The big event in 1963 happened in Dallas, Texas on November 23rd...President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Did singer/songwriter Bob Dylan know anything about it? Read article...
In 1963, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, “They’ll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run.” On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Perry hit his first and only home run.
Ben Franklin (aka “the dime store” or “the five & dime”), a chain of variety stores went bankrupt in the 1990s, but some independently owned stores still exist. They were selling turtle kits that included a bowl, food, ornament and gravel for 44 cents. You could buy a baby turtle to go with the kit for 25-50 cents. That may seem pretty cheap, but in 1953, 50 cents was almost $5.00 today. Back in the 1950’s I never bought a turtle, but used to go catch them for free at a pond near our home. I named all my turtles...they were all named Herman.
The year 1963 started off with Bobby Fischer winning the US Championship with 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss (to Edmar Mednis). The next championship (1963/64) was different...he scored 11-0.
Players who passed away that year were: Hermann Helms (1870-1963) and Weaver Adams (1901-1963), Boris Kostic (1887-1963) and Gosta Stoltz (1904-1963).
Today’s game is Fischer vs. Weinstein, played in the 1963/64 US Championship. The story of IM Raymond Weinstein (born April 25, 1941) is a tragic one.
While in Amsterdam studying under the Dutch psychology professor and International Master Johan Barendregt, Weinstein assaulted Barendregt, got deported and while being detained in a halfway house (a type of recovery residence for those transitioning out of drug and alcohol rehab, mental health treatment, and/or incarceration) he slit his 83-year-old roommate’s throat with a razor when the old man made derogatory remarks about Weinstein’s mother who was also institutionalized.
Weinstein was deemed incapable of standing trial and was sent to the Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center on Manhattan’s Wards Island where he remains.
Author and chess activist Sam Sloan visited Weinstein in 1996 and described him as having gotten obese and having a habit of rubbing the side or under his nose,
During the 45 minute Weinstein did not utter a single word and just stared blankly at Sloan. Weinstein did not give any indication that he recognized nbames like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand and other top grandmasters or that he even knew what Sloan was talking about. Finally, Weinstein went to the attendant and told her rather angrily that he wanted to go back to his ward.
In the following game he got defeated by Fischer, but so did the ten other players Fischer faced.
Robert Fischer–Raymond Weinstein1–0C96US Championship 1963/64, New YorkNew York, NY USA28.12.1963Stockfish 16
C96: Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defense 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6 5.0-0 e7 6.e1 b5 7.b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 This is all book in
the Ruy. Fischer's move, preventing the pin by ...Bg4, is by far the most
popular because if white allows it then according to my database black does
much better. In fact, the black scores about 50 percent. a5 10.c2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 Just about any reasonable move has been played by black here. 12.cxd4 b7 13.d5 c8 It's interesting that my database has only a couple of games
with this move, but it's the one preferred by Stockfish. It makes sense though
to reposition the B which has no future on b7 after white has closed the
center with his lst move. 13...c8 This is the move that is usually played.
14.b3 c7 15.d3 xe4 16.xe4 f5 White is better. Morozevich,A (2742)
-Ponomariov,R (2684) Moscow 2001 14.bd2 g6 14...d7 15.f1 c8 16.b3 h5 17.d3 g6 18.h6 e8 19.d2 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 Black resigned. White is
considerably better, but reso\ignation seems premature. Garrido Outon,A (2380)
-Djokic,M (2227) Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2023 15.b4± Did Weinstein see this
possibility and that's the reason he retreated his B on move 12? b7 The N
has a dim future on b7. 16.a4 d7 16...a5 This messy looking move was
somewhat better. After 17.axb5 d7 18.b3 xb5 white's advantage is
minimal. 17.axb5 axb5 This is questionable because it allows white a lot
of pressure on the Q-side. 17...a5 was much better because after 18.a4 18.bxa5 xb5 19.b3 xa5 black has equalized. 18...axb4 19.b3 White
is slightly better. 18.xa8 xa8 19.e3 A brilliant move.
Fischer is going to pace his R on the 7th rank from where it will exert a
tremendous influence. c8 20.a3 c7 21.b3 More brilliant play by Fischer.
Before going to a7 with the R he first improves the position of this N and
then ties Weinstein down to the defense of his b-Pawn. If at once 21.Ra7 Qb8
and the R must retreat. h5 22.d3 c8 23.f1 f6 Indirectly defending the
b-Pawn. 24.g5 By threatening to take the N white would then be free to
capture the b-Pawn. 24.xb5 xe4 25.xd7 xd7 26.a7 c3 27.d2 xd5 28.a6 c7 29.b5 d8 Black has pretty much equalized because the advance of the
b-Pawn is held up. For example, if... 30.b6 xb6 31.xb6 c1+ 24...b8 25.a7 Fischer disdains the win of a P and instead chooses to keep black under
great pressure. 25.xf6 xf6 26.xb5 c5 27.xd7 xd7 28.b5 c2 29.a7 c5 30.xc5 xc5 and the b-Pawn has been rendered harmless. 25...d8 26.a1 e8 26...e8 is a better defense. 27.xe7 xe7 28.a6 c7 29.b6 a8 30.xa8 xa8 31.xb7 d8 32.xb5 xb5 33.xb5 b8 34.a4 White's two Ns
and passed P should prevail over the R which they did in 5 Shootouts. 27.a6 c8 Weinstein totally cracks, but he was as good as lost anyway. 28.xe5! dxe5 29.xf6 xf6 30.xf6 c3 31.c5 xc5 32.bxc5 e8 32...xd3 33.xd7 f8 34.c6 xe4 35.c7 f5 36.xf5 gxf5 37.d8 33.f1 xc5 34.e7 b4 35.d6 b6 36.c4 Black resigned 36.c4 b3 36...b7 37.xe8# 37.xf7+ xf7 38.xf7+ h8 39.g7# 1–0
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