World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Dies »
Posted By monicachenoa 8 months, 4 weeks ago in NewsREYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64. Fischer died Thursday in a Reykjavik hospital, his spokesman, Gardar Sverrisson, said. There was no immediate word on the cause of death.
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BronxBomber8 months, 4 weeks ago
True dat Charlson! With genius comes nuttiness at times...
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Mutainia8 months, 4 weeks ago
I read up more on this guy. MAN, talk about an anti-Semite and Anti-American. When he died, I wonder if he found himself surrounded by 72 virgins? Well, he was paranoid/schitzophrenic, so, he should be pittied, not attacked. You go NO where when arguing with the insane anyway. NO amount of reasoning will convince them that their beliefs are screwy even IF they are great chess players, apparently.
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doggammit8 months, 4 weeks ago
"Checkmate" = "Shah Mat" - The king is dead...
That's the common etymology. I disagree. Shah Maat is a corruption of the Egyptian "Sia Maat" - which roughly translates as " by the command or the intelligence of Maat" ie cosmic justice.
The king is dead. Long live the king!
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Teech8 months, 4 weeks ago
I read the article. I remember his famous matches with Spassky. I had not previously heard or read about his anti-semitism or anti-U.S. rants.
No doubt about his brilliance and sheer genius at Chess. But it would appear that he was more than a little quirky in his political views. Not unlike other geniuses of our century.
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doggammit8 months, 4 weeks ago
The world of competitive chess is not a perfect one. It produces a lot of shattered crystal....
http://newhumanist.org.uk/1631
There is some rumor that BF's father was CIA. Kasparov has probably been "commissioned". Poor Bobby appears to have been played like a pawn - just like arch rival Boris Spassky. If you ramble through the names of famous chess players you will note a number of top notch ideologues. The board, the game and the people who play it are not as innocent as it seems. Chess and other board games are my historical specialization. That is this dog's gambit, and probably 'nuff said for one day...
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doggammit8 months, 4 weeks ago
I object to hatred and bigotry no matter what costume it happens to be wearing. Your critique of my principles appears to be skewed to suit your own dubious standards of judgement. Sometimes the real enemy lies within and Bobby Fischer is a prime example of a man who could neither properly confront nor fully shed his demons. I may empathize with the devil but that doesn't mean he has my full sympathy. You, on the other hand, don't seem capable of making fine distinctions of that type and more's the pity.
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doggammit8 months, 4 weeks ago
It appears to me at least that when Bobby attempted to claw back some of his personal life from his "handlers" things began to go foul. I don't condone his anti-semite or anti American remarks, but this was a man who's genius was manipulated and celebrity exploited on several levels. A bird in a gilded cage, he tactlessly and often tastelessly lashed out at the people and the government he perceived to be the cause of his difficulties. I do not deny him his personal perspective - nor do I dance over his grave. I would rather take the time to understand him in his full complexity since the politics of chess obviously played a part in destabilizing a genius who was never given an opportunity to develop beyond the point of adolescent immaturity and began life in familial surroundings that made for an emotional escape into chess. And - he was not the first - nor will he be the last.
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Endoscopy8 months, 4 weeks ago
He was an absolute genius at chess. He had a few idiosyncrasies before he went into retirement but after that he became more weird as time went on. Reminded me of Howard Hughs. His hate talk became worse and worse. He turned into a despicable man. The pictures of him make him look much older than he was. Sick mind and body. The chess world will mourn the loss of the player but not the man.
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Mutainia8 months, 3 weeks ago
I've played some of this guy's recorded games. It seemed supernatural how he could destroy and humiliate his opponent, and, yet, he ended up with such bizarre thinking. I've studied other people like him for some answers, which, just created more questions. I mean, in cases like him, IS he a genius, or, a conduit? And, IF a conduit, a conduit of what?
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