In today’s Los Angeles Times, Peter Nicholas writes about “Chasing the King of Chess” — or, more precisely, about tracking down the truth about Fischer’s biological father, who was not Hans-Gerhardt Fischer (the Christian listed on his birth certificate) but Paul Felix Nemenyi (who was Jewish).
Archive for September 21st, 2009
Chasing Fischer’s Father
Monday, September 21st, 2009Mukachevo: Short strikes back, beats Efimenko with black
Monday, September 21st, 2009In the first game the higher-rated player, Nigel Short, was somewhat shockingly defeated by his young Ukrainian challenger Zahar Efimenko, who had the black pieces. Today the British GM struck back with his own very convincing black-piece victory to equal the score. This looks like it’s going to be a really hard-fought match. Game two analysis by GM Klaus Bischoff.
Efimenko draws first blood in Mukachevo match
Monday, September 21st, 2009The six-game encounter between former World Championship challenger Nigel
Short and the promising Ukrainian grandmaster Zahar Efimenko started with musical
pomp in the West-Ukrainian town of Mukachevo. In the first game Efimenko showed
great style in beating his more famous and higher-rated British opponent with the black pieces. First round report with GM commentary.