Bobby Fischer continues to fascinate writers. His first biographer, Frank Brady, has now authored 'Endgame', scheduled for May publication in the UK and including new material on Fischer's 1972 world title match with Boris Spassky and his personal life. Another book will feature hitherto unknown photographs.
Garry Kasparov, who chess fans bracket with Fischer as the all-time No1, has reviewed 'Endgame' at length and analysed what made the American so far ahead of his rivals. Kasparov singles out Fischer's obsessive research and work ethic which included learning Russian to study Soviet sources, his uncompromising approach and fighting spirit which made him ready to play out every game almost to the last pawn, and his clear vision which enabled him to simplify complex positions while keeping the initiative.
Neither Brady nor Kasparov completely explains what is from the sports viewpoint one of the central remaining mysteries, namely Fischer's electrifying quantum jump in strength between 1955, at age 12, when he was an also-ran in the US junior and in New York opens, and 1959, when at 16 he was fifth in the world candidates final. On the way he played the brilliant 'Game of the Century' in 1956, won the US title at age 14, and qualified from the interzonal to the candidates at 15 despite the efforts of the cream of Soviet GMs.
In the past decade talents like Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin have made impressively fast advances, but there are differences. Today's juniors have GM coaches plus computers which supply both high quality analysis and in-depth databases for every opponent. And both Carlsen and Karjakin were already top finishers in world and European championships for under-12s. Fischer had no GM coach but his jump looks faster and farther than even Kasparov in the 1970s. When asked to explain, he replied laconically "I just got good".
My guess is that there were some special factors at work in the mid-1950s. The USSR team played the US in New York in 1954, and Fischer would have gained inspiration from watching greats like Vassily Smyslov and Paul Keres in action. Schachmatny Bulletin, a limited circulation Soviet journal with secret training games and analysis, leaked out to the West around 1955 and Fischer probably had access to it. New York's Manhattan and Marshall clubs were staging weekly blitz evenings where Fischer could take on top US masters. For a totally dedicated teenager, this was fertile ground. But it is not a full explanation, which is one reason why Fischer is likely to remain a controversial legend for decades to come.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/mar/04/chess-bobby-fischer
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