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Date: 18 Dec 2007 09:14:44
From: [email protected]
Subject: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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EVANS ON CHESS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Reprinted courtesy of Chesstours @ all rights reserved.
WAS IT A HOAX?
"No other chess figure has had, has, or will have more autograph
imitations than Bobby Fischer GUARANTEED!" Fisching For Forgeries by
Lawrence Totaro
Bobby Fischer has kept a low profile since becoming an Icelandic
citizen, but he still make news. Another kerkuffle took place at an
auction on eBay Canada for a revised edition of his My 60 Memorable
Games called My 61 Memorable Games. A foreword was purportedly written
by Fischer himself, who is said to be in poor health and low on funds.
"I know many readers seek answers to probing questions regarding
the Bobby Fischer of 1972. That person no longer exists. I've wanted
to release an official version of my book updated in algebraic
notation with a few minor corrections. And why now? The United Bank of
Switzerland has taken almost all of the money from my 1992 rematch
with Borris Spassky -- over $3,000,000. My ongoing battle with them is
getting nowhere despite International Law clearly being on my side. So
I bring to you my previous 60 games plus one from the event that has
caused me so much trouble, in the hopes that sales of this book will
reverse that situation."
Suspicious fans promptly noted that UBS stands for the Union (not
United) Bank of Switzerland and that it's Boris (not Borris) Spassky.
And why was it signed Robert J. Fischer instead of Bobby Fischer?
The seller stated: "The cover price of this book is $24.95 but as a
collector's item of limited production run, they can obviously sell
for much more. You are bidding on THE FIRST 50 COPIES OF THIS BOOK!
The first 100 copies are ked as SPECIAL EDITION, FIRST PRINT RUN.
Another auction will be for books 51-100. All books from 101 onward
will say SECOND EDITION."
The bid reached $3050 when eBay pulled the item: "We recently
suspended this seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we
cannot share further details."
I worked on this book with Fischer and inspected the sample page
provided by the seller. Some wording was changed and the analysis was
indeed improved, possibly with the aid of a computer.
Icelandic papers reported that Fischer angrily denied writing it.
Yet in our extensive e-mails the seller insisted it was no hoax.
"So what should I do with all these books then?" she asked. "Why not
send them -- if they exist -- to Fischer in Iceland?" I replied.
Her last message: "I decided to take them to a nearby mall parking
lot when the weather gets nice and attach a sign: FREE CHESS BOOKS,
TAKE ONE, TAKE ALL."
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Date: 08 May 2008 02:40:51
From:
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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I prefer to call it a scam rather than a hoax. To my mind a hoax is an
elaborate joke, whereas a scam is an attempt to profit by unethical,
if not illegal, means.
I believe there is much more evidence that Ed Trice concocted the "My
61 Memorable Games" scam than there is that Paul Truong wrote the Fake
Sam Sloan newsgroup postings (and I'm almost 100% convinced of
Truong's guilt).
The latest from Edward Labate (labatechess dot com slash
61_games.html) is that Dan Heisman has said that Ed Trice showed him a
manuscript of "My 61 Memorable Games" before the eBay auction.
Together with the e-mails from Cathy Purdy, confirming that Ed Trice
asked for a quote for printing "My 61 Memorable Games" (again, before
the eBay auction) and of course the e-mail correspondence between
Edward Labate and Ed Trice (Which Trice says are completely
fabricated!) make a completely watertight case against Ed Trice. When
this gets to court he is going to have a very bad time!
Jon D'Souza-Eva
On 5 May, 03:30, samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
> The idea that this entire thing might be a hoax put together byEdTriceis intriguing. I would believe it, if it could be proven.
>
> Remember thatEd Triceaccuses Rob ("The Robber") Mitchell of trying
> to swindle him, which is the priy reason that Rob got the moniker
> "The Robber".
>
> A Swindler trying to swindle another swindler. Imagine that!
>
> Sam Sloan
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Date: 04 May 2008 19:30:55
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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The idea that this entire thing might be a hoax put together by Ed
Trice is intriguing. I would believe it, if it could be proven.
Remember that Ed Trice accuses Rob ("The Robber") Mitchell of trying
to swindle him, which is the priy reason that Rob got the moniker
"The Robber".
A Swindler trying to swindle another swindler. Imagine that!
Sam Sloan
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Date: 04 May 2008 08:43:04
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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FT. LAUDERDALE SUN SENTINEL
EVANS ON CHESS
May 4, 2008
BOBBY FISCHER BOOK APPEARS TO BE FAKE
"No other chess figure has had, has or will have more autograph
imitations than Bobby Fischer. GUARANTEED!"
=97 Fisching for Forgeries,by Lawrence Totaro
Last December, a month before Bobby Fischer died in Iceland, an
auction on eBay Canada announced a new revised edition of his classic
My 60 Memorable Games called My 61 Memorable Games purportedly written
by him. Bidding reached $3,050 for the first 50 copies when eBay
pulled the plug: "We recently suspended this seller's trading
privileges. Due to privacy concerns we cannot share further details."
Fischer angrily denied writing it. Yet the seller denied any hoax and
insisted the auction was withdrawn solely because of death threats
received online from someone called "Jews Against Fischer."
"So what should I do with all these books then?" said the seller. "Why
not send them =97 if they exist =97 to Fischer in Iceland?" I replied.
In extensive e-mails over the next three months the seller repeatedly
promised to send me a copy of the new book but never did. I think it
may exist on someone's computer but it has not yet appeared in print.
Obviously a strong player using a computer did a lot of work updating
the manuscript. But Fischer had nothing to do with it and the seller's
story appears to be a fairy tale.
The Canadian came up with excuse after excuse for not sending me a
copy of the book. I played along to gather more information, then
encountered one falsehood after another =97 too numerous to mention.
In order to convince me the book exists, the scammer sent me a photo
of the cover and page 79, naively asking who this Weinstein was that
Bobby kept attacking (knowing full well that Weinstein was Kasparov
before he changed his name). This sample page pointed out a flaw in
analysis by Kasparov in his series My Great Predecessors (Volume 4).
To mimic Bobby's sarcasm, the author was called "Weinstein" and then
boasted: "I'll say this only once =97 Fischer beats Kasparov!"
If the book does surface one of these days, we can rest assured it was
NOT written or authorized by Fischer. For the full story, see Chess
Life Online (http://tinyurl.com/2noyxp).
[email protected] wrote:
> THE FORGER'S QUESTION
>
> >I wonder if Larry bothered to secure reprinting rights for this
> article from CL Online?> -- Steven Dowd
>
> I wonder if Mr. Dowd bothered to secure the rights to forging my name
> on a university website before he did it?
>
> I secured reprinting rights direct from the author, GM Larry Evans,
> who donated this follow-up article free of charge to Chess Life
> Online.
>
>
>
>
> SBD wrote:
> > On Apr 10, 4:08 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I wonder if Larry bothered to secure reprinting rights for this
> > article from CL Online?
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Date: 10 Apr 2008 17:13:25
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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THE FORGER'S QUESTION
>I wonder if Larry bothered to secure reprinting rights for this
article from CL Online? > -- Steven Dowd
I wonder if Mr. Dowd bothered to secure the rights to forging my name
on a university website before he did it?
I secured reprinting rights direct from the author, GM Larry Evans,
who donated this follow-up article free of charge to Chess Life
Online.
SBD wrote:
> On Apr 10, 4:08 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I wonder if Larry bothered to secure reprinting rights for this
> article from CL Online?
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Date: 10 Apr 2008 16:17:22
From: Jason_911
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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The fraudster who came up with this scam was none other than Ed Trice
(he of the non-existent Kaprov vs Fischer Gothic Chess match):
http://www.labatechess.com/61_games.html
On Apr 10, 10:58 pm, Mike Murray <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:08:00 -0700 (PDT), "[email protected]"
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Obviously a strong player with Fritz did a lot
> >of work updating the manuscript, but Fischer had nothing to do with
> >it.
>
> Can you hazard a guess as to who the bootleg reviser might have been?
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Date: 10 Apr 2008 15:41:22
From: SBD
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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On Apr 10, 4:08 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected] > wrote:
I wonder if Larry bothered to secure reprinting rights for this
article from CL Online?
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Date: 10 Apr 2008 15:15:45
From: The Historian
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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On Apr 10, 4:58 pm, Mike Murray <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:08:00 -0700 (PDT), "[email protected]"
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Obviously a strong player with Fritz did a lot
> >of work updating the manuscript, but Fischer had nothing to do with
> >it.
>
> Can you hazard a guess as to who the bootleg reviser might have been?
For once "Paul Truong" might not be the answer to the question. How
refreshing.
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Date: 10 Apr 2008 14:08:00
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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FROM CHESS LIFE ONLINE
61 Memorable Games: A Hoax
By Larry Evans
April 10, 2008
After three months of back and forth emailing, GM Larry Evans
concludes that the supposed new book authorized by Fischer, "My 61
Memorable Games", was an elaborate hoax. Read the original article for
background on this follow-up.
In extensive e-mails the Canadian seller repeatedly promised to send
me a copy of "My 61 Memorable Games" but never fulfilled this promise.
I think that the book may exist on someone's computer but it has not
yet appeared in print. Obviously a strong player with Fritz did a lot
of work updating the manuscript, but Fischer had nothing to do with
it.
The seller's story appears to be a fairy tale. "Helgi" was an invented
name who simply doesn't exist either. Ed.Note -- therefore, the guess
in the original article that Helgi may be Helgi Olafsson, a big
supporter and friend of Fischer, was obviously false.
During three months of dealing with the Canadian Scammer (which I
believe is the accurate term for the Liar who strung me along for
three months) "she"came up with excuse after excuse for not sending me
a copy of the book. The cryptic message I received from Bobby was also
bogus. After contacting several people in Iceland who knew Bobby well,
I learned that he didn't need money from a new edition. Nor did he
wish to see an algebraic version. As I stated originally, he didn't
even own the rights to My 60 Memorable Games.
I played along with the Canadian seller in order to gather more
information, then encountered one falsehood after another -- too
numerous to mention. In order to convince me the book actually exists,
the scammer sent page 79 and naively asked who this Weinstein was that
Bobby kept attacking (knowing full well that Weinstein was Kasparov
before he changed his name). Notice the clever ploy of referring to My
Great Predecessors by Kasparov as "Weinstein, Volume IV, page 233" to
imitate Bobby's brand of sarcasm.
If the book does surface one of these days, we can pretty much rest
assured that it was NOT written or authorized by Bobby Fischer.
Here is the new sample page submitted in order to deceive me.
http://tinyurl.com/58rfx9
[email protected] wrote:
> EVANS LECTURE IN RENO
>
> I heard that Larry Evans will be kicking off the Far West Open at the
> Sands Regency Hotel Casino in Reno at 6pm on ch 20. His lecture
> deals with whether the new book attributed to Bobby Fischer is a hoax.
> Apparently GM Evans has unearthed new information since his article
> about this mystery in Chess Life Online.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2noyxp
>
>
>
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> > BRITISH MAGAZINE CHESS
> >
> > "This mystery by Larry Evans will be in our ch issue. It's quite a
> > story! Even in death Bobby Fischer continues to generate controversy."
> > -- Jimmy Adams, editor
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > > FISCHER'S ROSEBUD
> > >
> > > "You were much more than Jedediah, my friend." -- Bobby's last words
> > > to GM Larry Evans, who explores this cryptic sentence and unravels the
> > > mystery of Fischer's role in updating My 60 Memorable Games, one of
> > > the greatest books in chess literature.
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/2noyxp
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > > EVANS ON CHESS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
> > > >
> > > > Reprinted courtesy of Chesstours @ all rights reserved.
> > > >
> > > > WAS IT A HOAX?
> > > >
> > > > "No other chess figure has had, has, or will have more autograph
> > > > imitations than Bobby Fischer GUARANTEED!" Fisching For Forgeries by
> > > > Lawrence Totaro
> > > >
> > > > Bobby Fischer has kept a low profile since becoming an Icelandic
> > > > citizen, but he still make news. Another kerkuffle took place at an
> > > > auction on eBay Canada for a revised edition of his My 60 Memorable
> > > > Games called My 61 Memorable Games. A foreword was purportedly written
> > > > by Fischer himself, who is said to be in poor health and low on funds.
> > > >
> > > > "I know many readers seek answers to probing questions regarding
> > > > the Bobby Fischer of 1972. That person no longer exists. I've wanted
> > > > to release an official version of my book updated in algebraic
> > > > notation with a few minor corrections. And why now? The United Bank of
> > > > Switzerland has taken almost all of the money from my 1992 rematch
> > > > with Borris Spassky -- over $3,000,000. My ongoing battle with them is
> > > > getting nowhere despite International Law clearly being on my side. So
> > > > I bring to you my previous 60 games plus one from the event that has
> > > > caused me so much trouble, in the hopes that sales of this book will
> > > > reverse that situation."
> > > >
> > > > Suspicious fans promptly noted that UBS stands for the Union (not
> > > > United) Bank of Switzerland and that it's Boris (not Borris) Spassky.
> > > > And why was it signed Robert J. Fischer instead of Bobby Fischer?
> > > >
> > > > The seller stated: "The cover price of this book is $24.95 but as a
> > > > collector's item of limited production run, they can obviously sell
> > > > for much more. You are bidding on THE FIRST 50 COPIES OF THIS BOOK!
> > > > The first 100 copies are ked as SPECIAL EDITION, FIRST PRINT RUN.
> > > > Another auction will be for books 51-100. All books from 101 onward
> > > > will say SECOND EDITION."
> > > >
> > > > The bid reached $3050 when eBay pulled the item: "We recently
> > > > suspended this seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we
> > > > cannot share further details."
> > > >
> > > > I worked on this book with Fischer and inspected the sample page
> > > > provided by the seller. Some wording was changed and the analysis was
> > > > indeed improved, possibly with the aid of a computer.
> > > >
> > > > Icelandic papers reported that Fischer angrily denied writing it.
> > > > Yet in our extensive e-mails the seller insisted it was no hoax.
> > > >
> > > > "So what should I do with all these books then?" she asked. "Why not
> > > > send them -- if they exist -- to Fischer in Iceland?" I replied.
> > > >
> > > > Her last message: "I decided to take them to a nearby mall parking
> > > > lot when the weather gets nice and attach a sign: FREE CHESS BOOKS,
> > > > TAKE ONE, TAKE ALL."
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Date: 10 Apr 2008 14:58:27
From: Mike Murray
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:08:00 -0700 (PDT), "[email protected]"
<[email protected] > wrote:
>Obviously a strong player with Fritz did a lot
>of work updating the manuscript, but Fischer had nothing to do with
>it.
Can you hazard a guess as to who the bootleg reviser might have been?
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Date: 16 Mar 2008 09:52:23
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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EVANS LECTURE IN RENO
I heard that Larry Evans will be kicking off the Far West Open at the
Sands Regency Hotel Casino in Reno at 6pm on ch 20. His lecture
deals with whether the new book attributed to Bobby Fischer is a hoax.
Apparently GM Evans has unearthed new information since his article
about this mystery in Chess Life Online.
http://tinyurl.com/2noyxp
[email protected] wrote:
> BRITISH MAGAZINE CHESS
>
> "This mystery by Larry Evans will be in our ch issue. It's quite a
> story! Even in death Bobby Fischer continues to generate controversy."
> -- Jimmy Adams, editor
>
>
>
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> > FISCHER'S ROSEBUD
> >
> > "You were much more than Jedediah, my friend." -- Bobby's last words
> > to GM Larry Evans, who explores this cryptic sentence and unravels the
> > mystery of Fischer's role in updating My 60 Memorable Games, one of
> > the greatest books in chess literature.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/2noyxp
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > > EVANS ON CHESS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
> > >
> > > Reprinted courtesy of Chesstours @ all rights reserved.
> > >
> > > WAS IT A HOAX?
> > >
> > > "No other chess figure has had, has, or will have more autograph
> > > imitations than Bobby Fischer GUARANTEED!" Fisching For Forgeries by
> > > Lawrence Totaro
> > >
> > > Bobby Fischer has kept a low profile since becoming an Icelandic
> > > citizen, but he still make news. Another kerkuffle took place at an
> > > auction on eBay Canada for a revised edition of his My 60 Memorable
> > > Games called My 61 Memorable Games. A foreword was purportedly written
> > > by Fischer himself, who is said to be in poor health and low on funds.
> > >
> > > "I know many readers seek answers to probing questions regarding
> > > the Bobby Fischer of 1972. That person no longer exists. I've wanted
> > > to release an official version of my book updated in algebraic
> > > notation with a few minor corrections. And why now? The United Bank of
> > > Switzerland has taken almost all of the money from my 1992 rematch
> > > with Borris Spassky -- over $3,000,000. My ongoing battle with them is
> > > getting nowhere despite International Law clearly being on my side. So
> > > I bring to you my previous 60 games plus one from the event that has
> > > caused me so much trouble, in the hopes that sales of this book will
> > > reverse that situation."
> > >
> > > Suspicious fans promptly noted that UBS stands for the Union (not
> > > United) Bank of Switzerland and that it's Boris (not Borris) Spassky.
> > > And why was it signed Robert J. Fischer instead of Bobby Fischer?
> > >
> > > The seller stated: "The cover price of this book is $24.95 but as a
> > > collector's item of limited production run, they can obviously sell
> > > for much more. You are bidding on THE FIRST 50 COPIES OF THIS BOOK!
> > > The first 100 copies are ked as SPECIAL EDITION, FIRST PRINT RUN.
> > > Another auction will be for books 51-100. All books from 101 onward
> > > will say SECOND EDITION."
> > >
> > > The bid reached $3050 when eBay pulled the item: "We recently
> > > suspended this seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we
> > > cannot share further details."
> > >
> > > I worked on this book with Fischer and inspected the sample page
> > > provided by the seller. Some wording was changed and the analysis was
> > > indeed improved, possibly with the aid of a computer.
> > >
> > > Icelandic papers reported that Fischer angrily denied writing it.
> > > Yet in our extensive e-mails the seller insisted it was no hoax.
> > >
> > > "So what should I do with all these books then?" she asked. "Why not
> > > send them -- if they exist -- to Fischer in Iceland?" I replied.
> > >
> > > Her last message: "I decided to take them to a nearby mall parking
> > > lot when the weather gets nice and attach a sign: FREE CHESS BOOKS,
> > > TAKE ONE, TAKE ALL."
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Date: 05 Feb 2008 20:38:52
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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On Dec 22 2007, 8:16 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected] >
wrote:
> Anyway, the books are professionally done. I've got over 300 other
> chess books myself and I have to say the diagrams in this book are the
> most amazing I have ever seen. They are crisp and clear and larger
> than the little diagrams in other books. The figurine notation is
> unique also. The white pieces have white figurines and the black
> pieces have black figurines. I've never seen that anywhere either. You
> can almost play the games blindfold when you read such notation. Could
> this be another Fischer innovation, simple, and yet a vast improvement
> we have all overlooked for so long?
Um, BF is presumed to run the printing shop?
What if there is a diagram error? What then?
> > "I know many readers seek answers to probing questions regarding
> > the Bobby Fischer of 1972. That person no longer exists. I've wanted
> > to release an official version of my book updated in algebraic
> > notation with a few minor corrections.
Already been done; see John Nunn's hack job,
which is in AN (or maybe FAN), and which has
corrections, modifications, deletions-- the whole
shebang.
What BF ought to have done is write books
covering his entire career, not just rehash his
old MSMG. The peak of BF's chess strength
came after those sixty games had already
been played, so he left it to the wannabes to
explain his best games-- and why? Because
he was afraid that some analytical errors
could eventually be publicized; that his um,
god-like persona could get shot down if he
took that risk. Gosh, Wally-- it's tough out
there in the real world.
-- help bot
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Date: 05 Feb 2008 20:20:56
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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On Feb 1, 7:30 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> Something doesn't make sense in the story given to Evans, however.
> It's been reported in the Icelandic press that Ms. Watai is in line to
> inherit something on the order of US $2.1 million.
>
> http://www.visir.is/article/20080122/FRETTIR01/80122071
>
> Since Fischer had over $3.3 million circa 1992, it's conceivable that
> RJF (whose needs were simple and who was probably a more intelligent
> investor than most of us)
What sort of lunacy is this? As far as "we"
know, BF may have been a superb investor,
or he could have been a complete fool with
his money.
> Fischer appears to have died intestate
My point, exactly. The man may well have
been irrational about having his money stolen
from him by world-wide jewelry [DeBeers?] or
their evil minions. Heck, he seemed the type
that would just hoard gold bullion, not invest
better than most of "us".
-- help bot
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Date: 05 Feb 2008 01:33:28
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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BRITISH MAGAZINE CHESS
"This mystery by Larry Evans will be in our ch issue. It's quite a
story! Even in death Bobby Fischer continues to generate controversy."
-- Jimmy Adams, editor
[email protected] wrote:
> FISCHER'S ROSEBUD
>
> "You were much more than Jedediah, my friend." -- Bobby's last words
> to GM Larry Evans, who explores this cryptic sentence and unravels the
> mystery of Fischer's role in updating My 60 Memorable Games, one of
> the greatest books in chess literature.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2noyxp
>
>
>
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> > EVANS ON CHESS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
> >
> > Reprinted courtesy of Chesstours @ all rights reserved.
> >
> > WAS IT A HOAX?
> >
> > "No other chess figure has had, has, or will have more autograph
> > imitations than Bobby Fischer GUARANTEED!" Fisching For Forgeries by
> > Lawrence Totaro
> >
> > Bobby Fischer has kept a low profile since becoming an Icelandic
> > citizen, but he still make news. Another kerkuffle took place at an
> > auction on eBay Canada for a revised edition of his My 60 Memorable
> > Games called My 61 Memorable Games. A foreword was purportedly written
> > by Fischer himself, who is said to be in poor health and low on funds.
> >
> > "I know many readers seek answers to probing questions regarding
> > the Bobby Fischer of 1972. That person no longer exists. I've wanted
> > to release an official version of my book updated in algebraic
> > notation with a few minor corrections. And why now? The United Bank of
> > Switzerland has taken almost all of the money from my 1992 rematch
> > with Borris Spassky -- over $3,000,000. My ongoing battle with them is
> > getting nowhere despite International Law clearly being on my side. So
> > I bring to you my previous 60 games plus one from the event that has
> > caused me so much trouble, in the hopes that sales of this book will
> > reverse that situation."
> >
> > Suspicious fans promptly noted that UBS stands for the Union (not
> > United) Bank of Switzerland and that it's Boris (not Borris) Spassky.
> > And why was it signed Robert J. Fischer instead of Bobby Fischer?
> >
> > The seller stated: "The cover price of this book is $24.95 but as a
> > collector's item of limited production run, they can obviously sell
> > for much more. You are bidding on THE FIRST 50 COPIES OF THIS BOOK!
> > The first 100 copies are ked as SPECIAL EDITION, FIRST PRINT RUN.
> > Another auction will be for books 51-100. All books from 101 onward
> > will say SECOND EDITION."
> >
> > The bid reached $3050 when eBay pulled the item: "We recently
> > suspended this seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we
> > cannot share further details."
> >
> > I worked on this book with Fischer and inspected the sample page
> > provided by the seller. Some wording was changed and the analysis was
> > indeed improved, possibly with the aid of a computer.
> >
> > Icelandic papers reported that Fischer angrily denied writing it.
> > Yet in our extensive e-mails the seller insisted it was no hoax.
> >
> > "So what should I do with all these books then?" she asked. "Why not
> > send them -- if they exist -- to Fischer in Iceland?" I replied.
> >
> > Her last message: "I decided to take them to a nearby mall parking
> > lot when the weather gets nice and attach a sign: FREE CHESS BOOKS,
> > TAKE ONE, TAKE ALL."
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Date: 02 Feb 2008 06:54:33
From:
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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On Feb 1, 8:48 pm, "David Kane" <[email protected] > wrote:
> Any speculation as to why UBS closed Fischer's accounts?
>
> The documents paint a depressing picture of RJF.
UBS has a significant presence in the US.
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Date: 01 Feb 2008 18:27:27
From: zdrakec
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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On Feb 1, 4:50=A0pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected] > wrote:
> FISCHER'S ROSEBUD
>
> "You were much more than Jedediah, my friend." -- Bobby's last words
> to GM Larry Evans, who explores this cryptic sentence and unravels the
> mystery of Fischer's role in updating My 60 Memorable Games, one of
> the greatest books in chess literature.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2noyxp
>
>
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> > EVANS ON CHESS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
>
> > =A0Reprinted courtesy of Chesstours @ all rights reserved.
>
> > WAS IT A HOAX?
>
> > =A0 =A0"No other chess figure has had, has, or will have more autograph
> > imitations than Bobby Fischer GUARANTEED!" Fisching For Forgeries by
> > Lawrence Totaro
>
> > =A0 =A0 Bobby Fischer has kept a low profile since becoming an Icelandic=
> > citizen, but he still make news. Another kerkuffle took place at an
> > auction on eBay Canada for a revised edition of his My 60 Memorable
> > Games called My 61 Memorable Games. A foreword was purportedly written
> > by Fischer himself, who is said to be in poor health and low on funds.
>
> > =A0 =A0"I know many readers seek answers to probing questions regarding
> > the Bobby Fischer of 1972. That person no longer exists. I've wanted
> > to release an official version of my book updated in algebraic
> > notation with a few minor corrections. And why now? The United Bank of
> > Switzerland has taken almost all of the money from my 1992 rematch
> > with Borris Spassky -- over $3,000,000. My ongoing battle with them is
> > getting nowhere despite International Law clearly being on my side. So
> > I bring to you my previous 60 games plus one from the event that has
> > caused me so much trouble, in the hopes that sales of this book will
> > reverse that situation."
>
> > =A0 =A0Suspicious fans promptly noted that UBS stands for the Union (not=
> > United) Bank of Switzerland and that it's Boris (not Borris) Spassky.
> > And why was it signed Robert J. Fischer instead of Bobby Fischer?
>
> > =A0 =A0The seller stated: "The cover price of this book is $24.95 but as=
a
> > collector's item of limited production run, they can obviously sell
> > for much more. You are bidding on THE FIRST 50 COPIES OF THIS BOOK!
> > The first 100 copies are ked as SPECIAL EDITION, FIRST PRINT RUN.
> > Another auction will be for books 51-100. All books from 101 onward
> > will say SECOND EDITION."
>
> > =A0 =A0The bid reached $3050 when eBay pulled the item: "We recently
> > suspended this seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we
> > cannot share further details."
>
> > =A0 =A0I worked on this book with Fischer and inspected the sample page
> > provided by the seller. Some wording was changed and the analysis was
> > indeed improved, possibly with the aid of a computer.
>
> > =A0 =A0 Icelandic papers reported that Fischer angrily denied writing it=
.
> > Yet in our extensive e-mails the seller insisted it was no hoax.
>
> > =A0 "So what should I do with all these books then?" she asked. "Why not=
> > send them -- if they exist -- to Fischer in Iceland?" I replied.
>
> > =A0 =A0 Her last message: "I decided to take them to a nearby mall parki=
ng
> > lot when the weather gets nice and attach a sign: FREE CHESS BOOKS,
> > TAKE ONE, TAKE ALL."- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
What an absolutely fascinating account. So - who actually owns the
rights to publish this new book? Or does anyone?
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Date: 01 Feb 2008 16:30:32
From:
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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Closure is good: it's good that Fischer made amends, and I'm glad for
both Fischer and Evans.
***
Something doesn't make sense in the story given to Evans, however.
It's been reported in the Icelandic press that Ms. Watai is in line to
inherit something on the order of US $2.1 million.
http://www.visir.is/article/20080122/FRETTIR01/80122071
Since Fischer had over $3.3 million circa 1992, it's conceivable that
RJF (whose needs were simple and who was probably a more intelligent
investor than most of us) may have had that much in his Icelandic bank
acct *in addition to* his holdings at UBS. But then Fischer's
Icelandic friends would not have had to take action to address his
cash needs, would they?
http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2008/01/28/the-complicated-legacy-of-bobby-f=
ischer/
http://www.geocities.jp/bobbby_b/new/new_0.htm (this is a very large
file)
On or about August 5, 2005, UBS wired 3,058,731.66 SFr to RJF's
account at Landsbanki =CDslands h.f. (Landsbanki is the National Bank of
Iceland). Amazingly, Fischer instructed Landsbanki to wire the money
back to UBS! See Mr. Fischer's instruction letter to Landsbanki, dated
September 6, 2005.
In a letter dated February 26, 2007, UBS wrote to Fischer's attorney
(now Watai's) that it had no further obligations to RJF other than to
transfer the money it holds in accordance with RJF's instructions. In
a letter dated July 3, 2007, RJF indicated that UBS still held these
funds. Contra the account at http://www.fischer.jp/ , UBS did *not*
freeze RJF's account: they had unilaterally terminated the banking
relationship, but were anxious to wire the funds back to Iceland.
Keep in mind that RJF was not a customer of UBS at the time of his
death.
Fischer appears to have died intestate; Ms. Watai, Jinky Ong, the Targ
family, and the IRS are all interested parties.
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Date: 02 Feb 2008 15:05:05
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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THREE LOSSES ARE INCLUDED
<Are all 6I games wins or does he throw one or two his loses in the
book. > W-7
Larry Evans talked Bobby Fischer into analyzing three of his memorable
losses in My 60 Memorable Games when they were collaborating. Larry
told me that Bobby gladly adopted the suggestion.
All these 60 games are in the updated book. The only additional game
is the first one in his 1992 rematch with Boris Spassky.
SAT W-7 wrote:
> Are all 6I games wins or does he throw one or two his loses in the book
> ?
>
> Just wondering ?
>
>
> I think it would be interesting if he talked about one or two of his
> loses ..
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Date: 02 Feb 2008 09:38:15
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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Are all 6I games wins or does he throw one or two his loses in the book
?
Just wondering ?
I think it would be interesting if he talked about one or two of his
loses ..
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Date: 01 Feb 2008 17:48:34
From: David Kane
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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Any speculation as to why UBS closed Fischer's accounts?
The documents paint a depressing picture of RJF.
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Date: 01 Feb 2008 14:50:47
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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FISCHER'S ROSEBUD
"You were much more than Jedediah, my friend." -- Bobby's last words
to GM Larry Evans, who explores this cryptic sentence and unravels the
mystery of Fischer's role in updating My 60 Memorable Games, one of
the greatest books in chess literature.
http://tinyurl.com/2noyxp
[email protected] wrote:
> EVANS ON CHESS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
>
> Reprinted courtesy of Chesstours @ all rights reserved.
>
> WAS IT A HOAX?
>
> "No other chess figure has had, has, or will have more autograph
> imitations than Bobby Fischer GUARANTEED!" Fisching For Forgeries by
> Lawrence Totaro
>
> Bobby Fischer has kept a low profile since becoming an Icelandic
> citizen, but he still make news. Another kerkuffle took place at an
> auction on eBay Canada for a revised edition of his My 60 Memorable
> Games called My 61 Memorable Games. A foreword was purportedly written
> by Fischer himself, who is said to be in poor health and low on funds.
>
> "I know many readers seek answers to probing questions regarding
> the Bobby Fischer of 1972. That person no longer exists. I've wanted
> to release an official version of my book updated in algebraic
> notation with a few minor corrections. And why now? The United Bank of
> Switzerland has taken almost all of the money from my 1992 rematch
> with Borris Spassky -- over $3,000,000. My ongoing battle with them is
> getting nowhere despite International Law clearly being on my side. So
> I bring to you my previous 60 games plus one from the event that has
> caused me so much trouble, in the hopes that sales of this book will
> reverse that situation."
>
> Suspicious fans promptly noted that UBS stands for the Union (not
> United) Bank of Switzerland and that it's Boris (not Borris) Spassky.
> And why was it signed Robert J. Fischer instead of Bobby Fischer?
>
> The seller stated: "The cover price of this book is $24.95 but as a
> collector's item of limited production run, they can obviously sell
> for much more. You are bidding on THE FIRST 50 COPIES OF THIS BOOK!
> The first 100 copies are ked as SPECIAL EDITION, FIRST PRINT RUN.
> Another auction will be for books 51-100. All books from 101 onward
> will say SECOND EDITION."
>
> The bid reached $3050 when eBay pulled the item: "We recently
> suspended this seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we
> cannot share further details."
>
> I worked on this book with Fischer and inspected the sample page
> provided by the seller. Some wording was changed and the analysis was
> indeed improved, possibly with the aid of a computer.
>
> Icelandic papers reported that Fischer angrily denied writing it.
> Yet in our extensive e-mails the seller insisted it was no hoax.
>
> "So what should I do with all these books then?" she asked. "Why not
> send them -- if they exist -- to Fischer in Iceland?" I replied.
>
> Her last message: "I decided to take them to a nearby mall parking
> lot when the weather gets nice and attach a sign: FREE CHESS BOOKS,
> TAKE ONE, TAKE ALL."
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Date: 22 Dec 2007 05:16:07
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fischer's 61 Memorable Games
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WHODUNIT?
< I worked on this book with Fischer and inspected the sample page
provided by the seller. Some wording was changed and the analysis was
indeed improved, possibly with the aid of a computer. Icelandic
papers reported that Fischer angrily denied writing it. Yet in our
extensive e-mails the seller insisted it was no hoax.
"So what should I do with all these books then?" she asked. "Why not
send them -- if they exist -- to Fischer in Iceland?" I replied.
Her last message: "I decided to take them to a nearby mall parking
lot when the weather gets nice and attach a sign: FREE CHESS BOOKS,
TAKE ONE, TAKE ALL." > -- Evans On Chess newspaper column
From Mig's Daily Dirt Blog
Posted by: obsurvur at December 20, 2007 13:57
To CynicalGripe, Well if you're going to get some of these
books....like the tune McCartney wrote for Badfinger, "you'd better
hurry cause there going fast"...the seller just wrote me back today,
and said 30 of the first 100 First Edition books, were sold off. The
rest of the 65, will be sold today. So either the buyer is going to
sit on these, or we're gonna see another auction...stay tuned....
Posted by: Bruce Towell at December 21, 2007 16:18
After a few days of email chats I finally talked her into a meeting.
Real nice, cute Asian girl of some kind. Soft spoken and very polite.
Hardly what I would call a scammer. She showed me the packing slip
sent C.O.D. from "Kobenhavn" which is Copenhagen, Denk. She said
she was asked to host the eBay auction only 2 weeks ago.
Anyway, the books are professionally done. I've got over 300 other
chess books myself and I have to say the diagrams in this book are the
most amazing I have ever seen. They are crisp and clear and larger
than the little diagrams in other books. The figurine notation is
unique also. The white pieces have white figurines and the black
pieces have black figurines. I've never seen that anywhere either. You
can almost play the games blindfold when you read such notation. Could
this be another Fischer innovation, simple, and yet a vast improvement
we have all overlooked for so long?
Anyway, I'm sitting tight just in case the whole thing is a mess of
some sort. I was more interested in rescuing the books from the trash
heap than anything else.
Posted by: Arthur Killington at December 22, 2007 00:15
To Arthur, Thanks for posting your experience, yea tha gal is
probably related to the mother of Bobby's child. It's a shame he got
her involved, instead of a professional. I got en email from someone
who claims they bought some of the books from her. She told me after
today's, or really yesterday's sale, the rest are going in the trash,
and her neighbor is going to help her. Such a waste.Her darn husband
put his metal drill thru 5 of the books!!.....Poor Bobby,just never
seems to do anything the right way.....
Posted by: Bruce Towell at December 22, 2007 04:42
**************************************************************************************************
I seem to recall that Fischer doesn't own the publishing rights to his
own book (were they sold by Simon & Schuster to Faber & Faber in
England)? He angrily denies writing it, but these new notes clearly
were added by a strong player. If it turns out the book can be traced
to the Philippines, then one might speculate that his longtime aide GM
Eugenio Torre was somehow involved.
Wouldn't it be a hoot if this pirated edition became more valuable
than the original?
[email protected] wrote:
> EVANS ON CHESS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
>
> Reprinted courtesy of Chesstours @ all rights reserved.
>
> WAS IT A HOAX?
>
> "No other chess figure has had, has, or will have more autograph
> imitations than Bobby Fischer GUARANTEED!" Fisching For Forgeries by
> Lawrence Totaro
>
> Bobby Fischer has kept a low profile since becoming an Icelandic
> citizen, but he still make news. Another kerkuffle took place at an
> auction on eBay Canada for a revised edition of his My 60 Memorable
> Games called My 61 Memorable Games. A foreword was purportedly written
> by Fischer himself, who is said to be in poor health and low on funds.
>
> "I know many readers seek answers to probing questions regarding
> the Bobby Fischer of 1972. That person no longer exists. I've wanted
> to release an official version of my book updated in algebraic
> notation with a few minor corrections. And why now? The United Bank of
> Switzerland has taken almost all of the money from my 1992 rematch
> with Borris Spassky -- over $3,000,000. My ongoing battle with them is
> getting nowhere despite International Law clearly being on my side. So
> I bring to you my previous 60 games plus one from the event that has
> caused me so much trouble, in the hopes that sales of this book will
> reverse that situation."
>
> Suspicious fans promptly noted that UBS stands for the Union (not
> United) Bank of Switzerland and that it's Boris (not Borris) Spassky.
> And why was it signed Robert J. Fischer instead of Bobby Fischer?
>
> The seller stated: "The cover price of this book is $24.95 but as a
> collector's item of limited production run, they can obviously sell
> for much more. You are bidding on THE FIRST 50 COPIES OF THIS BOOK!
> The first 100 copies are ked as SPECIAL EDITION, FIRST PRINT RUN.
> Another auction will be for books 51-100. All books from 101 onward
> will say SECOND EDITION."
>
> The bid reached $3050 when eBay pulled the item: "We recently
> suspended this seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we
> cannot share further details."
>
> I worked on this book with Fischer and inspected the sample page
> provided by the seller. Some wording was changed and the analysis was
> indeed improved, possibly with the aid of a computer.
>
> Icelandic papers reported that Fischer angrily denied writing it.
> Yet in our extensive e-mails the seller insisted it was no hoax.
>
> "So what should I do with all these books then?" she asked. "Why not
> send them -- if they exist -- to Fischer in Iceland?" I replied.
>
> Her last message: "I decided to take them to a nearby mall parking
> lot when the weather gets nice and attach a sign: FREE CHESS BOOKS,
> TAKE ONE, TAKE ALL."
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