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Arthur Bisguier
A Bisguier 
Arthur Bisguier at the 1964 U.S. Open in Boston.
(Robert Byrne seated behind. Photo: Beth Cassidy)
 

Number of games in database: 1,324
Years covered: 1945 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2170
Highest rating achieved in database: 2455
Overall record: +456 -318 =545 (55.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 5 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (127) 
    B21 B92 B31 B30 B50
 King's Indian (66) 
    E70 E78 E61 E76 E77
 Queen's Pawn Game (57) 
    A46 D02 A45 E10 A40
 Ruy Lopez (57) 
    C77 C86 C72 C71 C78
 French Defense (27) 
    C02 C11 C18 C01 C16
 Nimzo Indian (27) 
    E54 E59 E21 E58 E53
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (142) 
    C67 C78 C65 C77 C70
 Semi-Slav (66) 
    D46 D43 D45 D48 D44
 Nimzo Indian (57) 
    E46 E43 E44 E52 E54
 English, 1 c4 e5 (41) 
    A28 A22 A29 A21 A20
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (29) 
    C97 C99 C86 C91 C84
 Queen's Gambit Declined (29) 
    D30 D06 D35 D37 D31
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Bisguier vs B Larsen, 1965 1-0
   A Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956 1-0
   A Bisguier vs J Penrose, 1950 1-0
   Robatsch vs A Bisguier, 1961 0-1
   A Bisguier vs Lombardy, 1957 1-0
   A Bisguier vs J Sherwin, 1954 1-0
   Evans vs A Bisguier, 1950 0-1
   Andersson vs A Bisguier, 1971 0-1
   A Bisguier vs Suttles, 1963 1-0
   J F Donovan vs A Bisguier, 1950 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Vienna 1952/53 (1952)
   United States Championship (1954)
   58th US Open (1957)
   57th US Open (1956)
   70th US Open (1969)
   55th US Open (1954)
   60th US Open (1959)
   11th Costa del Sol (1971)
   61st US Open (1960)
   62nd US Open (1961)
   63rd US Open (1962)
   Club Argentino (1955)
   93rd US Open (1992)
   47th US Open (1946)
   72nd US Open (1971)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   The Art of Bisguier by Resignation Trap
   Chess in the USA 1945-72, Part 1 (Leach) by Chessdreamer
   GellerStones & Bisguiers Atr Collection by fredthebear
   US Championship 1974 by Phony Benoni
   US Championship 1972 by Phony Benoni
   1954 US Championship by crawfb5

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 MCC Holiday Cheer Swiss
   A Bisguier vs J Rizzitano (2013) 0-1
   A Bisguier vs J Burke (Feb-19-12) 1/2-1/2

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ARTHUR BISGUIER
(born Oct-08-1929, died Apr-05-2017, 87 years old) United States of America

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Arthur Bernard Bisguier was born in New York, USA. Awarded the IM title in 1950 and the GM title in 1957, he was closed US Champion in 1954* and open US Champion in 1950, 1956 and 1959. He narrowly lost first place on tiebreak to Robert James Fischer at the 58th US Open (1957). He won the Manhattan Chess Club championship in 1948, 1949, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1967-68, and 1968-69.

Bisguier played in the interzonals of 1955 and 1962 and was on five US Olympiad squads from 1952 to 1972. In tournaments he finished equal first with Savielly Tartakower at Southsea (1950), first at Vienna (1952/53), equal first at Rosenwald (1955/56), equal second at San Juan 1969, and first at Lone Pine (1973). He got an even score at the very strong Bled (1961) tournament, including wins over Keres and Geller.

Toward the end of his life, Bisguier was the world's oldest active grandmaster, his last tournament being the MCC Memorial Swiss in Natick, Massachusetts in September 2014.

*http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp...

Wikipedia article: Arthur Bisguier

Last updated: 2023-06-13 07:27:28

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 page 1 of 53; games 1-25 of 1,324  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Santasiere vs A Bisguier 1-0421945USAA00 Uncommon Opening
2. Koltanowski vs A Bisguier 1-0301946Blindfold simul, 8bD95 Grunfeld
3. E McCormick vs A Bisguier 1-025194647th US OpenC07 French, Tarrasch
4. A Bisguier vs J McCord 1-032194647th US OpenB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
5. H Gordon vs A Bisguier 0-169194647th US OpenD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. A Bisguier vs E Levin  1-039194647th US OpenC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
7. K Forster vs A Bisguier  ½-½31194647th US OpenD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. A Bisguier vs Evans 1-040194647th US OpenC49 Four Knights
9. A Bisguier vs W Adams  1-061194647th US OpenC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
10. Kupchik vs A Bisguier 1-048194647th US OpenD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
11. A Bisguier vs H Steiner  0-151194647th US OpenC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
12. H Fajans vs A Bisguier  ½-½41194647th US OpenC24 Bishop's Opening
13. A Bisguier vs W Shipman  ½-½21194647th US OpenA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
14. A Bisguier vs H Seidman  0-147194647th US OpenA28 English
15. O Ulvestad vs A Bisguier  ½-½41194647th US OpenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. A Bisguier vs D Byrne 1-035194647th US OpenC71 Ruy Lopez
17. A Bisguier vs Kupchik ½-½18194647th US OpenA95 Dutch, Stonewall
18. F Yerhoff vs A Bisguier 0-126194647th US OpenC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
19. G Katz vs A Bisguier 1-043194647th US OpenD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. H Bernstein vs A Bisguier 1-0461946Intercollegiate TournamentD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
21. D Byrne vs A Bisguier  0-1401948New YorkD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. A Bisguier vs M Stark  0-124194849th US OpenC11 French
23. A Bisguier vs A C Ludwig  1-059194849th US OpenC11 French
24. L Kilmer vs A Bisguier 0-133194849th US OpenC50 Giuoco Piano
25. A Bisguier vs M Pavey  0-138194849th US OpenC77 Ruy Lopez
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Mar-17-04  shr0pshire: Arthur Bisguier won the US Chess Championship in 1954. This was right before the era of Bobby Fischer. And evidently Bisguier is still playing chess and in tournaments to this day.
Sep-02-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: <shr0pshire> Yes, he still is! He's been at all the 4 major's I've been to...still does analysis after rounds with players who bring in their games as well:-)
Dec-05-04  Kaspy2: GM Bisguier is a record holder. He played the longest ever GM-GM uninterrupted winning spree. Bobby Fischer played him 11:0, with other results before and after.
Dec-05-04  Minor Piece Activity: Well Bisguier was only 2379... Even with rating inflation his rating isn't all that high. =) Anyway, didn't Kaspy break that record? He is 16-0 against Shirov in this db, and has never lost to him unlike Fischer-Larsen. Or are some of those 16 wins non-classical? It's hard to tell these days, what with the variety of time controls.
Dec-05-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: Kaspy, not 11, it's 13. You can see them all here http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... (the 57 games must be out of order.)

MPA, "not losing" doesn't make a winning streak; Garry never beat Shirov 16 games in a row. Also, Bisguier's rating peaked at 2455, the database is in error (I submitted a correction.)

Dec-05-04  Kaspy2: sneaky ure correct, Fischer played him 13:0 and counting, appearantly only 15 games total so far. So Bobby could make it 14:0 some time, nailing up Bisguiers coffin for good.
Dec-05-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Fischer's lifetime score against Bisguier is 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Dec-22-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Arthur Bernard Bisguier
Born 8th October 1929 in New York
Awarded the IM title in 1950 and GM title in 1957, he was US champion in 1954.
Apr-05-05  WorldChampeen: He's on the cover of the latest Chess Life; April 2005. I do not know his style real well; but it looks like he has a very entertaining, exciting style. As is sometimes the case however, I am not sure, if there is an in depth article in the issue. The USCF informs us that Bisguier is now recognized as the "Dean of American Chess."
Apr-05-05  RookFile: Bisguier beats Fischer

Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956

Jul-10-05  priluki: he was a strong player!
Jul-25-05  RSD770: A few years ago I played him at a simul. of seven boards, very easy competition, and I skewered his queen to his rook with my rook, So he gave me his queen for my rook. And he beat Bobby Fischer!
Aug-19-05  alexandrovm: James was the nemesis of this guy: Robert James Fischer beat Arthur Bisguier 13 to 1, with 1 draw
Aug-19-05  RookFile: Well, RJF gets top billing, of course.
But Reshevsky smacked him around as
well, 13 to 3.

Bisguier is a solid GM, of course,
just not a top 20 player.

Dec-30-05  notyetagm: Check out the wicked zwischenzug (in-between move) played by Bisguier in this game. After 33 ♘x♘ Black does not play the obvious recapture 33 ... ♗x♘+ but instead plays 33 ... ♗xRP!, threatening 34 ... ♕xg2#.

[Event "Hastings 6162"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1961.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robatsch,Karl"]
[Black "Bisguier,Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C99"]
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.h3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 0-0 12.Re1 Bd7 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Ne3 Rfe8 16.d5 g6 17.b3 Nb7 18.b4 Nh5 19.Bd2 f6 20.Rc1 Nd8 21.Bd3 Qb7 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Nc2 Nf7 24.Nh2 Ng7 25.Na1 f5 26.f3 Bh4 27.Rf1 Nh5 28.Qb1 Qd8 29.Qc1 Ng3 30.Rd1 f4 31.Nf1 Qb6+ 32.Kh2 Qf2 33.Nxg3 Bxh3 34.Bf1 Bxg3+ 35.Kh1 Ng5 36.Qa3 Bd7 37.Qd3 Nh3 38.Be2 Qg1+ 0-1

Dec-30-05  notyetagm: If you play through the game I just posted, you will see that White ends up in a horrible KID-like position. He has none of the queenside counterplay that he usually gets in the KID while Black still has the raging kingside attack.

Here is what the position looks like after 32 ... ♕f2:


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The board looks just like White has played a really bad KID, even thought the opening was a Ruy Lopez Chigorin. Different openings but the same pawn structure (blocked central pawn chains).

Jan-06-06  BIDMONFA: Arthur Bisguier

BISGUIER, Arthur
http://www.bidmonfa.com/bisguier_ar...
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Apr-15-06  PhilFeeley: Foxwoods list him as only 2242, where he lost quickly to Shulman:

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards, Ct"]
[Date "2006.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shulman, Yury"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Nf6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nbd7 15. Rxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxf6 Rg8 17. Ne5 1-0

Sep-03-07  RookFile: Well, he's approaching 80 years of age, of course.
Jan-04-08  Petrosianic: <James was the nemesis of this guy: Robert James Fischer beat Arthur Bisguier 13 to 1, with 1 draw>

Yes, Bisguier won his first game against Fischer (at Rosenwald), drew the second (at the US Open), and then lost 13 straight. In one of his introductions in <My 60 Memorable Games>, Larry Evans comments that Bisguier is the one GM who consistently gets good positions against Fischer, only to throw them away for no good reason.

For a particularly bizarre example, check out this game, played in the last round of a US Championship, when Fischer and Bisguier were tied for first. Get a load of the chainsaw Bisguier takes to a perfectly good position on Move 23.

Fischer vs Bisguier, 1962

During the 1964 Interzonal, after Fischer had refused to play because the prize fund was too low, Larsen was quoted in Chess Life as saying that he didn't think Fischer would have qualified even if he'd played, because Fischer's play hadn't been that good lately. The person talking to him objected, pointing to the fact that Fischer had just a few months back scored 11-0 in the US Championship. Larsen wasn't impressed, saying that Americans played like children against Fischer. The interviewer asked, do you think American players are that weak? Larsen: All I know is that against Fischer, they play like they're beaten before they've even started.

For some reason, that comment always made me think of Bisguier.

May-29-08  RookFile: Comments like that leave me glad that Larsen got slapped around 6-0 in 1971.
Dec-06-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: In the course of his long and distinguished career Bisguier has won every major title in US chess: US Junior Champion 1948
US Closed Championship 1954
US Open Championship 1956
US National Open 1970, 74 & 78
US Grand Prix 1980
US Senior Champion 1989, 97 & 98
Oct-08-09  talisman: happy birthday arthur and thanks for my 1st 2000 chess computer!...like you a classic!
Aug-17-10  Lil Swine: please dont torture us with your post
Oct-08-10  wordfunph: happy birthday "The Alchemist"!!!
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