Say Goodbye to Bobby

Bobby Fischer has passed away. . . Any Words?

RIP Bobby

I was one of a generation of youngsters that were enthused by his match against Spassky.  He was unique, he stood alone against the Soviets, and for a brief time was the most unlikely cold war warrior, eccentric, independent, arrogant, and very newsworthy.  Later, well I always wanted him to return, to demolish Karpov, or Kasparov, it would have made a wonderful story.  Sadly he never did, perhaps that's why he was legendary, Kasparov could never be sure, not for a long time at least.  But Fischer went further, criticised the game, the computer / book learning preparedness, and introduced his random chess, putting player skill back at the fore - maybe that will be his longest lasting contribution.  The end was sad, diatribes full of hate and swearing.  For me it was hard to see a childhood hero fall from grace, to see him persued by the country he once championed. Turning on everything, on chess, his country, his friends, his strange church, given refuge in Iceland, Fischer, the strange outsider, the cold war warrior died fighting evrything - rest in peace, and hopefully as time passes he will be remembered for the chess genius he certainly was.

Here, Here! What a great comment!

Thank you! It is truly saddening to see him go. . .

They say that the average person will only be known for a max of 200 yrs... then forgotten, I believe he never will be.

...You should check out the blog I posted in his honor.

Well, that's the average person, and he's famous. I mean, after the thousands of years that passed, King Tut is still remembered (neutrally remembered, with hardly any thought about him, but remembered.)

i think chessmania in the Philippines started with the time Bobby became world champion, I was 13 years old when He became champion and I remember myself trying to look around for somebody to teach me the game of chess. I remember that was the time you can see in every corner of the street youngster playing chess and when winning will shout " I am Bobby Fisher" Yes I am affected by his loss and may i say for him...." REST IN PEACE IDOL"

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Knightly wrote:

Bobby Fischer has passed away. . . Any Words?

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WHOS BOBBY FISCHER AND REST IN PEACE DUDE

 

NotAGM wrote: I was one of a generation of youngsters that were enthused by his match against Spassky.  He was unique, he stood alone against the Soviets, and for a brief time was the most unlikely cold war warrior, eccentric, independent, arrogant, and very newsworthy.  Later, well I always wanted him to return, to demolish Karpov, or Kasparov, it would have made a wonderful story.  Sadly he never did, perhaps that's why he was legendary, Kasparov could never be sure, not for a long time at least.  But Fischer went further, criticised the game, the computer / book learning preparedness, and introduced his random chess, putting player skill back at the fore - maybe that will be his longest lasting contribution.  The end was sad, diatribes full of hate and swearing.  For me it was hard to see a childhood hero fall from grace, to see him persued by the country he once championed. Turning on everything, on chess, his country, his friends, his strange church, given refuge in Iceland, Fischer, the strange outsider, the cold war warrior died fighting evrything - rest in peace, and hopefully as time passes he will be remembered for the chess genius he certainly was.

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 The sad fact is that, fairly regularly, when pure genius presents itself, its not without a price...

i miss fischer

Trying to revive a dead thread? I like it.

Jesus, 2008. Weird getting people’s reactions. Different time.

yes, he died in 2008

Wait he died like a few months before c.c was created

I think he would be a better player if he was alive today, with all the resources

It's a shame that people only pay attention to the fact that he was a horrible person, instead of focusing on his unprecedented skill.

Bobby Fischer's "reign of terror" in the chess community was short, but amazing and influential, not unlike Paul Morphy. But any hopes of him being positively remembered were dashed away when he became one of the most unhinged deliverers of absolutely horrific takes on various controversial issues after his acrimonious "retirement."

He's probably the saddest story in chess. If "hero to zero" was a person, it would be him.