Havent seen Jorge Hasbun-Sammour. $2,880,000. I even heard he pulled out of the tournament he was so impressed., Jorge Fiengo, a 21-year-old student from Sucre, Bolivia, who dropped $3 to Mr. Livermore this weekend, agreed. The park has been characters in Searching for Bobby Fischer and Fresh and have hosted American greats such as Bobby Fischer, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. "[20] On April 9, 1961, folk music pioneer Izzy Young, owner of the Folklore Centerwho had been trying to get permits for the folksingersand about 500 musicians and supporters gathered in the park and sang songs without a permit, then held a procession from the park through the arch at Fifth Avenue, and marched to the Judson Memorial Church on the other side of the park. On a cooperatively owned wooden plank at the northeast corner of Broadway and 42d Street, there are seven or eight boards working on a typical afternoon, five more than last summer and sometimes still not enough to fill the demand. The temporary plaster and wood arch was so popular that in 1892, a permanent Tuckahoe marble arch, designed by the New York architect Stanford White, was erected,[13] standing 77 feet (23m) and modeled after the Arc de Triomphe, built in Paris in 1806. A conversation on Vincent Livermore on a blog discussing Searching for Bobby Fischer: I thought the real life character of Vinnie died of AIDS not heroin OD? I just discovered your piece on chess hustlers of New York. Hotels near Washington Square Park, New York - Booking.com Washington Square Park - Manhattan Exploration As part of a longstanding tradition, players gather at the Parks west end, where a stretch of game tables makes up the area known as Chess Plaza. How do you play chess in Union Square? Don't worry though, you won't find any of that today (though there is a myth For example, Tom Murphy of the Dupont Circle legend is a strong player, but Ive played him in tournaments and the differences between his blitz play and OTB are stark.