One minute of silence for Robert James Fischer

Corus 2008 | One minute of silece for Robert James Fischer, who died on January 17, 2008.

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Sports

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• chess
• fischer

[penxtwide]

Thanks for this respectful video.

Isn't it strange that Bobby's span of earthly life covered years as many as a chessboard has squares? Namely 64!

It seems to me as if someone from a higher platform has coined this life and put his stamp on Bobby.

[SNIPER8542]

A very sad day indeed.

I wish I could have met him.

Let's all take time today to play a game of Chess dedicated to Bobby.

[kokoroc1]

bobby, your chess games are like beethoven's music...they will never die

[alexhope77]

Bobby, you always will be with us.

[sormu16]

I love his games, the energy, the determination to win.

[Ruxistico]

this world is fucked up, word. That's true. It has always been fucked up and it will always be fucked up - creating a paranoid delusion about post-Fischer GMs will not change that.

You do realize that, in effect, it would take the consent of the entire chess-elite to maintain a world champion for 15 years if he was just a patzer? How exactly should this conspiracy be conducted? What would be Short and Anands motivation for deliberately losing to Kasparov in WC matches?

[Ruxistico]

indeed he did :) what I meant was that his genius is displayed in algebraic notation and thus can be enjoyed in that form. Or in any other form of chess-notation for that matter.

My point was nothing more than this: There is no need to create myths about Fischer. His chess is more than enough to make his name immortal.

[mvonwahlde]

Fischer had no genius in algebraic notation. He used the older method of notation. ;)

[Ruxistico]

all you paranoid idiots bore me. Seriously - Fischer was crazy, insane. No two ways around it. Stop creating myths, stop building this stupid illusion. Enjoy his genius in algebraic notation.

[johnarv]

rip T_T he was the best in chess,i have seen and studied many chess games of him. rest in peace

[kl1nm2]

He wasn't a crazy bastard. This world is fucked up and he knew too well about it. You think Kasparov is a legit grand master? He was a liar and cheated to gain his title with tons of pre-arranged games.

[BobfromSydney]

It would be close to impossible to calculate the IQ of someone who never took an IQ test, so I'd take such an assertion with a grain of salt. However given Newton's achievements in the fields of mathematics and physics I think an IQ of 195 is believeable. Keep in mind that 195 is over 6 standard deviations from the norm and therefore individuals possessing such mental abilities would be extraordinarily rare.