Comments on: Bobby Fischer http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=381 (Port) Coquitlam, Classics, Culture, and the Confessions of a Returned Expat Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:53:07 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nathan http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=381&cpage=1#comment-307 Nathan Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:38:03 +0000 http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=381#comment-307 Thanks for your comment, Tony. I think you hit the nail on the head with regards to Fischer. As for the movie, I can't comment on it, since I haven't seen it. On the other hand, I can say that for those in Canada, 1972 came a lot earlier than 1980(!) Cheers! Thanks for your comment, Tony. I think you hit the nail on the head with regards to Fischer. As for the movie, I can’t comment on it, since I haven’t seen it. On the other hand, I can say that for those in Canada, 1972 came a lot earlier than 1980(!) Cheers!

]]> By: Tony Iovino http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=381&cpage=1#comment-305 Tony Iovino Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:56:33 +0000 http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=381#comment-305 Can't say RIP for the man who was probably to chess what Ty Cobb was to baseball-- for a time, the best there was. But also a miserable, tortured human being. We can't help who impacts our lives, and when those that did pass on, I guess it's reasonable to reflect. I had a lot of fun that summer of '72; a lot of Americans did. It opened a new world to many of us, and it loomed large as a bloodless Cold War victory until it was surpassed by the "Miracle On Ice" in 1980. I thought the tone of "Searching For Bobby Fischer", a really nice movie, hit it about right-- Fischer after 1972 was so despicable, but so clearly mentally ill, that it was just....sad. Can’t say RIP for the man who was probably to chess what Ty Cobb was to baseball– for a time, the best there was.

But also a miserable, tortured human being.

We can’t help who impacts our lives, and when those that did pass on, I guess it’s reasonable to reflect.

I had a lot of fun that summer of ’72; a lot of Americans did. It opened a new world to many of us, and it loomed large as a bloodless Cold War victory until it was surpassed by the “Miracle On Ice” in 1980.

I thought the tone of “Searching For Bobby Fischer”, a really nice movie, hit it about right– Fischer after 1972 was so despicable, but so clearly mentally ill, that it was just….sad.

]]> By: Nathan http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=381&cpage=1#comment-304 Nathan Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:48:27 +0000 http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=381#comment-304 I think that movie was about a different child chess prodigy whose name escapes me at the moment--Josh something or other, I think. Anyway, thanks for dropping by! I think that movie was about a different child chess prodigy whose name escapes me at the moment–Josh something or other, I think. Anyway, thanks for dropping by!

]]> By: kwandongbrian http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=381&cpage=1#comment-302 kwandongbrian Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:42:41 +0000 http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=381#comment-302 I have to say I knew more about his eccentricities (is that a euphemism?) than about his chess history. Oh, and I think there was a movie about some child chess prodigy with his name in it. I have to say I knew more about his eccentricities (is that a euphemism?) than about his chess history. Oh, and I think there was a movie about some child chess prodigy with his name in it.

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