Bye to the champ (Bobby Fischer)

[Gouki7]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/18/fischer.obit/index.html

Though he was anti-American, the guy was gdlk at chess.

[EndLeSS8]

that's crazy in a bad way

RIP

[DarthTrey]

There was a really good chess movie with that dudes name in the title lol.

RIP guy.

[white shadow]

Poor crazy old coot, just a reminder to what high-level Chess can do to the human mind. j/k

R.I.P.

[Carpet Lint]

If anybody says it, I'm going to neg rep them.

[MrQuotes]

undoubtedly the G.O.A.T

[Angelic Diablo]

:rolleyes: At least we know who this guy is compared to whoever that random actor was. :rolleyes:

:wow: 3.5 million for a single chess match. DAAAAAAMN! :wow:

[DS]

Chess at EVO 2k8. Its gonna be hype.

[JackTenrac!]

If anybody says it, I'm going to neg rep them.

Checkmate?


...I couldn't resist. As a chessplayer, I respect him. Rest in piece, man.

[Alzarath]

Rip.

[Gouki7]

Checkmate?


...I couldn't resist. As a chessplayer, I respect him. Rest in piece, man.

Lol, on an unrelated note, I was reading an interview of GZA from Wu-Tang in the latest Maxim. Had no idea how crazy those guys are about chess lol. There's an annual Hip-hop federation chess tournament or some shit like that :rofl:.

[pherai]

Chess at EVO 2k8. Its gonna be hype.

Accepting all MM's!!

[Serpent]

Poor crazy old coot, just a reminder to what high-level Chess can do to the human mind. j/k

R.I.P.

Nah you are right. They all go crazy. It may have something to do with trying to impose order on a random system. I'm not quite sure that is entirely true though since so much of chess is memorization, and I don't really know if there are too many different branches among top players, but I'm not a chess afficiando I guess (I just put it on my resume, heh heh!) so maybe someone else has a better theory. I do know that a lot of them do go crazy however.

[Double Reppuken]

There was a really good chess movie with that dudes name in the title lol.

RIP guy.
Searching for Bobby Fischer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108065/)
Loved that movie. Especially when the underdog gives the reigning champ a "gg" handshake.

[Yumi Saotome]

Died at the age of 64 too. How ironic.

RIP

[Sasmasta]

R.I.P. And that is ironic...[the age 64 thing].

"Bin Laden's Dreadlocked Son Seeks Peace" article caught my eye.

[Bounce]

sucks that he died, RIP

[PaRt2]

Died at the age of 64 too. How ironic.

RIP

VERY!

I recently taught my nephew how to play Chess. He still forgets which pieces do what sometimes but he's picking it up quite well.

R.I.P.

[JackTenrac!]

Died at the age of 64 too. How ironic.

RIP

...Holy!

[E_VAYD]

Did he suffer from chess pains?

[Shortterm]

Did he suffer from chess pains?


Awww man, why you say that shit :rofl::rofl::rofl:

I dont really follow chess. But Rip..

[Vynce]

Man, page 2 is going to be so pun-tastic. Your move, SRK.

[Autocrat1]

pawned. :sad:

R.I.P.

[fishjie]

undoubtedly the G.O.A.T

nah. deep blue would have whooped his ass for free.

edit: on a serious note - damn. he was one of the best chess players ever. its too bad he went crazy.

[Will Gotti]

Died at the age of 64 too. How ironic.

RIP

R.I.P. And that is ironic...[the age 64 thing].

"Bin Laden's Dreadlocked Son Seeks Peace" article caught my eye.

What's the 64 reference cause I don't know much about the guy except that he was a chess champ.

[fishjie]

What's the 64 reference cause I don't know much about the guy except that he was a chess champ.

think about the number of squares on a chess set

edit: cant find a good smiley face to express the awesomeness of the coincidence

[DarkNecrid]

Good riddance.

A bigot, a hater of jews, and a monster.

He deserved to die the pathetic lonely way he did.

[Riot Guard]

If anybody says it, I'm going to neg rep them.

Says what?Anyhow, just saw it on the news. Apparenty, he was champion at being a rascist too.

[mastermind]

Hope he and Dick Schaap are fighting it out right now in a big octagon in the sky.

[BEWD]

Says what?Anyhow, just saw it on the news. Apparenty, he was champion at being a rascist too.

Never knew he went wacko, but can be expected with how mentally stressful high level chess is, but I doubt that was the only problem.

[Lebowsk1]

There is more than one way to judge a person. Bobby Fischer, if judged in terms of Chess ability, is nothing short of a God. This is a guy who found the opening game so boring (because of all the over-analysis of lines) that he invented a new form of Chess to sidestep the entire body of research into openings (it's called Fischer Random Chess and there are still high-level tournaments dedicated to it today).

One cannot overlook his skill as a player. He was an individualistic American who took on the Soviet Chess machine and beat it, exemplifying something very profound about the cold war conflict between the two nations. When it comes to Chess, this man Is Legend.

But as a human being? It is clear he was deeply flawed. At one point in his life, he despairingly confided in a friend "Chess... this game is all I know" and one can't help but think whether his early fame played some part in his twisted personality.

People can say he was an anti-semitic nazi but at the end of the day I believe he was a self-hating Jew. And probably had a form of aspergers too (see the ridiculous list of demands he'd make on organisers in tournaments).

But my opinion? Well, hell, I couldnt give a shit about Bobby Fischer's personality. See, I'm a chess guy, I love the game and am at least part-fluent in understanding the language of what occurs over the board. And so when I replay the great Bobby Fischer games and marvel at the tactical and strategic elegance on display, I am not admiring the tenets of National Socialism: I'm simply enjoying the fruits of an extraordinary Chess mind.

RIP Bobby Fischer

[Lebowsk1]

Nah you are right. They all go crazy. It may have something to do with trying to impose order on a random system. I'm not quite sure that is entirely true though since so much of chess is memorization, and I don't really know if there are too many different branches among top players, but I'm not a chess afficiando I guess (I just put it on my resume, heh heh!) so maybe someone else has a better theory. I do know that a lot of them do go crazy however.

Rubbish. Chess is not inherently random, it is all about order.

I doubt a higher proportion of chess players "go crazy" than in the general populace, but if you know of a study that proves differently feel free to cite.

[SgCloud]

RIP Bobby Fischer, always feld respect for the player, yet confusion for his character. There are quite a few great chess masters in history that were mentally unstable.

[fishjie]

Good riddance.

A bigot, a hater of jews, and a monster.

He deserved to die the pathetic lonely way he did.

haters always gotta hate.

bobby fisher is a god. everyone hates jews so who gives a fuck? get over it jew lover!

[ReXXXSoprano]

I remember when he lit into Jeremy Schaap and his dad calling them every hateful jew name the man could get the strength to utter. I thought it was kinda sad how Dick Schaap tried to reach out to him, but Bobby wasn't having any of that.

But regardless, dude was a beast at what he did. And I can't hate on that.

RIP MY DUDE!!

[DeathReaper47]

Bah. Crazy old racist bigot who publicly laughed and congratulated that America was attacked in 9/11. Chess genius, but a terrible fucking human.

[Fudd]

Searching for Bobby Fischer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108065/)
Loved that movie. Especially when the underdog gives the reigning champ a "gg" handshake.

"What are you doing?"
"I'm offering you a draw."

The world has lost a great Chess player.

[4neqs]

I read the news from this link. (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/77104/(Update)-World-chess-champion-Bobby-Fischer-dies)

Yeah, I remember that, on 9/12, he was on the local AM radio (in Cebu) and he was all
"it's time to finish the US!" which surprised a lot of people. The problems he had in Japan were detailed in the Sports section a couple of years ago too.

Nuts.

I suck at chess, sadly. Randomly generated pieces as described in the version he was promoting sounds fun though.

[Septimus Prime]

Damn. RIP.