The Only Thing Worse Than A Jew-Hater Is A Crazy Chess Playing Jew-Hater

Pejman Yousefzadeh, chess aficionado, links to this story in The Atlantic on the decline into insanity of chess great Bobby Fischer. I've never had any skill at the game, but the raw insanity of this man is fascinating. He started out so promising:

Fischer's accomplishment cannot be overstated. A brash twenty-nine-year-old high school dropout, armed with little more than a pocket chess set and a dog-eared book documenting Spassky's important games, had single-handedly defeated the Soviet chess juggernaut. Spassky had a wealth of resources at his disposal to help him plot moves, including thirty-five grand masters back in the Soviet Union. Fischer, on the other hand, had two administrative seconds who served essentially as companions, and Bill Lombardy, a grand master, whose role was to help analyze games. However, Fischer did almost all the analysis himself—when he bothered to do anything. "After the games were adjourned, all the Soviets would go back to Spassky's hotel room to plan for the next position," recalls Don Schultz, one of the seconds. "Lombardy said to Fischer, 'That's a difficult position. Let's go back to the hotel and analyze it.' Fischer said, 'What do you mean, analyze? That guy's a fish. Let's go bowling.'"

But ended up such an insane, delusional, and pathetic fuck:

But even the Fischer apologists had to throw up their hands when he took to the Philippine airwaves on September 11, 2001. In an interview broadcast this time by Bombo Radyo, a small public-radio station in Baguio City, Fischer revealed views so loathsome that it was impossible to indulge him any longer. Just hours after the most devastating attack on the United States in history, in which thousands had died, Fischer could barely contain his delight. "This is all wonderful news," he announced. "I applaud the act. The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them. Nobody gave a shit. Now it's coming back to the U.S. Fuck the U.S. I want to see the U.S. wiped out."

Among the other views Fischer rants about, he seems to believe junk food is part of the World Zionist Conspiracy since Dunkin' Donuts was founded by a Jew. Now, if this is true, all I can say is, hurray for the World Zionist Conspiracy! I hope they succeed. Just imagine a world with a Donut shop on every corner and Mel Brooks ruling us like a king. It would be freaking sweet! C'mon, you know it would!

 

Posted by Captain Mojo at November 21, 2002 09:07 PM | TrackBack