Thursday, April 6, 2017

Arthur Bisguier 1929 - 2017

Art won the 2003 Abe Yanofsky Memorial.
http://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=200309022&key=170406


From the New York Times

https://nyti.ms/2oDvSiN

Arthur Bisguier, Brash, Self-Taught Bronx Chess Champion, Dies at 87

By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN

Mr. Bisguier learned to play chess when he was 5 by watching games between his older sister and a cousin. He was frustrated by failures against Bobby Fischer.

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