Tuesday, March 08, 2005
As an amateur chess player, I followed closely the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky chess tournament back in the early 1970's. It was thrilling to see two such brilliant players compete. Remembering that, it breaks one's heart to see what has happened to Bobby Fischer. He's totally lost it. He can't come back to the U.S., because when he does he's going to jail. He's currently in jail in Japan, hoping to be allowed to move to Iceland. But right now the odds aren't looking so good. He was thrown into solitary confinement last Wednesday through Sunday, for brawling over a hard-boiled egg. That's just too sad. To go from worldwide accolades to fighting over an egg. Truly a shame.
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