Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall: From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness, (Paperback)

from ohernaes

The fascinating story of Bobby Fischer. Brought up by a poor single mom, acquiring an obsession about chess, becoming the world champion after much self-inflicted trouble. Fischer was not an intuitive player, but meticulously prepared, though aggressive in play. He studied all the chess literatur...

from BooksForDinner

Most of the information in this book should be familiar to those who followed Fischer's life and career, but the final couple of chapters on his imprisonment and life in Iceland are very interesting. Brady does a fine job of writing a compelling account of Bobby, but I don't care for how he inven...

from csayban

With Endgame, Frank Brady has penned one of the most evenhanded accounts of Bobby Fischer - the chess genius who became the only American world champion by staring down the Soviet chess machine at the height of the cold war. However, that is only one facet of a life filled with contradictions. Wh...

from jburlinson

Humans have evolved brains that are great at problem solving. Chess is the problem solving game par excellence. A chess master can identify and solve problems that will happen 20 or 30 moves ahead of time.. The master can do this playing 20 or 30 separate games simultaneously. He can memorize and...

from cwlongshot

A fascinating book on the life of chess champion Bobby Fischer. He turns from hero to antihero after the championship, and this book gives the most convincing reasons why, if there are any. I only rate this 4.5 stars because the real question of why Fischer only played one public match after 1972...