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Bobby Fischer Poem

18/01/2008 by Nikita

 This is my 3-minute “poem” to Bobby Fischer, my favourite chess player!

“Someone great… has passed…”

Today, today  only  64
He made his last move
– the most important –
to the square of “death”

no more breath
or even check!
no more castling

only en passant’ing!

His sword has swung
after years of struggle
ruined by politicians
he moved like a knight

Threatened and powerless
he moved quite swiftly
across the board of
64 squares!

Each square a knightmare
Till he found his “piece”
Iceland, oh Iceland!
Where he rests in peace!

©Nikita~~

The next poem is based on a poem of William C Williams…This is just to say…

This is just to say
a great chess master
has passed away
on Thursday
17th January
at age 64

Forgive me
If I say
that he is the BEST
of the Millennium
he was so great
so creative
and so bright!
(c) ~~Nikita

Click on the red link for :William Carlos Williams This is just to say…

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Posted in Bobby Fischer, Chess, poems, Poetry, skaak, skaak-gedigte, Skaakmeesters | Tagged Bobby Fischer, Chess, chess poetry, Fischer, Fischer poem, gedigte, poems, Poetry, skaak, skaak-gedigte, Skaakmeesters | 18 Comments

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  1. on 19/01/2008 at 03:29 boerinballingskap

    Nikita this is really a very nice and fitting tribute! Well-written!


  2. on 19/01/2008 at 09:44 Nikita

    Hi Bib… thank you!


  3. on 19/01/2008 at 11:48 mykopop

    Beautiful, I wonder if I should not try one myself, but in Afrikaans of course.


  4. on 19/01/2008 at 14:08 Nikita

    Hi Kop… waarom nie! 😉


  5. on 19/01/2008 at 20:16 SKAAK! - Cor Nortjé en Martin Serfontein « My Kop Op ‘n Blok!

    […] aantal blokkies op ‘n skaakbord), te sterwe gekom het. Haar daaropvolgende skrywe is ‘n gedig wat sy oor hom geskryf […]


  6. on 23/01/2008 at 00:40 kindredspiritks

    As a joy I too create poems which always come from instanteous inspirations. Very well done!


  7. on 23/01/2008 at 00:57 Nikita

    Hi kindredsspiritks…tks for your comments! Glad you enjoyed it as I really enjoyed writing this poem! 😉 I will pop in to your blog soon!


  8. on 26/01/2008 at 12:53 tony

    Well written my friend !!


  9. on 26/01/2008 at 20:22 Nikita

    Hi Tony!!
    Thanks for your comments…I’m glad you like it too… 🙂


  10. on 02/02/2008 at 16:45 kindredspiritks

    Very nice from one poet to another!


  11. on 02/02/2008 at 19:00 Nikita

    hi kindredspiritks! Thank you for your kind comments! 😉


  12. on 12/02/2008 at 22:42 Bobby Fischer… was and is! « Chessalee

    […] Rest in Peace Bobby Fischer (b. 1943 – d. 2008) You can read my Bobby Fischer-poem HERE …. […]


  13. on 02/03/2008 at 10:16 Bobby Fischer 60 « Chessalee

    […] Click HEREto play through his 60 memorable games. And…on THIS LINK you can read more about him and play through more games… On THIS LINK you can read how he was almost killed in Japan…how BAD can people be in this world just because you have a passion for chess? or for what you like! Shame on the American Government…he was good enough when he defeated  the Russians after the cold war! and then…. you used him as a pawn! in his own  “game”… If you want to read a poem which I wrote about him, you can click HERE …. […]


  14. on 10/03/2008 at 08:52 Lemuel

    Nice poem.. I like it.. He supposed to be 65 yesterday.. Thank you very much nikita..


  15. on 10/03/2008 at 19:50 Nikita

    Hi Lemuel…thank you!It was my pleasure.. 😉


  16. on 05/08/2008 at 11:54 Bobby Fischer games « Chessalee

    […] the head of Zeus, seem to be genetically programmed, know before instructed.” ~~ John Collin On THIS LINK you can read my poem written about […]


  17. on 19/09/2008 at 12:45 Shrikant Barve

    Nikita,
    Will you please write few line showing importance of chess as learning tool.

    We want to use the some for chess program on Oct 4 & 5 2008 here in Goa India.


  18. on 19/09/2008 at 19:20 Nikita

    https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/the-chess-mind-expert/

    Hi Shrikant Barve

    Follow this link I’ve given you…and you will find more links with info you can use! Good luck…perhaps you can look at these two links too, but I think the links on my blog have more info than these two sites…hope you will be ok with these? I had a look at your site, it really looks great!

    http://www.auschess.org.au/articles/chessmind.htm

    Click to access chess-a_learning_tool.pdf



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