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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. Oh, now I understand by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Redundant

    Hot damn, that's why I keep losing all my chess matches online : Bobby, will you please STOP PLAYING AGAINST ME ?

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  2. Re:Searching for Bobby Fischer by bugg · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Haha. That movie is about the childhood chess career of Joshua Waitzkin, not Bobby Fischer.

    IM Waitzkin performed very well in national scholastic tournaments, and is still one of USA's top players.. but he's no Fischer! I'm sure if IM Waitzkin ever read this, he'd be laughing his ass off.

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    -bugg
  3. Re:Searching for Bobby Fischer by notext · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The movie has almost nothing to do with Bobby Fischer.

  4. There's an easy way to solve this mystery by an+ominous+cow+ward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Was he ranitng on about how the Jews are out to get him? From recent interviews, it doesn't seem as if Fischer can go for more than a few minutes before reverting to paranoid delusions.

    Bobby's got some real issues, and he needs the people in his life to get him help. It seems everyone would rather just take advantage of him, like that guy the movie Shine was about.

    I think it's silly to still lionize someone who's so clearly insane. He had the gift for chess.. what happened to him? I'd sooner believe this was a computer than Fischer. He was one of the greatest players who ever lived, but it's doubtful that he could still be so great, given his current mental state. He's much more obsessed with the Jewish conspiracy thing than he is with chess.

    Anne, Celestia and Bobby should all get together and have a nice chat.