Bobby Fischer RIP

It was his book that got a 15 year old troubled kid growing up in the South Bronx interested in a game of the mind called Chess. That kid was me and that was 30 years ago. RIP, Bobby Fisher.

Only 64! Too young to die!

Bobby was insane but if he had carried on playing I am sure he would have proven himself the better of our current crop of super GMs and Bobby didn't have a super computer to help him analyse.

Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Only 64! Too young to die!

Bobby was insane but if he had carried on playing I am sure he would have proven himself the better of our current crop of super GMs and Bobby didn't have a super computer to help him analyse.

Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Only 64! Too young to die!

Bobby was insane but if he had carried on playing I am sure he would have proven himself the better of our current crop of super GMs and Bobby didn't have a super computer to help him analyse.

http://www.chessville.com/misc/Quotes/misc_trivia_quotes_fischer.htm

As much as I despise some of his political and religious statements I have to acknowledge he was a great influence on the game of chess. Many pros today have him to thank for enabling them to make a living doing what they love. RIP

BTW, he was 64 years old...

....and a chessboard has 64 squares...


Journalists are going to have a field day with that fact.

Thank you, Bobby, for being my teacher, mentor and friend. I only ask one thing....Please set up the board!

He died as a chess player decades ago. But his legacy will live on.
RIP.
I was already a chess player when '72 happened and I followed it avidly. I still have the Time magazine with its cover story on the match.

If one of us leave a massive amount of time outs, maybe it is him? Maybe I've played BF! 🙄

I think we have to separate Bobby Fischer the man and Bobby Fischer the chess player.

Bobby Fischer the man was a rotten human being and the World is better off without him.

Bobby Fischer the chess player was an American hero who was as inspirational and dominant to his sport as Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky to theirs.

Looking back at Reykjavik, I can still be proud of Fischer the American chess player, even though I would never be proud of Fischer the person.

There's a long obituary by Leonard Barden here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2243089,00.html

anyone for an honorary game of FischerRandom?

Fischer was the greatest player ever to play this game and one of my heros as a child.