Bobby Fischer has died

[Joshawaggie]

Just heard it on Sportscenter, he died in an Iceland hospital.

edit: Here is a link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080118/ts_nm/...rM.voQ23KQE1vAI

[Brass]

He was the greatest at chess, but that doesn't excuse that fact that he was one of the biggest anti-semits of our time....

[Starchild]

Checkmate, bitch.

Good riddance. He can spend the rest of eternity in endless stalemates with Hitler. The world is a better place without that bastard.

[habsfan1]

Hours after the September 11, 2001, attacks Fischer was interviewed live[48] by Pablo Mercado on the Baguio City station of the Bombo Radyo network, shortly after midnight September 12, 2001 Philippines local time (or shortly after noon on September 11, 2001, New York time). Fischer commented on U.S and Israeli foreign policy that "nobody cares ... [that] the US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians for years".[49] [50] Informed that "the White House and Pentagon have been attacked", he proclaimed "This is all wonderful news."[49][50] Fischer stated "What goes around comes around even for the United States"[49][50] and said that if the U.S. fails to change its foreign policy, it "has to be destroyed." After calling for President Bush's death, Fischer also stated he hoped that a Seven Days in May-type military coup d' etat would take over power in the U.S. and then execute "hundreds of thousands of American Jewish leaders", "arrest all the Jews" and "close all synagogues".

I never knew what he did but before today, but it's true as to how we don't need to hear that kind of crap. R.I.P. (Rot In Pieces)

[JustForFun]

He was pretty obviously mentally ill for a long time. Hopefully no one actually assigned any worth to his crazy rantings.

[rams80]

Good chess player and a less of a good person.

Adios Bobby.

[BB61]

Chess? What's that?

[Gary]

Chess? What's that?

don't you know it's like checkers but only smarter .

Seriously though good riddance to that anti american bastard

[DG_ThenNowForever]

Anyone see "Searching for Bobby Fisher"? It was a good movie.

[rams80]

Anyone see "Searching for Bobby Fisher"? It was a good movie.

Yeah it was, although I didn't quite care for the father in the movie.

[OMMF]

Hours after the September 11, 2001, attacks Fischer was interviewed live[48] by Pablo Mercado on the Baguio City station of the Bombo Radyo network, shortly after midnight September 12, 2001 Philippines local time (or shortly after noon on September 11, 2001, New York time). Fischer commented on U.S and Israeli foreign policy that "nobody cares ... [that] the US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians for years".[49] [50] Informed that "the White House and Pentagon have been attacked", he proclaimed "This is all wonderful news."[49][50] Fischer stated "What goes around comes around even for the United States"[49][50] and said that if the U.S. fails to change its foreign policy, it "has to be destroyed." After calling for President Bush's death, Fischer also stated he hoped that a Seven Days in May-type military coup d' etat would take over power in the U.S. and then execute "hundreds of thousands of American Jewish leaders", "arrest all the Jews" and "close all synagogues".

I never knew what he did but before today, but it's true as to how we don't need to hear that kind of crap. R.I.P. (Rot In Pieces)

So the bolded part isn't true?

[goalieboy82]

good riddance to him.

[sharplcd]

Hours after the September 11, 2001, attacks Fischer was interviewed live[48] by Pablo Mercado on the Baguio City station of the Bombo Radyo network, shortly after midnight September 12, 2001 Philippines local time (or shortly after noon on September 11, 2001, New York time). Fischer commented on U.S and Israeli foreign policy that "nobody cares ... [that] the US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians for years".[49] [50] Informed that "the White House and Pentagon have been attacked", he proclaimed "This is all wonderful news."[49][50] Fischer stated "What goes around comes around even for the United States"[49][50] and said that if the U.S. fails to change its foreign policy, it "has to be destroyed." After calling for President Bush's death, Fischer also stated he hoped that a Seven Days in May-type military coup d' etat would take over power in the U.S. and then execute "hundreds of thousands of American Jewish leaders", "arrest all the Jews" and "close all synagogues".

I never knew what he did but before today, but it's true as to how we don't need to hear that kind of crap. R.I.P. (Rot In Pieces)

So the bolded part isn't true?

it's true.

he said it on a radio interview if i'm not mistaken

[The_Admiral]

Best of luck in the next world, you Jew-hating lunatic.

[quantum]

Based on who or what you believe, a Jewish Jew-hater.

[DEAD!]

He's been irrelevant for many years now anyways. I think he went AWOL and wacko after what happened in the 1990s when he decided to play a match in Yugoslavia? Oddly, he was lauded as the great American who went against a Commie opponent during the Cold War and in the end turn around against the US. I don't know if he really meant that or he was just very angry.

Just curious ... had Fisher said those kinds of comments about other religions, say Hindus, Christians, Muslims etc. would any of you feel the same way?

[NJTank]

He was a sick man, I'm not sure anything he said made any sense and could be used against him. Like many geniuses and he was a genius he became imprisoned by the thoughts in his own head.

[Bleujayone]

Anyone see "Searching for Bobby Fisher"? It was a good movie.

Well apparently the Grim Reaper found him....

[Mac the Knife]

He was a sick man, I'm not sure anything he said made any sense and could be used against him. Like many geniuses and he was a genius he became imprisoned by the thoughts in his own head.

Is anyone else just DYING to respond to this, but refraining in a strained effort to be nice?

[udubs03]

Somewhere, Jeremy Schaap is celebrating.

Good riddance to a no good bastard who was really good at a board game.