skieselectric:

Bobby Fischer at a hot spring in Reykjavík, 1972;

The late Bobby Fischer was a chess prodigy who grew up to become one of the greatest chess players of all time. In later years, Bobby Fischer was also a reclusive nomad, who made anti-American and anti-Semitic statements and seemed increasingly lost, at times, in the depths of his own mind.

Anonymous asked: I don't know if you realized this, but they're playing checkers, not chess, on the Hulk rollercoaster photo.

Oh! Eek! My apologies — I suppose they are all playing checker/chess-board based games on rollercoasters. But today’s show is about chess, not checkers, Chinese checkers, Popomatic Trouble or Connect Four.

I think it takes me longer to tie my shoes.

xkcd has collected pictures of people playing chess on rollercoasters. 

Tomorrow on Fresh Air: A conversation about Bobby Fischer. No mention of Space Mountain, as far as I’m aware…. 

facesofgenius:

Bobby Fischer

Chess Prodigy

Tomorrow: A conversation about Bobby Fischer with his childhood friend Anthony Saidy and filmmaker Liz Garbus. Her new documentary biopic about Fischer is called Bobby Fischer Against the World.