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2014 Southern Luzon Sportsfest

2014 UCPB SOUTHERN LUZON SPORTSFEST

An  atmosphere  of excitement fills the morning air! Officers and staff  donning  their   different  colored  shirts. Some associates secretly and eagerly practiced in the covered courts and halls  chanting  cheers  while others…,  still  clouded  by drowsiness, await the official start of the event. What’s the fuss about?  It’s  the  2014  UCPB  Southern Luzon Sportsfest, an event in which clusters are tested for their patience, perseverance and unity  in  the  teambuilding;  while grace, pride and honor in the singing  and  dance  contests  and  the  search for 2014 Mr. & Ms. Southern Luzon.

VENUE
The Sportsfest was held in The Splash Mountain Resort Complex located at Km.58 Brgy. Lalakay (along the National Highway), Los Banos, Laguna on August 2 – 3, 2014. This resort complex has 19 natural hot spring pools.  It has three hotels, the most affordable is the Splash hotel with 44 rooms, 8 dorms and 10 pools. Their most popular attraction is the Giant Waterslides that is open during summer weekends only.

SHOUT OUT

It was a fun filled activity fostering camaraderie and goodwill among associates led by ever vibrant Region Head Jocelyn Gomez.  Five clusters, namely Batangas (Batangas, Bigben, Lemery, Lipa, Sto. Tomas and Tanauan branches)- Blue Team; Bicol (Naga, Legaspi, Masbate and Sorsogon branches)- Green Team; Laguna-Mindoro (Sta. Cruz, San Pablo, Calapan and San Jose branches)- Red Team ; Quezon (Daet, Centro, Lucena and Gumaca branches) – Yellow Team; and CSU-CFBC – Orange Team; vied for the coveted championship in different disciplines.  But before the activities even started, the clusters had a SHOUT OUT each expressing their desire to win ... a way of saying they can't be intimidated, and ready to face the battle and be on top.

TEAM BUILDING
The Sportsfest is an avenue for the clusters to display teamwork. More than winning is the ability of each cluster to face any given challenge like mine field, air lock and marble transfer.   The most important lesson learned in the end is the test of unity. A test to determine if indeed the groups have bound together as one class or are still fragmented. Obvious signs of a united class are teamwork, communication, heart and the will to win. Without any of these signs, unity in any team will not be present.  The same is true in our branches, day in day out. Unison is the binding force of a class. It is the secret ingredient of success shown by the winner Batangas Cluster.

Everybody had fun and already looking forward in next year’s indoor activities.  

SINGING CONTEST

Markmel Padolina and Karen Morales of Quezon Cluster sing their hearts out in their way to becoming the singing champion, the 1^stever for the region.

DANCE COMPETITION

Batangas Cluster after so many years of trying, finally, was hailed this year's Winner! They put up a magnificent performance before besting equally entertaining numbers from Laguna-Mindoro, Bicol and Quezon Clusters.

MR. AND MS. SOUTHERN LUZON

Joel Brioso of Bicol Cluster performed like a Gladiator while Maan Santiago of Laguna-Mindoro Cluster descended from heaven to win this year's search for the prestigious Mr.& Ms. Southern Luzon title.

INTERMISSION NUMBERS

It was a night to remember for it’s non-stop entertainment.  Apart from the competition, associates volunteered themselves to take an active participation in the event.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We feel honored by the presence of the following Senior Officers as we celebrate lasting victory in our levelled up 2014 Southern Luzon Sportsfest empowered by our people, driven by passion:

BBG Head - EVP Edmond E. Bernardo
HRG Head - VP Stella A. Fulgencio
BBSD Head – VP Noel T. Calalang
MM1 RH VP Evan A. Lluch
MM2 RH Erma M. Espiritu

MM4 RH Monette A. Sunga

NCL RH Sam L. Santos
TBG FVP Stephen S. Sevidal
CBD Head VP Philip S. Pabelico
RELD Head VP Smile B. Wambangco
CFBC Head Jon P. Fajardo

SBLD Head Bong C. Dela Cruz

PLD Head Kris G. Cuevas
Officers and staff of Ayala Branch
         

See you in the 2015 Southern Luzon Sportsfest!

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Alekhine and Lasker

Alekhine and Lasker

Emanuel Lasker and Alexander Alekhine met eight times in their career. Seven of the games were from tournament games. Their first game was considered an exhibition game.
In 1908, Alexander Alekhine, age 15, traveled to Dusseldorf and Munich to observer world champion Emanuel Lasker defend his title against Siegbert Tarrasch.
Lasker and Alekhine first met in an exhibition game in Moscow on March 28, 1914. The game was drawn in 16 moves as it led to perpetual check Alekhine had White and played a Scotch Game. Lasker proposed the draw and Alekhine accepted. In 1914 Lasker was 45 (born in 1868) and world champion (1894-1921). Alekhine was 21 (born in 1892) and was world champion from 1927 to 1935 and from 1937 to 1946.
Alekhine – Lasker, Moscow 1914
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Qf3 Be7 12.Rfe1 h6 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Rxe6 fxe6 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Qg6 ½-1/2
Lasker played Alekhine before he played Capablanca.
The two then met in the great St. Petersberg International tournament in April-May, 1914. Their first encounter in the preliminary section of the tournament on April 30, 1914, was a draw in 25 moves. Lasker had White and Alekhine played a Center Counter Defense.
Lasker – Alekhine, St. Petersburg 1914
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 e5 7.c5 exd4 8.Ne4 N6d7 9.Qxd4 Qe7 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxf3 13.gxf3 O-O-O 14.Qa4 Ne5 15.Kg2 Qe6 16.Qxa7 Qf5 17.Qa8 Kd7 18.Rd1 Ke6 19.Qxd8 Qxf3 20.Kg1 Be7 21.Qd4 Qg4 22.Kh1 Qf3 23.Kg1 Qg4 24.Kh1 Qf3 25.Kg1 1/2-1/2
Capablanca won the preliminary section with a score of 8 out of 10. Lasker and Tarrasch had a score of 6.5 out of 10. Alekhine and Marshall had a score of 6 out of 10. These five players would play in the Finals.
Their next game was played in the finals or Winner’s Group on May 10, 1914. Lasker had White and won in 35 moves. Alekhine, as Black, played 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5, the Albin Countergambit, and lost.
A week later, on May 17, 1914, Lasker won again with the Black pieces in a Ruy Lopez, Exchange variation that lasted 89 moves. Lasker had two rooks and a pawn against Alekhine’s rook, knight, and pawn. Lasker won the tournament, followed by Capablanca. Alekhine took 3rd place, Tarrasch took 4th place, and Marshall took 5th place.
In July 1914, Alekhine played in the main tournament in Mannheim, the 19th German Chess Federation Congress. Lasker was a guest of honor at the event and was there to make plans for an International Chess Federation. Lasker left the event before World War I broke out on August 1, 1914.
The two did not play each other for another 10 years. World War I interrupted most major chess tournaments and Lasker played little until 1923.
Then in March-April, 1924, they both played in the New York 1924 International tournament. On March 18, 1924, Lasker (age 55) won again with the Black pieces in 36 moves in a Queen’s Gambit Declined. Alekhine was 31 years old.
Their next game in the same tournament occurred on April 10, 1924, and the game was drawn in 30 moves. Lasker had the White pieces and played a Queen’s Pawn opening. The event was won by Lasker (16 out of 20), followed by Capablanca (14.5) and Alekhine (12). Alekhine would become world champion three years later.
Up to 1925, Lasker was the stronger player. Alekhine was in his prome from 1926 to 1936.
In 1925, the tournament organizers in Moscow invited Lasker, but not Alekhine.
The two waited another 10 years before they played again. Lasker was now 65 and Alekhine was 41. On July 25, 1934, Alekhine had the White pieces and finally won in brilliant style in Zurich, Switzerland (37th Swiss Championship). The game lasted 26 moves with a queen sacrifice offer. Alekhine was current world champion (1927-1935 and 1937-1946). The opening was a Queen’s Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation.
Alekhine – Lasker, Zurich (Rd 12), 1934
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 e5 13.O-O exd4 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.N3xd4 Ne5 16.Bb3 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Qb6 18.Qd6 Ned7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Qg3 g6 21.Qg5 Kh8 22.Nd6 Kg7 23.e4 Ng8 24.Rd2 f6 25.Nf5+! Kh8 26.Qxg6! [26…hxg6 27.Rh3+ or 26…h6 27.Qg7 mate] Black resigns 0-1
In 1935, Lasker went to Holland to cover the world chess championship match between Alekhine and Euwe for the Russian newspapers.
The organizers of the 1935 and 1936 Moscow tournaments invited Lasker, but not Alekhine.
Their final encounter occurred on August 13, 1936 in Nottingham, England. Lasker had White and the game was drawn in 18 moves. Alekhine played the Nimzo-Indian Defense. At the time, both players were former world chess champions. The event was won by Capablanca and Botvinnik, who tied. Alekhine was 6th and Lasker tied for 7th.
Lasker – Alekhine, Nottingham 1936
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Qxc3 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.O-O Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Rfd1 Rfe8 16.Rd5 Bg6 17.Rad1 Bf5 18.R5d2 1/2-1/2
Alekhine said this of Lasker, “Lasker was my teacher, and without him I could not have become whom I became. The idea of chess art is unthinkable without Emanuel Lasker.”
– Bill Wall

Searching for Bobby Fisher

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer is a book written by Fred Waitzkin written in 1988 and turned into a movie in 1993 (screenplay written by Steven Zaillian). The story is of Fred Waitzkin and his son, who became a chess prodigy. The movie is based on Josh Waitzkin’s early life.
Searching for Bobby Fischer really begins in 1972 when Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky in the World Chess Championship Match in Reykjavik, Iceland, then disappeared from chess. Many people got interested in chess and picked up the game, even became grandmasters, because of Fischer popularizing the game. PBS (WNET) covered the match, which starred Grandmaster Edmar Mednis, National Master Shelby Lyman, and National Master Bruce Pandolfini, manager of the Manhattan Chess Club (which no longer exists). Fischer died in Iceland on January 17, 2008, at the age of 64.
Joshua (Josh) Waitzkin (pronoucned WAYT-zkin) was born on December 4, 1976 in New York City.
Josh learned how to play chess from his father, Fred Waitzkin (born in 1943), at age 6 in early 1983. He later started playing at the Marshall Chess Club on 10th Street. He later discovered chess players in Washington Square (a few blocks above Greenwich Village) in March of 1983. Washington Square had its chess hustlers such as Vincent (Vinnie) Livermore and Israel (the Sheriff) Zilber, an International Master rated over 2400. Zilber once defeated Tal in the 1952 Latvian Championship. For a time, Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili played chess at Washington Square.
In the spring of 1984, Josh was playing at the National Elementary Chess Championship in Syracuse, New York. He lost in the 7th round. The event was won by Evan Turtel. The primary championship went to Oliver Tai.
In 1984, Josh played in the New York City Primary Championship at the Manhattan chess club. He won that event.
In 1984 Josh began taking lessons from Bruce Pandolfini ($60/hour).
The 1984 Greater New York Open was held at the Bar Point game room. The tournament included Joel Benjamin, Dmitry Gurevich, and Asa Hoffmann.
During the summer of 1984, Josh traveled with his father and Bruce Pandolfini to Moscow for the Karpov-Kasparov match.
The 1985 National Primary Championship was held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Josh was the number-one seeded player. In the final round (round 7) he lost to David Arnett. Arnett and Matt Goldman tied for 1st-2nd, with 6.5 out of 7 points. Arnett and Waitzkin went to Dalton. Dalton captured its first national team title at Charlotte.
In 1985, Fred Waitzkin wrote, “Fathering a Chess Prodigy,” for the New York Times.
In the fall of 1985 Josh was transferred to Dalton Primary School in New York. Dalton has won 23 National championships, more than any other school in the country. The Dalton School Chess Academy was National Elementary Chess Champions from 1987 through 1990, 1992, and 1993. They were the Primary Team Champions from 1985 through 1991. They were the National Junior High School Tournament Champions from 1988 through 1990, 1993, and 1994. They were the National High School Tournament Champions in 1995. Their chess instructor was Svetozar Jovanovic.
In September, 1985, Josh first played and was defeated by Jeff Sarwer at the Manhattan Chess Club. In November, Josh returned to the Manhattan Chess Club and beat Jeff in a rematch.
In 1985 Josh was seeded first in the 1985 New York City Primary Championship, held at the Manhattan Chess Club. Morgan Pehme won on tie-breaks over Josh, each scoring 5-1.
Josh Waitzkin and Jeff Sarwer tied for 1st place in the National Primary Championship in May 1986, held in Charlotte at the Quality Inn. Josh took 1st place on tie-breaks. There were complaints about Sarwer participating because he did not attend school. Alex Chang won the Elementary championship.
Jeff Sarwer went on to win the 1986 World Championship Under-10.
Bobby Seltzer won the National Elementary championship, followed by Josh Waitzkin, who took 2nd place. Dalton won the national team championship.
Josh won the National Junior High Championship in 1988 while in the 5th grade.
In 1988 Fred Waitzkin wrote “Searching for Bobby Fischer.”
Josh won the National Elementary Championship in 1989.
In 1990, at the age of 13, he earned the title of National Master. His highest rating in 1990 was 2229.
In 1990 he won the Junior High Championship for the second time.
In 1991 he won the Senior High Championship. His highest rating in 1991 was 2301.
In 1991 he won the Cadet Championship (under-16).
In 1992 his rating was 2424.
On April 4, 1992 auditions began for the movie, Searching for Bobby Fischer.
In 1993, at the age of 16, he became an International Master, with a rating of 2447.
In 1993 he was the U.S. Junior Co-Champion.
In 1994 he won the Under-21 U.S. Junior Championship and placed 4th in the Under-18 World Championship. His rating was 2492.
Searching for Bobby Fischer was released on August 11, 1993. It made a little over $7 million. It was given a rating of 7.6 out of 10 by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Roger Ebert gave the film four stars out of four.
The video/DVD release date was July 11, 2000.
Josh Waitzkin (age 7) was played by Max Pomeranc.
Fred Waitzkin was played by Joe Mantegna.
Bonnie Waitzkin was played by Joan Allen.
Vinnie the chess hustler (Vincent Livermore) was played by Laurence Fishburne.
Bruce Pandolfini was played by Ben Kingsley.
Jonathan Poe (Jeff Sarwer) was played by Michael Nirenberg
Poe’s teacher was played by Robert Stephens (Jeff Sarwer’s dad)
Kalev Pehme, the nervous chess dad, was played by David Paymer
Morgan Pehme, Josh’s best chess friend, was played by Hal Scardino
Tunafish sandwich father was played by William Macy (a bad guy in the book)
the tournament director was played by Dan Hedaya
the school teacher was played by Laura Linney
the fighting parent was played by Anthony Heald
the chess club regular was played by Josh Mostel
the chess club regular #2 was played by Josn Kornbluth
the chess club member was played by Tony Shaloub
Asa Hoffmann was played by Austin Pendleton
the Russian Park player (Israel Zilber) was played by Vasek Simek
the man of many signals at the school was played by Steven Randazzo
Katya Waitzkin, Josh’s younger sister, was played by Chelsea Moore
the reporter was played by Tom McGowan
the report #2 was played by Ona Fletcher
the park player was played by Jerry Poe McClinton
the night park player was played by Matt Reines
the Washington Square patzer was played by Vincent Smith
the Washington Square patzer #2 was played by Jerry Rakow
the statistician was played by William Colgate
the journalist was played by Tony DeSantis
the final tournament director (Nationals) was played by R.D. Reid
the park dealer was played by Anthony McGowen
the 82nd ranked girl at the Nationals was played by Katya Waitzkin
Produced by Scott Rudin and William Horberg
Executive producer was Sydney Pollack
Co-producer was David Wisnievitz
music by James Horner
cinematographer by Conrad Hall (died Jan 6, 2003 at the age of 76)
costume design by Julie Weiss
casting by Amy Kaufman
edited by Wayne Wahrman
technical editor was Bruce Pandolfini
special mention to Patrick Lewis and Hanon Russell
Running time was 110 minutes.
Classified PG (mild profanity)
Paramount Pictures (Mirage)
Fishburne identifies the man he is playing speed chess as “grandmaster Shirazi.” Kamran Shirazi was “only” an International Master.
Early in the movie a man in a blue jacket with glasses says, “Young Fischer” to Ben Kingsley as they watch Josh play Vinnie. The man who says this is the real Bruce Pandolfini.
Josh’s real mother, Bonnie Waitzkin, appears at the beginning of the film as a parent outside the school when Joan Allen (as Bonnie) picks up Max (as Josh). Bonnie has dark hair and is standing right next to Joan.
In one of the scenes, Josh (Max Pomeranc) plays against Vinnie in the park while his father looks on from the bench next to Vinnie. The dark haired teenager in the black sweatshirt playing chess (he has the White pieces) behind Vinnie is the real Josh Waitzkin.
In the movie Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc) is seen playing in the Nationals tournament with Josh’s actual sister, Katya Waitzkin. He defeats her in the first round of the National Championships to “ranked 82nd.”
Vinnie’s character came from Vincent Livermore, a 34-year old black man and chess hustler who died of AIDS in 1993.
The final position in the movie is the following:
White: Ke6, Re5, Bg5, Ne4, Pf6, Ph4
Black: Kc2, Rc7, Bd8, Nb6, Pa7, Pg7
Black to move.
1…gxf6 2.Bxf6? (2.Nxf6 should draw) 2…Bxf6 3.Nxf6 (3.Kxf6? Nd7+) 3…Rc6+ 4.Kf7 Rxf6+! 5.Kxf6 Nd7 6.Ke6 Nxe5 7.Kxe5 a5 8.h5 a4 9.h6 a3 10.h7 a2 11.h8=Q a1=Q+ and 12…Qxh8 wins the Queen and the game. 0-1
In the real game in 1986, the game was a draw in Sarwer-Waitzkin as all the pieces and pawns were traded, leaving just lone kings. The opening was a King’s Indian, Saemisch variation. The score sheets of the game have been lost.
The Nationals in the movie was filmed at the Hart House at the University of Toronto.
Pal Benko was supposed to be in the movie, but it was cut out.
FIDE Master Asa Hoffmann refused to play himself as the script showed him as a demeaning person. The movie version of Hoffmann is not like the real Asa Hoffmann.
In the movie, Max’s mom was a spectator at a baseball game.
The original casting was supposed to have Tom Hanks play the father, Fred Waitzkin.
No actor except Max Pomeranc (born March 21, 1984) could play chess. At the time, Pomeranc was one of the top 100 chess players in his age group. Later, Joe Mantegna learned how to play chess.
Cameos by Grandmaster Joel Benjamin, Grandmaster Roman Dzindzihasvili, woman grandmaster Anjelina Belakovskaia, FIDE Master Bruce Pandolfini, Katya Waitzkin, Josh Waitzkin, International Master Kamran Shirazi, and Max Pomeranc’s mom. Cameos cut include Grandmaster Pal Benko and FIDE master Svetozar Jovanovic.
The Bobby Fischer scenes include black and white footage of him at Reykjavik, New York (getting the key to the city from Mayor John Lindsey), on the Dick Cavett show, being interviewed in the park and asked when he took chess seriously (age 7), giving a simultaneous exhibition, and many still pictures of him including on Life magazine and with Jack Collins.
Technical errors include the setting of the chess clock times not accurate, nobody keeping score on a score sheet, too noisy in the tournaments, smoked filled room at the prestigious chess tournament, offering of the draw was improper, never say check in speed chess or any other time, wrong title for Shirazi (International Master not Grandmaster), writing the chess notation, parent lock-out.
Accurate chess terms and scenes include j’adoube, Schliemann Attack, pawn islands, patzer, Fischer scenes and pictures, good advice not to bring the Queen out early, 2-minute blitz chess.
The screenplay was written and directed by Steven Zaillian, based on Fred Waitzkin’s autobiographical book. Zaillian won the MTV Movie Award in 1994 as best new filmmaker.
Zaillian wrote the screenplay Awakenings and Schindler’s List.
Academy Award Nomination: Best Cinematography – Conrad Hall
British Title: Innocent Moves
At 18 Josh wrote “Attacking Chess.”
In 1997 Josh released an instructional video “Chess Starts Here.”
Josh was a spokesman for Chessmaster, the largest computer chess program in the world.
Bobby Fischer was interviewed on a radio show in the Philippines, and had the Searching for Bobby Fischer DVD in front of him, watching or had just watched it. Fischer denounced the movie, claiming that it was part of a “Jewish conspiracy” to use his name and make money off him at the same time.
In February 2003, Hikaru Nakamura (born Dec 9, 1987) broke Bobby Fischer’s 1958 record of the youngest American grandmaster ever. He became a GM at the age of 15 years and 58 days. Fischer (born March 9, 1943) became a grandmaster at 15 years, 185 days. Fischer earned his Grandmaster title at the Portoroz Intersonal in September 1958.
Josh Waitzkin is the only person to have won the National Primary, Elementary, Junior High School, High School, U.S. Cadet, and U.S. Junior Closed chess championships in his career.
Trivia Questions about the movie
01. What game is first shown in the movie?
02. What did Fishburne want to trade with Josh when they first met?
03. What did the Russian player in the park advertise for $5.
04. Who was the first person that Josh played chess with?
05. What did Josh want to do when he grew up?
06. What game did Josh compare chess with when he was talking on the phone?
07. What was the city chess club name that Josh joined?
08. What was the title of the Life magazine with Fischer on the cover?
09. How much did Bruce Pandolfini charge for a lecture?
10. How much did Bruce charge for chess lessons?
11. What did Josh offer the player he first played chess with in the club?
12. Where was the prestigious chess tournament held that Fred first visited?
13. How much did Asa Hofmann earn at chess in a year?
14. What was Bruce’s final answer to Clue?
15. What was Josh’s baseball team called?
16. What did Fred think his son’s first rating was?
17. What was Morgan’s rating in his first tournament with Josh?
18. What school did Morgan attend?
19. Where was the State primary championship held?
20. Where was the National primary championship held?
21. What did Josh’s school teacher compare this “chess thing” with?
22. What was Poe’s and Josh’s favorite line to say when they had a good move?
23. What age did Jonathan Poe learn chess?
24. What was Josh’s nickname used by Bruce and his father?
25. How many moves did it take for Josh to lose in the NY Elementary finals?
26. What opening did Josh use against Vinnie when he returned to the park?
27. What grandmaster was Morgan’s father trying to show a game of to his son?
28. What was Josh’s secret that he told to Morgan in the end?
Trivia Answers:
01. Backgammon.
02. baseball for the Lewis chess piece (a knight).
03. For $5 a photo or a game with the man who beat Tal in 1953 (true).
04. The Russian chess player in the park advertising a game for $5.
05. Play 2nd base for the New York Yankees.
06. Monopoly.
07. Metropolitan Chess Club (Manhattan Chess Club)
08. The Deadly Gamesman.
09. $30.
10. $60 an hour.
11. Gummy Bears.
12. House of Backgammon (Bar Point).
13. $2,000 a year.
14. Mr Green in the Conservatory with a candlestick (answer was a wrench)
15. The Falcons, who defeated the Eagles.
16. 15 (interpreted as 1500) from reading the Emergency Dial number.
17. Morgan had not broken 1000 yet, making him higher rated than Josh (who
was unrated at the time and ranked 80th).
18. Dalton.
19. Syracuse, New York.
20. Chicago (in reality it was Charlotte; in the film, filmed in Toronto).
21. Pinochle.
22. Trick or Treat.
23. Age 4.
24. Tiger.
25. Lost in 7 moves.
26. Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)
27. Capablanca.
28. That Morgan was a much stronger player than Josh was at his age.
The script of the movie is located here:
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/s/searching-for-bobby-fischer-script.html
– Bill Wall