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Title: From the Penthouse to the Outhouse
Review: I can remember the Summer of 1972 and Fischer was a major hero. Little did we know at the time that he was a lunatic. I've read a fair amount about Fischer and his life. At a young age, he discovered chess and it consumed him right up to his winning of the world championship. His activities varied from reading chess books, to playing in chess tournaments, to giving simultaneous chess exhibitions, to practicing chess on his own, to discussing chess. To say that he was a one-dimensional person would be a gross understatement. He had the emotional maturity of about a 5 year old. In letters that he wrote, his grammar and spelling were atrocious. To hear him later in life, he sounded like a deranged mental patient off of his meds. As other reviewers have said, his chess acumen was fantastic. The sad, bigger story, however, is that he was a very flawed human being.
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