Note: All of these new listings are for preview only...
Some will be priced and made directly for sale
on my chess websites. The rest will be put up
for sale on eBay. Lastly, some of it is for my
personal core chess library and the remainder
to be donated to California Chess History.
Programs, Brochures & Artifacts...
Color shot of "Duga"
- Korchnoi vs. Spassky match 1977
"Two smaller items from "Duga"
- Korchnoi vs. Spassky match 1977
"The Program Brochure"
- Korchnoi vs. Spassky match 1977
"Postcards (front view) featuring the two
cars as gifts for Korchnoi and Spassky"
"Postcards (back view) featuring the two
cars as gifts for Korchnoi and Spassky"
American Magazine articles featuring -
~Robert J. Fischer~
"Saturday Review (April 1963)" "Bobby Fischer - Best in Chess?"
By Robert O'Brien
"Saturday Review (April 1963)" Bobby Fischer - Best in Chess?"
By Robert O'Brien
"Readers Digest (May 1963)" "America's Wizard of Chess"
By Robert O'Brien
(condensed from "Saturday Review" above)
"LIFE Magazine (Novemeber 1972)"
The Cover Story: "The Deadly Gamesman"
"LIFE Magazine (Novemeber 1972)" "Bobby Fischer is a ferocious winner"
By Brad Darrach
"Time (July 31, 1972)"
Title of the Cover Story: "The Big Chess Battle:
Knight-Errant v. King"
Spassky - Fischer
"Time (July 31, 1972)" "The Battle of the Brains"
Spassky - Fischer
"Sports Illustrated (August 1972)"
The Front Cover: "Bobby's Chessboard Mastery"
"Sports Illustrated (August 1972)" "How To Cook A Russian Goose"
By Robert Cantwell
"Sports Illustrated (August 1972)"
Color Photos from the article: "How To Cook A Russian Goose"
By Robert Cantwell
"Newsweek (August 1972)"
The Cover Story: "Bobby's Next Move?"
"Chess Life & Review (October 1972)"
"People Weekly Magazine (March 1974)"
"People Weekly Magazine (March 11, 1974)"
Bio - "The Secret Life Of Bobby Fischer"
By Brad Darrach
Chess Memorabilia
(signed items of interest)
Postcard (front view) from Hastings & St. Leonards
that was signed at the Nice Chess Olympics 1974.
Postcard (back view detail) of the selected participant
signatures from the Nice Chess Olympics 1974. A gift
from my old chess friend GM James Tarjan. Finally,
I recall that Jim told me he didn't sign it. The players
signatures that I can now make out (top to bottom) are:
Michael Stean, William R. Hartson, Viktor Korchnoi,
unknown, unknown, unknown (also unknown on the far
right), G. Sigurjonsson, Vlastimil Hort, Anthony (Tony)
Miles, followed by two more unknowns... Note: A
correction was made for autograph listing #3 (Viktor
Korchnoi). Thxs goes to Lawrence for his eagle eye!
