Bobby Fischer
3 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 26, 2018 by Adam Robinson · said 52 times in 4 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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Dec 26, 2018
Robinson: Spent two weeks watching Bobby Fischer prepare for Spassky match
“Yeah, I got a chance to spend time with him at the, there used to be a resort called Grossingers in the Catskills. If you saw the movie Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swayze back in the day, it was where they, Muhammad Ali had trained, I guess he was, I don't know…”
Dec 26, 2018 positive
Robinson: Bobby Fischer progressed from good player to world elite between ages 12 and 15
“Fisher learned the game of chess at the age of six. And by the time he was 11, sorry, by the time he was 12, he was a good twelve-year-old chess player. Not a great twelve-year-old chess player. He was a good twelve-year-old player. That's six years later, rig…”
Dec 26, 2018 positive
Robinson: Fischer played the same openings for 16 years before switching in the World Championship
“Fisher set up The Russians for, let me just figure this out, 10 to 20, for 1617 years, played exactly the same moves, so everyone knew exactly what he was going to do, and in the world championship, only, he did something different.”