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Newsgroups: net.chess
Subject: Bobby Fischer
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Date: Sat, 12-Nov-83 18:37:55 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 12 18:37:55 1983
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        Bobby  Fischer,  at  last  report  lives  in  California,
sometimes with  his  sister, sometimes with chess playing friends
(those few he has not disowned).   He  plays  some  blitz  (five-
minute  games) with these friends and does some analysis (he just
sent a letter to a chess magazine pointing out an error in one on
Karpov's  games.)   He probably does not study the game seriously
anymore.
	Fischer,  as  is  well  known  has  a  totally
paranoid  personality.  Because of this, his good friend the late
Ed Edmondson once told me that Fischer would probably never  play
another  serious game in his life (as opposed to "he just doesn't
want to do it anymore").

        An example of fischer's mentality  came  from  Edmondson.
Ed  and Bobby would spend a lot of time together, and Bobby would
often say: "Come on, Ed, lets analyze some chess."  Ed  was  only
an  expert at the time.  They would get into a line, and Ed would
ask a "stupid" question.  Bobby's answer was so  clear  and  went
right  to  the  heart  of  the  position, that Ed pleaded to tape
record their sessions, and to write a book.   Fischer  would  not
hear  of  it saying that he did not want anyone else learning his
secrets!

        Fischer wrote a pamphlet in 1982 : "I Was Tortured in the
Pasadena  Jailhouse!" (signed: by Bobbly Fischer, The world Chess
Champion).          At that period in his  life,  Fischer  had  a
long beard, and all anyone saw of him was when he would go to the
library to pass out The Church of  Scientology  Literature.   The
police  picked  him  up because he looked like a bank robber that
they were looking for,   and decided to keep him because  of  his
caustic personality.  It is a truly amusing booklet, and, reading
between the lines, Fischer's personality is clear.   The  booklet
can be ordered by sending $1.00 to:
			Bobby Fischer
			P.O. Box 50307
			Pasadena, CA   91105
(At least that is what it says on my copy of my pamphlet.)

        A last bizarre note: I recently went to a  lecture  given
by  Grandmaster Andy Soltis in Tom's River, NJ.  He heard a rumor
from a number of usually reliable sources that Fischer had all of
his  dental fillings replaced because he thought that someone had
radio transmitters implanted in them!  

All of this is second hand information, and I would be happy to
hear from anyone with contradicting facts.
                                        Wayne Pineault
                                        houxq!wbp