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Robert Fischer is dead
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19 Jan 2008 Sat 05:38 pm |
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The world chess champion 1969-1972 passed away in Iceland yesterday.
He was half-Jewish yet he hated Jews. He made a lot of statements about Jews which I will not dare to quote here but they can all be found here
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19 Jan 2008 Sat 05:57 pm |
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Quoting si++: The world chess champion 1969-1972 passed away in Iceland yesterday.
He was half-Jewish yet he hated Jews. He made a lot of statements about Jews which I will not dare to quote here but they can all be found here |
What an amazing character. I read the article about his dead this morning in the guardian:
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Death of a madman driven sane by chess
"what made him a great player also made him impossible human being"
About 9/11:
"This is all wonderful news," he announced live on Filipino radio. "I applaud the act. The US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them. Nobody gave a shit. Now it's coming back to the US. Fuck the US. I want to see the US wiped out. Death to the US."
"chess and world title meant so much for him that he could not bear the prospect of losing'
"in 1975, against Karpov, he demanded open ended match in which the winner would have won 10 games with draws not counting, a match potentially could take months or even years"
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19 Jan 2008 Sat 06:00 pm |
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... in other words, a psycho that was good in chess. Stuff happens.
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19 Jan 2008 Sat 06:07 pm |
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Quoting catwoman: ... in other words, a psycho that was good in chess. Stuff happens. |
I know, you did not like what he said about 9/11 catwoman.
I wont agree with what he said as a whole but I would agree with the bits:
"The US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them. Nobody gave a shit"
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19 Jan 2008 Sat 06:14 pm |
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Quoting thehandsom: Quoting catwoman: ... in other words, a psycho that was good in chess. Stuff happens. |
I know, you did not like what he said about 9/11 catwoman.
I wont agree with what he said as a whole but I would agree with the bits:
"The US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them. Nobody gave a shit" |
That is also my reason thehandsom!!!!!!!!! Stop stereotyping me! 
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19 Jan 2008 Sat 06:41 pm |
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Poor old Bobby, boring chess player who denounced his US citizenship (not that well publicised at the time of 9/11) dies and suddenly he is a hero who was in great need of a shave! 
Sorry to avid chess players, but chess it one of the most senseless, boring games ever thought of - ranks somewhere with monopoly for me! How can anyone sit for that long? 
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19 Jan 2008 Sat 06:54 pm |
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Quoting libralady: Poor old Bobby, boring chess player who denounced his US citizenship (not that well publicised at the time of 9/11) dies and suddenly he is a hero who was in great need of a shave!
Sorry to avid chess players, but chess it one of the most senseless, boring games ever thought of - ranks somewhere with monopoly for me! How can anyone sit for that long? |
He is still a respected man in the chess world and considered GOAT by many.
I don't agree with your last statement. Sometimes they discuss a single position for days or weeks (or years in some cases). There are some discussion boards for a single match with thousands of posts. Apperantly they don't find it boring.
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19 Jan 2008 Sat 07:13 pm |
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Quoting libralady: but chess it one of the most senseless, boring games ever thought of - ranks somewhere with monopoly for me! How can anyone sit for that long? |
Libralady's favorite games:
1-go fish
2-bingo
3-tombola
4-
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39-monopoly
40-bridge
41-chess
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20 Jan 2008 Sun 03:26 pm |
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nothing comes close to the fascination of chess
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