Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xi, 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-384) and index. |
Contents |
Loneliness to passion -- Childhood obsession -- Out of the head of Zeus -- The American wunderkind -- The Cold War gladiator -- The new Fischer -- Einstein's theory -- Legends clash -- The candidate -- The champion -- The wilderness years -- Fischer-Spassky redux -- Crossing borders -- Arrest and rescue -- Living and dying in Iceland. |
Subject |
Fischer, Bobby, 1943-2008.
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Chess players -- United States -- Biography.
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Eccentrics and eccentricities -- United States -- Biography.
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Added Title |
Bobby Fischer's remarkable rise and fall from America's brightest prodigy to the edge of madness |
ISBN |
9780307463906 (hardcover) : |
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0307463907 (hardcover) : |
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