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R.I.P Bobby Fischer
« on: January 19, 2008, 10:14:08 pm »
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Bobby Fischer died two days ago, on the 17th of January. And although he may have been controversial he was someone who greatly influenced chess around the world, RIP.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Obit-Fischer.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=bobby+fischer%27s+death&oref=slogin

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Re: R.I.P Bobby Fischer
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2008, 10:19:34 pm »
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I beat him... nah just kidding. Chess is an interesting sport. I wish I understood it better. It is impossible to read those books with algebraic chess notation. I can't visualise it :(
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Re: R.I.P Bobby Fischer
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2008, 10:23:33 pm »
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Yeah I've been talking about this to everyone lately. Nobody seems to understand me. He was great on the board, despite being eccentric and perhaps even insane. He died at the age of 64, the number of squares on a chess board.. RIP Bobby!
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Re: R.I.P Bobby Fischer
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2008, 01:08:22 am »
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I wish I could play chess (properly) hah!

coblin - have you ever played against some of those people in the Chess Club back at high school?
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Re: R.I.P Bobby Fischer
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2008, 01:18:24 am »
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Yes. They were good, but I've improved since then. I still made really simple blunders at that stage. Now I don't make blunders unless they are more than 1 turn ahead of me.
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Re: R.I.P Bobby Fischer
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2008, 02:13:05 am »
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Quote from: Ahmad on January 19, 2008, 10:23:33 pm
He died at the age of 64, the number of squares on a chess board..

Geeze that's pretty amazing... wonder if that's supposed to be a coincidence
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Re: R.I.P Bobby Fischer
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2008, 02:55:41 am »
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Like the Forever 27s of rock :O
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Re: R.I.P Bobby Fischer
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2008, 10:05:07 am »
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he's too young to die! the chess world has suffered an immense blow, it has.
viva kasparov!
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Re: R.I.P Bobby Fischer
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2008, 06:06:09 pm »
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chess? i cant even play it properly. i only won like 8 games my entire life.. pathetic.
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