Robert Bobby FISCHER Original Manuscript Grandmaster World Chess Champion

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Robert Bobby FISCHER Original Manuscript Grandmaster World Chess Champion:
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Original chessnotations reconstruction

Handwritten

Robert James Bobby Fischer

(1943-2008)

American chess grandmaster and the World ChessChampion

Chess matches

Vasily Smyslov vs Svetozar Gligoric

Indian Game: West Indian Defense

and

one another game (?please check) of

Vasily Smyslov

at the same tournament

Dimensions: 20,4 x 29,4 cm

Notations written on both sides of one paper, in opposite order.

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Extremely rare algebraicnotations by Fischer (who always used descriptive).

SinceFisher and Bjelica worked together on the book, but also TV shows in Yugoslavia– using algebraic (not descriptive) notations - they adapted to algebraic notation system which was commonto the Yugoslav wider audience.

Provenance:Dimitrije Bjelica. The manuscript wascreated during a joint writing the book\"Šahovski susreti stoljeća\" (Chess meetings of the Century) byFischer and Dimitrije Bjelica, jointly published in Serbian in 1973.

Condition: Please, see scans. Manuscript is damaged and worn, imperfectionsvisible on the pictures.

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Eastern States Open Championship in Washington DC directed byNorman T. Whitaker Fischer tied for second with William Lombardy, NicholasRossolimo and Arthur Feuerstein, Hans Berliner winning.

blood samples.[272][274][275] On the other hand, Magnús Skúlason, afriend of Fischer\'s, said that he was certain that Fischer was not the girl\'sfather.[276]

Tobacco smoke in his cell.[304]

blood as grandmastersshould.\"

Eastern States Open Washington, D.C. 4 2 0 2–4

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chess notation is the term for severalsystems that have developed to record either the moves made during a game ofchess or the position of the pieces on a chess board. The earliest systems ofnotation used lengthy narratives to describe each move; these gradually evolvedinto terser systems of notation. Currently algebraic chess notation is theaccepted standard, and is widely used. Algebraic notation has a few variations.Descriptive chess notation was used in English- and Spanish-language literatureuntil the late 20th century, but is now obsolete. There are some specialsystems for international correspondence chess. PGN is used when working withcomputer chess programs. Systems also exist for transmission using Morse codeover telegraph or radio.

Recording the moves

Some move-recording notations aredesigned mainly for use by human players and others for use by computers.

Move notations for humans

Correspondence chess card showingalgebraic notation and ICCF notation

In recognized competitions all playersare required to record all the moves of both players in order to: resolvedisputes about what the position should now be, whether a player has made anillegal move, etc.; keep an accurate count of the moves if, as in most seriouscompetition, there is a time limit rule which requires each player to completea specified number of moves in a specified time.[1] All chess coaches stronglyrecommend the recording of one\'s games so that one can look for improvements inone\'s play.[2] The algebraic and descriptive notations are also used in booksabout chess.

Algebraic chess notation is morecompact than descriptive chess notation, and is the most widely used method forrecording the moves of a game of chess. It has been in use in some regionssince the early 19th century, and is less prone to error than the Englishdescriptive system. Algebraic notation is the official notation of FIDE whichmust be used in all recognized international competition involving humanplayers.[3] The U.S. Chess Federation prefers the use of algebraic notation butstill permits descriptive notation.[4][5]

Standard algebraic notation (SAN) isthe notation standardized by FIDE.[citation needed] It omits the starting fileand rank of the piece, unless it is necessary to disambiguate the move.

Figurine algebraic notation (FAN) is awidely used variation of standard algebraic notation which replaces the letterthat stands for a piece by its symbol, e.g., ♞c6instead of Nc6 or ♖xg4 instead of Rxg4. Pawns are omittedas in standard algebraic notation. This enables the moves to be readindependent of language. To display or print these symbols, one has to have oneor more fonts with good Unicode support installed on the computer, and thedocument (web page, word processor document, etc.) must use one of thesefonts.[6] For more information see Chess symbols in Unicode.

Long algebraic notation (LAN) includesthe starting file and rank of the piece, followed by a dash.

Minimal algebraic notation (MAN) issimilar to SAN but omits the indicators for capture (\"x\") and check(\"+\"). It was used by Chess Informant.

Reversible algebraic notation (RAN) isbased on LAN, but adds an additional letter for the piece that was captured, ifany. The move can be reversed by moving the piece to its original square, andrestoring the captured piece. For example, Rd2xBd6.

Concise reversible algebraic notation(CRAN) is like RAN, but omits the file or rank if it is not needed todisambiguate the move. For example, Rd2:B6. This notation is recommended inPlay Stronger Chess by Examining Chess 960: Usable Strategies for FischerRandom Chess Discovered.

Figurine concise reversible algebraicnotation (FCRAN) is a form of CRAN with non-Staunton figurines, used by GeneMilener during Chess960 tournaments.

Descriptive chess notation, Englishnotation or English descriptive notation. Until the 1970s, at least inEnglish-speaking countries, chess games were recorded and published using thisnotation. This is still used by a dwindling number of mainly older players, andby those who read old books (some of which are still important[7]).

ICCF numeric notation. In internationalcorrespondence chess the use of algebraic notation may cause confusion, sincedifferent languages have different names for the pieces. The standard fortransmitting moves in this form of chess is ICCF numeric notation.[8]

Smith notation is a straightforwardchess notation designed to be reversible and represent any move withoutambiguity. The notation encodes the from square, to square, and what piece wascaptured, if any.

Coordinate notation is similar toalgebraic notation except that no abbreviation or symbol is used to show whichpiece is moving. It can do this almost without ambiguity because it alwaysincludes the square from which the piece moves as well as its destination, butpromotions must be disambiguated by including the promoted piece type, such asin parentheses. It has proved hard for humans to write and read, but is usedinternally by some chess-related computer software.[9]

Here is an example of the same moves insome of the notations which may be used by humans:[9]

Chess notation examples # Algebraic Figurine algebraic Longalgebraic Reversible algebraic Concise reversible Smith Descriptive Coordinate ICCF

1. e4e5 e4 e5 e2-e4 e7-e5 e2-e4e7-e5 e24 e75 e2e4 e7e5 P-K4 P-K4 E2-E4 E7-E5 52545755

2. Nf3Nc6 ♘f3 ♞c6 Ng1-f3Nb8-c6 Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 Ng1f3 Nb8c6 g1f3 b8c6 N-KB3N-QB3 G1-F3 B8-C6 7163 2836

3. Bb5a6 ♗b5 a6 Bf1-b5a7-a6 Bf1-b5 a7-a6 Bf1b5 a76 f1b5 a7a6 B-N5P-QR3 F1-B5 A7-A6 6125 1716

4. Bxc6dxc6 ♗xc6dxc6 Bb5xc6 d7xc6 Bb5xNc6 d7xBc6 Bb5:Nc6 d7:Bc6 b5c6n d7c6b BxN QPxB B5-C6D7-C6 2536 4736

5. d3Bb4+ d3 ♝b4+ d2-d3 Bf8-b4+ d2-d3 Bf8-b4+ d23 Bf8b4+ d2d3f8b4 P-Q3 B-N5ch D2-D3 F8-B4 4243 6824

6. Nc3Nf6 ♘c3 ♞f6 Nb1-c3Ng8-f6 Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 Nb1c3 Ng8f6 b1c3 g8f6 N-B3N-B3 B1-C3 G8-F6 2133 7866

7. O-OBxc3 O-O ♝xc3 O-O Bb4xc3 O-O Bb4xNc3 O-O Bb4:Nc3 e1g1cb4c3n O-O BxN E1-G1 B4-C3 5171 2433

Annotators commenting on a gamefrequently use question marks and exclamation marks to label a move as bad orpraise the move as a good one (see Chess annotation symbols).[10]

Move notations for computers

The following are commonly used forchess-related computer systems (in addition to Coordinate and Smith notation,which are described above):

Portable game notation (PGN). This isthe most common of several notations that have emerged based upon algebraicchess notation, for recording chess games in a format suitable for computerprocessing.[11]

Steno-Chess. This is another formatsuitable for computer processing. It sacrifices the ability to play throughgames (by a human) for conciseness, which minimises the number of charactersrequired to store a game.

Forsyth–Edwards notation (FEN). Asingle line format which gives the current positions of pieces on a board, toenable generation of a board in something other than the initial array ofpieces. It also contains other information such as castling rights, movenumber, and color on move. It is incorporated into the PGN standard as a TagPair in conjunction with the SetUp tag.

Extended position description (EPD).Another format which gives the current positions of a board, with an extendedset of structured attribute values using the ASCII character set. It isintended for data and command interchange among chessplaying programs. It isalso intended for the representation of portable opening libraryrepositories.[12] It is better than FEN for certain chess variants, such asFischer Random Chess.

Notation for telegraph and radio

Some special methods of notation wereused for transmitting moves by telegraph or radio, usually using Morse Code.The Uedemann code and gringmuth notation worked by using a two-letter label foreach square and transmitting four letters – two letters for the origin squarefollowed by two letters for the destination square. Castling is shown as a kingmove. Squares are designated from White\'s side of the board, files from left toright and ranks from nearest to farthest. The Rutherford code first convertedthe move into a number and then converted the move number into a compositeLatin word. It could also transmit moves of two games at the same time.

Uedemann code

This code was devised by Louis Uedemann(1854–1912). The method was never actually used, mainly because a transpositionof letters can result in a valid but incorrect move. Many sources incorrectly usethis name for the Gringmuth code.

The files are labeled \"A\",\"E\", \"I\", \"O\", \"O\", \"I\",\"E\", and \"A\". The ranks are labeled \"B\",\"D\", \"F\", \"G\", \"H\", \"K\",\"L\", and \"P\". A square on the queenside is designated byits file letter and then its rank letter. A square on the kingside isdesignated by its rank letter then its file letter.[13]

Gringmuth notation

This method was invented by D.A.Gringmuth but it is sometimes incorrectly called the Uedemann Code. It was usedas early as 1866. Files were designated with one of two letters, depending onwhether it was on White\'s side or Black\'s side. These letters were: B and M, Cand N, D and P, F and R, G and S, H and T, K and W, L and Z. Files werelabeled: \"A\", \"E\", \"I\", \"O\",\"O\", \"I\", \"E\", and \"A\".[13]

Rutherford code

This code was invented in 1880 by SirWilliam Watson Rutherford (1853–1927). At the time, the British Post Office didnot allow digits or ciphers in telegrams, but they did allow Latin words. Thismethod also allowed moves for two games to be transmitted at the same time. Inthis method, the legal moves in the position were counted using a system untilthe move being made was reached. This was done for both games. The move numberof the first game was multiplied by 60 and added to the move number of thesecond game. Leading zeros were added as necessary to give a four-digit number.The first two digits would be 00 through 39, which corresponded to a table of40 Latin roots. The third digit corresponded to a list of 10 Latin prefixes andthe last digit corresponded to a list of 10 Latin suffixes. The resulting wordwas transmitted.

After rules were changed so thatciphers were allowed in telegrams, this system was replaced by the GringmuthNotation.[13]

Recording the positions of pieces

Chess pieces Chess kdt45.svgChessklt45.svg King

Chess qdt45.svgChess qlt45.svg Queen

Chess rdt45.svgChess rlt45.svg Rook

Chess bdt45.svgChess blt45.svg Bishop

Chess ndt45.svgChess nlt45.svg Knight

Chess pdt45.svgChess plt45.svg Pawn

Positions are usually shown as diagrams(images), using the symbols shown here for the pieces.

There is also a notation for recordingpositions in text format, called the Forsyth–Edwards notation (FEN). This isuseful for adjourning a game to resume later or for conveying chess problempositions without a diagram. A position can also be recorded by listing thepieces and the square upon which they reside, e.g. White: Ke1, Rd3, etc.

Endgame classification

There are also systems for classifyingtypes of endgames. See Chess endgame#Endgame classification for more details.

History

Page from 1841 Chess Player\'s Chronicle

The notation for chess moves evolvedslowly, as these examples show. The last is in algebraic chess notation, theothers show the evolution of descriptive chess notation and use spelling andnotation of the period.

1614: The white king commands his owneknight into the third house before his owne bishop.

1750: K. knight to His Bishop\'s 3d.

1837: K.Kt. to B.third sq.

1848: K.Kt. to B\'s 3rd.

1859: K. Kt. to B. 3d.

1874: K Kt to B3

1889: KKt -B3

1904: Kt-KB3

1946: N-KB3

Modern: Nf3[14]

A text from Shakespeare\'s time usescomplete sentences to describe moves, for example, \"Then the black kingfor his second draught brings forth his queene, and placest her in the thirdhouse, in front of his bishop\'s pawne\" - which we would now write as 2 ...Qf6. The great 18th-century player Philidor used an almost equally verboseapproach in his influential book \"Analyse du jeu des Échecs\", forexample, \"The king\'s bishop, at his queen bishop\'s fourth square.\"[15]

Rather surprisingly, algebraic chessnotation was used by Philipp Stamma (c. 1705–55) in an almost fully developedform before the now obsolete descriptive chess notation evolved. The maindifference between Stamma\'s system and the modern system is that Stamma used\"p\" for pawn moves and the original file of the piece (\"a\"through \"h\") instead of the initial letter of the piece.[16] ButPhilidor defeated Stamma in a match, so his writings had more influence and thedescriptive system based on his approach was dominant for a long time.Algebraic notation became dominant in the 20th century, although it did notbecome popular in the English-speaking countries until the 1970s.

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