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I wouldn't say that most chess players are like Fischer personally, it's that chess has a tendency to consume players to some degree, the way it consumed him al
by flipper 17y ago
I wouldn't say that most chess players are like Fischer personally, it's that chess has a tendency to consume players to some degree, the way it consumed him almost completely. That's what I meant by archetype.
Personally, I found the rush from winning a game of chess to have a different character to winning at some other competitive game, and I think ego has something to do with it.
Maybe I suffer from some of the same flaws Fischer did (without the same gifts).
- gnosis 17y agoYes, I would agree that chess is a game that people tend to obsess over to a degree not found in most other games. Scott McCloud's story is evidence of this, and there are many others like it. But even there, Fischer is in a class with few peers. There's obsession and then there's all-consuming passion, which is more of where Fischer fit in (at least until his resignation from the World Championship).