I am old. I knew Bobby Fischer. Peter describes his genius perfectly. Bobby was a true genius and no matter what anyone says, he was the strongest player of all time.
I'm blown away. This is genius. I never wouldnt even imagine, not in a milion years Robert James Ficher sleeping at Leko's house, and hearing the whole story. Phenomenal.
For a non-native speaker. He talks with an inflection as if he is asking a question, as if he is questioning himself in what he says. If a native speaker did this, I would think low of them.
Jan, Peter Svidler, and Peter Leko are always educational with a nice sense of humor, and appear to be honest admirable men. Chess24 is lucky to have them. Also, they are superb chess players. This is a fantastic Fischer story.
My one and only conversation with Bobby Fischer was at the 1971 Candidates Match in Denver, Colorado, during the final game six with Bent Larsen. I was on stage with the 2 players, the arbiter, and the official score keeper. My role was to work the demonstration board and handle any off-stage requests for the players. At one point, Fischer motioned me over and said: "Orange juice. No ice."
Thanks for this! I thought Fischer was so secluded by late 90-es that he wouldn't dream of socialising like that. But how did they meet? He made it sound like "I met Bobby Fischer and he stayed at my house after we got to know each other." Was Bobby following chess at the time even?
When Bobby made mistake it sometimes engines top move that's why his accuracy too high he is perfection Leko is beat engine preparation better than engine
kind of sad He treats Fischer like he was royalty and then as soon as he leaves, Fischer doesn't talk to him at all. Fischer only makes friends out of convenience.
Yeah you mean when Fischer was in prison in japan? Its not like today where everyone has phones and facebook. I find it odd that youre so quick to judged the quality of Fischer friendships and his motives when you've never been his friend.
you mean fischer couldn't send him a birthday card in all those years to say thank you? am I judging him? just pointing out that he was treated very kindly and he never spoke again to him later. what is your point? how am I wrong?
I dont know, it was only 9 years after he had know Gustafsson that he died, and most of those years he was embroiled with controversy. I know plenty of people who are friends and dont send cards especially someone with a personality like fischers'. To say, "Fischer only makes friends out of convenience." is quite unfair in my view and i suspect Gustafsson would disagree with you also
What I don't get is: In island he talked in general about the character of chess players and describes them as small-minded etc. But in reality lots of chess players let him live in their homes.
Hungarian and Turkish have very similar pronunciation. I know a Turkish guy who lives in Budapest and his Hungarian pronunciation is so perfect that even native speakers can't tell that it's not his mother tongue. I guess it could work similarly in the other way around as well.
Title is misleading. Who is "his"? I thought it was going to be about Fischer staying-in Game 2 of the Match of the Century. I dont care about this guy or his story. Cool Story Bro.
@@CyberCheese392 not for me, no. I think it was pretty clear that Leko would share a story about his own encounter with Fischer, and not some insider knowledge about the Fischer household. Like you said you thought it was about the 1972 finals, but think about it, Leko wasnt even alive in 1972 and I doubt Fischer or anyone would consider a hotel room in Reykjavik their home
