A Perfect Tribute to Bobby Fischer
I find the following tribute to Robert James Fischer the single most relevent thing you could ever say about the man, given all the circumstances of his life, his mental illness, and his confrontation with self:
Tim Krabbé (Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary):
If chess is still played ten thousand years from now, Bobby Fischer will be the only player of our times who matters.
Tim Krabbé (Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary):
If chess is still played ten thousand years from now, Bobby Fischer will be the only player of our times who matters.
Comments
Whose 'times' are we talking about? I was born after '72 and grew up on the Karpov-Kasparov clashes. Is this yet another attempt of an old man to claim the 'times' for his age-group?
Of course, this is opinion only, and like Asses and Elbows, everyone has at least one.
:)