As a mark of respect, I will not move in any of my games for a month. I've got some holiday due, and I think I'll go into mourning...
And an EDIT: because I think he deserves it. My connection with Bobby Fischer goes back to 1972 when I was 10 years old. I wrote to Jimmy Savill (remember "Jim'll Fix It"? ) asking for him to fix it for me to play the Great Man Himself. He was my idol at the time, and I was a new player. At the time, I probably still didn't know about castling or en-passant... Unfortunately he declined to play me, but I've still got a copy of the letter he wrote to the BBC, saying that he was too busy preparing for an important challenge. A few months later, he was playing Boris Spassky in Rekjavik.
If a person studies a game of chess and is struck by an unimaginable beauty, elegant efficiency, amazing subtleties of strategic positionings, and breathtaking tactical combinations, the sense of some spiritual presence is felt, not unlike hearing Handel's Messiah, or the Mozart Requiem, or reading a passage of great literature. Diving in deeper, examining at the master level (maybe by reading a master's analysis of the game, or work of art, or scientific theory), only deepens appreciation. This was the presence of genius. the study may go on for centuries, and someday, milennia, still uncovering depths of genius that only the prime player/creator/author/artist knew, or somehow, even without knowing, created, or implemented, or acted on, or whatever he or she did. it was genius. that is the experience of playing through and studying a BF game.
Bobby Fischer's life was tragic. If we apply social values and diplomacy and rational behavior standards to his life. We find tragedy and a waste of genius. This is true, however, if we apply those same principles to many other geniuses. Richard Wagner comes to mind instantly. An endless list could be made.
I suggest that we honor the games and the mind that made the moves and that we let the human that he was rest in peace.
Originally posted by c99uxThat's awesome.
As a mark of respect, I will not move in any of my games for a month. I've got some holiday due, and I think I'll go into mourning...
And an EDIT: because I think he deserves it. My connection with Bobby Fischer goes back to 1972 when I was 10 years old. I wrote to Jimmy Savill (remember "Jim'll Fix It"? ) asking for him to fix it for me to play the Great ...[text shortened]... for an important challenge. A few months later, he was playing Boris Spassky in Rekjavik.
Nobody knows why Fischer said the things he said about the USA, about the (supposed)terrorist attacks.
Only Fischer knows why he said that.
He thinks so far ahead...you can only sit back and just be amazed.
Maybe he knows that it was our own corrupt government.
Maybe he was just a little crazy.
But there is no doubt that he is at the top of the list of greatest chess players of all time.
I mean the guy drops off the face of the planet for 20 years
then comes back in 1992 to win again!
He's playing chess right now somewhere.
R.I.P.
Originally posted by mikelomthis from a member with a rating of 1166. that was a very good year.
Amazing Grace! 90% of the responders to this thread are below 1400 rating. So wadda u know about chess or BF?........
A name! That's it! Well shudda uppa uppa....... until U really know what he was about!.........
-M