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Recently
a Dutch TV documentary on Fischer was broadcasted. It was done well and
I
couldn’t spot any factual mistakes, which is quite unusual
for TV documentaries on chess, or probably on anything. How nice to see
these old images of Fischer and the other greats. I was particularly
touched by a
short scene at a
Yugoslavian Tournament (Candidates’
1959? Bled 1961?) where Fischer was shaking hands with Tal…..continuation
Hans Ree,
New in Chess, 2003 Nr
2
09.02.2008 Dick Cavett's memories on Bobby Fischer
08.05.2007 Fischer protests against film documentary
04.11.2006 Fischer on Icelandic Radio
2003 Dutch TV
documentary on Fischer
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1999 BBC documentary on Fischer-Spassky
The wandering King"Bobby walks rather unusual" |
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in Los Angeles I noticed that he found it difficult to stay motionless
at one place, but only at this moment in the car I became aware how
fierce his movements sometimes were. In fact I had to correct his
mighty foot-trembling with the steeringwheel. Fortunately Bobby did not
notice this and he visibly relaxed after a while. Petra Dautov, 1995, Ein Jahr mit dem Schachgenie |
"I
noted Fischer's trim, athletic figure. In reply to questions, he said
that he weighed 193 pounds and was 6 feet 2 inches tall. He was
casuaslly dressed in a well-fitting dark green suit. A simple necktie,
short hair, a pleasant, vigorous face, and eyes that looked straight at
a person. On the whole, he produced the impression of a calm and
confident person. There was nothing unusual about him, except possibly
one thing: he could not stand still for long and kept shifting his
weight from one foot to the other." Krogius, 1972, Russians versus Fischer |
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| "Bobby walks rather unusual: throwing his long
legs
forward and only then placing his huge, size 47, shoes on the ground.
He produces the impression of a person whose movements lack
coordination." Golubev, 1970, Russians versus Fischer. |
Bobby had a strange habit of
walking very
close to the person next to him. It was sometimes rather annoying
because sooner or later we would collide and I would come off
worst. "Don't push me", I once, finally, insisted. He apologized, but
soon fell back into his old habit. So all I could do was to avoid him,
which resulted in our walking through the streets crisscrossing each
other. When we arrived at one side, I would change to Bobby's other
side and then the game would repeat itself in the other direction. From
a distance it must have looked as
if we weren't completely sober. Petra Dautov,
1995, Ein Jahr
mit dem Schachgenie
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| Bobby walks
twice as fast as the average hiker, but he walks the way a
hen runs-and this hen fills a doorway. Brad Darrach, 1974 Fischer vs. the Rest of the World |
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Fragment
from the same documentary, starring Sofia
Polgar and Victor Korchnoi. Not directly related with Bobby Fischer but
every chessplayer will love the scene. Eyewitness 2002, Curacao |
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