From 1975 onwards his mental health declined and what ever he said
against the Jewish people, the USA, other chess players etc..should be
ignored as they were the utterings of a sick man who declined medical help.
In 1968 Fischer played in and won the Netanya Tournament, a tournament held in Israel
and organised to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel.
Hardly think a bona fide 'Jew hater' would accept that invitation or have anything to do with it.
@greenpawn34 saidThat is sad. He could have done so much more-
From 1975 onwards his mental health declined and what ever he said
against the Jewish people, the USA, other chess players etc..should be
ignored as they were the utterings of a sick man who declined medical help.
In 1968 Fischer played in and won the Netanya Tournament, a tournament held in Israel
and organised to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding ...[text shortened]...
Hardly think a bona fide 'Jew hater' would accept that invitation or have anything to do with it.
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@nomorechess saidThat's your opinion.
Karpov was going to crush booby Fischer in 1975 so booby ran away and it drove him crazy. 😉
@greenpawn34 You place his issues with Jews as a mental health? If you listen/watch live interviews, you should question yourself. What he stated was true if you believe it or not. The issue did not start with there in his life. His mother was a ultimate influence in his life. He was allowed to be strange in his youth and this is what you got. I wonder what Bobby thought about black people????
@mchill saidHis father was a Hungarian Jew. His mother was a Polish Jew.
Does anyone know why Bobby Fischer hated Jews?? Fischer's dislike for Jews was well known, but I could never find out why he thought that way. I think his mother was at least part Jewish. Any ideas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_11Cdxvtfo
It's likely that he was overwhelmingly Ashkenazi Jewish from a genetic standpoint. He must have been self-hating.
@thebigkat saidThe Jews themselves consider themselves to be an ethnic and religious group. Separate them at your peril.
@Ashiitaka You speak as if being a jew is a race of people. It's a RELIGION!!!!!!
Hi BigKat,
Only time I've heard Bobby ranting on about Jews is after 1975. Prior to then
he made quite a few television appearances and came across as quite polite.
That was a perfect medium with an audience of millions to express his views.
There is no doubt he had mental issues that surfaced after 1975 and
people should understand that. He never physically hurt anyone or joined
a far right organisation. If he was not who he was then his ramblings would
have been ignored and not given a microphone to vent his anger.
Regarding v Karpov, the general consensus among players who knew him and
players since seem to think that Fischer would have won in 1975 but not 1978.
A lot of it is based on the format of a 24 game match and how Karpov had a
mini collapse during his 1978 match v Korchnoi when the pressure got to him.
In 1975 the pressure would have been applied 10 fold by Fischer. Come 1978
he would have been more prepared mentally to face Fischer and at his peak.
Fischer would have been older. The great unplayed match. Pity.
@thebigkat saidIf a Jewish person does a DNA test, they will come up as Ashkenazi/Sephardic Jewish. They are genetically distinct.
@Ashiitaka You speak as if being a jew is a race of people. It's a RELIGION!!!!!!
You speak as if being a Jew is a race of people. It's a RELIGION!!!!!!
No. It's a religion, genetic group and ethnicity. My mother is descended from Jews from Lithuania, and so I am partly Jewish genetically speaking. However, I don't have the slightest interest in religion.
A non-Jew who converts to Judaism is called a Jew, but that doesn't make them Ashkenazi/Sephardic. Someone can have a Jewish father (and so be 50% Jewish), but not be considered religiously Jewish under Halakhic law and be barred from attending any but the most liberal synagogues (Judaism is passed through the mother).
