Bobby Fischer dead at 64

[DevonKrain]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_on_re_eu/obit_fischer



.....Instead, he championed his concept of random chess.

"I don't play the old chess," he told reporters upon arrival in Iceland. "But obviously if I did, I would be the best."





Gotta love him.

 

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Loved the movie.

Well, a little young to be gone but such is life sometimes.

Mike

 

[Josh W]

I would have a lot more admiration for him if not for all the anti-America and anti-semitic remarks he's made over the years.

 

[DevonKrain]

I would agree, Josh, but I think it is safe to say Bobby was not always entirely "there". Someone that says it and means it - I dont like. Someone that says it because they are not quite right in the head - forgivable. I dont think anyone ever took him seriously.

 

[Batutta]

Guess they can stop searching.

 

[Billy Pilgrim]

Well there goes my sequel idea--"Searching For Bobby Fischer 2: Searching For Bobby Fischerer".

 

[Josh W]

I would agree, Josh, but I think it is safe to say Bobby was not always entirely "there". Someone that says it and means it - I dont like. Someone that says it because they are not quite right in the head - forgivable. I dont think anyone ever took him seriously.

Sorry, I don't think it's forgivable. Crazy or not, I've heard him say some deeply offensive things. I wish he would have just stuck to chess.

 

[Tom Marshall]

A schizophrenic can't really help what he says. If he's mentally unstable, there's not much that can be done for that short of heavy drugs or a lobotomy.

 

[DevonKrain]

But he should ignore his mental instability and stick to chess. I agree.