I Am No Bobby Fischer
I have talked about my New Year’s resolution to learn chess on perhaps to many occassions this year. And admittedly, it has become an obsession. An obession that has worn off onto others, with most of my immediate friends now playing chess. I recently bought a book on fixing amateur misconceptions for the novice chess player as well as a swell portable mini chess set to take my game and study on the road. In the words of my sister, I have become an Uber Geek. But the real chess geek, the ultimate chess geek, the man considered to be the best to have ever played the game is apparently just plain nuts. Of course, I am talking about Bobby Fisher, who is a racists, anti semitic and more than just a little nuts. A chess savant, perhaps, but clearly not able to exist in the real world, with the rest of us mortals.
It is my pledge that I will never be near as good as him, nor will I go off the deep end in any way, as he certainly has.