Chess - Bobby Fischer

[gingerale]

Just read the news that former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died in Iceland.
For those who don't know him but are interested, a few things about the brilliant player by David Edmonds
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3900793.stm

[attilahun]

RIP. He was a great champion, maybe one of the most talented chess players, but he also was a difficult person.
I think we all should remember him for his chess skills and not for all the bad things he said in his last years.

[Wim]

Perhaps the things he said about the US were not that far from the truth. On Dutch tele there was a fantastic broadcast about him telling how great he was and how sad at the same time he didn't share with the world what a great chess genius he was ... it ended with the words 'Poor Bobby'

[miscuehamburg]

A great player; one of the most talented ever. What a pity he did not defend his -72 title and kept on playing at the top level. The Russians would not have won half the titles they did without him quitting Despite his difficult character I'll remember him as one of the outstanding geniuses in chess.

[gingerale]

Meanwhile, I came across a lot of obituaries in various newspapers that state a few headlines of his life, always including his commentary on 9/11 of course,
but the simple question why he turned away from the game which was his obsession remains unasked nowadays.