Bobby Fischer Against the World
Bobby Fischer Against the World
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In 1972, America was chess-obsessed. The Soviet Union used chess to demonstrate its intellectual superiority to the West, but along came a young, lone American, who demolished the Russian masters of the sport. At the height of his career, Bobby Fischer was better known than any other man in the world. Relentless press attention, political pressure and a monomaniacal focus on chess ultimately led to his undoing. Filmmaker Liz Garbus uses the narrative tension of the 1972 match between Fischer and the defending World Champion, the Russian Boris Spassky, to explore not only the politically charged period of the early 1970s but also the nature of genius, madness and the game of chess itself.

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   | Daniel#7

Very well done documentary covering the full life's range of this extraordinary individual. Bobby Fischer was not a likeable person, and the film shows his many quirks and eventual descent into paranoia. But everything is put nicely into context by the film, particularly the Cold War atmosphere surrounding his World Championship matches against Boris Spassky. Even for non-chess enthusiasts, this is very interesting and worthwhile viewing.

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