Frank Brady - Endgame

31 Every day, he’d drink one or two pint glasses of carrot juice , Böhm and Jongkind, chapter called “Harry Sneider,” p. 48–52.

32 Bobby’s outbursts would startle the infrequent passersby Interview with Jackie Beers, circa 1975.

33 Gradually, his savings were evaporating Unidentified newspaper clipping, “A King Eyes His Own Crown,” circa 1982, JWC.

34 He was solicitous toward Letter from Bobby Fischer to Ethel Collins, December 21, 1976, JWC.

35 Years later in Iceland Interview of Gardar Sverrisson by author, October 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland.

36 Bobby would just wipe him off the board in short order every time . www.BobbyFischer.net, November 23, 2009.

37 Finally Browne said, “You know, Bobby, you’ll really have to get off the phone.” Telephone interview with Walter Browne by author, April 11, 2009.

38 At the end of the letter he included instructions Letter from Bobby Fischer to Regina Fischer, October 27, 1974, MCF.

39 He simply did not want contact Letter from Bobby Fischer to Jack Collins, April 30, 1979, JWC.

40 Chess colleagues of Bobby’s—including grandmaster Robert Byrne—have said Kelly Atkins, collected anthology of Bobby Fischer quotes, Chessville.com.

41 “There is nothing in the [KGB] documents that there ever were any plans to kill him” Ree, p. 39.

42 A sportswriter once wrote that Fischer was the fastest walker he ever saw outside of an Olympian Dick Schaap, “Bobby Fischer Can Lick Muhammad Ali Any Day,” Sport , February 1973.

43 Another journalist, Brad Darrach Life , November 12, 1971, p. 52.

44 Just so the world would know what he’d gone through Complete copy at www.anusha.com/pasadena/htm.

45 “Yes, I wrote it, but I had a terrible time in that jail” Interview of Pal Benko by author, summer 2008, New York City.

46 Stories were told, unconfirmed by this writer, that when he was flat broke Böhm and Jongkind, p. 58, states that Fischer gave chess lessons for “5,000 a shot.”

47 “go back to your publisher and ask for a million dollars” Los Angeles Times , September 19, 1993.

48 His request was refused “on principle” DeLucia and DeLucia, p. 194.

49 Freelance photographers were willing to pay $5,000 Ivan S. Lagaroff, “Bobby Fischer’s Endgame,” Esquire , December 1992.

50 “Every now and then there would be a ‘sighting’ of a forlorn, bearded figure.” Independent , August 29, 1992.

Chapter 12: Fischer-Spassky Redux

1 Bobby wanted to get back to the game … desperately Letter from Regina Fischer to Joan Fischer Targ, March 8, 1984, MCF.

2 Spassky provided a way back to the board Independent , June 25, 1990, p. 12.

3 To avoid journalists, Bobby checked in under the name of Brown Sports Illustrated , May 14, 1990.

4 He forbade her to take a photograph of him Sports Illustrated , May 14, 1990.

5 “When I broke through internationally, he had just stopped [playing].” Böhm and Jongkind, p. 91.

6 He found Fischer’s neo-Nazi remarks about Jews to be “beyond the abhorrent” CL , March 1993, p. 28. (Kok is reported to have condemned Fischer’s “Neo-Nazism.”)

7 The press had learned that Gerhardt was somewhere in Germany Interview of author by German broadcaster Stefan Loffler, spring 1991.

8 He felt paternal toward her and thought Bobby might be interested in meeting her www.dmv.demon.nl.

9 “I think so” www.darkdemon.nl.

10 Now that he was in Europe in 1990, courtesy of Bessel Kok, Bobby visited Petra www.darkdemon.nl.

11 Petra married Russian grandmaster Rustem Dautov in 1992, and in 1995 she wrote a book www.darkdemon.nl.

12 “be careful” DeLucia and DeLucia, pp. 210–11.

13 The inn was known to be friendly to those who played the game Chess , July 2006, pp. 8–9.

14 It was, in fact, a letter from a seventeen-year-old girl, Zita Rajcsanyi Los Angeles Times , September 19, 1993, p. 36.

15 “Now that I have your interest” Kurir (Budapest daily), September 14, 1993, p. 20.

16 he believed that Kasparov and Karpov were actually agents of the Russian regime Kurir , September 14, 1993.

17 “Everyone who is a Soviet, and everyone who is Jewish, cannot be trusted,” he affirmed Farkasházy, p. 29 ff.

18 “You can hardly turn around” Letter from Regina Fischer to Bobby Fischer, December 15, 1990, MCF.

19 Zita remained in Los Angeles for six weeks and stayed at the home of Robert Ellsworth “Has the Bad Boy of Chess Grown Up?” Los Angeles Times , September 19, 1993, pp. 13–15.

20 the real reason Bobby was interested in her was “because I didn’t want anything from him” Kurir , September 13, 1993, p. 20.

21 “He was ashamed of his poverty” Seirawan and Stefanovic, p. 276.

22 He was also furious that although President Nixon had said he’d be invited to the White House El Pais , April 3, 2001.

23 In the interview Zita later gave to Tivadar Farkasházy, she claimed that Bobby was still waiting Los Angeles Times , September 23, 1993.

24 Besides offering Regina support, Bobby wanted to introduce her to Zita Farkasházy, p. 29 ff.

25 “I wasn’t thinking of that” Kurir , September 14, 1993, p. 20.

26 He referred to Zita as his girlfriend http:www.chessgames.com, May 3, 2008.

27 It took almost a year, but she finally located someone “Zita’s Story” and “A Short Story” in Seirawan and Stefanovic, pp. 275–76.

28 About a month later, in July 1992, Kubat, Zita, and two officials of Jugoskandic Bank were in Los Angeles Independent , August 29, 1992.

29 He’d later learn that the banker was one of the most powerful men in Serbia NYT , September 1, 1992, p. D1.

30 Kubat was afraid that Vasiljevic wouldn’t release the advance payment Contract between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, Vladimir Miljavic for the Jugoskandik Company, signed July 11, 1992, FB.

31 Spassky agreed to everything in the contract “Banker Lures Fischer to Play for Cheque,” London Times , August 1992, p. 1.

32 Heavy fighting between forces Associated Press, August 19, 1992.

33 The forty-nine-year-old Bobby Fischer was described by a reporter NYT , August 30, 1992, p. A1.

34 After Bobby signed the contract to play Farkasházy, p. 119 ff.

35 “At one pole, there is elation over Mr. Fischer’s return from two decades of obscurity.” NYT , September 2, 1992, p. C14.

36 Bobby asked Gligoric (“Gliga”) to play a secret training match Chess in Translation, June 23, 2010, chessintranslation.com.

37 When asked at the time whether he’d like to engage Fischer in a match for the official championship, Kasparov snapped NYT , September 2, 1992, p. C14.

38 Order to Provide Information and Cease and Desist Activities Official Document from the Department of the Treasury to Bobby Fischer, August 21, 1992, FB.

39 He’d insisted that all questions be submitted to him in advance Wire service reports of transcripts of chess conference, September 1, 1992.

40 “Let’s start with some impudent questions from The New York Times” NYT , September 2, 1992, p. A1.

41 Although a large number of reporters had been interested in attending Bobby Fischer’s controversial press conference CL , March 1993, p. 27.