bbracken I agree with you.  It would not surprise me at all if Fischer's self-imposed pressures kept him from taking on a challenger.  I had not thought of that before but it follows.

It is interesting how genius and paranoia, obsessions and other strangeness seem to accompany one another.  I am reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327590237&sr=8-1) and he is another example of brilliance in somethings and handicaped in others. 

I enjoyed this book as well!  The author provided a lot of insight into what was really going on.  It was facinating and I think a "must read" for anyone who is interested in Bobby Fischer.

PDMURA, when I read 'ENDGAME', I knew that Frank Brady would be filling in ALOT of holes from his first book of Fischer,'Profile of a Prodigy', and that's exactly what he did; and I read it s-l-o-w-l-y so I could digest it like a fine meal. This is THE book to read for Fischer first-timers.  I have the above two in my personal library, also, 'Bobby Fisher goes to War'. I plan to expand my Fischer library; I also have a copy of the only book that Fischer completely wrote himself, which has his 'Game of the Century', and other games.