—you have to be strong and strategic,” the coach said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He wanted to read more—not just chess journals—acquire more money, continue his religious studies, and possibly meet someone with whom he could fall in love. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This film is about a world champion of chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There, beside the glowing yellow night-light of his radio dial, chessboard at his side, chess books and magazines spread around the room, he’d let his thoughts drift. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But what Bobby liked most was that nobody at the inn, other than Bezold and his son Michael, an up-and-coming chess player, knew who he was. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Several other players were also invited to audition for the proposed show, which would present questions that would focus on the history and lore of chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For him it was enough that the count was willing to join him in a game of chess or dominoes, that he was clever and friendly and never asked to borrow money. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What happened after that row over the chess illustrates pretty well the point I’m making. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, chess is cool and all, but I’m not as into it as the other kids are, or as good as them, and I don’t want to compete or anything.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z A man who watched me play in the park suggested that my mother allow me to play in local chess tournaments. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Both had started playing chess seriously at the age of eight and had dropped out of high school to be able to play chess full-time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Harry fretted about this next to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, while Ron and Hermione used their time off to play a game of wizard chess. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “All day she play chess. All day I have no time do nothing but dust off her winnings.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to take the friendship further a couple of times, but he didn’t want to join the chess club—he gave me a whole speech on the evils of competition. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Maybe if I do some service, I won’t have to do chess club anymore.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z William Lombardy, disagreed, however: “Yes, Fischer betrayed chess and everybody. But he’s still magic, and can do a lot for the game. Bobby and Boris are finally cashing in. I don’t begrudge them that.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This was all quite fascinating for the general spectator, but Bobby Fischer hadn’t come to look at chess sets. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “My guess is you play a mean game of chess. Chess, checkers, rummy, bridge, hearts, dominoes, cribbage. And what about solitaire?” added Nels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Though it seemed so long ago, he well remembered their conversation about the chess problem. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z When he hiked past Lowell Park, saw the men playing chess at the park benches, saw the complicated graffiti on the side of one of the apartment buildings, he began to relax. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was poised for battle against the chess establishment, the Union Bank of Switzerland, the Jews, the United States, Japan, Icelanders in general, the media, processed foods, Coca-Cola, noise, pollution, nuclear energy, and circumcision. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s also likely this was his first serious game of chess against a player with tutored expertise. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He and Lolo first met while playing chess at Golden Gate Park, around the time Mr. K still had hair. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “The Game of the Century” has been talked about, analyzed, and admired for more than fifty years, and it will probably be a part of the canon of chess for many years to come. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z More significant, he ignited a phenomenon in the United States not seen before: Almost overnight, a chess boom arose. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z More than one million Jews, most of them immigrants, lived in New York City at that time, and many had brought with them their love for chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They had told him that he must play chess with Hooper, but he had come in here, he no longer cared what they said or did to him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z But to paraphrase Aristotle, one chess game does not a champion make. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was one of about five guys all standing around playing chess and talking trash. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Gone was the speculation that Bobby Fischer had played his best chess too soon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And chess would give them both a way to kill time between their half cans of string beans and their half cans of corn. chapter 8 S^nda.^, The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He put the white knight back in its place, but for the moment he could not settle down to serious study of the chess problem. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z His gentle demeanor aside, he thrived on combat, and improbably, given his academic and chess prowess, he’d once been the European heavyweight amateur boxing champion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Had Fischer not done as well as he did, his story might have ended right there, surrealistically, in the quiet back room of a chess club. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They had been friends for years, and Jaime often went to play chess with him at night. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone was walking around, she thought without interest; Luke was walking back and forth in the room, talking softly to himself; surely an odd way to play chess? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Yet he was a dedicated gamesman and a master at chess. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Tired of letting other people move him around like a chess piece. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “No chess tonight, I think,” he said to Luke, and Luke nodded. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He saw his quest for her in chess terms: “I have been in lost positions before...worse than this, and I won!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He sets up chess problems and works them out, or splits kindling, or goes for long walks by himself with a butterfly book. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I asked Amil to play chess with me before we went to bed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That Theo thinks he's so smart; well, Sandy showed him, Sandy beat him at chess. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “White always plays first in chess,” said Ron, peering across the board. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Bobby played this form of chess at Nigro’s insistence and wasn’t particularly good at it, but it did quicken his appraisal of the position at hand and forced him to trust his instincts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But the chess players seemed not to notice. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The amount of ink was attributable to the fact that Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin paid a surprise visit to a garden party held in Moscow for the American chess team. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Friends and advisors reminded him that if he accepted, he’d be the only chess player ever to have a ticker-tape parade, and probably there’d never be another chess player receiving the distinction. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Next to each bed, resting on a chair, was a chess set. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sitting at the chess table, the professor and the teenager created an almost comic tableau. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, during some of their visits the two grandmasters discussed chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z What concerned her was that his life lacked balance; she worried that his chess single-mindedness wasn’t healthy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The room was quiet except for the occasional rap of a chess piece slammed to the board in anger. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was good at chess, and he was a natural scholar and athlete. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Bobby and Zita played one game of chess: his new variation, called Fischer Random. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Before going to sleep he would read for a while or play chess. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “The doctor in charge of the study, the one who’d started the distant healing research—she was the daughter of some chess champion or something, remember?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She pulled a black chess piece from her pocket and jammed it into her mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z To another he talked about newspapermen in general: “Those guys always write bad stories about me. They say I’m stupid and that I have no talent in anything except for chess. It’s not true.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Byrne knew that even though he was on the wrong end of the result, he’d lost one of the greatest games ever played, and in so doing had become part of chess history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "And a wonderful surprise it is," my father says, "because Ollie is terrible at chess and he's agreed to play for money." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I believed her because the day my father taught her how to play chess, she won her first game. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Charlie stood in the hallway, her chess set held in both trembling hands. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Some chess players felt that it was an insult to proclaim Fischer the greatest American player at seventeen, and thereby diminish the reputation of Reshevsky at fifty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Regina arranged for Dr. Fine to telephone Bobby and invite him to his home just for an evening of chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As one chess master said of him; “Bobby virtually inhaled chess literature. He remembered everything and it became part of him.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about ten years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Bobby walked to his board and silently sneered at the chess timer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was deeply ingrained in the culture, and it seemed that everyone—man, woman, and child; farmer, civil servant, or doctor—played chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I remember: Life with Shay is like playing chess. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z As a youth, he displayed prodigious talents for magic and for chess, at which he could play two blindfold games simultaneously. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When the others had gone and the cafe was closing, Mr. Guillory told me he came often to the Y to play chess. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To boost his competitiveness Bobby spent hours after school at the Grand Army Plaza library reading almost every chess book on the shelves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Drawing his last game and coming in sixth, Bobby Fischer became the youngest chess player ever to qualify to play in the Candidates tournament, and the youngest international grandmaster in the history of the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m the best Japanese chess player I know,” he said. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Is it too much to hope that even at this late state he will regain his balance and fulfill his obligation to the chess world by trying to play Spassky without histrionics? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The deputy examined the puny little chess book as if he was expecting to find a false compartment and a skeleton key. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As he and Collins strolled down Flatbush Avenue, they were playing what is called “blindfold chess,” a form of the game practiced throughout the ages. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They were all masters of checkers and chess and bridge and cribbage and dominoes and anagrams and charades and Ping-Pong and billiards, as well. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to call one of his Japanese chess friends for help, but Immigration denied him access to a phone. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Have you ever heard of a game called chess?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He sensed that the old man was probably proud of him from the very beginning of his chess career, but never told him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As he sat in front of the chessboard, often at the kitchen table, with a chess book spread open, the pieces became his companions, the book his mentor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “He incited a great deal of interest in chess here,” one of his teachers said later. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z However, it did give Bobby a sense of the board, the movement and role of the pieces, and the choreography of how a game of chess could develop. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The chess board seemed to hold elaborate secrets waiting to be untangled. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie whined and pouted but grabbed the chess piece, scrambled off the bed, and hurried out the door. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The cases also contained a variety of popular chess books and some incunabula printed in German. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Clayton walked past the dog run, the chess players, and the skateboarders along the walkway. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z With Bobby, Fine wanted to first gain the boy’s trust and respect by playing chess, and then begin classical Freudian analysis, in tandem with the group process. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby’s diatribe about cheating by the Soviets was being discussed all over the world, and the chess hierarchy in Russia was incensed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Drew couldn’t believe he had lost Erin to a chess nerd. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Bobby, who was becoming Collins’s pupil, had been studying past and present chess games for years and had begun to dip into Collins’s library of hundreds of books and periodicals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To while away the time, and perhaps to feign indifference until the deciding game was finished, Bobby began playing speed chess with a few of his chess friends. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And Europe’s chancelleries for the next century played a chess game of naked exploitation and power from Cape Horn to Cairo. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the chess set she’d had to get new black pawns for, because I’d flushed all the old ones down the toilet. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z When Bobby spotted Reuben Fine—perhaps America’s second strongest player—in the audience, he became especially excited, since Fine’s books had become almost chess bibles for Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Instead of the usual one to two hours, speed chess often takes only ten minutes to complete; five minutes or less if the players want to challenge themselves even more. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Years later, when a chess collector finally took possession of the littered set and cleaned it up, Bobby’s reaction was typically indignant: “You’ve ruined it!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Monath appealed to him, “Will you please allow me to ask you some friendly questions about chess?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z More than that, she was worried that his interest in chess was becoming obsessive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Some yearning for the comfort of old habits must have seized him, because, finally, he pulled out his leather pocket chess set and started going over the last game of the match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Openly, Bobby disparaged how he’d performed, but the Soviet chess establishment was dazzled by how he managed to place so high under such arduous conditions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When not debating the law, she challenged the law students to chess and other board games. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Collins’s apartment was stocked with hundreds of chess books, chess paintings and statues, and furniture and draperies decorated with chess figures; it was a virtual chess museum. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Percy didn’t play chess, but he was pretty sure that being a pawn was bad. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A caring man who was aware of Regina’s strained financial state, he never charged her for the lessons he gave Bobby, whether chess or music. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Former World Champion Boris Spassky once said that he dreamt about chess, and David Bronstein, a World Championship candidate, talked about playing whole games in his sleep—ones he could reproduce the next morning. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z With some trepidation Regina sent her little chess duckling on his way, but not before draping a large U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Kok had a noble agenda: He wanted Bobby to continue his career, and he wanted to be a privileged witness to his games, as did almost all chess players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to know what chess boxing is.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When we got home, my mother told Vincent to throw the chess set away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was kicked out of the chess club for good. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z A young math student replied—he even knew how to play chess—but for unknown reasons he didn’t take the job. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The captain was a good chess player, and the games were always interesting. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Zita’s father was a diplomat and an official of FIDE, and Zita had other contacts in the chess world who might help her find a sponsor for a Fischer–Spassky rematch. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s strange how good Amil is at chess since he can barely write a sentence. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Fischer felt exactly the same way about chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If chess were chosen as a category for the show, the result could greatly promote the game to the public. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Soon after, Bobby forgot about chess for a while. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even Paul Marshall, Bobby’s lawyer, addressed Bobby’s “dread”: “Bobby fears the unknown, whatever lies beyond his control. He tries to eliminate any element of chance from his life and his chess.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The comment was so like Bobby in that he tended to remember and categorize people through their chess games, not necessarily anything else. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He sat by the window with the chess game laid out before him on the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As Bobby was becoming more involved in the world of chess, he attracted the attention of a wealthy and unusual man named E. Forry Laucks. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I can see her chess mind sorting through the pieces of my words, not quite believing my excuses, looking a dozen steps ahead for what I might do next. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Fair warning: don’t let her talk you into playing chess.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And it didn’t matter if he rebuffed or rejected a person, because someone else was sure to phone with yet another offer to play chess, see a movie, or eat a fish dinner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To others he proclaimed Shakhmatny Bulletin “the best chess magazine in the world.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Nor could the publishers of Bobby’s two books, My 60 Memorable Games and Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, easily keep up with demand for the chess star’s perspective. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “The lieutenant here likes me. I’m teaching him how to play chess.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was falsely rumored that he didn’t even own a chess set. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I remember when Baba was pushing Mustafa to play chess or join quiz bowl, instead of basketball. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He let her meddle with his cute little chess men. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At one point Bobby had to tell her to stop sending chess books because he was running out of room. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The guests jabbered on and on about the weather, about food, about football, about chess, about twins. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He was surrounded by chess officials, players, journalists, and the merely curious, and within hours of touching down in Yugoslavia he was at the board playing, analyzing, and talking chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We snuck into each other’s rooms by night to trade secrets, argue, commiserate, spy, and continue chess games and monopoly games that had begun days earlier. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby tried to live and practice his beliefs; he felt truly born again, and he was applying the same sense of discipline and reverence to the Bible that he had all his life to chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Why can’t they hook the two jars up to each other and eliminate the middleman?” the artillery captain with whom Yossarian had stopped playing chess inquired. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I leave it on Mr. Daniels’s desk: “I’m never reading after school or playing chess with you ever again. Not ever.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z An international grandmaster, he was one of America’s strongest players in the late 1920s and 1930s, when he played in five chess Olympics, winning a number of medals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Expectations now changed, not only for Bobby’s future, but for American chess itself. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Playing cards, playing chess, gambling, and kite flying are forbidden. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Bobby, in contrast, was nervous and volatile, the chess arriviste of Brooklyn, a colt of a player, and as it was beginning to develop, the spearhead of the coming generation of American players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Fountain pens from Paris, chess sets from Iceland, atomic clocks from Austria, jewelry from Yugoslavia, masks from Burma. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Others read newspapers, did crossword puzzles, or played chess or Scrabble. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Alexander nodded gravely and offered a chess piece to his brother. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Kashdan responded to Bobby’s overture and later commented: “I had no real problem with him. All he wants to do is to play chess. He is a tremendous player.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But I have only played against a computer, and not often, because chess is one of those things that can become obsessive. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z People were playing chess at work, during their lunch hour, in restaurants, on their front stoops, and in their backyards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To watch Bobby play speed chess was an entertainment in itself, aside from his depth of play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Some wondered: Might he even drop out of chess altogether? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My mother placed my first trophy next to a new plastic chess set that the neighborhood Tao society had given to me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They take turns leaning forward to point out their moves with shrewd congeniality, playing it like a chess match, the kind of game that allows civilized men to play at make-believe murder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was becoming a super-celebrity in the world of chess, but the more fame he achieved, the more unpleasant his behavior became. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Of all the cities Bobby had been to, Buenos Aires was his favorite: He liked the food, the people’s enthusiasm for chess, and the broad boulevards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He would need the touch of a surgeon, the alertness of an owl, the cunning of three foxes, and the foresight of a grand master in chess. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The distinguishing feature of chess, according to her, was that each piece moved in an L-shape—I suppose she’d got this from watching the knight—rather than in the leap-frogging way of draughts. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby was well aware of Fine’s chess reputation, having played over his games; he also owned and had read several of his chess books. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He had played chess, too, but he was not temperamentally suited to chess. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Sales of chess sets shot up over 20 percent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” said Bobby sullenly, when asked why he spent so much time playing chess and not on his schoolwork. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “My wild imagination,” the doctor said, setting down the chess set. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I like that he’s good at chess and drawing, since I always do much better at school. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Fischer, spying the chess table, galumphed to the center of the stage and immediately lifted the white queen, testing its weight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I was certain that I could beat him in chess in fewer than six moves. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It was a chess game, Nick against Mrs. Granger. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that it had cost him an arm and a leg and that it was now his lucky chess set. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We played two games of chess, and I won both of them easily. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He dutifully took his seat in the auditorium, as though he were at the Academy Awards of chess, scanning the stage “wide-eyed with amazement,” as Nigro noted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I have offended you and your country, the Soviet Union, where chess has a prestigious position. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Remember this one? It shows a picture of a chessboard with only a black pawn out of its original position, and it reads, ‘According to the rules of chess, is this position possible?’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Bjelica was a Yugoslavian chess journalist; he was also nationally known as a television commentator on soccer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “But in chess there is such a thing as pawn promotion, where a pawn can become a queen. Bobby-san is my king and I will become his queen.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He appeared to her like a giant chess piece. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If you didn’t play chess, it was nearly impossible to enter Bobby’s world, and yet his disrespect seemed to be directed more at weak players than those who didn’t know how to play the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z All sixteen black chess pieces stuck out of her mouth like finely carved tumors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “I guess you’ll have to find a new chess partner,” I told him. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z What he accomplished in Iceland inspired the film, which discusses the so-called Fischer Boom of increased chess activity, post-1972. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He ate three helpings, though the dinner gathering was as quiet as a chess match. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Extra clothes, books, scientific instruments and specimens, chess sets, flags, lanterns, tools, sewing kits, lucky talismans, razors, barometers, combs, scissors, playing cards, dishes, silverware, photographs—each man added to the heap. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Even though I was young, 1 knew my ability to play chess was a gift. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is very strange with Oscore. When I get sick of every last person, I am not sick of him. I do not know why this is. And he is so good at chess.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A young chess master, a few years Bobby’s senior, was calling from the office phone of the Marshall Chess Club, attempting to talk Fischer into getting together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But before Bobby could consider his next chess opponent, he had to, first, face a formidable wow-chess opponent: the U.S. government. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s as quiet as a chess tournament except for the clinking of hammers, the shaking of sieves, and the low buzz of conversation between colleagues. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Grandma entertained us with reading or checkers and chess so we wouldn’t bother Mother as she studied for her night-school exams. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His relationship with the Lilienthals wasn’t unlike the one he’d had with Jack and Ethel Collins: Together, the three created a family atmosphere that was consistently supportive, involved chess, and hopefully would last for years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For many chess players—and especially for those people who don’t know the game—witnessing two players competing without sight of a board can evoke astonishment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To Collins, Bobby represented a second existence—the boy’s career was a vicarious entry to a level of chess mastery he himself would never achieve. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working, beer-drinking lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and baseball when they are not preoccupied with science. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Theo wandered over to the chess table to admire the finely carved pieces. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The Manhattan Chess Club was the strongest chess club in the country and the second oldest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As he continued to prepare for upcoming tournaments, Bobby was also being drawn closer to the Worldwide Church of God, and he began to face a time conflict between his two commitments: religion and chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When he came out, he showed us a marble chess set he’d bought. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Certainly, he did seem to exhibit a newfound maturity, and when it came to playing chess, his skills seasoned to some extent as he began playing more resolutely. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Finally he said, “Now, don’t be offended or anything, but neither of you are that good at chess —” “We’re not offended,” said Harry quickly. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z My older brother Vincent was the one who actually got the chess set. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also a chess player who had a great reverence for the accomplishments of Bobby Fischer and an affection for him as a man. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don’t you learn to play chess.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z You didn’t get all Excellents on your report card every year, and win the chess championships too, without being really smart. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The coffee shop, with its two tiny tables and many chairs, drew the men who played card games, chess, and backgammon, and threw dice. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I would have pummeled them in chess, too, but was hauled into the dean’s office. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Singer had put away his chess men and they sat facing each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The chess set was always reverently kept in its own blanket, hidden in a corner of the room with the medicine bags and Deydey’s ceremonial clothes. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z There were his political and religious theories, his vigilant search for dark conspiracies, his joy in languages, his affection for Zita, and of course, his abiding commitment to chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As for the New York World-Telegram, it proclaimed that Bobby’s managing to avoid a loss in his first European tournament “highlighted a noteworthy turn in chess history.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I watch a couple of videos, but today, even chess boxing is no match for how listless I feel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He also devoted a chapter to the psychoses of four chess masters, selected from the millions of normal people who’d played seriously over the years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Meimei play, squeeze all her brains out for win chess. You play, worth squeeze towel.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They arrange the pieces into a chess game: on the tabletop chessboard the gods of Asgard face their eternal enemies. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z A certain amount of skepticism and even resentment was felt by many of the chess players who took the time to read it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He’d come to Moscow to play chess, to cross pawns with a serious Russian tournament player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He enjoyed checkers but found it far less of a challenge than chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This wasn’t so crazy: we’d pass older students bent over chess sets, in window seats or on the grassy slopes, and Ruth would often pause to study a game. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack Collins, one of the great teachers of chess, lived with his sister Ethel in Brooklyn and was host to a chess salon in his apartment called the Hawthorne Chess Club, which met there regularly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was astonishing that Fischer, at thirteen, could excel at blindfold chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When he was in the streets, he’d ask autograph requesters if they played chess, and if they didn’t, he refused to sign and disdainfully walked away. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For Bobby, Moscow was the Elysium of chess, and his head was spinning with the possibilities. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Joan, tied to her homework—she was an honor student—quickly became uninterested in chess and didn’t have time for it, so Bobby taught his mother the moves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to play the game of chess, not be a party to sensationalism. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s after eleven,” Eleanor said, and as she turned to glance at the chess game the doctor shouted with joyful triumph, and Luke laughed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody we knew ever played chess and we never saw anyone playing it,” Fischer would later write. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Here he receives an ambassador from India, who is showing him the game of chess. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Other games and puzzles entered the household, and the chess set, with some pawns missing, was stored in a closet. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby dragged himself to the phone, and Kissinger started off in his deep, German-accented voice, “This is the worst chess player in the world calling the best chess player in the world.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In 1992, in Yugoslavia, however, Bobby Fischer’s only crime was to play chess again, after years of isolation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, when he found himself in extremis at the board and called on his chess muse to save him, there was no answer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z That first or second summer, at a camp in Patchogue, Long Island, he found a book of annotated chess games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z So when I’d found a chess set at a Sale and decided to buy it—despite it costing an awful lot of tokens—I was counting on Ruth’s help. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He may be right, it certainly is as complicated as a chess game. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a strategy for winning arguments, respect from others, and eventually, though neither of us knew it at the time, chess games. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the small annuity, Bobby, to get by, had dinner almost every night at the Collins home and took advantage of lunch and dinner invitations from chess fans and admirers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I hate the old chess and the old chess scene,” he wrote to a friend, making reference to his invention of Fischer Random. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “No, no. Why basketball? Timothy next door says his son is captain of the chess team. You should do that.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z By the window a man sat before the table and stared down at a chess game laid out before him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Soviets were all not just professional players, but grandmasters, the designation given to the highest-rated chess masters who have distinguished themselves in international tournaments. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The old man’s hands fumbled setting up the chess pieces. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There was no end to this incessant exploring, finding new sites, going on ICQ and Hotline Connect to trade or play chess. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them, regular games of Scrabble, chess, checkers, and bridge were conducted with great seriousness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The scene at the outdoor chess tables in Washington Square Park was a mélange of urban vitality and color. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "What do you know, honest Josie-Jo on the Supreme Court. She was a smart kid, too, but she never once beat me at chess. Tell me about the others, Turtle. How's poor, saintly Crow?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z So, it seemed the best thing to do was to become immediately involved in the thing we both loved best—chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As Fischer goes, so goes the chess nation, organizers believed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Now I am informed that the Russian chess federation is demanding that the first game be forfeited to you. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A chess player himself, Laucks liked to surround himself with other players, many of them offbeat and highly talented. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "Anyone for a game of chess?" he asked, leaning through the bedroom doorway. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z In the room next to mine, Charlie mumbled something about sugarcoated chess pieces. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “I am ready to play chess again,” I announced to her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mother has an anti-talent for chess,” Bobby once told an interviewer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a lovely old chess set,” Luke said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z However, his chess friend Karl Burger said that when he played twelve-year-old Bobby in the park on Rochester Avenue in Brooklyn, the boy “was studying for his Bar Mitzvah.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Since Bobby was such a sponge in absorbing the intricacies of chess, Nigro tried to foster in him an interest in music. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m signing up for chess club. My mom’s making me. She says it’s important for critical thinking or something.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Leonard Barden, a British chess journalist, claimed that Fischer was asked so often what his result would be that he learned the Serbo-Croatian word for “first”: prvi. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even worse, Werfel had collected some of the airy art of elfinkind, captured generations ago in some raid—paintings of heroes riding griffins and kings playing chess. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He laughed and fired again, and one last tower, one last chess piece, took fire, ignited, and in blue flinders went up to the stars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Sloan and Zuckerman were intensely interested in chess, Bobby, and women—interests that Bobby resoundingly shared in the first two cases and peripherally in the third. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He loved to play fast chess, since it gave him the opportunity to try out dubious or experimental lines through an instant gaze of the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The night was a blur now; I couldn’t remember any dreams, just flashes of red hair and chess pieces, wisps of violin music. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And she did not come to me, crying, “Why are you not playing chess?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She was carrying some folded clothes, a toothbrush, and the paperback chess book that I’d brought to Dad in jail. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He had learned to play dice and chess, to watch dancers, to be carried in sedan chairs, to sleep on a soft bed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby’s play was spotty in the first several games of the tournament, as he attempted to find his chess legs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even at this young age, Bobby had already played thousands of games, many in a form called “speed chess” or “blitz.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At New Delhi, he bought for $15 a peg-in travel chess set with a beautifully detailed design that was made of fragrant sandalwood—but he felt guilty about paying so little for it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In an attempt to find other boys who might want to play with Bobby, Regina wrote to the chess editor of the Brooklyn Eagle to see if he knew of any seven-year-old players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then when we were done, we celebrated with my first cup of coffee ever and the chess game. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a golden chess piece, the kind the gods played with when the gods still lived. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The economics of chess enforced a certain humility anyway. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Despite besting twenty-three of the world’s most eminent chess players, though, he remained relatively unimpressed with his performance: “I am satisfied with the result, but not with my play.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Reached out and put him there, as you move a chess piece. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Others held that his accusations were a ploy to promote his new Fischer Random chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Look at this,” the short one said as he held up a chess figurine. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Handsome, erudite, and a packet of energy, the Latvian was a crowd-pleaser and the darling of the chess world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He liked it best when he was with Ron and Hermione and they were talking about other things, or else letting him sit in silence while they played chess. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z All in all, Eliot Hearst observed in Chess Life, the Candidates tournament had furnished “a series of early-round surprises that are probably without parallel in chess history.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I play chess with one of my colleagues, an anchorite like myself, who suffers from post-polio syndrome. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Nigro also had another agenda: At first, Bobby was somewhat of a slow player, and the chess players in the park were just the opposite. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z So there were rank beginners who barely knew the moves, seasoned club players who’d been playing chess all of their lives, and a sprinkling of masters. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Did the ceiling creak because he was walking quietly up and down, drinking a cold orange crush and studying the chess men laid out on the table? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Ultimately, though, the producers concluded that there just weren’t enough people interested in chess to maintain a large enough viewing audience. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There were fewer than a dozen chess books for sale. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This imbalance provoked criticism for its promotion of the belief that all chess players are seriously addled. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bas would beat the shirt off my father in a game of chess, gleefully teasing him while my father pretended to be upset. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Everything from robotics to marksmanship to chess boxing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A year younger than Bobby, his notable accomplishment wasn’t in chess—he was a tournament player but not of championship caliber—but in law. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I simply became carried away by my petty dispute over money with the Icelandic chess organizers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” he says, leaning forward and resting his elbows on his knees, “I think you’d like chess. I could show you how to play after school. You know, if you’d like.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I was angry and yet certain, seeing it all ahead like the moves in a chess game. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I explained how I’d seen Jesse install operating systems, play online games from chess to Quake, use astonishing ingenuity to gather archived information off the Web. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His long-promised games collection, My 60 Memorable Games, was published by Simon & Schuster, and it made an immediate and indelible impression on the chess public. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The three Fischers, prototypes of Talmudic scholars, were always studying: Joan her textbooks; Regina her medical tomes; and Bobby the latest chess periodical. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Although the public wanted to see Bobby back at the board, his absence from chess for less than a year was not an aberration. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “One needs both hands to play chess,” she said, wondering if it were possible for her heart to explode. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On those teaching days, Nigro would greatly increase his son’s allowance if he’d sit still long enough to learn chess tactics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby was making his debut among the elite chess fraternity of New York. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Normally quite restrained in its chess reporting, The New York Times was exuberant in running a salute to Bobby on its editorial page: Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The main fear of every top notch chess player, the story went on, “is the inexplicable error from which no one is immune,” the chance blunder. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Earlier that day she had won her first chess game from the master. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t spend ten or twelve hours a day studying chess and another six to eight hours on Bible studies; and the constant surfacing of impure thoughts and other minor sins was plaguing him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He began playing speed chess in rotation with both, in a hallway on the first floor of the club, and won every game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As the games became more complex, the spectators, many of whom followed each game with their tiny pocket sets or leather chess wallets, discussed the vagaries of the positions in whispers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby had to play this strange, isolated form of chess every single game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z While Nicholas played a hand-me-down Nintendo on a television with a busted tube, Christopher plays 3-D chess on the family’s Dell computer. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Spassky was just being used to convince Fischer to “come back to chess.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Fischer began collecting photos of other Hungarian girls he’d like to meet, and he recruited his new friend and assistant Janos Rigo—an international master and chess organizer—-to serve as a matchmaker. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In just six months that game had established him as more than just a curiosity: He was now a new star in the international chess galaxy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Also supporting the belief that Bobby had experienced the ritual was the fact that, many years later, he gave an old chess clock and chess set to his Hungarian friend Pal Benko, a grandmaster. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the fourth round, Bobby became involved in a 108-move extravaganza, a chess ultra-marathon that stretched to more than seven hours. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in their lives, chess masters could make a decent living giving lessons because they had so many new students. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There was a blur of hands as the four men made moves on a chess set hardly larger than an index card. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His respect for the Soviet players, from what he knew of their games, was immense, and at first, the reality of being in Russia was like being in chess heaven. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Percy could be heard telling the other prefects, “My brother, you know! My youngest brother! Got past McGonagall’s giant chess set!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z When Bobby discovered that he wasn’t going to play any formal games, but simply speed chess, he went into a not-so-silent rage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby initially agreed to cooperate, but with the explicit caveat that the film was to be a dissertation on the evils of the United States, not about his personal life or about chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I ran home and grabbed Vincent’s chess set, which was bound in a cardboard box with rubber bands. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby’s way was chess, and what it meant to him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He took the chess set, and there before the fire he arranged the pieces in their special order. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Larry Evans once said,” Bobby commented, “that I didn’t know anything about life; all I knew was chess, and he was right!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The article was reprinted in German, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Icelandic, and even the Russian chess journalists made mention of it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Kondrachev organized chess competitions and planned tours for famous Soviet musicians—activities that offered the perfect excuse for traveling about the city, scouting out quiet meeting spots, and arranging clandestine rendezvous with DIOMID. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There were some Americans who were chess professionals, but none made a living from tournament winnings alone. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’d already gone through most of the books in the public library near us and was beginning to want chess books of my own,” Bobby said later, reflecting back on the period. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Also, up to that time chess champions would traditionally defend their title only every three years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When I lost twice to the boy whom I had defeated so easily a few years before, I stopped playing chess altogether. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I cut things out of magazines and paste them into a scrapbook with LePage’s mucilage, from the bottle that looks like a chess bishop. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the summer, Lau Po had taught me all he knew, and I had become a better chess player. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby was using a form of chess notation that described the movement of the pieces to various squares. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I was laying waste to the competition in the chess club, but that always happened. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He stood up and tucked the chess book under his arm. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Used chess books were everywhere, hidden in every conceivable crevice, many stacked from floor to ceiling or on top of chairs, or weighing down and bending the shelves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But his seniority and chess credentials counted little with the guards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The ivory chess set fell off the table. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A few old men sat on benches playing chess, and in the shady places some old people did tai-chi exercises. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A light rain is falling as he pulls himself up, and as the air around him clears he sees a row of tiny trees and stars, surrounded by silver gears and black-and-white chess pieces. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Even our family time on Sundays was quiet, without chess games or newspaper discussions, more in tune with the Day of Rest. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a history lesson and a chess tutorial, but mainly it was an amazing feat of memory. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m no great chess player, but I would say not. By starting over, white loses the advantage of going first.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z "All your talk about chess and sacrificing queens. Crow's the one who's been sacrificed." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Next, he retrieved from his coat his battered pocket chess set—all the little pieces lined up in their respective slots, ready to go to war. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then, cold, wet, and gasping for breath, they returned to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, where Harry broke in his new chess set by losing spectacularly to Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z So I go to watch YouTube videos of chess boxing—a hybrid fighting sport where you alternate between chess and a round of boxing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps Fine’s monograph gave impetus to the press; whenever they did chess stories, reporters would look for a certain amount of aberration among the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Chess Federation then had only three thousand members, no national program to promote chess or train children, and only one active grandmaster, Samuel Reshevsky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Guillermo says, “And to thank me for saving his life, he beat me at chess every single day since.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Oh I suppose not,” she sighed, and she sat down to watch their chess match, which culminated in an exciting checkmate of Ron’s, involving a couple of recklessly brave pawns and a very violent bishop. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And most of them were here now, on the dead seas, in their resurrected ships, by their dead chess cities, one of which had just fallen like some fragile vase hit by a pebble. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it was sort of impressive, that I had a really cool best friend who likes chess. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He’d collected hundreds of chess magazines in five or six languages, and all genres of chess books, the majority of which were sent to him by his mother. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z One of his pockets was stuffed with a great white kerchief on which he wiped his palm before sweeping his hand over the chosen chess piece with great flourish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z With the same diligence he’d brought to the task of soaking up chess knowledge, Bobby around this time started a relentless search for general knowledge. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Nicole pulled into the lot at 3:38, when everybody was at practice or in chess club or whatever and she would have the lowest chance of running into anybody. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Turning away from his wife, he gestured Luke back to the chess table. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The Xhosa played chess with the white man. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z To wrest a draw from a former World Champion was neither small cheese nor minor chess, but Bobby was unhappy since he’d lost the match, 1½–½. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But if the State Department and American chess organizations couldn’t help, Regina Fischer thought she could. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She referred to her son as “my little chess miracle.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Regina believed that she could learn and excel at anything, except perhaps chess, and that her children also had the capacity to master anything. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I know you to be a sportsman and a gentleman, and I am looking forward to some exciting chess games with you. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He later summed up his experience: “The Cubans seem to take chess more seriously....They feel more the way I do about chess. Chess is like fighting, and I like to win. So do they.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And in the hood, if you can play chess, you get some respect. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I saw a group of old men, two seated across a folding table playing a game of chess, others smoking pipes, eating peanuts, and watching. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She was good at chess, too, to the point where she might have gone to the state championship if Poppy and Arielle hadn’t told her Nobody joins chess, Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I went to school, then directly home to learn new chess secrets, cleverly concealed advantages, more escape routes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His chess prowess and velvet tongue may have blinded some people to his despicable past, proving the adage that sometimes chess players make strange team fellows. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a ritual, a quest for chess wisdom. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Doing otherwise would have been like failing to resign after losing a major piece in a chess tournament—a social irritant, a waste of time and resources. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By the late 1970s, Fischer hadn’t played a single game of chess in public since Iceland. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We had ridden most of the day in the truck with our uncle because he wanted to talk chess with Lynn. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a tradition in many chess clubs, not only in the United States but throughout the world, that children were not to be heard, and certainly not seen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z More security guards arrived, until approximately fifteen men surrounded the former chess champion in a grim, silent circle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Icelanders read more books per capita than any other people on the globe, and—like the Russians—they almost all play chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Rather, he was bent on the acquisition of another skill: chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was at this point that Bobby saw himself not just as a chess player, but as a Cold War warrior in defense of his country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She no longer hovered over me as I practiced different chess games. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Reflecting for a moment, he added, “One thing is certain—I am not going to be a professional chess player.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Before play began, there were mixed emotions, conflicting speculations, and assorted reactions throughout the chess world concerning the match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After a summer of chess, Regina insisted that Bobby devote more attention to his sporting interests. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Candy is frighteningly good at chess, according to Safer. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Bobby remained resolute in his views, even though almost all grandmasters and many other members of the chess fraternity insisted that his accusations had no credible foundation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the same way, some chess players can be emotionally stirred by mentally replaying a brilliant game by a great master. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Should I have kept her in my bedroom, where she could ruin the carpets? Or in the gaming room, where she might eat the chess pieces and choke?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She came to Reykjavik as much as her job in a pharmaceutical company—and her editorship of a chess journal in Tokyo—would allow. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She had great difficulty coping with his imperiousness: “I want to play chess!” he’d demand, with all the pomposity of a crown prince talking to a servant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hadn’t he played “The Game of the Century,” one of the most brilliant chess encounters ever? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And Sandy didn't know how to play chess. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z To Maurice Kasper, treasurer of the American Chess Foundation, she wrote: “I hope Bobby will become a great chess champion some day because he loves chess more than anything else.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But what I said was, “Scared? It’s just chess. I’ll play him.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Additionally, Bobby regularly received unsolicited advice from fellow chess players, as well as offers from companies that wanted him to sponsor products. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Photographic blowups of Fischer and Spassky adorned the windows of almost every shop, with black-and-white checkered displays serving as backdrops for huge papier-mâché chess pieces. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby loved Yugoslavia because of the superstar status accorded him by its chess adherents, and, on a delightful autumnal day, he entered the tournament hall at Lake Bled primed to play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I guess it’s like Prospero pulling back the curtain for the king and there’s Prince Ferdinand, who the king thought was dead, playing chess with Miranda like he was on vacation. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I felt slightly sick; I was in a game of move-countermove, like a chess game, a game I did not want to be in at all. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I never thought I’d see the day when chess would be all over the front pages here, but confined only to one paragraph in Pravda.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Instead we play chess, although I don’t have the patience to consider my moves, so I intentionally make bad ones to end the game quickly. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z After about six weekly sessions of chess, at the point when Fine believed Bobby had bonded with him, the psychoanalyst nonchalantly started a conversation about what Bobby was doing in school. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But here is Ollie Van de Kamp now, sitting in my front room, losing a game of chess to my father. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Byrne had just defeated Samuel Reshevsky, the strongest American grandmaster in the tournament, and his chess ability was not to be disrespected. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to win the match but I was afraid to win: Bobby could simply leave the match and abandon chess forever. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The story, which helped Canetti earn the Nobel Prize in literature, includes a character named Fischerele who aspires to become chess champion of the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “But I’m good at ball, not chess, Baba.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It should be stressed that these works wouldn’t have been easy to read even for an experienced adult player: They aren’t accessible unless a person has the drive to excel in the abstraction of chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z An American tourist—a chess player—approached Bobby one day and invited him to dinner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They were already lining up the chess pieces and reading from the dog-eared instruction book. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Circling the room were locked glass cases displaying unusual and historic chess sets, loaned to the library from private collectors for the occasion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But there was true camaraderie between them that went beyond just chess and that Spassky was always quick to express. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His extracurriculars are chess, yearbook, and euchre club because, as he says, these are things that will make him stand out on college applications. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A sergeant I got to play chess with told me that the personnel sergeant would look up friends for you if you gave him a few dollars. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her son’s resistance to schoolwork was a mild disorder that many children go through, but his study of chess, an intellectual activity, was supplanting it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If he could defeat adults at chess, why shouldn’t he be treated as an adult? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The problem was that the Rosenwald overlapped with the great Hastings Christmas Congress in England, the annual international tournament that, over the years, had seen some of the greatest chess legends capture first prize. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I guess most of them weren’t too good at chess, because they still got caught. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Not just a chess genius but a genius in other things as well.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After about a year, though, he concluded that the amount of time he was spending practicing the accordion was impinging on his chess studies. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When it was time for presents, Erlan got ten new chess sets. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z "I was playing chess with somebody in the game room last night." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Or, as cynical as it may sound, his possible acceptance of Catholicism may have been merely a theological chess game, a tactic and long-term strategy that he calculated might lead to eternal salvation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even more than a chess champion, young Bobby Fischer wanted to be Duke Snider, the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Seth, oblivious as ever, was examining the intricate pieces of a decorative chess set. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “See, in chess, you plan everything. You strategize and all that. And even though we like to believe life goes that way, let me tell you, son, it don’t.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Of course, Bobby was obsessed with chess and spent hours playing and studying it, but perhaps not any more than musical prodigies practice their craft. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z First, Jie took the chess set into the bathroom and closed the door. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z An animal inhabits its space, whether in a zoo or in the wild, in the same way chess pieces move about a chessboard—significantly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Bobby could concentrate on puzzles or chess for hours, but he fidgeted and grew restless when confronted with reading, writing, and arithmetic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “All right then,” he said, looking down at the chess pieces all lined up perfectly. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Just imagine. This really nice kid, this great chess player, maybe the greatest chess player who ever lived. When he plays chess he is...mean! I mean, really mean!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby defeated him in six straight games, the first shutout of a grandmaster in chess history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was one of the most respectful and sensitive films ever made about chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When Bobby returned to New York, both the Marshall and Manhattan chess clubs conducted victory celebrations, and he was lauded as America’s new chess hero. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She was pleased that Bobby found self-esteem in chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Fish!” they’d bleat, using the chess player’s derisive term for a really weak player, whenever Bobby made an obvious blunder. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In October he fell ill with fever and dysentery and was hospitalized for eleven days, during which he lost considerable weight and passed his time reading Atlanta newspapers and playing chess with other boys. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z |
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