Saturday, January 19, 2008

Gary Kasparov on Bobby Fischer


The National Public Radio has a couple of special reports on Bobby Fischer. In this one, Gary Kasparov describes Fischer's chess as "very refreshing" and attributes to the American legend a new style of chess.

And in Fischer Inspired Chess Boom in Pop Culture, the NPR talks about the so-called "Fischer Boom" which raged not only in the US but across the world.

Elsewhere on the Net:
The Independent - Bobby Fischer: The greatest chess player of them all?
National Post - Colby Cosh: Fischer's three lives
National Post - Colby Cosh on Bobby Fischer
National Post - Fischer tried to marry to escape deportation
Daily News - Finding Bobby Fischer
Guardian Unlimited - A self-sacrificed pawn
Guardian Unlimited - Death of a madman driven sane by chess
Slate - The Kingmaker
Guardian Unlimited - A beknighted genius
New York Times - Fischer Versus the World: A Chess Giant’s Endgame
Chicago Tribune - Chess legend, Cold War hero

1 comment:

Unknown said...

ICC's special "Fischer Remembered" video is available on www.chessclub.com and is available for cross-posting, under a Creative Commons license, at the following URL:

http://blip.tv/file/609251#share

Best,
Macauley