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he taught me the 4-move checkmate
did that once by accident. I was
Fischer was wanted in the United States for playing a 1992 rematch against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia in defiance of international sanctions.
Excuse my ignorance, but what kind of sanctions would get someone in trouble with the law for playing a game of chess¿
Originally Posted by Falcon4567
He was a US citizen entering Soviet controlled territory without permission from the US government
His genius was too much for him.
agreed.
When play got under way, days late, Fischer lost the first game with an elementary blunder after discovering that television cameras he had reluctantly accepted were not unseen and unheard, but right behind the players' chairs.
LOL!!
Thats like everybody waiting to see a TYSON vs. Muhammad Ali fight and just because Muhammad Ali doesn't like the cameras he lets Tyson KO him.
Also I play on YAHOO chess and I taunt people with THOR quotes all the time!!