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chess phenom, from childhood to bizarre ending. Did Bobby keep Spassky waiting for that strange first game out of strategical positioning or neurotic foreboding? How did he train for the match? What happened to him after it, why did he disappear?
After you have gotten to see and hear his mother, and learn about his father, you may form your own answers, though with such a complex human being... who knows?
One thing remains certain: he was truly magnificent. While Spassky had an entire federation behind him with many of the top minds in chess to help him plan his strategy, Bobby went it alone, studying games and theory.
This is NOT just a chess lover's film; Fisher was a fascinating creature whose impact extended, because of the Cold War, far beyond the checkered board.
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Topic - "Bobby Fisher Against the World:" the definitive bio-doc of the - tinear 08:45:46 09/30/11 (66)
- surprised myself -- couldn't stop watching this film -- recommended. (nt) - petew 13:40:54 10/04/11 (0)
- Did it cover his interest in altering the back line in chess tournaments? - Enophile 08:40:19 10/03/11 (3)
- Never heard that. nt - tinear 08:44:54 10/03/11 (2)
- I found it intriguing, it's called Chess 960. Link inside... - Enophile 09:39:08 10/03/11 (1)
- Huh, I used to play tournament chess and never heard of it... I'll have to try it (nt) - late 07:03:36 10/06/11 (0)
- RE: "Bobby Fisher Against the World:" the definitive bio-doc of the - Bill McNeal 05:57:40 10/02/11 (1)
- RE: "Bobby Fisher Against the World:" the definitive bio-doc of the - Analog Scott 17:58:31 10/02/11 (0)
- An excellent documentary of a most unusual individual - Analog Scott 13:15:59 10/01/11 (0)
- Genius at chess, but his anti-semitism and delight at 9-11 will sour his legacy. (nt) - semuta 17:08:35 09/30/11 (43)
- Give the guy a break. He was a paranoid schizophrenic. Nt - Plinko 17:11:03 10/06/11 (0)
- A narcissistic contrarian. Anything to dissociate himself from whatever group he was deemed a part of. - Enophile 08:38:45 10/03/11 (0)
- I consider that part of his life more insanity than - Daryl Zero 13:22:40 10/01/11 (34)
- You consider it based on your desires, or facts? - Victor Khomenko 14:00:17 10/01/11 (33)
- Facts - Plinko 17:15:32 10/06/11 (0)
- RE: You consider it based on your desires, or facts? - Daryl Zero 21:43:47 10/01/11 (6)
- Well, let's not forget his family. He was told a man was his father until he became a teen. Then he found out - tinear 08:49:58 10/03/11 (5)
- Tal and Fischer also my favorite players. nt - Daryl Zero 12:02:05 10/03/11 (0)
- Still waiting for proof of his impact outside the chess. - Victor Khomenko 09:20:33 10/03/11 (3)
- Yeah, cos winning the title one time is such a fail. - Daryl Zero 12:03:23 10/03/11 (2)
- Try reading what I wrote, instead of putting words into my mouth. nt - Victor Khomenko 12:25:20 10/03/11 (1)
- I did read what you wrote: - Daryl Zero 21:11:04 10/03/11 (0)
- This is a question that has been debated and was raised in the movie - Analog Scott 14:36:29 10/01/11 (24)
- In the film, his friend said visited him in LA and found aluminum foil on the walls. - Plinko 17:21:06 10/06/11 (0)
- people who make movies have agendas. Accuracy suffers - Jazz Inmate 15:37:13 10/01/11 (22)
- RE: people who make movies have agendas. Accuracy suffers - Analog Scott 16:02:43 10/01/11 (21)
- RE: people who make movies have agendas. Accuracy suffers - Jazz Inmate 15:07:30 10/02/11 (20)
- So you didn't actually see the movie. - Analog Scott 18:02:09 10/02/11 (0)
- Based on reactions of some here, it also made him into a far greater "genius" than he was - Victor Khomenko 16:04:00 10/02/11 (18)
- Obviously you hate the guy but - Analog Scott 18:04:17 10/02/11 (0)
- hell, the psychological headgames he played with Spassky - Road Warrior 16:41:03 10/02/11 (16)
- From some point on it was all about Bobby Fischer, not about chess - Victor Khomenko 18:48:56 10/02/11 (15)
- What? He was the champion. The Russians for years had loaded competitions, the structure of which guaranteeing - tinear 15:57:40 10/03/11 (14)
- Kasparov would have cleaned his clock. (nt) - semuta 09:31:57 10/04/11 (4)
- We will never know, but we have one point of comparison - Victor Khomenko 17:18:57 10/04/11 (0)
- Viswanathan Anand would have cleaned Kasparov's clo - Analog Scott 11:37:24 10/04/11 (2)
- Kasparov destroyed Anand in 1995. Otherwise you make good points. (nt) - semuta 16:05:05 10/04/11 (1)
- Ironic no? He is a vastly superior player now than he was then. nt - Analog Scott 16:40:01 10/04/11 (0)
- He was one of many great players - Victor Khomenko 16:45:22 10/03/11 (8)
- He dominated his peers like no other - Plinko 17:25:23 10/06/11 (0)
- Just to set the record straight on his status as a player - Analog Scott 16:51:14 10/04/11 (6)
- "the third longest of all time." Case closed. nt - Victor Khomenko 17:51:54 10/04/11 (5)
- You are too delluded by hate to even see what the case actually is - Analog Scott 19:09:12 10/04/11 (4)
- US is not the world - Victor Khomenko 19:28:06 10/04/11 (3)
- Who said it was the world? - Analog Scott 20:21:59 10/04/11 (2)
- "Bobby Fischer was at one point one of the most famous persons on earth. " - Victor Khomenko 05:54:27 10/05/11 (1)
- It was an international event and symbolic of the cold war - Analog Scott 07:32:24 10/05/11 (0)
- not your typical anti-semite. he was Jewish himself - Analog Scott 13:13:07 10/01/11 (5)
- He was just a garden verity sociopath. - Victor Khomenko 16:57:42 10/01/11 (4)
- Totally clueless. Wow! - Plinko 17:28:35 10/06/11 (0)
- That is just absurd - Analog Scott 17:19:26 10/01/11 (2)
- Einstein wasn't a sociopath. Case closed. nt - Victor Khomenko 17:44:17 10/01/11 (1)
- You haven't made any case - Analog Scott 18:40:55 10/01/11 (0)
- What exactly was his "impact" outside the chess? - Victor Khomenko 11:55:34 09/30/11 (11)
- He was definitely not an idiot savant. - Daryl Zero 13:28:35 10/01/11 (1)
- "I don't exactly what you mean by "impact" outside of chess. " Ask tin - Victor Khomenko 14:01:00 10/01/11 (0)
- Guess you haven't seen the movie. - Analog Scott 13:09:49 10/01/11 (0)
- First chess player on 'roids. * - mr grits 20:57:17 09/30/11 (0)
- "Idiot savant". That's a bingo! ^ - Road Warrior 14:48:22 09/30/11 (0)
- Huh? I can only think of Jesse Owens performances at the Berlin Olympics as an example of - tinear 14:11:38 09/30/11 (5)
- You have not demonstrated any impact. nt - Victor Khomenko 15:58:28 09/30/11 (4)
- I told you, already. The defeat of Spassky created doubts w/in Russia about its alleged superiority, its - tinear 21:15:31 10/01/11 (2)
- Then I guess the Korchnoy - Karpov match proved its superiority - Victor Khomenko 06:04:41 10/02/11 (1)
- Where on earth do you get this misinformation? - Analog Scott 18:06:20 10/02/11 (0)
- More like cranial impaction....if not lower. * - mr grits 17:10:38 09/30/11 (0)
- Beyond the chess board he was just another flake in a country with a bad case of dandruff ..nt - late 11:16:35 09/30/11 (1)
- So, it's not enough a man is considered the greatest that ever lived at his occupation to pique - tinear 14:14:33 09/30/11 (0)
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