The great Bobby

I was a child when I heard some news about this great player; my grandmother was a chess player and talked to me about him. Even when in Cuba the news from abroad were limited in 1963 he was a sensation playing a Capablanca tournament in Cuba by teletype. I was 8. In 1964 he was the star of the news again in the Olimpiad of Havana for many things. I followed his spectacular final race for the World Title in 1972. It was broadcasted to the world move by move (in that time there was no Internet). Many of us followed that match move by move and many of us enjoyed his victories.
He didn't want to confront Karpov in 1976; I was sure he would win. He didn't play again til 1992 and then disappeared again.
May be sometimes he said very bad things, but he was not a politician, he was a chess genius; nobody is perfect, neither geniuses are; he violated the US law about embargo and taxes, , but anyway he has been a great inspiration for many people in the world of chess for more than 40 years now, and we will continue being that.
Honor and Glory for Bobby Fischer.
R.I.P. Bobby
Luis



Bobby Fischer was the greatest chess player of all times and great man.Because of him chess became much more popular,because of him prizes are bigger,he is inspiration and idol to many great players,young players,titled players,beginners...

a video interview with VISWANATHAN ANAND
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1382936610
also... quote by Kasparov
With the death of Bobby Fischer chess has lost one of its greatest figures. Fischer’s status as world champion and celebrity came from a charismatic and combative personality matched with unstoppable play. I recall thrilling to the games of his 1972 Reykjavik world championship match against Boris Spassky when I was nine years old. The American had his share of supporters in the USSR even then, and not only for his chess prowess. His outspokenness and individuality also earned him the quiet respect of many of my compatriots.
Fischer’s beautiful chess and his immortal games will stand forever as a central pillar in the history of our game. And the story of the Brooklynite iconoclast’s rise from prodigy to world champion has few peers for drama. Apart from a brief and peculiar reappearance in 1992, Bobby Fischer’s chess career ended in 1972. After conquering the chess Olympus he was unable to find a new target for his power and passion.
Fischer’s relentless energy exhausted everything it touched - the resources of the game itself, his opponents on and off the board, and, sadly, his own mind and body. While we can never entirely separate the deeds from the man, I would prefer to speak of his global achievements instead of his inner tragedies. It is with justice that he spent his final days in Iceland, the site of his greatest triumph. There he has always been loved and seen in the best possible way: as a chessplayer.
Garry Kasparov
Moscow - January 18, 2008