I'll just purge the 87 or so eye witness accounts and testimonies on record of Fischer being a low life person, from those who encountered him in life, then.

Great person, poor character. Selfish, disloyal, insulting.

just <one> example: When Fischer was a teen with no father figure at home sports writer/TV sports personality Dick Schaap would take Bob to Knicks games, now and then. Just what a kid needs, get away from the chessboard now and then, do some regular 'guy' stuff, the kind of things that aid in promoting emotional stability.

Of course you did. Because you're not here to tell the full story or the truth. You're not here to enlighten anybody, you're here to spout your slander and hate.

Some very complimentary things you have to say about my friend and former teacher Bill Lombardy also. On his page. After his death. On his Birthday.

You called Bill an arrogant, embarrassing, agitating loudmouth and drama queen. Coming from you, that's rich.

Have you ever met Bill by the way? If so, how well did you know him? Or are you talking out of your ace?

Is that why every thing you say stinks to high hell?

He said those things <after> Fischer had bad mouthed Schaap for questioning Fischer's behavior, spitting on the state department order, going on Philippines radio and cheering on the twin towers attack that killed 3,000 people.

In the very small world of Bobby Fischer NO ONE tells him he can't go to another country to make a living (Yugoslavia in this case). Bobby Fischer gets to make all the rules because he's so special. He died a lonely old man, mentally ill.

I have met Bill Lombardy, several times. It's easy when there were only two brick and mortar chess clubs left in Manhattan and they were both in his neighborhood. He seemed nice enough, but I've heard he's had problems with other people.

Hi Riverbeast,

"If you want to get outraged, consider that the makers of the well budgeted movie 'Pawn Sacrifice' did not pay Bill a dime, even though they used his name and persona. And Bill was broke at the time."

Legally they are not obliged too but they let slip a great opportunity to have him on their side as a paid advisor, then a majority (...no all!) of the gaffs would have been avoided.

The annoying thing about that film regarding gaffs was the scene where Bobby shows Bill how he could have beaten Petrosian with plausible line.

Petrosian vs Lombardy, 1961

That bit is spot on, they could easily have had used some random more easily understood position in that scene to show a missed win. (actually comparing that chess scene with a lot of the others where they dumbed down the chess for the non-playing public, it is surprising they didn't.) So someone somewhere on the film set had some chess about them.

I enjoyed the film though some gaffs were toe curling and could have been so easily avoided especially with Bill or any reasonable chess player on hand all the time.

Of course for all we know they may have asked Bill and he knocked them back.

Also interesting was a previous topic related press release by the same law firm. Linked to on the Lombardy press release page.