Bobby Fischer

[Spawn's dad]

On Jews:

 

"[They] are a criminal people. They torture their prisoners in the worst way. It

[Good Old Neon]

On Jews:

 

"[They] are a criminal people. They torture their prisoners in the worst way. It

[Spawn's dad]

there's a little Bobby Fischer in all of us.

[LouieB]

While Bobby cracked up as an adult, he was still a major force in bringing chess into the mainstream. I used to read his columns in Boys Life back in the 60s. Sadly he became a nut case.

 

LouieB

[IRememberDBoon]

Heard on NPR this morning that unbeknownst to him both of his parents were Jewish

[M. (hristine]

Bobby Fischer on women:

 

"They're all weak, all women. They're stupid compared to men."

I like a little misogyny with my anti-Semitism. It keeps things spicy.

 

I wonder if he ever called women "fucking bitches" or "dumbasses."

[PopTodd]

Crazy sonofabitch.

 

Talk about making your mama cry.

[Lammycat]

In other shocking death news, Ike Turner died from too much blow.

76 years old, too:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/1...aine/index.html

[bjorn_skurj]

Perhaps kids should not be encouraged to play chess, if that's what it leads to.

[Lammycat]

When did chess become mainstream?

[Sir Stewart]

When did chess become mainstream?

 

[Mrs. Peel]

[OOO]

i played chess competitively in high school, and still go to tournaments from time to time, and basically, as a rule, the better you are at chess, the more crazy you are. Bad hygeine and being anti-social go along with this as well. Grandmasters have such bad social skills its scary. The only huge exception to this rule is Kasparov, who is actually kind of a cool guy.

 

Some of Bobby Fischers games are amazing to watch/play through...he was a genius, but also seriously F'ed up his whole life.

[LouieB]

In other shocking death news, Ike Turner died from too much blow.

76 years old, too:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/1...aine/index.html

Yea, they should have locked Bobby and Ike in a room and let them have it out.....both were world class assholes who made more history.

 

My son is a chess nerd and yea, it is hard to get him to take a shower sometimes...

 

What do you think Bobby did all those years as a recluse anyway??

 

LouieB

[Calexico]

 

 

^^

That is just the best reply of all time!

 

 

I was actually quite surprised that Fisher was only 64 or so when he died. I thought he was much older, although I suppose he was in the news as a chess wizard froma very early age, which made him seem to be around forever.

[Lammycat]

Bobby Fischer on women:

 

"They're all weak, all women. They're stupid compared to men."

I like a little misogyny with my anti-Semitism. It keeps things spicy.

 

I wonder if he ever called women "fucking bitches" or "dumbasses."

Considering his reported paranoia, anti-Americanism (days after 9/11:“This is all wonderful news. I want to see the US wiped out”), antisemitism, and misogyny it's ironic that he was raised in Brooklyn by a Jewish mother.