How to Remember Bobby Fischer
After the age of 29 he slowly dissipated into a world again that few of us can fully understand. On numerous occasions he spoke forthright about his disregard for the United States and Jewish people (he himself was Jewish) and other general discontentment. Somehow, somewhere, Bobby Fischer became confused. He became lost in a doctrine that was either taught to him or learned in the reality (or unreality) of life. Yet many chess players have been known to exhibit abnormal psychological conditions. Perhaps it is the very essence of being a top intellectual prodigy, always bordering on the brink of genius and madness.The world is full of racists and bigots, people who believe their ideas or beliefs are superior to others. The world however, knows only a small proportion of chess prodigies that have contributed to the game in such a profound way. Garry Kasparov is without question one of the greatest players who has ever lived. He will go down in history as such. But ask a common man on the street who Bobby Fischer was and they will know, and they will know.