How did he get so good so quick?

How did he get so good so quick? 
Bobby fischer on his early years.

In March 1949, when Bobby turned 6 (on March 9th), he learned the game of chess from instructions on a plastic chess set that his sister, Joan (1938-1998), bought at a candy store on the first floor of their apartment for $1. At the time, Bobby did not know anyone who played chess and he never saw anyone playing chess. His only chess partner at age 6 was his 11 year old sister and sometimes his 36-year old mother, Regina Wender Fischer. Soon, Joan got tired of the game and his mother was too busy to play.

In the December 1966 issue of Boys’ Life, Fischer wrote, “I learned to play chess when I was six from my older sister, Joan, in Brooklyn, N.Y. I liked other games like Monopoly and Parcheesi, but I found chess was much more exciting because it presented a greater challenge – there was no factor of luck involved. It was more difficult than any other game.”

Bobby saw his first chess book in May, 1949. He found a book of annotated chess games (perhaps Tarrasch’s Best Games of Chess by Fred Reinfeld written in 1946) while the family vacationed at Patchogue, Long Island. He spent most of his vacation time pouring over this book.

For over a year Bobby played chess by himself. He was so thoroughly absorbed by chess that his mother became worried. She then tried to use chess as a means to get Bobby into contact with other children. Regina Fischer recalled, “Bobby isn’t interested in anybody unless they play chess – and there just aren’t many children who like it.”

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