I was 13 when Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky for the world chess championship. My father taught me chess at about the same time and we followed the chess news with some interest. Fischer sank into paranoia and insanity in the following years and his memory of being perhaps the greatest chess player of all time will be forever tainted with his madness. Friday, January 18, 2008
R.I.P. Bobby Fischer
I was 13 when Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky for the world chess championship. My father taught me chess at about the same time and we followed the chess news with some interest. Fischer sank into paranoia and insanity in the following years and his memory of being perhaps the greatest chess player of all time will be forever tainted with his madness. 
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