tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648196022824376522.post1177837410501594534..comments2023-10-15T01:42:12.090-07:00Comments on JROBICHESS CHESS BLOG: Bobby Fischer's Challenge Low on Anand's and Kasparov's Priority Lists?jrobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828140640238429952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648196022824376522.post-14717868133329402112008-01-19T11:54:00.000-08:002008-01-19T11:54:00.000-08:00Can't say RIP for the man who was probably to ches...Can't say RIP for the man who was probably to chess what Ty Cobb was to baseball-- for a time, the best there was.<BR/><BR/>But also a miserable, tortured human being.<BR/><BR/>We can't help who impacts our lives, and when those that did pass on, I guess it's reasonable to reflect.<BR/><BR/>I had a lot of fun that summer of '72; a lot of Americans did. It opened a new world to many of us, and it loomed large as a bloodless Cold War victory until it was surpassed by the "Miracle On Ice" in 1980.<BR/><BR/>I thought the tone of "Searching For Bobby Fischer", a really nice movie, hit it about right-- Fischer after 1972 was so despicable, but so clearly mentally ill, that it was just....sad.A Red Mind in a Blue Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423945703299761676noreply@blogger.com