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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Bobby Fischer's First Big Match

"On Bobby's scorecard that day, it all looked so simple, so preordained. When it was over, in his typically illegible hand, he scrawled 'Mate' (it looked like 'Mute') -- and then put on his jacket and left with his mom."
Remembering the 1956 match of chess prodigy Bobby Fischer and Donald Byrne.

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