Interesting Things about THE MAN - yes, Bobby Fischer
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ChrisWainscott
Nov 28, 2016
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You can go back and watch the opening press conference in 92 and see Fischer responding to the notice from the US State Department by spitting on it.
Dec 5, 2016
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#22
ChrisWainscott wrote:
mcris, thank you for the clarification.
You're welcome. I have been on vacation about one week and now I see other threads like https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/do-players-outside-the-united-states-think-bobby-fischer-wasn-t-actually-that-good?ncc=263#first_new_comment and https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/if-fischer-played-kasparov-instead-of-spassky-in-1992-what-would-have-been-the-outcome?ncc=54#first_new_comment
have tens, hundreds more comments and I am unable to respond to all errors. Wikipedia page on Fischer is a good source, albeit incomplete.
he might have been smart
Fischer didn't always drink beer...
But when he did...
It was a Löwenbräu.
Before gaining his GM title, Bobby played some friendly games at the Moscow CC. After he beat a few players, he said I WANNA PLAY BOTVINNIK!
Everyone laughed at him.
Jun 13, 2017
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#26
He was NOT gay, he had a woman lover in the Philipines (and possibly a child), then another one in Japan. Stop the BS.
mcris,
He had a possible child woman lover in the Philippines?
He was a pedophile?
Jun 13, 2017
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#28
Wow, you really wrote words I didn't and authored to me? Or you are functional illiterate? What I wrote reads: "he had a woman lover in the Philipines" and "he posibly had a child" - with that woman, (not by himself).
NOT child lover. And you are american...
Yes functional. I understand.
Functional genitals.
So they make love.
Yes?
Interesting. I've heard it another way...
Death is not the end, It is only a transition.
mcris,
So they make love you say.
Yes?
Jun 13, 2017
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#32
"9) Bobby had played Boris Spassky a few times before the famous 1972 match, but had always lost to him before '72. The winner of that match got around $78,000."
Actually, as I'm sure many of us remember from the time, when Fischer was complaining and saying he might not play, an American businessman raised the winning prize to $125,000 and told Fischer, "Come out and play, chicken!"
That prize is worth about $750,000 in 2017 dollars - almost as much as Sophia Vergara got paid for the episode of Modern Family where her character, Gloria, beat Jay in chess: "Checkmate in two moves!"
Jun 13, 2017
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#33
4) How did the Russians "dodge" him? Fischer met them over the board on dozens of occasions when they played in the same events. As for Botvinnik "dodging him" that's a huge piece of misinformation. This episode occurred during Fischer's trip to the USSR. He was US Champion, but he was not yet a world class player. He felt entitled to play Botvinnik but had no real claim for that. He was beating some run of the mill Soviet masters in blitz when the Soviets sent Tigran Petrosian to take care of things. Petrosian promptly crushed Fischer in a number of games.
Bobby complained that the Russians played easy, prearranged draws against each other so they;d be fresher when playing him in round-robin type tournaments. That is why FIDE changed to knockout matches among the 8 challengers for the 1972 title match.
Jun 13, 2017
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#35
Actually, it was a British businessman who donated the extra $125,000 to the prize fund,a gentleman by the name of Slater.
Wandle escribió:
I have always suspected that the real reason Fischer failed to defend his world title was that he wanted to go down in history as an undefeated world champion.
I actually agree with this.
Fischer awesome and most players don't know Karpov was afraid of Fischer.
I will tell you a fact...Bobby Fischer may be the best American player ever, but he is not really any good compared with global players. Sure the yanks on here will revere him but get a life. There are sooooo many better players than him. Sure you all watched a film about him but a little over glorified. The guy was a knob.
eeeatmydust escribió:
I will tell you a fact...Bobby Fischer may be the best American player ever, but he is not really any good compared with global players. Sure the yanks on here will revere him but get a life. There are sooooo many better players than him. Sure you all watched a film about him but a little over glorified. The guy was a knob.
For his time he was very good. Just like Capablanca or Lasker in their time.
Obviously they would get destroyed by the likes of Carlsen.
