- Taschenbuch: 480 Seiten
- Verlag: Dover Pubn Inc; Auflage: Reprint (März 1989)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0486259250
- ISBN-13: 978-0486259253
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,5 x 13,7 x 2,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (10 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 371.125 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Eminently readable, but strangely unrevealing. Full of details about all sorts of Fischer tantrums, negotiations, etc., but somehow the real Fischer is absent. Noteworthy is Brady's refusal to write a single word about Fischer's sex life or lack thereof. Brady outlines his career from age six to the end of the World Championship match with Spassky in 1972. One gets the sense that Fischer was unconsciously a master of the psychology of intimidation, but gradually became more of a paranoid schizophrenic. As the book ends and Fischer has secured the world title, the reader can see he is about to leave the world of the sane. Also absent was any explanation, or quotes from Fischer on why he embraced the fundamentalist World Wide Church of God faith and dumped his nominal Jewish identity. I mean, does Fischer pray to a personal God? Does he actually believe in hell fire, etc.? Brady gives no hint. The details about Fischer's incredible work ethic and maniacal devotion to the game, however, help us to see how he became at the time the greatest chess player in the history of the game. Also good were the many glimpses of the chess players and personalities of the times, including Evans, Cramer, Edmunson, Reschevsky, Petrosian, Tal, Spassky, and others.
The other thing that Brady is mum on is Fischer's famous prejudices. Brady spares us Fischer's anti-Semitism, etc. There are almost no quotes of Fischer's famous stupidities. When Brady talks about the article in Harper's Magazine by Ralph Ginzburg in 1961 he says that "Bobby is depicted as a monster of egotism, scornful of everything outside himself and the game" who has a "hopeless vulgarity." But Brady quotes nary a word to show us what Fischer supposedly said. I guess the real problem with Brady's biography of Fischer ("profile") is that he was tiptoeing around Fischer's prejudices as though afraid to offend him, as though it was essential to stay in his good graces. Brady writes that when Fischer was displeased with anyone, he just cut them out of his life completely and ruthlessly. I think Brady was trying to write a true biography while staying within Fischer's good graces, an impossible task.
The guy who should write a Fischer biography is Grandmaster Larry Evans who knew him very well, who played at Fischer's level, and a man who was instrumental in helping Fischer achieve the success he did. Without the patience, understanding and guidance of Larry Evans it is likely that Fischer would have gone off the deep end long before he began, let alone finished, the historical match with Boris Spassky.
Format:Taschenbuch
I found this book to be very entertaining, and very revealing of not only Bobby Fischer's life and games, but of chess in general. The mature chess player will find this book to be a must for his chess library. It is the perfect companion to "The Fireside book of Chess".
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An excellent and very detailed biography, complete with strong insight into the unique personality of the greatest American chess player of the 20th Century. I found this book to be a quite interesting pleasure to read. The chapters on the 1972 World Championship Match were satisfying indeed. This book gives you a good background to the present ongoing Russian/Soviet domination of the game at it's highest levels. It makes you think of the pity inherent in Fischer not defending his hard earned title.
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Detailed bio, well organized, analyzed games.
An excellent and very detailed biography, complete with strong insight into the unique personality of the greatest American chess player of the 20th Century. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
A good biography, but bad game collection
If 10 points will be given to a book, I will give 5 points to the biography part. For the game collection part, I just give 1 point. It's nothing but a printout of a game record. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Juni 1998 von Hui Fang
New information on the strangest personality in Chess
There is not one person in the chess world who has fascinated me more than Bobby Fischer. This book gives startlingly detailed insights on the strangest and arguably the best... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. März 1998 veröffentlicht
Looks like a piece of dated political propaganda
Even though Bobby's chess prowess was the main reason for my interest in chess, and taking into account the significance of his direct attack on USSR's chess supremacy, I just... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. März 1998 von "rootwitch"
Looks like a piece of political propaganda
Even though it was Bobby Fischer the main reason that drove me from a rather normal childhood into a chess-infected existance, I couldn't bear the hysterical overtone that... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. März 1998 von "rootwitch"
A very entertaining account of a very important man's life.
Fischer's response to the author's request for chess lessons is worth the price of the book: ...."sure, for the first lesson I want you to play through every column of MODERN... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. März 1998 veröffentlicht
An excellent book on one of the greatest Masters!
Cool - the entire story, from beginning until now, about this master, and then many clearly annotated games!
Am 22. Januar 1998 veröffentlicht
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