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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:31 AM Original message |
Bobby Fischer has died |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. two |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Thank you (nt) |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. check and mate. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Damn, and I was just searching for him this morning. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. He was only 64. n/t |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And there are exactly 64 squares on a chessboard |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Do we have a dungeon for chess related conspiracies? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I think it is in the election reform section |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Lol. Thanks for putting this up, The Straight Story. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. My favorite uncle was a chess player. He taught me how to play |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Many years ago, |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. ANOTHER fine legacy of Bush #1... |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. But the boys were playing chess. |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. Checkmate |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. Bobby Fischer made all his moves |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I wonder why he chose Iceland, of all places, to reside in. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. To help fight against extradition to the US |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I know he was fighting extradition but you'd think that there would be |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. How so? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Oh -- I don't think it's a "bad" place to live but it seems like a more |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. anti-israel is not the same as anti-semitism. nt |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Good catch! |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. In Fischer's case, the one was the source of the other |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. "He beat Spassky in a series of games in Reykjavik to claim America's first world chess championship |
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rjones2818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Remember that Iceland |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That must be the answer. Thanks. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. Weird...he died at 64. |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
22. Here is another article about his death..... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Thanks for that link (nt) |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
27. It's hard for me to avoid thinking of the "7th Seal" |
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Scriptor Ignotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. and that post made me think of Bill and Ted's Bogus Jounrey |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I plan to challenge death to "Calvin Ball" |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Sadness Kick |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. A legend:Fischer's defeat of Spasky started a chess boom in the U.S.. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. Can we kill CHESS next? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Hey now, I play chess :) |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. We all have sins in our past. I forgive you. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. And now we can begin forgetting the political foolishness of his later years |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. Sadness? He Was An Anti-Semite |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. The first world chess champion also had mental health issues |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. He was a seriously weird dude. |
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