This is a book about chess great Bobby Fischer. A really interesting person that I didn't know a whole lot about. The movie Searching for Bobby Fischer was probably my first time I learned much about him beyond chess great turned recluse. Then later news of his arrest, anti-Semitism and eventual denouncing the US and moving to Iceland. Obviously a much more complicated person than my general knowledge and glad I read this book to fill in some of the big gaps. Still, like most I guess, I don't really understand how or why he went off the deep end like he did. Living in near poverty in CA for years and then turning into an out-spoken anti-Semite. I would say a sad life but it sure seems like he chose his life so maybe not sad but more of a what could have been instead.
I will post on PBS at some point, there are 7 WL for it so not a big hurry yet. I have plenty of books to post and enough credits right now.
Glad to get my first book of the new year finished. I was glad to get to 70 for last year, who knows what this year will bring.
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