I had ready that Regina Fischer used to sell chess wallets like the
one Bobby Fischer used to care around.

I found a website that sold chess wallets and they seem very
expensive. Even the travel sets are very expensive. If that is how
they are today, I wonder how many chess players could actually afford
one back in the 1950s and 1960s. Scroll down and look at all the
other prices on this page:

http://www.chessmate.com/chessmate1.html#wallet

Ivan, interesting. Where did you read Regina Fischer used to sell chess
wallets?

In Petra Dautov's book an entertaining chapter is devoted to Fischer's
search for a specific chess wallet in Germany. His old genuine leather chess
wallet is completely worn out and Fischer insists in buying the exact same
specimen. In search of a non-synthetic wallet they visit a chess shop in
Heidelberg but all in vain. A remarkable detail is that nobody recognized
Fischer although his stay in Germany was already published in the papers.


"Ivan" wrote in message
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I had ready that Regina Fischer used to sell chess wallets like the
one Bobby Fischer used to care around.

I found a website that sold chess wallets and they seem very
expensive. Even the travel sets are very expensive. If that is how
they are today, I wonder how many chess players could actually afford
one back in the 1950s and 1960s. Scroll down and look at all the
other prices on this page:

http://www.chessmate.com/chessmate1.html#wallet

"Peter van der Hoog" writes:
Ivan, interesting. Where did you read Regina Fischer used to sell chess
wallets?

That's discussed in Frank Brady's book "Profile of a Prodigy". Regina
hatched a plan to sell "Bobby Fischer Chess Wallets" in the 1960's and
Bobby found out about it and put a stop to it immediately. I don't
remember if the book said she actually sold any.

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:08:29 +0100, "Peter van der Hoog"
wrote:

Ivan, interesting. Where did you read Regina Fischer used to sell chess
wallets?

In Petra Dautov's book an entertaining chapter is devoted to Fischer's
search for a specific chess wallet in Germany. His old genuine leather chess
wallet is completely worn out and Fischer insists in buying the exact same
specimen. In search of a non-synthetic wallet they visit a chess shop in
Heidelberg but all in vain. A remarkable detail is that nobody recognized
Fischer although his stay in Germany was already published in the papers.


I believe I have one of the wallets Fischer was looking for, and it's
in great condition.

Bobby, if you're reading this, drag a copy of My 60 Memorable Games
off the shelf, sign it, and there'll be an instant trade!

Fantasy, perhaps, but you never know...

this surely is a feeble attempt to get us onto a webpage that sells
stuff, very poor, very poor indeed.

(jonnywildboar) wrote in message . com...
this surely is a feeble attempt to get us onto a webpage that sells
stuff, very poor, very poor indeed.


You are misunderstanding my point. I was saying that the items that
they are selling are very expensive. Please re-read my post so you
can better understand what I was saying. In no way did I say to
purchase any of these items; I am definitely not going to spend $100
for a wallet even if Jeremy Silman believes that it's a good deal.

(Ivan) wrote in message . com...
I had ready that Regina Fischer used to sell chess wallets like the
one Bobby Fischer used to care around.

$1.99 Made in China.