Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy (Revised Edition) by Frank Brady Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy (Revised Edition)
Book Review: An excellent book on one of the greatest Masters!
Summary: 5 Stars
Cool - the entire story, from beginning until now, about this master, and then many clearly annotated games!Book Review: A very entertaining account of a very important man's life.
Summary: 5 Stars
Fischer's response to the author's request for chess lessons is worth the price of the book: ...."sure, for the first lesson I want you to play through every column of MODERN CHESS OPENINGS, including footnotes. For the next lesson.... i want you to do it again!"Book Review: Looks like a piece of political propaganda
Summary: 3 Stars
Even though it was Bobby Fischer the main reason that drove me from a rather normal childhood into a chess-infected existance, I couldn't bear the hysterical overtone that dominates the book. I can assume that even if Bobby himself commended a sel-indulgent biography to Brady, he would reject it immediatly, due to the immensely maniqueist context. It sounds like a long-gone echo of the Cold War. Maybe that's because Dover's policy of publishing unabrideg texts. The games are correctly annotaded, but then you must skip the bio...Book Review: A good biography, but bad game collection
Summary: 3 Stars
If 10 points will be given to a book, I will give 5 points to the biography part. For the game collection part, I just give 1 point. It's nothing but a printout of a game record. Almost all the games don't have analysis. You can't improve your skill from this book. I suggest the publisher split the book to two parts so that we can just spend 5$ to buy the biography part.Book Review: For the Chess enthusiast - This one is a must read!
Summary: 4 Stars
I found this book to be very entertaining, and very revealing of not only Bobby Fischer's life and games, but of chess in general. The mature chess player will find this book to be a must for his chess library. It is the perfect companion to "The Fireside book of Chess".