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Former chess great Bobby Fischer dead at 64

GUDJON HELGASON

Associated Press

Latest comment posted at 7:03 AM EST 18/01/08

Fischer, who beat Russian Boris Spassky in 1972, was considered by some to be the greatest player in history ...Read the full article

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  1. JD Wood from Canada writes: Not only did he revolutionise chess, but he drew attention to important issues related to events such as Sept. 11. It is a terrible tragedy to see him gone.
  2. Mr. Reilly from Canukistan, writes: Yup. That is a very heinous crime : playing chess . The man should have been strung up alonside Saddam.
  3. Mary O'Hara from Canada writes: A virulent anti-semite, woman hater, despised most of society as 'sheep' and 'weakies', etc. Beneath the veneer of his chess brilliance lay a pathetic shell of a human being.
  4. James C. from Shenzhen, Guangdong, China writes: mr fischer was a man who deserves our respect.
  5. Rollo Tomasi from Belgium writes: Congratulations James C. on your astute observation 'Mr. Fischer was a man' but Mary O'Hara has it right, it was all downhill after 1972.
  6. JD Wood from Toronto, Canada writes: Just because Mr. Fischer had different views, why are you all dancing on his grave? What ever happened to a free society?
  7. Mark _ from Canada writes: A fascinating, brilliant and tragic character. Such is often the case with people who can illicit comment saying both 'should have been strung up' and 'deserves our respect'. A lot of truth in both comments, which is what makes his story an interesting one.
  8. Harper is a liar from Canada writes: Get a grip, Mary O'Hara. Lets see some facts before you spout such hateful, personal attacks. And, hey, lets wait a while for those, too, the man did just pass away.
  9. Mary O'Hara from Canada writes: 'different views'?

    Well JD Wood, I tried to post a couple of his quotes in here, but after I read them through, they were so offensive I was afraid I was going to be called a racist or hate-inciter. So, if you and anyone else cares to read about Mr. Fischer, have a go to http://bobbyfischer.net/bobby29.html (and that's a fairly complimentary article on him).

    I guess he is entitled to 'his opinions'.

    Oh, and JD Wood, if you are interested in a free society, I expect you are a fervent supporter of Ezra Levant, the Canadian publisher who has been taken to the sham of a Human Rights Committee by an offended Imam in Calgary. www.ezralevant.com

    Have a look.. it's the talk of the blogosphere.

    I wonder if Bobby Fischer would have been taken to a Human Rights Committee if he lived in Canada now. And I wonder who would have protested on his behalf.
  10. Erik Richards from Winnipeg, Canada, writes: He had a complex mind matched only by his complex personality.
  11. Bill Needle from Canada writes: JD Wood from Toronto, Canada writes: Just because Mr. Fischer had different views, why are you all dancing on his grave? What ever happened to a free society?

    Freedom to dance on graves is evidently not a freedom you cherish.

    Fisher - good at chess, lousy human being. Now bury the body.
  12. Bill Needle from Canada writes: Pie Man from Canada writes: Fischer ... unmatched brilliance.
    People like Fischer are one in a billion, like Einstein..and other great geniuses. The world will never see the likes of him again. Whatever Mr.Fischer's disposition may have been, he has my respect.

    You are too easily impressed.
  13. Bill Needle from Canada writes: Mary O'Hara from Canada writes: well constructed and informative posts as usual.
  14. Harper is a liar from Canada writes: Fischer was of jewish background himself, so give it a rest. He clearly had issues with his own religion, and he has that right. The best comment so far is certainly that of Erik's, 'He had a complex mind matched only by his complex personality.' Amen.
  15. Somewhere Off in the Big Blue Sky from Canada writes: There isn't necessarily a link between genius and virtue. History has lots of geniuses who were not the nicest people to be around or happiest human beings.

    I suspect that if you're offended by Mary O'Hara's comments about Fisher, the odds are you'd want to take a swipe at him in a short time if he were still alive and in a room with you.
  16. Toronto Lover from Canada writes: Bobby Fischer was a genius and one of the greatest chess minds ever.

    He should be remembered for that more than his eccentricities. Like many geniuses, he had his demons. What's the point of maligning a dead man anyways?

    Rest in Peace Bobby.
  17. paul sheridan from Hawkestone, ON, Canada writes: Fischer was an iconic example of that fine line between genius and madness. I can only imagine the books and screenplays that are going to be pitched to the public in the next few months and years to come.
  18. Mary O'Hara from Canada writes: Look, I agree that Mr. Fischer was a brilliant chess player, and that his mind worked in ways that no ordinary mind can. I grew up exactly at the time that he had his first match against Spasky. The world stood still for that. Bobby Fischer was everyone's hero, mine included. But those few weeks of glory don't excuse the rest of his life.

    Fact is, unlike Einstein, or to take a parallel and more current example Gary Kasparov, Bobby Fischer's mind was wasted and misused away from the chess table.

    Perhaps the same brilliance that allowed him to come up with unconventional moves within moves was the cause of his paranoid ideas. Brilliance and madness are probably closer than brilliance and ordinary high intelligence. Like love and hate.

    He certainly left an impact on the world, but to pretend that it was all good, and excuse what he did with of his adult life (which was mostly nothing useful) is silly.
  19. Bill Needle from Canada writes: Toronto Lover from Canada writes:What's the point of maligning a dead man anyways? Rest in peace Bobby.

    What's the point of posting 'Rest in peace Bobby'? Is that for your benefits or his dead body's? Hypocrite.
  20. Don Bryant from Calgary, Canada writes: Who cares? He was an egotistical freak and a lunatic and his death is no great loss to anyone.
  21. J M from Realityville, Canada writes: His legend far exceeds his accomplishments. He was good in his time but it didn't last. The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. He has been a sad footnote in history recognized more for what could have been that reality.
  22. Cyrus Of Persia from Canada writes: My goodness, what a board. I remember the 72 series vividly. I was 16 years old. I always loved the famous 'poisoned pawn.'

    As for Fischer, of course he was a chess genius. And of course he was severely delusional, very sadly mentally ill.

    I held him in exalted esteem, and was disappointed when I learned of his psychological problems.

    There is zero connection between genius and madness, and there is zero connection between genius and virtue.

    I agree with Mary O'Hara. The man was deeply sick, and clearly paranoid, and a blight. Nor is his loss, as JD Wood suggests, any greater tragedy than any other death. It is not as if he were a leader in any sense of the term.
  23. Robert LaGrange from Ontario, Canada writes: Good riddance. He was a conspiracy theorist, a bigot and an antisemite. The world is better off without him.
  24. Sikki Nixx from Saskatoon, Canada writes: 'the whole world stopped......', 'he revolutionized chess.....' PLEASE! He played the smart man's checkers! Hardly iconic.
  25. Carlos Jose from Canada writes: I took a look at the link about Bobby posted by Mary. What I see is a tragic story - a boy who didn't fit in as a child, wasn't socialized properly, and as a result was an outcast all his life. His only comaraderie was with those who shared his only passion in life - chess. Sad - things could have been different for him if he could have been reached while still impressionable in his youth. Those who show hatred towards Bobby reveal an infection by the same cancer that caused Bobby to hate others. We must view others as equals and fellow sojourners in humanity, regardless of how hateful they may be to others. Hatred breeds hatred - avoid it at all costs, and pursue compassion instead. My sympathies to his friends and family who mourn his passing.
  26. R M from Canada writes: OK, Mary, I took the bait and followed your link to a story about which I knew nothing. I have to say I don't get underedtand the point of linking to a story about a self-promoting, racist, self-described pundit trying to drum up some publicity around his campaign to provoke racial tension. Perhaps you are tryring to compare the subject of your story to Fischer, and illustrate eccentric personalities, or perhaps you are trying to defend Fischer's tirades to pointing to someone like Levant who is similar, but I'm not getting the full picture...
  27. Stewart Mawdsley from Fort Smith, NWT, Canada writes: Have to agree with Mary O'Hara about Fisher. But Mary, even though I think this Human Rights Tribunal on hate speech is definitely ridiculous (particularly with those people attacking Maclean's because they were 'offended') I can't say I'm sorry to see Ezra Levant in hot water. I will defend his right to speak his mind, but I'll still find what he has to say repugnant.
  28. Confucious Smith from Canada writes: Bill Needle writes:
    '...Fisher - good at chess, lousy human being...'

    No, a genius at chess, pathetic human being.

    Many of his games were nothing less than brilliant (i.e. witness his 'Game of the Century' [Google it - it is fully annotated in Wikipedia!] - when he was only 13). His match with Spassky needs no comment, and he had played against the all-time giants, both winning and losing. Genius.

    On the other hand, his personality, viewpoints, behaviour showed a tortured childhood, and a man carrying a ton of baggage. Words do not do justice to his pathetic life outside of the chessboard.

    He was a genius living inside a jackass of a man.
  29. Ben USMC from United States writes:

    I wonder if there was a moment of panic as he struggled for his very last breath...

    That nobody would care if he took another one.
  30. Mary O'Hara from Canada writes: no R M. You missed the point. This is a complex issue that has evolved in the past few years from a nuisance to a serious threat to liberty.

    The point of the Ezra Levant issue is that it is now possible in this country to have individuals accused of 'crimes' because someone was offended by a statement , and tried in a 'court' where there are no real judges, no rules of evidence, no regard to legal precedent and standards, and no expert testimony, and where the decision making seems to be done by a committee of political appointees.

    These courts were designed to address work and housing issues, but now are becoming censors and policing thought and speech.

    Further, for the plaintiff the action is done at the taxpayer expense - they just fill out a form - while the accused have to absorb the cost and stress.

    The 'conviction' rates of some of these tribunals approach 100%, which defies logic.

    If you lived in communist Europe or China, or known about Stalin's Russia, you will be all too familiar with this type of court.
  31. Erik D. from Ottawa, Canada writes: Fischer knew how to play chess, both from the tactical perspective of the actual moves, to the psychological tactics. His life after that was a total mess.
  32. R M from Canada writes: Right Mary, but what has that have to do with the death of Bobby Fischer?
  33. Alpha Bravo from Canada writes: Many people have pointed to Bobby's downward spiral due to his unchecked mental illness. Although I'm reasonably successful in life, my brother, now deceased, was a much smarter and much more capable person than myself. After successes in his early adult life similar to Bobby Fischer , my brother grappled with demons due to his mental illness that he could barely control and which hobbled him for the remainder of his life, ultimately leading to his early death.

    My brother teeter between between barely functioning in society, and being permanently institutionalized by a dark family member, who took the opportunity to seize his personal assets. My brother would have probably responded favourably to psychiatric councilling if it had been readily available, which sadly is not the case in Canada.

    Unfortunately there's significant underfunding of psychological and psychiatric medical resources in Canada, and it would behoove all of us to rethink the resource commitments to our underclasses. We'd have a far better society if significantly greater resources were made available to assist the mentally ill. Virtually nobody's families are immune from such sad occurrences, but by working collectively we can help people such as Bobby Fischer, and countless lesser known people, overcome such debilitating mental illnesses.

    Let's think about that when its budget time.
  34. Cyrus Of Persia from Canada writes: Gord Rudin, the whole notion of 'root causes' is a hyperliberal conceit. It is simply a means to avoid personal responsibility for matters.

    If Fischer was the first to point to the 'root causes' of 911 as being the US's own faults, then Fischer was the first fool in that line of fools. The second was NY State Governor Cuomo, who very quickly did his best to take his vile comments back on approximately 912.

    The cause of 911 was a paranoid sociopath rich kid named Osama.
  35. R M from Canada writes: BC Expat, Gord does have a point: perhaps there is a little too much victim syndrome among Jewish people, especially those who fervently support Israel. It does tend to stifle debate about all things connected to Israel.
  36. Toronto Lover from Canada writes: Fischer was mentally ill and while a genius in the chess world, he's just a minor figure who will soon be forgotten. If Fischer had not made disparaging comments about jews half the posters would not be here slagging him. Racism is racism, just because it's labelled 'anti-semitism' doesn't make it worse. Also note he was mentally ill.

    Yesterday a rabbi was in the globe using the quote 'it doesn't matter what gentiles think, it matters what jews think', seems it's okay to cry anti-semitism even when grossly inappropriate and stay silent on racism towards 'gentiles'. Translation, screw you if you ain't part of our religion, but you still owe us something. Racism by jews towards gentiles is frequent and always overlooked but even mild criticism of Israel gets people hysterical. This double standard is sickening.



  37. Cyrus Of Persia from Canada writes: Toronto Lover, I am not Jewish, but can you please provide references to what you have found as frequent examples of Jewish anti-gentile racism? I can't think of one off the top of my head.
  38. S Armstrong from Toronto, Canada writes: Avigdor Lieberman is on the far right fringe of Israeli politics. Using him as a 'classic example' of racism by Jews is like saying that David Duke is a 'classic example' of racism by white Reuplicans.
  39. Cyrus Of Persia from Canada writes: Toronto Lover, thanks for your resonse. And S Armstrong gives an apt reply. But Toronto, you said, 'Racism by Jews against Gentiles is frequent,' and, 'This double standard is sickening.'

    Those are strong words. You should be able to come up with bags of examples if the frequency is what you say it is.
  40. Joseph T from Victoria, Canada writes: CHECKMATE!
  41. Gord Cee from Canada writes: Amazing how Fischer could be so expert and intelligent when it came to a game but so hopeless and dumb when it came to real life. Strange
  42. B.C. Expat from Ottawa, NCR, Canada writes: Toronto Lover from Canada writes: Racism by jews towards gentiles is frequent and always overlooked but even mild criticism of Israel gets people hysterical. This double standard is sickening.

    It gets people hysterical because it's the 100% focus of so many individuals and groups which pretend to be concerned with human rights yet defend despotic Islamic regimes over and over again. When people endlessly criticize Israel to the exclusion of all other states, including far worse human rights violators, it is perfectly fair to call their motives into question. That is the double standard. Why the UN couldn't give a rat's behind about Sudan but focuses millions of dollars shouting at Israel is what has people concerned. Defending the crazed rantings of a guy like Bobby Fischer in the name of politics steps up that concern a little more.
  43. Thumb Sucker from Toronto, Canada writes: What a player. Possibly the best who ever lived. I watched that Movie with Joe Montagne 'the search for Bobby fischer' a couple days ago - strange timing. Anyways, if you know anything about chess you will know that Fischers genuis was transcendent, and may never be seen again. Go to 'http://www.chessgames.com/' and search for Fischer, they have every game he has ever played, many of them annotated by masters - I can spend hours studying his games, he was a fascinating player.

    As for his personal life, I try not to think about it because he was a hate-filled ill man. I just concentrate on his games.
  44. John Smith from Ottawa, Canada writes: Gord Cee from Canada writes: Amazing how Fischer could be so expert and intelligent when it came to a game but so hopeless and dumb when it came to real life. Strange

    Quoth Bertrand Russell, we are mental giants but moral pygmies.
  45. The Mangemeister from Victoria, Canada writes: Gord Ruddin from Paris of course! Very well said,your comments were right on.
  46. Cameron Reid from Toronto, Canada writes: Fischer was a genius- I dabble a little at chess, but even if I devoted every waking hour for the rest of my life to it, I'd never even approach the level he hit at 14. He was undeniably an exceptional intellect.

    Obviously, he was also a troubled man- genius of his particular sort often goes hand in hand with a distrubed personality. In particular his antipathy to Judaism and his jewish background point to a level of self-loathing that must have contributed considerably to his unhappiness.

    Mary, I fail to see how you can conflate Levant and Fischer. One is an egotistical gasbag (which you can find on any street corner), the other a remarkable man.
  47. Robert LaGrange from Ontario, Canada writes: For Gord Ruddin, who dismisses the notion that antisemitism is a real threat, take a look at these hate crimes stats:

    http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2006/table1.html

    You can't compare antisemitism to any other kind of hatred.
  48. Dawn from Minnesota from United States writes: Bobby Fischer was an amazing chess player. I am sorry to hear of his passing. Rest in peace, Bobby!
  49. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    He was brilliant at a GAME. Nasty, difficult, hateful as a human being.
  50. Frank Black from Vancouver, Canada writes: Bobby Fischer was the best no matter what people think about him....

    R.I.P. Bobby
  51. The World Is Mad from Hamilton, Canada writes: I recall listening to a fellow Canadian who is of Jewish extraction several months ago describe in length his disappointment in the current system in Israel. A self-described communist/anarchist/humanist who has lived several years in Israel, he explained there are many Israelis who oppose the domination of their media as well as government by Zionist elements. Regular protests occur but they are marginalized by the powers that be. IMHO, no matter what country you live in, if you create bad 'Karma' your soul will eventually pay the price and infinity can be an awful long time.
  52. Maximilian Widmaier from Vancouver, Canada writes: He was a chess prodigy, perhaps the greatest natural talent at the game, who single-handedly defeated the Soviet State Chess Machine.
    However, I'm not sure how 'smart' he was outside of his game. He was a bigotted, mysogynistic, religiously fundamentalist, anti-semitic, paranoid, sociopath.

    I mourn the passing of a brilliant chess mind but not the passing of a great man.
  53. Robert LaGrange from Ontario, Canada writes: Gord Ruddin: Your comments are so factually incorrect it does not deserve a response.

    All I can say is that Bobby Fischer's hatred isn't really dead; it's alive and well inside your poisoned mind.
  54. juice orange from Canada writes: Bobby Fishers never stopped playing, after all, Geo-Politics is a Giant Chess Game. Look at the new players now, iraq,Iran, Russia, Afgan, Isreal, USA. He's probably playing with God right now and laughing down at us.
  55. Ethan Train from Buffalo, United States writes: Fischer's behavior everywhere could be abominable, and if anyone other than a man with his obvious ability had acted in a similar manner they would have been shunted to a dark corner. A genius at chess, an ignorant rube in life. Quite a huge tradeoff.
  56. David E from Canada writes: Thumb Sucker 'As for his personal life, I try not to think about it because he was a hate-filled ill man.'

    The only hate I see right now on this message board is from those taking delight in a man's death and spitting out every negative thing they can think of.

    If you can't think of anything good to say....
  57. juice orange from Canada writes: I wonder what Boris Spassky thinks of all this?
  58. steve allan from Welland, Ontario, Canada writes: The greatest chess player of all-time. He was a hero of mine and instilled the love of chess in me. He was right on the money when he described the USA as the most evil nation in history.

    RIP Bobby.
  59. Ben USMC from United States writes:

    I vote to flush his ashes down the toilet at Arlington National Cemetery.
  60. B.C. Expat from Ottawa, NCR, Canada writes: Robert LaGrange from Ontario, Canada writes: Gord Ruddin: Your comments are so factually incorrect it does not deserve a response.

    All I can say is that Bobby Fischer's hatred isn't really dead; it's alive and well inside your poisoned mind.

    Very, very well said, Robert, and thank you. I'd love to play Gord's game of making things up about other places.

    In France, Protestants have to wear green. In France, there are different water fountains for left-handed and right-handed people.

    And I love the equivalence of Kach -- which has, like, a dozen members -- and is roundly condemned in the Jewish community to the literally millions of people who to this day spew anti-Jewish bile on the basis of ethnicity alone.
  61. Confucious Smith from Canada writes: .
    juice orange writes: I wonder what Boris Spassky thinks of all this?

    Boris Spassky is still an accomplished player, and a gentleman from head to toe. I had the opportunity to play him in an simul in St. John 1989 - it was an incredible honour to shake his hand.
  62. Thumb Sucker from Toronto, Canada writes: Confucious Smith from Canada

    You played against Spassky? Wow, that's amazing.

    Who won?!

    j/k, what was your fatal mistake?
  63. Chris H from To, Canada writes: Can't argue that the man was a genius. But one also can't argue he was an anti-semite - or self hating Jew - depending on how you look at it.

    Those of you who would excuse his anti-semitic comments either haven't read them or must have some sympathies for them yourselves.

    Could it be that some of those loathe to criticize him - remember him as that cute little Max Pomeranc who played him in 'Searching for Bobby Fisher'.
  64. Dick Dupa from Toronto, Canada writes: He is gone. His brilliant games will remain for future generations of chess players to study..nothing else counts. Rest in peace Bobby.. nobody and nothing will trouble you. Amen
  65. Pickman's Modem from Canada writes: Sorry to hear about the man's passing. Fischer will be remembered as one of the defining figures of the great game for the 20th century.

    I think it is pretty obvious the man suffered from a range of mental illnesses, it's too bad he didn't get treated for any of them. I don't know if it would have helped his chess game, but going through life as a paranoid borderline-schizoid can't be much fun.
  66. Delta J from Canada writes: With all due respect to his prowess at the chess table, I wonder which actor will win the Oscar for portraying him in the inevitable biopic...
  67. cathy richards from kelowna, Canada writes: Max Pomeranc played Josh Waitskin in 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' -- the film was about Josh, not Bobby. At least, not directly!
    Greatness in one area rarely comes with an average personality in other areas - so it went with Fischer.
  68. allcanadian allamerican from the american sector of, Canada writes: Bobby fischer was a brilliant chess master, other than that he was just the standard run of the mill off beat kook, rest in peace old man.
  69. Dr. Winston O'Boogie from London, United Kingdom writes: My ranking increases by 1
  70. Bake McBride from Vancouver, Canada writes: I could appreciate Fischer for being somewhat of a wacko - he was obviously a pretty interesting person. Don't have to agree with his views.
  71. Bill Needle from Canada writes: Bake McBride from Vancouver, Canada writes:he was obviously a pretty interesting person. Don't have to agree with his views.

    The same could be said of Hitler. So what?
  72. Confucious Smith from Canada writes: Thumb Sucker writes:
    Confucious Smith from Canada
    '...You played against Spassky? Wow, that's amazing. Who won?!
    j/k, what was your fatal mistake?

    I, ahem, let him beat me.
    Didn't want to insult such a legend by making him look bad!

    My week would have been complete if I had arrived there the day before - that simul was put on by none other than Mikhael Tal!
  73. Bake McBride from Vancouver, Canada writes: Fischer never hurt anyone & just being one has/had anti-Semetic views (which are obviously wretched) doesn't equate him w/Hitler or other despots.
  74. Thumb Sucker from Toronto, Canada writes: Chris H

    That cute little kid was supposed to be a young Josh Waitzken, a great chess player in his own right. Quite the humanitarian also.

    Confucious Smith, Maybe it's because i'm green, but I've never seen an ad for a 'simil', do they still do these?

    PS, I like Tal's game too, but my all time favorite player is Paul Morphy.

    Look at this game, amazes me every time! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1233404

    Too bad Morphy died 120 years ago :(
  75. Thumb Sucker from Toronto, Canada writes: PS - Bobby Fischer annotated this game, doesn't mention anything even remotely anti-semetic.
  76. Don Bryant from Calgary, Canada writes: He was an egotistical lunatic who was the epitome of the word 'loser,' despite the fact that he could win a game of chess. His passing matters not a whit.
  77. Dick Dupa from Toronto, Canada writes: The biggest contribution to chess by Bobby: invention of variant 960.
    I love it.
  78. Brian Cooper from Canada writes: He was my hero and is my hero.

    He was a genius in chess and in a class by himself in his ability to speak truth.

    When I travel to US, the immigrantion officers are rude and I want to tell them to treat me with respect. Same goes for all others. But what do we do. We just bite our tongue and move on.

    He didn't and for that he was a better human being. You do not need to agree with his point of view. But just beacuse you do not agree does not make him insane.
  79. Bill G from Calgary, Canada writes: Ok Sceptical Observer, I'm missing why you would say something like that.
  80. John McCaffery from Australia writes: I believe that Mr. Fisher may have been frustrated by not receiving the recognition he deserved, or credit for helping increase America's credibility during the 'cold war'. His win over the Russian in chess was not unlike Canada in 1972 wining over the Russians in ice hockey. Ironically, these two events happened in 1972 and both played a role, I believe, in helping to uphold the credibility of western values against the communist philosophy - these events attributed a small part in preparing for the removal of the Iron Curtain later in the 80s.
  81. Will Farnaby from writes: Bobby Fischer was a genius and, in some sense, a very likable individual. Of course, he was also a deeply-flawed man.

    However, there is one objection that I can raise in Fischer's defense: Fischer never put his ideological rants - his sociopathic, homocidal, indeed genocidal, prescriptions - into practice... unlike say, oh, George W. Bush.

    So, while Bush will be remembered as the monster that he is, Fischer can and will be remembered for his distinguished positive contribution, not for his obvious failings.
  82. Slippery Slope from Canada writes: He may once have been a chess hero, but became a paranoid anti-semite.
  83. Richard Daystrom from Toronto, Canada writes: Dying at 64 seems to make sense.
  84. John Rowell from Nelson, B.C., Canada writes: Sceptical Observer from Canada writes: Those people declaring Bobby Fischer a hero for his political views have perhaps read too much David Duke and Mein Kampf

    Sceptical--I think the pro-Bobby forces are praising him for his chess ability, not his political views.
  85. Frank Black from Vancouver, Canada writes: 'WOW' there are many hateful folks on this thread...Rest in peace Bobby and I'm not even a chess fan...But you were the best at it, anything else about life ? I dunno and I don't care...
  86. Don Bryant from Calgary, Canada writes: One word sums up Bobby Fischer - freak.
  87. Sceptical Observer from Canada writes: John Rowell from Nelson, B.C., Canada writes: Sceptical Observer from Canada writes: Those people declaring Bobby Fischer a hero for his political views have perhaps read too much David Duke and Mein Kampf

    Sceptical--I think the pro-Bobby forces are praising him for his chess ability, not his political views.
    >>>John He was a genious chess player and disgusting paranoid bigot the same time . Both statements are correct. And when you read some of the comments here you can understand that some of the posters don't know to play chess but definitely share Fisher hatred toward Jews.
  88. Sceptical Observer from Canada writes: juice orange from Canada writes: Bobby Fishers never stopped playing, after all, Geo-Politics is a Giant Chess Game. Look at the new players now, iraq,Iran, Russia, Afgan, Isreal, USA. He's probably playing with God right now and laughing down at us.
    >>>His place is in Hell. He is playing with Saddam or Adolf right now.

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