Further Achievements
Following his U.S. title in 1954, Bisguier regularly returned to compete for the national championship, but was never able to repeat his success. The late 1950s saw the sensational rise of Bobby Fischer, who swept the eight U.S. Championship tournaments which he contested. Bisguier and Fischer were tied for first place going into the last round of the 1962–63 event, and they still had to face each other. Bisguier had a promising position but made a mistake, which Fischer punished spectacularly, allowing Fischer to take the game and the title (described in My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer, New York, 1969). Fischer scored 8/11, with Bisguier a point back in clear second place (http://www.chessmetrics.com, the Arthur Bisguier player file). Bisguier also served as a second to Fischer at several international events.
Most of Bisguier's play after the mid-1960s was limited to U.S. events. He won National Opens in 1970 (jointly), 1974 and 1978. He won the Lone Pine tournament in 1973, tied for second place behind reigning World Champion Boris Spassky in the international tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1969, and took first place in the first-ever Grand Prix in 1980. He took first place in the U.S. Senior Open in 1989, thus winning a U.S. championship at every age level of chess. He won the Senior Open again in 1997 and 1998.
Bisguier continues to play regularly at the Metrowest Chess Club in Natick, MA. He qualified for and competed in the 2011 Metrowest Club Championship (http://www.metrowestchess.org/Compete/Championships/2011/2011_Championship_standings.htm)
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