Robert hamilton chess games

The advantage changed hands several times, both players having eschewed a chance to take the drawing option.

The outcome of this game was not important to the match as Kingston had already won. John Saunders, erstwhile editor of Chess magazine, thought this win by John Bussmann was the game of the match. If someone had shown me the score of this game and told me that Mickey Adams or Keith Arkell had been Black, I would have believed them. Comments Rating Graph Opening Stats. Submit Cancel. Please Enter Problem Details. Too Short - Extra Moves. Nf3 Bxf3 : Too Long - Finish Move e.

Game Comments. Candidate Moves. Related Openings. Game Details Players Player Name s :. Player Rating:. Opponent Name s :. Opponent Rating:. Are they using Fischer's young life? It doesn't stop and everyone has a different idea as to what it's all about. Elman, like many others, thinks the show is at least partly based on Judit Polgar, the Hungarian woman who broke Bobby Fischer's record by becoming a grandmaster when she was 15 years and five months old, about a month younger than Fischer had been.

The month-long festival was a quarter-final tournament leading up to the World Championship that was part of Expo ' Polgar's eldest sister Suzie was already playing competitively at the time, said Elman. And their middle sister Sofia is also a chess whiz. They were all taught by their father, whom Elman describes as one of top chess educators in the world. Elman said he got to know the Hungarian family well over the course of about two weeks in Switzerland. Polgar solicited Elman's help to find a buyer for a family heirloom Torah, which had survived the Holocaust in Poland.

Judit's chess triumphs prior to retiring from tournament play in include defeating Kasparov, Karpov and Spassky. She's considered the best female player of all time, said Elman, but when he met her "she was bouncing on my knee," he said.

One of his former students is chess writer Robert Hamilton. Now in his 50s, Hamilton won the Canadian Junior Championship when he was in Grade 12, earning a berth in an international tournament in South America.

Competitive chess is played by more than players in schools around New Brunswick, estimated Fred McKim, and another 75 in clubs. And each club would have additional members who just play for fun. McKim has been organizing online tournaments for players from all over the Maritimes since the pandemic started.