Bobby Fischer dies....

[g8terh8ter_eric]

Brilliant chess master, world-class eccentric Bobby Fischer dies - CNN.com

[MphsBlues]

Really sad. He was a brilliant man. Unfortunately, he went mad. One can only imagine what good he could have done if he hadn't got tied up with that cult.

[Vercingetorix]

If it wasn't a cult, it would have been something else. The brilliance and insanity were just flip sides of the same coin.

The saddest thing about this is that Fischer became such a jackass that I don't even care that he died. And there was a time when I regarded him as something of a dark and vanished god. What a total waste.

[MphsBlues]

Originally Posted by Vercingetorix

If it wasn't a cult, it would have been something else. The brilliance and insanity were just flip sides of the same coin.

The saddest thing about this is that Fischer became such a jackass that I don't even care that he died. And there was a time when I regarded him as something of a dark and vanished god. What a total waste.

I remember seeing the movie 'Searching For Bobby Fischer' a couple years before he surfaced. It really showed the incredibly high regard that the chess world held for him - much like a 'vanished god' as you described. When he did surface, I remember thinking that he should have just died in his isolation. The venom and hatred that he spewed turned my stomach.

[lawgator1]

Originally Posted by MphsBlues

I remember seeing the movie 'Searching For Bobby Fischer' a couple years before he surfaced. It really showed the incredibly high regard that the chess world held for him - much like a 'vanished god' as you described. When he did surface, I remember thinking that he should have just died in his isolation. The venom and hatred that he spewed turned my stomach.

I was going to mention that movie as one of my favorite Sunday afternoon rainy summer day catch-it-on USA network kind of things.

[VolunteerHillbilly]

The Zone sports show this morning Frank Wycheck announced the news as "Checkmate for Bobby Fisher".

[dickens821]

Bobby Fischer was anti-American and an anti-semite.

Hardly a loss.

[Vercingetorix]

Originally Posted by MphsBlues

I remember seeing the movie 'Searching For Bobby Fischer' a couple years before he surfaced. It really showed the incredibly high regard that the chess world held for him - much like a 'vanished god' as you described. When he did surface, I remember thinking that he should have just died in his isolation. The venom and hatred that he spewed turned my stomach.

I really wish he'd never come back. Not just because of the repulsive bile he spewed everywhere, but the quality of his chess was so disappointing. You'd occasionally read these stories about how grandmasters who played him reported that he had only gotten better, that he was basically unbeatable now -- and then when he did resurface for that rematch against Spassky, his play was (relatively) pedestrian; he had clearly declined while the rest of the chess world had gotten better. It ruined the legend. And then Fischer opened his mouth and ruined what was left of his reputation.

[The Dude]

I assume they've now called off the search.

[hmanvolfan]

Bobby Fisher was a story but that was long ago. His passing is hardly worth noting. He stated his disdain for our country and I'm publicly stating my disdain for him. Bobby Fishers death is a non story.

[JonWard]

"wonderful news"

[OWB]

His tombstone reads:

Checkmate

-God

[g8terh8ter_eric]

Originally Posted by VolunteerHillbilly

The Zone sports show this morning Frank Wycheck announced the news as "Checkmate for Bobby Fisher".

Frank Wycheck is about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.

[Rasputin_Vol]

Originally Posted by dickens821

Bobby Fischer was anti-American and an anti-semite.

Hardly a loss.

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good pity party.

I love it when people that are hated and disdained during life are suddenly pitied and worshipped in death.

Makes me wonder if there were any kind words or grieving when Caligula or Nero died...

[TXVOL07]

Originally Posted by OWB

His tombstone reads:

Checkmate

-God

^ nice.