America needed a winner, and it's got it... nothing's wrong with that. Some also got a precious gift - a self-hating, anti-Semitic Jew - scuff legends are made off.
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In Reply to: RE: people who make movies have agendas. Accuracy suffers posted by Jazz Inmate on October 02, 2011 at 15:07:30
It is incredibly naive to present Fischer as almost the greatest chess player who ever lived - there is nothing to support that position. While he was undeniably capable, even brilliant, he also failed to reach any level of performance that would qualify him as such. Sure enough, he won the title, but only once, and against an admittedly not too strong an opponent. He never defended it against truly serious contenders, people like Karpov. It is often said that anyone can win Tour de France, but only few can do it several times. Whether Fischer's one time was a fluke, a pinnacle of his career, or just another milestone on his march to the chess Olympus - we shall never know, and certainly some of this achievements were brilliant, but for one reason or another, he failed to do what the truly great players do.
America needed a winner, and it's got it... nothing's wrong with that. Some also got a precious gift - a self-hating, anti-Semitic Jew - scuff legends are made off.
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