Bobby Fischer and His World, John Donaldson · Chess Book Review

Описание: A review of the ultimate book on Bobby Fischer, Bobby Fischer and His World by IM John Donaldson.
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I read Bobby Fischer and His World in two days. I couldn’t put it down. So many questions I wanted answers to were answered. I was given context for many tidbits of information I knew about Fischer’s life and chess, and, page after page, I kept discovering the true meaning behind many of Fischer’s controversial decisions.

What struck me the most is that Donaldson has never shared his own opinion. At over 600 pages, the book covers (I think, my knowledge of Fischer was obviously lacking before reading it) everything we know about Fischer’s life. The information is presented without bias, even when it comes to very controversial topics, such as Fischer’s involvement in the Worldwide Church of God, his not defending the title in 75, or his 1992 return match with Spassky. Knowing how to write without imposing your own opinions and without embellishment or conjecture is a rare feat. It made me trust everything Donaldson wrote as fact.

I liked to think that I knew a lot about Fischer. After reading Bobby Fischer and His World and Inside the Mind of Bobby Fischer I realised that I knew close to nothing. Donaldson has covered Bobby’s early life, as well as his life after the 1972 match with Spassky in greater detail than anyone ever before. Donaldson references every available source on every stage of Fischer’s life, including numerous discoveries that have been made since what were considered Fischer bibles, such as Frank Brady’s Endgame, or Euwe and Timman’s Fischer World Champion. Simply put, I don’t think anyone has come close to the level of detail provided in this single, 600-page volume.

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