Fischer, like so many of these chess wizards seem to be, was an introverted, self-hating, miserable SOB. His anti-Semitism was embarassing, and I never knew his mother was Jewish.

I remember the victory over Spassky in Iceland in "72, and somehow think that it coincided with the Munich games. This was at the height of the Cold War, and was huge news. I was 8 years old and had thought they were playing checkers.

I remember the cover of Time or Newsweek with the pictures of both Fischer and Spassky on chess pieaces.