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Bobby Fischer Online?

Posted by michael on from the on-the-net-no-one-knows-you're-a-grandmaster dept.

talilee writes "This story from AP (but I found it at SFGate.com) suggests that Bobby Fischer is playing online chess anonymously against champion level players. I'm glad to see that he has an opportunity to express his genius without having to deal with the overwhelming attention (and without exposing his, um, "eccentricities".)" The BBC has a slightly more informative story.

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  1. Re:Interesting by Raunchola · · Score: 5, Informative

    This should give you some background info on Fischer and his "eccentricities."

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  2. Re: Who is Bobby Fischer? by none2222 · · Score: 5, Informative
    . . . I've been following the chess world for the past few years, and though I've heard of Bobby Fischer a few times, I still don't know exactly who he is . . .


    I find it hard to understand how someone who has been interested in chess for the length of time you claim to have been, can be ignorant of Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest players of all time.


    Bobby was the youngest International Grandmaster ever. He won 8 US Chess Championships, and won basically every game he played between 1962 and 1972.


    Unfortunately, he has become a reclusive paranoid schizophrenic who rants about how the Jews and Russians are out to get him (it should be noted that Bobby is half-Jewish).


    By the way, in the future, perhaps you should try Google for queries like this.

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  3. Re:Pawns shifted forward? by iabervon · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'd guess that he wanted to throw Short off (it sounds like that game was the first), and possibly get him to be careless, and also to make 8 quick moves at the beginning, saving his time for later. Also, while they're lousy moves to start with, they don't lead to any obvious attacks, so Short probably didn't have time to figure out how to take advantage of his ability to develop an attack without being bothered.

  4. Re:Pawns shifted forward? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here are his games, move by move.

    As you can see, he brings his king to the center of his board. Very wierd.