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| Jul-24-08 | | Lutwidge: Hmm. Actually, I used to talk to Birchbeer too, but didn't really know much about Zuckerman and figured maybe he was just goofing off on the net. Anyhow, I agree that computers and/or crazy openings don't seem his style. Oh well. :) |
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| Jul-24-08 | | Lutwidge: Btw, my favorite opening that Birch and I played was probably: e4 e6 Qe2 e5!? Nf3 Nc6 Qb5?!
The Spanish Queen. :)
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| Jul-24-08 | | lorker: My friend told me that Zuckerman was once caught in the bathroom with opening moves written out on his hand. If this is true then it would greatly lower Zuckerman's impressive " photographic memory". Can anyone confirm this? |
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| Jul-24-08 | | JonathanJ: how should that work? you don't know what your oppenent plays |
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| Jul-24-08 | | Petrosianic: Never heard that story, and I'd be hesitant to believe a story so devoid of detail. |
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| Jul-09-09 | | BogusAurelius: how do i get ahold of this guy? I once played the 'Book' in a U.S.Junior championship and lost the score but won the game.
i've emailed USCF to see if i can get in touch with him that way, but they haven't replied. It was a good game, as i remember it...I do remember his buddy asa hoffman was looking on, and after i moved, they would laugh at my move, which naturally made me fight harder... I had the black side of a KIndian, and sacrificed a bunch of pieces to drive his king around and finally mated him. |
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| Jul-09-09 | | Granny O Doul: Don't know, but I think your chances of getting him to help reconstruct your old game are considerably smaller than of just getting hold of him. |
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| Jul-09-09 | | parisattack: I would like to know what happened to Zuck. My first love has always been openings and I enjoyed his games/articles in CL in the 1960s... |
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| Aug-06-09 | | BogusAurelius: actually have high hopes of getting him to 'reconstruct' the game. he probably has the score in his back pocket...i just know he has been waiting all these years to get his revenge by showing all the ways he shoulda,coulda, woulda won. |
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| Aug-06-09 | | AnalyzeThis: Either that, or he's forgotten about you. |
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| Mar-31-10 | | wordfunph: <myschkin: <pazzed paun> International Master who was playing in the 1975 Cleveland International when a spectator became loud. Zuckerman (Zook the Book) told him to shut up. When that didn't work, he hurled a captured bishop at the spectator. Zuckerman was reprimanded for his "unsportsmanlike" conduct..> lol!
happy birthday Bernard.. |
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| Feb-26-11 | | wordfunph: 1974 U.S. Championship:
Based on GM Walter Browne's CL&R 1974 article, Bernard Zuckerman's voice could be heard throughout the playing room each game as he blitzed his way through the openings and found himself without ideas in the middle games. Competitors at his next tournament
should be warned and equipped with earplugs!
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| Jan-02-12 | | jackpawn: Anyone have any idea what Zuckerman is doing nowadays? It's like he fell off the face of the earth. |
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Jan-02-12
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<Zuckerman has not played in a serious open chess tournament since 1990. He still plays occasionally in Zsuzsa Polgar's blitz tournaments in Queens, and Zuckerman still wins almost every game, except that he loses to Zsuzsa. He currently lives in Brooklyn Heights, New York.> That bit might need an update, as Susan Polgar now lives in Texas. Does anyone know if her chess club in Queens, New York is still in business? |
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Jan-02-12
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| Jan-03-12 | | jackpawn: <HeMateMe> Yeah, Polgar has been down in Texas for several years now. I'm just curious how Zuckerman supports himself nowadays. Hustle tourists at Washington Square, etc? I haven't heard a thing about him in years. |
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| Jul-29-14 | | jerseybob: Concerning the Myschkin post of 7-18-08 about Zuckerman, "Roskolnikov" and Abe Turner(assuming the whole thing's not a joke): Abe Turner died in 1962, long before Bernard Zuckerman ever played in the U.S. Championship(his debut came in 1965). Zook may have been ATTENDING the Championship, but he wasn't playing. |
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| Mar-31-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Bernard Zook the Book Zuckerman. |
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| Mar-31-23 | | Granny O Doul: In honor of the Player of the Day on his eightieth birthday, I offer the following short, sharp contest: Zuckerman-Gilden, Pan-American Intercollegiate, 196?: 1. h4 a5 2. c4 h5 3. Qa4 Ra6 4. Qxa5 Rah6 5. Qxc7 f6 6. Qxd7+ Kf7 7. Qxb7 Qd3 8. Qxb8 Qh7 9. Qxc8 Kg6 10. Qe6, 1/2-1/2. Though the book "Chess Panorama" (Lombardy and Daniels) suggests that the players were both forfeited, Zuckerman denies this. As for the rather heavy-handed anonymity the book grants the two players, Zuckerman commented "when I do something really bad, they always give my name". |
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| Mar-31-23 | | Eastfrisian: Happy birthday, Bernard. |
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| Apr-02-23 | | Nosnibor: Player of the day for three days now. Must be a record! |
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Apr-02-23
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| Jan-28-24 | | whiteshark: "This is a good place to say a bit about Zuckerman. He was born in the same month as Bobby Fischer, also grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and they were good friends. Zuckerman was considered to be the nation’s top opening authority (perhaps excluding Fischer, who apparently respected Zuckerman’s opening analysis and no one else’s), and was nicknamed <‘Zuckerbook’>. He was especially strong in blitz play. Of all the strong American players in my lifetime, he was probably <the least liked>, both because of his rather unpleasant personality and because of various ethical allegations. He once got into a <fistfight> at a tournament with Walter Browne . But I always got along well with him, we played a reasonable amount of blitz over the years (maybe I scored 25% or so), and I never observed any severe violation of chess norms, just rudeness. It is interesting that he managed to remain friends with Fischer. I think he lacked some confidence; his attitude seemed to be that if he could not obtain a clear opening advantage against a strong player, he would settle for a draw every time. Anyway he gradually withdrew from tournament chess, continuing to play in rapid events for many years until quitting entirely. As far as I know, he is still living in NY but is only rarely seen by chance by other NY chess players." -- Larry Kaufman
Chess Board Options (A Memoir of Players, Games and Engines), New In Chess 2021 |
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| Apr-01-25 | | Nosnibor: He has been player of the day for two days running now! |
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| Apr-01-25 | | Granny O Doul: Possibly due to April Fool's Day. It might be taken wrong if it were somebody new. |
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