Bobby Fischer Found

[Rushmore]

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somebody observed previously that Fischer's story has many similarities to John Nash...except without the happy ending.
i would like to point out that Fischer's story is not necessarily concluded and there may still be time for a happier ending. call me a goofy optimist.


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I like this perspective; it's nice to see for a change.

Microbob=G.O.

[Duke]

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I for one am rated 2300 and beat my first master in a tournament when I was 17.

Oh.. I bench 275... only 6 sets of 15 reps.. I haven't maxed yet.

My SAT score was well above 1590

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I don't get it.

Some people gauge their skill in certain activities compared to the best in the world. Some people compare themselves to their parents, and after beating daddy for the first time in checkers they think they're good. Some people actually are among the best in the world at what they do. Some feel compelled to lie to say that they are the best in the world.

I tend to be in the first group, which is why I suck at everything. The cool thing about that, though, is that aiming for the stars and missing usually gets you higher than you ever would have gotten otherwise.

~D

[andyfox]

"It was not immediately clear if Fischer would be extradited to the United States, where he is wanted for playing a 1992 chess match in the former Yugoslavia in violation of international sanctions."

Fischer is a lunatic. But he's wanted for playing a chess match? This sounds like something from an early Woody Allen movie. He is also suspected of impersonating a paperweight or dancing with a mailman?

[SpiderMnkE]

I'm glad we finally found this rebel. I hope that it's my portion of our tax dollars that bring him to justice.

[BassMasterK]

I also found it to be odd to be wanted for playing a chess match. With his praise of the 9/11 attacks and his statements saying that America should be wiped out, he didn't pick a very good time to be caught.

[Phat Mack]

Despite being a Yankees fan, you manage to come up with some perfect lines:

But he's wanted for playing a chess match? This sounds like something from an early Woody Allen movie.

Calm down, Andy. Have a chocolate bar and a cigarette.

[Dynasty]

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But he's wanted for playing a chess match?

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Andy, the Fischer-Spassky rematch was a huge event. Chess isn't big in the U.S. But, it even got press attention here. In other nations, it was the big international sporting event of the time, especially since Fischer hadn't played in two decades.

Yugoslavia (was it Yugoslavia, I get confused over the names sometimes with the break-up) was under substantial international economic sanctions. Yet, they held a major international sporting event and the government brought in substantial funds by doing so. I'm sure that money wasn't put to very good use.

I suspect that if you found out that the "Enron Games" had been held in Yugoslavia at the same time, you would be much more interested in seeing a prosecution.

[vulturesrow]

It is sad that one of the most brilliant minds in a game that I rate a hair behing poker in my personal favorites, has come to this.

[MicroBob]

i first saw this mentioned on CNN-headline news this morning. they showed video of the 1992 Fischer-Spassky match....but the portion of the video they were showing had a close-up of Spassky. you never saw Fischer...weird.
i suspect that whoever edited the video didnt realize they were showing Spassky and not Fischer.

amazing when compared with the massive rock-star type popularity Fischer received in 1972 when he beat 'those evil soviets' at their national game.
fischer was on the cover of Time Magazine...started the chess boom in this country (which i am a product of...my Dad taught me to play in 1975 when i was 4) and around the world congress even passed some sort of 'Bobby Fischer is a national hero' legislation or something like that and he met Richard Nixon.

now....when it's mentioned on the news that he's been found they show Boris Spassky and not Fischer.
my how times have changed.

[Dynasty]

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they showed video of the 1992 Fischer-Spassky match....but the portion of the video they were showing had a close-up of Spassky. you never saw Fischer...weird.

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Are you sure? Fischer looks a lot different than he did in 1972. Specifically, he's heavier and bald.