Bobby Fischer was a very curious individual. My memory of him is dominated by his America-hate comments after 9/11 and getting detained in Japan for nine months between 2004 and 2005 after traveling through after having his passport revoked by the US government for violating sanction against Yugoslavia. Iceland, the site of his famous victory over Boris Spassy in 1972 came to the rescue and granted him a passport and asylum. Bobby Fischer Against The World might be seen as a warning of obsessive focus on a single goal and explains the effect he had on culture and the world during the cold war late 60s and early 70s. I was too young to remember his impact and celebrity. He seems to have lived a troubled life as a child and adolescent, but took no measures to make himself liked. A very interesting look at a former cultural icon who seemingly cracked under pressure
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