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Editorial viewsBobby Fischer does not understand tactLike most prime donnas, Bobby Fischer has certain idiosyncrasies which turn many persons off. He is a loner, stubborn and at times arrogant. But can he play chess.Single-handedly, Fischer has started a chess craze like America bas never seen before. Chess sets are being sold as fast as dealers put them on the shelves. Books on chess are outselling the best sellers in some areas. People are shelling out $300 and more for expensive sets and not blinking an eyelash. i When Fischer finally settled down to play Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland, he was superb. He quickly established a lead and never gave it Ihp. It appeared in the later games; he was toying with Spassky, ft Now for the first time in 35 years, fete world chess crown resides iftstside Russia.pin addition to the championship, •Fischer won $156,000. He has firm pffers, according to a spokesman, for personal appearances and tournaments over the next six •months totaling $2 million. He is, in 'Short, a “hot property.” President Hixon has invited him to the White House after he returns to the country.Fischer probably will be the first man in the world to get rich playing chess. He has said he wants the money and prestige of being the world champion. Last year he made $20,000 playing chess.He is brilliant and knows it. He is dedicated. Chess is his world. Aside from a strict physical regimen which he maintains, Fischer’s interests are limited. He doesn’t like to socialize much.A long-time friend described him this way:“Bobby is completely honest, honest to a fault, and I guess naive. Some people interpret his honesty as conceit. It’s just that he doesn’t understand such things as tact of diplomacy, he always says exactly what he feels. What confuses everyone is that, while Bobby is a genius and the greatest chess player ever, he is such a simple person. He’s very straightforward and has such . high principles. Bobby wouldn’t think of doing anything that was the least bit cunning.”Not cunning? Humm. Wonder what Boris Spassky would have to say about that?
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Port Angeles Daily News of Port Angeles
Port Angeles, Washington, US
Thu, Sep 07, 1972
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