Best chess player of all time has died on Iceland, the national radio reported. Rest in peace, Bobby.
The Kenilworthian has links to obituaries
The Closet Grandmaster has a list of links about Bobby Fischer
As comment to Susan Polgar’s prediction
and here is Maria Sharapova in action
Mr Stan Oleynick sent us introduction of the new website - CrowdChess
CrowdChess is a radically new chess concept where thousands of people play together against each other, creating the ultimate “wisdom of crowds” battlefield and with that a platform that pushes the boundaries of human intelligence.
It is a platform to see what happens when thousands of people from all over the world, with diverse ethnical, cultural and educational backgrounds, of different age and social status, have a common goal in mind and are working in tandem on solving the same problem together and outsmarting and outmaneuvering their opponents. Whose strategy and vision is superior, is the ultimate question.
We plan to organize CrowdChess leagues in heavy chess playing countries such as Russia, India, China, Germany, England, etc and then organize world championships where country vs. country plays for a CrowdChess world championship or when top players and/or champions play against a super computer (let’s see who is smarter then… 
so this idea hopefully has a lot of potential and will be a success. We also plan to organize a grandmaster vs. the world game in the near future so this should be an interesting game too!!
“Chess” is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA. The story involves a romantic triangle between two players in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other. Although the protagonists were not intended to represent any specific individuals, the characters’ personalities are loosely based on those of Victor Korchnoi and Bobby Fischer.
Here is youtube video of the “Embassy Lament” act:
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Before the anti-American and anti-Semitic ravings and his complicated relationship to the cloistered world of chess, Bobby Fischer was just another young New Yorker on the make.
A basic rule calls a game a draw when 50 moves are played with neither a capture nor a pawn move. But that was before computers.
As Bobby Fischer’s death reminds us, abstract gifts can exact a terrible price.
Chess players and chess journalists from around the world reacted to the death of Bobby Fischer with a mixture of sadness, praise and lingering anger about his behavior in his later years.
Mr. Fischer, one of the greatest chess players the world has ever seen, later lived under self-imposed exile.
Jan 22
Paul Truong faces allegations that he posted messages under other people’s names to Internet bulletin boards to get elected to the board.
