Monaco Chess Club, (Official)

Welcome to Official Monaco Chess Club The Monaco Chess Tradition goes as far back as 1967, the legendary Bobby Fischer was the winner of the Grand Prix ahead of a very strong field, which included the 7th world champion Vassily Smyslov, the legend of Yugoslavian chess Svetozar Gligoric, lost a tough fight after more than three hours. Only 30 minutes later he had to face Bobby Fischer. Surprisingly enough the soviet grandmaster played won with the black pieces in just 25 moves! At the end, Fischer scored 7 out of 9 and took clear first, half a point ahead of Smyslov.