Bobby Fischer

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Re: Bobby Fisher

Yeah, I just heard. The chess wires are hot with Fischer stories. It is a shame that his later years were marked by mental illness.
 

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Re: Bobby Fisher

SKY News had a good interview with Gary Kasparov concerning the demise of Fischer:

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He was a great player. As far as being mentally ill, I wouldn't go that far. Eccentric by "normal" standards, yes.

I think the biggest chess loss to my mind was the match between Bobby and Karpov that never happened. That would have been something!
 

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Even in death, Fischer can be a strange bird:

Bobby Fischer's final bizarre act

The American chess prodigy's eccentricities didn't end with his death. As Neil Tweedie discovered in Reykjavik this week, the reclusive genius had arranged his own secret 'guerrilla' burial. Now its legality is being questioned.

The grave was dug in secret as darkness descended over the white frozen landscape around the village of Hraungerdi, ready for Bobby Fischer's last getaway. Not even the minister whose churchyard it was knew of the funeral planned for the following morning.
It is a very good article; sober yet sentimental.
 
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