Endgame : Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall -- from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness.
Frank Brady
When Bobby Fischer died in January 2008, he left behind a confounding legacy. Everyone knew the basics of his life: he began as a brilliant youngster, then became the pride of American chess, then took a sharp turn, struggling with paranoia and mental illness. But nobody truly understood him. What motivated him from such a young age, and what was the source of his remarkable intellect? How could a man so ambivalent about money and fame be so driven to succeed? What drew this man of Jewish descent to fulminate against Jews, and how was it that a mind so famously disciplined could unravel so com.
Year:
2011
Publisher:
Constable & Robinson
Language:
english
Pages:
610
ISBN 10:
1849019231
ISBN 13:
9781849019231
File:
PDF, 4.11 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2011
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