Author Frank Brady is interviewed by David Friedman at Best Ever Sports Talk.Below, Brady reads from Endgame at Barnes and Noble on the Upper West Side of New York City.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Brady Interview @ "Best Ever Sports Talk"
Author Frank Brady is interviewed by David Friedman at Best Ever Sports Talk.Below, Brady reads from Endgame at Barnes and Noble on the Upper West Side of New York City.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Reviews of "Bobby Fischer Against the World"
The documentary film Bobby Fischer Against the World has been reviewed by Vanity Fair, UGO, Filmmaker, Pajiba, Screen Daily, and Inside Movies.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Marshall Chess Club Swiss 2/5/2011
In Saturday's game/30 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club, I finished with a score of 2-2-1.
Here is the draw.
Round Three: Evans Gambit
Jim West (USCF 2215) - Raven Sturt (USCF 2349), Marshall Chess Club 2/5/2011
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O Nge7 8.cxd4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nce7 11.Ba3 c6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Rfe1 Re8
14.Re2 Ng6 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Re1 Qd8 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Qxd5 Bg4 19.Qxd8+ Rxd8 20.Re4 Bf5 21.Re3 Be6 22.Nb3 Bb6 23.Bc5 Bxc5 24.Nxc5 Bxa2 25.Nxb7 Rb8 26.Nc5 Bd5 27.h3 h6 28.Ne5 Nf4 29.Nf3 Rb4 30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.Rxd3 Bxf3 32.gxf3 a5
33.d5 Kf8 34.d6 Ke8 35.Rd5 a4 36.Ra5 Kd7 37.Ra6 Ke6 38.Kg2 h5 39.Kg3 h4+ 40.Kg2 Rd4 41.Kh2 Rxd6 42.Rxa4 g5 43.f4 Rd2 44.fxg5 Rxf2+ 45.Kg1 Rf3 46.Kg2 Rg3+ 47.Kh2 Rxg5 48.Rxh4 f5, and drawn in ? moves.
This is the final position, drawn by the 50-moves rule.
Here is the draw.
Round Three: Evans Gambit
Jim West (USCF 2215) - Raven Sturt (USCF 2349), Marshall Chess Club 2/5/2011
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O Nge7 8.cxd4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nce7 11.Ba3 c6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Rfe1 Re8
14.Re2 Ng6 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Re1 Qd8 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Qxd5 Bg4 19.Qxd8+ Rxd8 20.Re4 Bf5 21.Re3 Be6 22.Nb3 Bb6 23.Bc5 Bxc5 24.Nxc5 Bxa2 25.Nxb7 Rb8 26.Nc5 Bd5 27.h3 h6 28.Ne5 Nf4 29.Nf3 Rb4 30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.Rxd3 Bxf3 32.gxf3 a5
33.d5 Kf8 34.d6 Ke8 35.Rd5 a4 36.Ra5 Kd7 37.Ra6 Ke6 38.Kg2 h5 39.Kg3 h4+ 40.Kg2 Rd4 41.Kh2 Rxd6 42.Rxa4 g5 43.f4 Rd2 44.fxg5 Rxf2+ 45.Kg1 Rf3 46.Kg2 Rg3+ 47.Kh2 Rxg5 48.Rxh4 f5, and drawn in ? moves.
This is the final position, drawn by the 50-moves rule.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Book Reviews of "Endgame"
Here are book reviews of Frank Brady's Endgame by bloggers at The Kenilworthian, Liquid Hip, and Brooklyn 64.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Kasparov to Review "Endgame"
I look forward to Garry Kasparov's upcoming review of Endgame in The New York Review of Books.
Meanwhile, here is a review at Dana Blogs Chess.
Blogger Mark Weeks has used both editions of Frank Brady's Profile of a Prodigy to compile Bobby Fischer's best games.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Bobby Fischer's Secret Life
The Marshall Chess Club proudly presents
THE SECRET LIFE OF BOBBY FISCHER
A talk and book-signing of Endgame, the new biography of the late world champion
by Dr. Frank Brady
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
7pm
complimentary refreshments
Marshall Chess Club
23 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone 212-477-3716
Fax 212-995-9281
http://www.marshallchessclub.org/
THE SECRET LIFE OF BOBBY FISCHER
A talk and book-signing of Endgame, the new biography of the late world champion
by Dr. Frank Brady
Tuesday, February 8, 20117pm
complimentary refreshments
Marshall Chess Club
23 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone 212-477-3716
Fax 212-995-9281
http://www.marshallchessclub.org/
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Marshall January Grand Prix, Day 2
Last night, I won the following game at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Four: Indian Game, London System
Michael Pappaceno (FIDE 2092) - Jim West (FIDE 2113), Marshall Chess Club 1/30/2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nf3 d6 8.Bc4 Nh5 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.h3 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.exf4 gxh4 14.d5 Nd4 15.O-O Bf5 16.Rc1 b5
17.Nb3 bxc4 18.Nxd4 Bd3 19.Nc6 Qb6 20.Nxe7+ Kh8 21.Na4 Qd4 22.Re1 Qxf4 23.Qg4 Be5 24.Qxf4 Bxf4 25.Rcd1 Bg5
26.Nc3 Rab8 27.Nc6 Rxb2 28.Ra1 Bd2 29.Na4 Bxe1 30.Nxb2 Bc3, White resigns.
Round Four: Indian Game, London System
Michael Pappaceno (FIDE 2092) - Jim West (FIDE 2113), Marshall Chess Club 1/30/2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nf3 d6 8.Bc4 Nh5 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.h3 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.exf4 gxh4 14.d5 Nd4 15.O-O Bf5 16.Rc1 b5
17.Nb3 bxc4 18.Nxd4 Bd3 19.Nc6 Qb6 20.Nxe7+ Kh8 21.Na4 Qd4 22.Re1 Qxf4 23.Qg4 Be5 24.Qxf4 Bxf4 25.Rcd1 Bg5
26.Nc3 Rab8 27.Nc6 Rxb2 28.Ra1 Bd2 29.Na4 Bxe1 30.Nxb2 Bc3, White resigns.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Marshall January Grand Prix, Day 1
Yesterday I drew this game at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Two: King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation
Joel Hernandez (USCF 2082) - Jim West (USCF 2210), Marshall Chess Club 1/29/2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Qd3 c5 11.Nf3 a6 12.e4 b5
13.Nd2 bxc4 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Ng4 16.h3 Ne5 17.Qe2 c4 18.Be3 Qa5 19.Nd1 Rab8 20.Bd2 Qb6 21.Bc3 f5 22.Ne3 fxe4 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Nxc4 Bb5 25.Nxb6 Bxe2 26.Nd7 Bxf1 27.Bxf1 Rxb2 28.Nxf8 Kxf8 29.Re1 Rxa2 30.Rxe4 a5
31.Bb5 Rd2 32.Bc6 g5 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.Re2 Rd1+ 35.Re1 Rd4 36.Ra1 Rd2 37.Rxa5 Bd4 38.Ra3 Rxf2+ 39.Ke1 Rh2 40.Rf3+ Kg7 41.Bd7 Bf6 42.Rf2 Rh1+ 43.Rf1 Bc3+ 44.Ke2 Rxf1 45.Kxf1 Kf6 46.Be6 Ke5 47.Kg2 Ke4 48.Kf2 Bd4+ 49.Kg2 Bc5
50.h4 gxh4 51.gxh4 h5 52.Bf7 Bd4 53.Kh3 Bf2 54.Be6 Kf4 55.Bf7 Ke5 56.Be6 Kf6 57.Bd7 e5 58.dxe6 Ke7 59.Ba4 Kxe6 60.Bd1 d5 61.Bxh5 d4 62.Bd1 Kf5 63.Be2 Ke4 64.h5 Be3 65.h6 Bxh6 66.Kg4 Ke3 67.Ba6 d3 68.Bxd3 Kxd3, draw.
Round Two: King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation
Joel Hernandez (USCF 2082) - Jim West (USCF 2210), Marshall Chess Club 1/29/2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Qd3 c5 11.Nf3 a6 12.e4 b5
13.Nd2 bxc4 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Ng4 16.h3 Ne5 17.Qe2 c4 18.Be3 Qa5 19.Nd1 Rab8 20.Bd2 Qb6 21.Bc3 f5 22.Ne3 fxe4 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Nxc4 Bb5 25.Nxb6 Bxe2 26.Nd7 Bxf1 27.Bxf1 Rxb2 28.Nxf8 Kxf8 29.Re1 Rxa2 30.Rxe4 a5
31.Bb5 Rd2 32.Bc6 g5 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.Re2 Rd1+ 35.Re1 Rd4 36.Ra1 Rd2 37.Rxa5 Bd4 38.Ra3 Rxf2+ 39.Ke1 Rh2 40.Rf3+ Kg7 41.Bd7 Bf6 42.Rf2 Rh1+ 43.Rf1 Bc3+ 44.Ke2 Rxf1 45.Kxf1 Kf6 46.Be6 Ke5 47.Kg2 Ke4 48.Kf2 Bd4+ 49.Kg2 Bc5
50.h4 gxh4 51.gxh4 h5 52.Bf7 Bd4 53.Kh3 Bf2 54.Be6 Kf4 55.Bf7 Ke5 56.Be6 Kf6 57.Bd7 e5 58.dxe6 Ke7 59.Ba4 Kxe6 60.Bd1 d5 61.Bxh5 d4 62.Bd1 Kf5 63.Be2 Ke4 64.h5 Be3 65.h6 Bxh6 66.Kg4 Ke3 67.Ba6 d3 68.Bxd3 Kxd3, draw.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Reviews of "Bobby Fischer Against the World"
Here are film reviews of Bobby Fischer Against the World from NBC, Variety, Daily Film Dose, Box Office, and Hollywood Reporter.
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