Bobby Fisher Dead at 64

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by pgardn

I think this is a good synopsis.
The idiot savant part especially
because the man was a social invalid.

BTW's quote sums that up.
Had not a clue what people were
or how they worked.

his mother was jewish.

i was having a hard enough time with the brilliance/nut case dichotomy before i heard this.

it's like finding out bobby knight's mom was a reporter.

it either explains everything or is like reading some of the less coherent post's here.

[Exterminator]

Just another example of the fine line between genius and madness.

RIP