| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-384) and index. |
| Contents |
Loneliness to passion -- Childhood obsession -- Out of the head of Zeus -- The American wunderkind -- The Cold War gladiator -- The new Fischer -- Einstein's theory -- Legends clash -- The candidate -- The champion -- The wilderness years -- Fischer-Spassky redux -- Crossing borders -- Arrest and rescue -- Living and dying in Iceland. |
| Summary |
From an author who wrote one of the bestselling Bobby Fischer books ever and who was himself a friend of Fischer's comes an impressively researched biography that for the first time captures the complete, remarkable arc of the life of the chess master. |
| Subject |
Fischer, Bobby, 1943-2008.
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Chess players -- United States -- Biography.
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Chess -- Collections of games.
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| ISBN |
9780307463906 hardcover $25.99 |
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0307463907 hardcover $25.99 |
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