"finding Fischer"
I just started getting into chess again earlier this year and I don't remember why but I started to think about the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer"(for those of you who haven't seen the movie I strongly suggest you do, especially if you're a chess lover). I remember seeing the movie once when I was younger. I didn't play chess much at the time and thought how great it would be to see it again now that my knowledge and interest in the game is much greater. I was living in an apartment with a girl friend at the time and I wouldn't stop talking about it. I told her about Josh Waitzkin and how he became a strong player at such a young age. I went on about Bobby Fischer and how he became a cold war icon by defeating the Russians and becoming world champion. Eventually she would just roll her eyes because I tend to talk her ears off when it comes to chess. I became more excited and couldn't wait to see the movie. I couldn't rent the movie because they didn't carry it. I didn't order it on-line cause I didn't want to wait, so I decided to wake up early the next morning and purchase it. I went to bed with plans of watching the movie tomorrow evening with my girlfriend.....I couldn't wait! Sure enough morning came and I got ready to go. I wanted to check my e-mail before I left. I turned on my computer and clicked on my in-box....but wait....what was that on the news page.....a chess match?! I went back and it was a chess match. It was Spassky and Fischer! The caption read: Bobby Fischer dies at 64 in Iceland. For a second I thought I was seeing things, then the phone rang. It was my girlfriend saying, "Did you know Bobby Fischer died today, isn't that crazy.....". It was crazy. A hell of a coincidence. No, I didn't cry. I went looking for the movie. Determined to find it I arrived at my 5th store; a video exchange. It took a while but I found one lone VHS copy(probably the only one in the whole city). I dusted it off, took it home and watched it with my girlfriend. Best $1.99 I ever spent. Thanks for listening. -MStewart