About

A digital journal born from a love of chess and of the people who shaped it.

Why this journal?

“Le Journal d’un Prodige” tells the life of Bobby Fischer, from the Brooklyn kid to the 1972 world champion, with stories, timelines, period photos and games you can play move by move. The idea: learn chess history while having fun, with no ads and no needless jargon.

What you will find

Dossiers and long articles, with their sources.
A timeline, an illustrated glossary and sourced quotes.
Ways to practise: play the bot, solve puzzles, follow lessons.
A community of readers, with messages, clubs and leaderboards.

How information is checked

Every article cites its sources (biographies, FIDE, period press). Quotes whose primary source could not be confirmed are flagged as “attributed”. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons with their licence.

A mistake? An idea?

Write to us through the Contact page. Corrections are made as soon as the source is verified.

Your privacy

No ads, no tracking. Fonts are hosted on the site. Everything is detailed in the privacy policy and the legal notice.

Free tools used

The Stockfish engine (GPL-3.0), the fonts Inter, Lora, Playfair Display and Atkinson Hyperlegible (SIL OFL), and photographs from Wikimedia Commons (free licences).