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# Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness Kindle Edition

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## Customer Reviews

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    One of the best biographies that everyone who loves chess should read
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 17, 2023*

I have become interested in studying and playing the game of chess and in doing so became intrigued by the mysterious life of Bobby Fischer who is considered among the top three chess players of all time. Unlike the other two icons of chess (Magnus Carlsen & Garry Kasparov), Fischer's time at the top was short-lived as he disappeared from the game soon after overpowering the Soviet chess dynasty and fell into obscurity only to resurface for brief moments. It was very sad to learn more of how his great mind deteriorated as he became a pawn in world politics. The author, Frank Brady, went into significant detail examining his early life, rise to fame, and fall from grace, shedding more light on the phenom than has come out in all the written works of the past. Overall, the book was a page-turner that kept my rapt interest from start to finish.

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    The life and times of a genius
  

*by S***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 20, 2022*

Bobby Fischer was the greatest American chess player of all time (sorry Hikaru).  Fischer did not have the extensive support network we see today, or access to computer databases of thousands of games and analyses.  Fischer was, essentially, a one-man operation.  The book was easy to read.  Despite his later fall from grace, Fischer was, in his prime, the greatest chess master on the planet.  His attacking style and ability to analyze a tactical position were unmatched, while he was at the top of his game.  While his later years were a shame, we can appreciate his chessplaying.

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    Rise and Fall of a Chess Genius
  

*by N***B on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 29, 2012*

In the history of chess, few names are as big as Bobby Fischer. Regardless of what you think of Fischer the man, he is always seen as one of the most excellent chess players in history.Fischer grew up in New York City where he learned to play chess at the age of six. He quickly became obsessed with it. He read as many chess books as he could get his hands on and studied the game sometimes for several hours a day. He became very adept at it and joined local chess clubs. This would culminate in what would later be called "The Game of the Century" when Fischer, then only 13 years-old, beat chess master Donald Byrne.Fischer's success in chess only continued. He entered tournaments and won many titles which was quite an accomplishment at his rather young age. He started to become a celebrity not only in the chess community, but to the general American public. He continued his way up through the 1960s and became a candidate for the World Championship.The World Championship he would eventually compete in happened in 1972. His opponent was Boris Spassky. Spassky, from the Soviet Union, and Fischer, from the United States, gave the match a Cold War overtone. Despite his numerous demands on how the match was to be played, people back in the United States wanted Fischer to play as an attempt to wrest the title from Soviet players. He even received a phone call from Henry Kissinger encouraging him to go through and play with the interests of the United States in mind. He would go on and beat Spassky thus becoming the World Chess Champion.The 1972 match against Spassky was probably the greatest point in his life. He returned from the match a hero and a celebrity. The popularity of chess skyrocketed in the United States, all thanks to Bobby Fischer. However, it seemed that Fischer almost fell off the face of the Earth after 1972. He stopped playing chess publicly. In 1975, a match was to be held between Fischer and Anatoly Karpov to defend his Champion title. Fischer had numerous, and often outrageous, objections as to how the match was to be played and the rules governing it. FIDE refused to comply with all of Fischer's demands. As such, Fischer refused to play and Karpov became World Champion by default.And thus began Fischer's long decline. He stayed out of the limelight for many years. During this period, he likely began to form his outrageous views that would lead to statements that he would become infamous of. He stopped paying his taxes. He developed a very deep hatred of Jews and anything related to Judaism.His last true public game of chess came in 1992. Boris Spassky, the man who Fischer defeated in 1972, agreed to a rematch to be held in Yugoslavia. At that time, due to the war occurring there, Yugoslavia was under international and United States sanctions and the match against Spassky, with a large monetary prize, was considered illegal by the U.S. government. Despite being warned, Fischer went ahead and played against Spassky, won, and collected his money. U.S. officials took notice and he became a fugitive afraid of being arrested. He never returned to the United States again.He lived incognito for the next several years, mostly in Hungary. After the 9/11 attacks, Fischer made remarks that spread around the world praising the attacks and condemning the United States and Jews. It would seal his fate with the chess community, Jews around the world, Americans, and the U.S. government. He was once again on the move before being arrested in Japan for using a revoked passport. The Icelandic government took notice and made him a citizen of their country in recognition of what he did for Iceland because the 1972 match was held in Reykjavik. He lived there the rest of his life and died at the age of sixty-four, no doubt helped by his refusal to accept medical treatment.Bobby Fischer was a man who had a complex personality. He was a genius in some respects and is still considered by some to be the greatest chess player in history. But his obstinate attitude towards things seemed to more often hinder than help him.In conclusion, I found this to be a very well written book and a fascinating look at Bobby Fischer. The author has managed to write the book so brilliantly, that one would not even have to know how to play chess in order to enjoy this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about Bobby Fischer and his sometimes strange life.

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