Almost two years dead but that's how I see this chess world of ours right now.
His games continue to show us the genius in him, his eccentricity will forever haunt the minds of the unschooled wannabe pop-psychologists but his worldly belongings will definitely be among collectibles only rich dudes can afford to buy.
Bobby Fischer anyone?
From books, manuscript notebooks, floppy disks (during the dinosaur era we used those FD's) and chess related publications, Bobby Fischer's "life" is for sale. Do check out the description of items left behind by one of the world's strongest world chess champion ever:
"The manuscript material centers on Fischer’s preparation for his historic match with Boris Spassky in 1972, certainly the most exciting moment in the history of American chess. Fischer’s win in “The Match of the Century” ended 24 years of Soviet domination of the World Championship and was viewed with elation in the doldrums of the Cold War. A telling memo appears in one of the bound typescripts: “Spassky seems to adopt defences for Black after prolonged experience with the white pieces against a particular defence. I had a conversation with Korchnoi after Hastings (January) – he had not been informed that I was preparing files for you – in which he made some remark that a possible weakness of yours was the Bc4 lines as White against the Sicilian….” Among the printed volumes there is an annotated German edition of the match record for the 1971 World Championship, many games bear Fischer’s own notes as to how the games could have been won (“31…RF4! Wins easily / 21gF Rg6 wins / 20.QFl! ” etc.)"
The Bonham item (lot no. 3372) is entitled BOBBY FISCHER’S CHESS LIBRARY, INCLUDING NOTEBOOKS PREPARED FOR THE 1972 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, but is it for real?
Chessvibes want to know and Bonhams shows us the possibility of it's reality.
Previously on ebay: Bobby Fischer's life for sale run by chessbase and Fischer's Personal Book Collection on ChessForumsDOTorg.
Is it a real deal?
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