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This guy was some strange dude, but I learnd to play chess from his book , "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess".Not a likable fellow as much as
Ledger, really, he might have been somewhat of a "Nazi", and was controversial, and besides, he became famous for playing a board game?
So can you get famous for playimg Scrabble as well?

Bobby Fischer was a very famous name, but ultimately meant very little to me. I wasn't born yet when Fischer became a household name, so I don't really appreciate the significance of his win over Boris Spassky. I was first made aware of Fischer when the movie came out about his life, but I never saw it or cared to. Certainly a young American defeating a Russian was probably rewarding as hell during the Cold War, but I don't see how it had any significance beyond people's emotions. People praised Fischer for being a genius, but what did he contribute to this world outside of chess? He also appeared to have become a little crazy as time went by. I certainly don't appreciate his anti-Americanism or anti-semitic stances. I also think his hatred of Jews is hilarious considering his mother was Jewish.