Why Did the World’s Best Chess Player Go Insane?
10.03.2023
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Bobby didn’t go insane.He had some crazy theories but at the same time he was actively hated by The government
It’s not anti-Semitic to say the Jewish community especially the elites were infuriated that he won. It wasn’t even a secret back then it was a very heated rivalry. Ashkenaz Jews ran the game and were all GMs.
I am ashkenaz, but I did my research and have to be honest
My boy Bobby wasn’t insane. He was just a based Jewish man who was criticized international Jewry
He never went insane, the thing is that when people don’t understand something they say it’s insane , he was always right !
Magnus carlsen soloes
Bro Spassky is such a massive W tho. Great guy for being so supportive to Fischer
Brilliant video – though an utterly ugly shirt 😲!
magnuss carlssen would likely be a good matchup
He had an IQ of 180, but people automatically jump to thinking he’s an insane lunatic because he criticised Jews.
It's impossible for Herman Fischer to be Bobby's father. He was not in the country when Bobby was conceived and born. A young Bobby looks exactly like a young Paul Nemenyi who was in the country when Bobby was conceived and born. He gave money to Bobby's mother to help was raise him until he died in the early 1950's. Later in life Bobby denied either parent had Jewish ancestory.
His life story kind of reminds me of the Queen's Gambit show. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they based it off Bobby.
Amazing documentary. Spassky was a true gentleman. That's what I gained.
this a LeBron and MJ situation. By this I mean Magnus would beat Bobby. It would be a difficult match for both of them but magnus has the upper hand.
Is it just me or does anyone else see quite some parallels between Fischer and Kanye?
Thoughty more like Shawty😉
Discipline, and parental guidance. If Mozart wasn't encouraged to play piano he could have been a chimney sweep. If Einstein was born today, he could be playing computer games all day and watching Netflix
Was he wrong about the zionists? History has been completely on his side. 180 IQ.
He didn't go insane; he said some negative things about Jews and jewish newspapers started saying he was insane.
Fisher is like Ash's Charizard
There was me thinking this was about Paul Morphy.
The thumbnail's racist
He became black
Deez nuts
Fischer wasn't insane. He is right about the jews
A negative, un-nurturing relationship with ones mother can easily create life long psychological instability, as also indicated by his erratic behaviors and poor emotional regulation.
Make an anime about this man
Wow. What an interesting guy. Bobby Fischer is clearly a savant and prodigy. I suspect he had autism, particularly Aspergers Syndrome. That explains a lot. Me and my mom picked up on it. I Googled it, and there is speculation there too. It is funny that this video starts off mentioning Einstein and Mozart. They are also speculated to have autism. There are a few ways for someone to turn into a savant. Aspergers is the main cause. Autism is a lifelong condition. So Bobby Fiscer would have always been mentally ill or neurodivergent. The big sign is that he latched onto chess at a young age, and stuck with it for his whole career. That seems to be a case off special interest, which is a major symptom of Aspergers. The bad things about Fischer are like the downsides of Autism. The lack of socialization ability made him so blind, rude and even offensive. The intense routine explained the scheduling issues. The sensory issues explained why Bobby Fischer performed better when playing in a darker quieter room. The cameras and flashing seems like an assault on the senses. I think it is a good thing for Bobby Fischer left games as much as he did. It is a method for him to manage his anger. It is a heck of a lot better than getting meltdowns in public. That would even more embarrassing. I do like the Boris guy, who was an opponent. He was a good sport, and he was a lot ore supportive than the had too. See? Not all Russians are bad. I am American. The Red Scare in the States is freaking ridiculous, even today. There are some Russian leaders that are legitimately bad. There is Nicolas II, Stalin and Putin. However I think of these guys just as a few bad apples. They are tyrannical leaders who just happen to be Russian. It is so refreshing to see a Russian being a good guy even during the Cold War. It thought that was cool.
I have Autism myself. I could have gotten the Aspergers diagnosis, but that term got dropped before I got Autism diagnosis. So I find Bobby Fischer to be very relatable. He is relatable in the good and bad parts. Personally, I think chess is overrated. My main special interest is fantasy. I part of it is obsessing over complex fantasy games. I like video games, RPGs and even TCGs. Chess is fun to play. However there are only a few kinds of chess pieces. That isn't much to work with even with intricate board interaction. The modern games I get into is a lot more complicated. Just the complex customization for a player character or player deck will rock worlds, knock off socks and absolutely blow minds. I think there is a double standard, and it is so unfair. If someone plays a lot of chess they are glorified as masters and geniuses. If someone plays a lot of modern games, they are scorned as loosers and dweebs. The gamer has a negative stereotype just like needs and geeks. Despite this, Ithink I will give Bobby Fischer and his contemporaries a pass. They were just a product of thier time. If someone lived before the seventies or eighties, they would be hard pressed to find any modern fantasy games, even if they would be interested. So it isn't really thier fault. If I lived at the same time, I would have likely obsess over chess too.
Is it just me it’s a weird coincidence that this genius believed a select group of Jewish run the world and now so does Kanye who influences a lot of people so knows who is in charge have the same opinion I’m not saying it’s right just definitely a coincidence
So Fisher and Ye were right
That thumbnail kinda racist ayoo
Bobby Fischer was completely right about everything
If you won 75% of your games (against the worlds best!) you'd have a 1:400 chance of making a streak like Bobby Fischer's. If you had a 90% chance of winning it would still be less then 1 in 10.
Magnus clear
He spoke the truth about his own tribe. That's why they labeled him insane.
19:52 sounds like the average iFunny user lmao
Bobby Fisher was correct
Very well-made video!!! Thank you
Bobby, I don't give a shit about what you said, f* all these people, I'll always be UNCONDITIONALLY on your side, my hero. RIP, Legend.
I can't believe Kanye I mean Bobby said those things!
0:12 Albus Einstein! Better name anyways
Sorry but did he just say Albus Einstein in the beginning?
Way better than the original name anyway…
As someone not so familiar with chess history, how good is magnus compared to all these players mentioned? Would fisher beat magnus easily?
Boris Spassky: “I’ve kept good memories of Fischer. I don’t have any grudges against him. I always forgave him the fact that he behaved like a child. Bobby was very pure and friendly. He liked children, animals. He was an avid cat lover! I also preferred cats to dogs, like Bobby.
He didn’t respect Karpov, or Kasparov, or Korchnoi or Campomanes… You know what he called them? Karpy, Kaspy, Korchy, Campy…
In Iceland Bobby found himself in zugzwang. The Americans insisted that he was given up to the USA and he could never leave the island for fear of arrest. And he died because he didn’t trust his doctors. He had severe kidney problems but rejected an operation… He also tried to dissuade me when I had acute appendicitis during my match with Hort. He phoned and said I shouldn’t go to hospital. He thought that I, like him, was on a “blacklist” and that I might die at the hands of the doctors…
Back when he was sitting in a Japanese prison I wrote a letter to the US President and sent it to Mioko Vatai, his last very close friend. She passed the letter to the Americans, but nothing came of it… Then I wrote that they should shut Fischer and me up in one room, give us a chess set and leave us in peace!”
1:00 NOT true. Paul Morphy was just as dominant over his contemporaries, if not moreso.
He watched Levys video on danger levels
0:06 You have completely butchered the names :..(
Gambit
Bamloyile ngoba he’s smart.
Now that I am older I see he was just an average middle age man. A Lot of them have fanatical political religious pseudoscientific irrational and paranoid ideas.
Fischer: High-performing autistic who mirrorred himself to exhaustion, and then crashed.
I would say Fischer didn't lose his mind but the world around hi did , he was ahead of his time and probably saw were the world was going . Although he did do and say things that 'normal ' people would say where mad . Now if he had said back then " you need to be poisoned 3-4 times per year because of anti scientific superstition that kills a lot of people for safety and we need to chop little childrens cocks off so they can be girls ' they could have labeled him as psychotic and locked him up for life , now we call these people liberals.