Bobby Fischer: The Wandering King
by Hans Bohm, Kees Jongkind
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Author: Hans Bohm, Kees JongkindEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-28
ISBN: 0713489359
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Batsford
Book Reviews of Bobby Fischer: The Wandering King
Book Review: Nothing special
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is essentially a write up of a documentry about Fischer that was shown in the Neatherlands sometime in 2003.
The book is broken down into various short interviews by different people who are more or less connected with Fischer. Former friends, the referee from the 1972 match and interestly an interview of Karpov are included. Interspersed with this are some historical points about Fischer including his 1992 'rematch' with Spsssky.
Most of the interviews themselves are fairly mundane and i found the whole thing a little repetative. However of interest was the interview with Karpov which involved a discussion of the attempted organisation of a match with Fischer in 1975-6, and an interview with the youngest Polgar sister which gives an insight into the Polgar family's meetings with Fischer. Also Nigel Short's interview in which he suggests that he may have played Fischer online was very enlightening
Overall though I found the book to be repetitive and frankly a bit dull, the history of Fischer has been done to death and most of the interviews really aren't that interesting.
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