He was certainly strong enough to become World Champion, but never did; link to Botvinnik vs Bronstein Moscow 1951~~~> (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=54195) where he drew the match 12-12, but FIDE rules kept the title with the current Champion in case of the drawn result.
David Bronstein did however win many great tournaments abroad and at home in the F.S.U. including 2 U.S.S.R Championships as well as the unforgettable Zurich 1953. *FLASHBACK* 1973 Petropolis, Brazil (as far as I can tell), our hero is playing White against none other than the also very brilliant Ljubomir Ljubojevic in a game that has become a classic for chess connoisseurs world wide. The guys come at each other full speed, both playng sharply for the win, and also very creatively. What results is a rich tacical/strategical opus with a powerful attack on Ljubo's king that is in my eyes strongly supported by the other front Bronstein was working on, the central pawn advance, supported in full- out middlegame by White's King!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1034661
From Jonathan Speelman's "Best Chess Games 1970-80":
Y Gruenfeld vs Ljubojevic, 1979
~Apart from its theoretical interest and the sheer joy of the tactics, this game has historical interest in that following it Ljubojevic dropped right out of the running and ended half way down the tournament. If he had beaten Bronstein, or at least drawn with him, then Ljubojevic might well have stayed in serious contention for one of the qualifying places to the Candidates Tournament~
A highly interesting and entertaining game. Enjoy.
I had the pleasure of hanging out with the president of the famous Reykjavik chessclub "Hrokurinn" Hravn Jokkulson for a few days last year, and being an author and journalist he actually had the opportunity of interviewing David Bronstein in Iceland once. I asked many interesting questions about Dave, but what stands out in my mind was when Hravn recalled:
"I soon realized that I was talking to one of the world's great geniuses. He was a kind gentleman with a razor sharp wit and an equally sharp memory. He had an incredible mind."
By the way Lorne Gibbons has announced some sort of last kick at '07 tourney with weird prizes scheduled for this coming Tuesday (Dec.18th) with regestration being at 6:30. A Christmas tournament, how totally cool. Wish I could be there but am too busy, so good luck guys hope to see all that holiday cheer translated into attacking fury and good camaraderie.
Jordan
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thats killer man, how long were you back in the homeland for last year?? im thinkin of goin to stay with some distant distant relatives sometime next year. and is bobby fischer living in iceland right now? he still alive?
-[Saul]
Ha ha:) and hello Saul Magnusson. I would be blessed to get the chance to visit Iceland, but alas I have never set foot on the island. Hravn was here in Winnipeg for personal matters and our lives magicly intersected for close to 2 weeks, daily. He is a published authour and poet( just like our resident guru here at Exclaim! online Nige Hanrahan)as well as a journalist right in the thicket of the professional European chess circut. He had the chance to interview such nobility at Luke Mcshane, Ivan Sokolov, Alexey Shirov and other very high quality chess players. I had a rare and unnexpected oppurtunity to here insiteful commentary on chess and professional players lives through this man. He made me an honorary memeber to the top chess club in Iceland giving me a medalion to prove it. So anytime you wanna backpack out there...:)
As far as Bobby Fischer is concerned, yes, I asked as many daily questions as possible. Hravn Jokulsson was one of 3 very instramental people responsable for bringing Fischer to Iceland under refugee status. Chessbase did an article on it during the whole ordeal and you can read about it and see Hravn in the pictures on Chessbase by searching for it on Google.
He was however rather tight lipped about the great Fischer. He claimed (and in my opinion truthfully so [from my internet research])that he was in active CURRENT conversation with Bobby, which of course whet my appetive even more, but regarding such issues as political veiws, chess plans, Fischer random, famous historical Fischer ancedotes etc. he really couldnt reveal too much, and I would'nt have expected too much more. Fischer is a famous paranoid, really trusting very few people one Earth. He did however tell me that Bobby still is actively playing chess online, somewhere...
So happy hunting....
Jordan
Such a good game.
Clifford
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