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Dick Cavett Does Bobby Fischer

Submitted by batgirl on Fri, 03/21/2008 at 9:28pm.

  

In serendipituous fashion I came across an article written by Dick Cavett of New York.  Mr. Cavett, it seems, had a well-regarded television career as  "the host of “The Dick Cavett Show” — which aired on ABC from 1968 to 1975 and on public television from 1977 to 1982."

During his tenure as a TV host, he interviewed Bobby Fischer three times. As a result, he developed a certain perspective on Fischer which he reveals in this superbly written article.

I would strongly suggest that anyone even remotely interested in Bobby Fischer reads this article entitled,  Was It Only aGame?  and the follow-up article, Bobby and You.

A video of one of the interviews can be viewed on YouTube.

 


» posted in Batgirl's Blog
 

Comments:

by fozzwaldusmaximus - 5 months ago
(Chengdu, China) Dublin Ireland
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 85
excellent as always batgirl
by Zenchess - 5 months ago
Omaha United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 217

  The first Bobby I ever knew, even though I am only 28, was this energetic, (mostly) likeable fellow, who inspired you to play chess.  Then later came the radio interviews, and everyone started talking about how crazy fischer was.

    It would be sad if the only thing people learn about Fischer when they grow up is that he was some kind of lunatic chess god...I hope everyone sees the Fischer that the world knew in these interviews. 

 

 Thanks for posting 


by seuss68 - 5 months ago
Brattleboro, Vermont United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 183
Wonderful articles to read, and the video clip with the first one was nice to watch, especially if you have never seen or heard a young Bobby Fischer.  Thank you for sharing.
by cgs - 5 months ago
Veszpre'm Hungary
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 471
Thank for your post. 64 years... 64 fields. Let we play more years and less fields!
by BrooksJ - 5 months ago
Boston United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 54
Thank you for posting that, Batgirl.
 

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