Originally posted by SnowDogFinally the bastard died
He mighta said some hellish things, but he could play like hell too. Bobby, you made many memorable contributions to the game, and proved to be a first-rate teacher, player, and theoretician. May he rest in peace.
RIP 1943 - 2008
Johnny Rotten dixit
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThanks Gramps...for saying what I couldn't express.
Guess friends may come and go, but enemies seem to accumulate.
You disagree, fine. You have some unmet recognition need requiring
urgent dismissal of a genuine sentiment publically as 'trite', okay...
but lack of restraint on the day of HIS passing makes it all about YOU.
The thread's focus is the loss of Bobby Fischer, not Grampy or Darvlay!
Trite?!?
The only thing that is trite is that guys attitude.
Squawk squawk little parrot, parroting some timeworn axiom.
BF may have been a little crazy, but he's one of the greatest chess minds
ever.
Respect.
Originally posted by mikelomWith respect my man, having read your posts, I doubt very much you ever made more meaningful statements about anything.
kinell! Is that it?
I made more meaningful statements in work meetings!
Like design the fkr right. Don't kill people cos the airbag is 5mm too car rearward. Move the wheel down...... the DAB hasn't enough deployment space..........blah blah blah.....
Take a chance on an 8mm Torx head... we'll test it.
You make him sound like a hero........ he mov ...[text shortened]... e!.... Like a car crash test and me, and the notes of correct is always he!! 😛
Oscar.. 😉
Originally posted by darvlayGreat opening and middlegame; shame about the endgame.
Please don't assume there was anything personal in my assessment of the statement.
As he was in life, Bobby Fischer is still a polarizing figure.
Mephisto2 put it best in the other thread. He left the chess world a long time ago. The only that died today was the anti-semitic and eccentric fool*.
*That part is mine, not Mephisto's
Originally posted by SnowDogI hope that his tortured soul has finally found peace.
He mighta said some hellish things, but he could play like hell too. Bobby, you made many memorable contributions to the game, and proved to be a first-rate teacher, player, and theoretician. May he rest in peace.
RIP 1943 - 2008
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyWell said Bobby.
Of course any thinking person would have to take an objective view.
The 'feet of clay syndrome' always comes into play with the public's
assessment of those who walked among us and were truly great...
Winston Churchill, Teddy Rooseveldt, Napoleon, Julius Caesar, even
the Apostle Paul (just to identify a familiar few) evidenced critical
fl ...[text shortened]... der wrote:
"I think continually upon those who were truly great..."
Nuff said...
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Originally posted by SeitseAs a consequence of genetics, circumstance and choice, Bobby Fischer
[b]Finally the bastard died
Johnny Rotten dixit[/b]
became a kind of larger than life caricature of himself. Truth of it,
almost a kind of side show curiosity, an overly developed singular
passion which assumed the role of identity and spawned a muscle
bound freak.... in the company of Vincent van Gogh, Ezra Pound,
Albert Einstein, Elvis Presley and other equally fascinating figures who
preceeded him. Defining tragic characteristic with each was that the
whole person lacked balance and symmetry.
Fischer's achievements will continue to be admired and praised. Fact
sadly remains that the man himself made many more good decisions
on sixty four familiar squares than he ever did in his larger life itself.
Whether eventually forgiven or damned... Robert James Fischer,
in my view, is probably much more deserving of pity than scorn.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyGuess friends may come and go, but enemies seem to accumulate. That seems to be a true statement.
Guess friends may come and go, but enemies seem to accumulate.
You disagree, fine. You have some unmet recognition need requiring
urgent dismissal of a genuine sentiment publically as 'trite', okay...
but lack of restraint on the day of HIS passing makes it all about YOU.
The thread's focus is the loss of Bobby Fischer, not Grampy or Darvlay!
Originally posted by gambit3Maybe the careful and timely application of terror, i.e., anti-social
Guess friends may come and go, but enemies seem to accumulate. That seems to be a true statement.
behavior replete with clever rant, is also a form of communication.
If true, things are more like today than they ever were before.
gb... 😉