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Originally posted by no1marauderI always wondered if there was a bigger ass on the planet than Fischer, and then of course! I was reminded.
Fischer has good reasons for his "anti-americanism" though not for his anti-semitism. I have no idea if he is "mentally ill" or not.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2142#thorarinsson
Originally posted by no1marauderThe reason I remember reading on his website is that the US is "Jew-controlled". That's why he hates us.
Fischer has good reasons for his "anti-americanism" though not for his anti-semitism. I have no idea if he is "mentally ill" or not.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2142#thorarinsson
Originally posted by chessisvanityNow that was actually pretty damn funny!
there is nothing wrong with "jew controlled".....
*looks over at jewish wife who's family is wealthy*
nothing wrong at all......
I had a similar problem when I was married...guys at work would ask me..
"Do you have direct deposit?"
"Yeah...I get my check and directly deposit it over to her hand"
Dave
Originally posted by no1marauderYes, because nothing in this world is worse than a bad speller. I hate people that troll forum boards like a teacher giving out free English lessons.
I hate people who can't spell.
*note to Chessvanity, install Google tool bar. It comes with a spell checker that underlines misspelled words while you type. It helps keep jerks like this quite. Unless of course you like to hear them whine [which I must admit can be amusing] then just carry on...
Originally posted by In A WordHa, you still had a typo.
Yes, because nothing in this world is worse than a bad speller. I hate people that troll forum boards like a teacher giving out free English lessons.
*note to Chessvanity, install Google tool bar. It comes with a spell checker that underlines misspelled words while you type. It helps keep jerks like this quite. Unless of course you like to hear them whine [which I must admit can be amusing] then just carry on...
What's wrong with free English lessons? They're free...
What would US chess life be like without a man like Fischer?
Fischer won the championship 1972 and US became a chess nation.
I think the same is happening now in India with Viswanathan Anand. Without him, India will (almost) never achieve anything. I think India will have more strong playeres in the near future.
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Originally posted by FabianFnasUnfortunately, I don't think it's quite that simple. Yes, the USA did become a chess nation (sort of) after 1972. Fischer's WC title alone swelled the ranks of USCF members right after 1972, and the USCF invested a lot of money in their chess infrastructure. However, after Fischer went into seclusion after resigning his WC title in 1975, Americans started forgetting about chess, and the number of USCF members started dropping off. Consequently, the USCF almost went bankrupt.
What would US chess life be like without a man like Fischer?
Fischer won the championship 1972 and US became a chess nation.
Now that the USCF has survived the Fischer boom and bust, where are we now? The USCF is so incompetent with its internal bickering and struggles for power, that it seems the USCF shoots itself in the foot every chance it gets. As recently as two or three years ago, the USCF was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. And in 2007, the U.S. Championship almost didn't happen. The previous sponsor of the U.S. championships apparently decided that the USCF was no longer worth throwing money at, and that sponsor bailed out. The 2007 championships only happened because of the benevolence of the Berry brothers in Oklahoma. It was run on a shoestring budget (the Berrys donated their own money) in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is a great state (one of the proud backbone-of-America states), but the reality is that from a chess perspective, it's in the middle of nowhere.
So now in 2007, we in the USA have a national chess organization that is completely dysfunctional. The USCF is incapable of properly promoting chess to the USA public. (Susan Polgar alone seems to be more effective at this than the entire USCF organization. In fact, at times, it seems to me that the USCF actually hinders Susan's efforts.)
Although it seems that almost everyone here has at least heard of Fischer, the USA hasn't had any significant chess accomplishments since the 1970s. Here in the USA, if you don't keep winning, people tend to forget about you. It's sad, but true. Chess in the USA is a niche hobby with a geeky reputation that keeps too many people away. My guess is that right now, chess in the USA is about at the same level as if Fischer had never won the WC in Reykjavik.