Chess Legend Bobby Fischer: U.S. Is 'Evil'

AP (via Yahoo) ^ | 3/25/05 | JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer

[Mr. Mojo]

If an earlier version of Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov - the greatest chess player who ever lived, in the opinion of many - in his prime I suspect it would make short work of a 62 year old Fischer.

[RightWhale]

I wouldn't be surprised. Or maybe a bad diet. He was too thin, usually an indicator of drug use.

[steveo]

Bobby... go sit on a rook.

[Conservative Firster]

Danger! Danger! Must destroy Bobby Fischer, Must Destroy Bobby Fischer

Deep Blue

[dfwgator]

Hey Bobby, you're a Jew, deal with it!!!

[steveo]

You sound like a nutburger. Go away.

[gitmo]

I've always wondered if his tactics of not showing up for matches against the Russian masters was just some delusional zone-out or something.

[Disambiguator]

There are those on this forum that think that liberalism is a mental illness (I am one of them). That being said, that means there are plenty of people out there who need "evaluation and help". Bobby Fischer is just one of the more well known examples.

[Mr. Mojo]

Fischer, whose mother was Jewish....

According to this source (see Note 7 at the bottom of page) Fischer's biological father was not the German physicist Hans-Gerhardt Fischer (as previously supposed) but rather the Hungarian-Jewish  fluid dynamicist Paul Nemenyi, making both of his parents Jewish. 

[stands2reason]

Welcome to FR.

[isthisnickcool]

"His hair and beard were neatly trimmed"?????

[Ruth A.]

If only Iceland would grant Ward Churchill citizenship, then we might find a worthwhile solution here.

[RightWhale]

He looks like some of the men that play chess in the park. Some of them are pretty good, too.

[Joe 6-pack]

"If an earlier version of Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov - the greatest chess player who ever lived, in the opinion of many - in his prime I suspect it would make short work of a 62 year old Fischer."

"I've always wondered if his tactics of not showing up for matches against the Russian masters was just some delusional zone-out or something."

I still wonder if Deep Blue or its programmers could ever account for the unpredictability of Fischer's apparent insanity. Granted there are a finite number of possible moves on a chess board, but Deep Blue's computational capabilites, immense as they are, have to have some ultimate outer limit. Could the biochemical dysfunction of Fischer's "wiring" possibly result in a capability that is just sufficiently enough greater than Deep Blue to allow him to win?

[Shermy]

"Hey Bobby, enjoy living in Iceland."

In 6 months he'll be denouncing vikings.

[Disambiguator]

US Citizens: Bobby Fischer is 'evil'

;^)

[willyboyishere]

Chess Amateur willyboyishere: "Bobby Fischer is insane"
(and has been for about 30 years).

[dfwgator]

Is that Bobby Fisher, or Red Green?

[Blennos]

This posting is offensive to those sensitive to the plight of the delusional. Please do not post this type of story again. Fischer is an object of pity, not an object of scorn. He needs evaluation and help.

I have the mental discipline to be able to mix a little scorn in with my pity. Fisher has been a nasty piece of work his entire life. His rabid anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism are offensive to me, but rather than be offended, I'll just indulge in a little scorn.

[marshmallow]

Even when Bobby was in his prime as a chess player, he was unpredictable and volatile, complaining about everything from the lighting in halls to the "plots" against him.

Sure, the guy is a load, but genius is seldom pretty.

Those of us old enough to remember the Spassky showdown in '72 will always have a soft spot for this guy, even if he now appears to be completely off the "upstairs reservation."