Endgame : Bobby Fischer's remarkable rise and fall from America's brightest prodigy to the edge of madness /

Endgame : Bobby Fischer's remarkable rise and fall from America's brightest prodigy to the edge of madness /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Brady, Frank, 1934-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Crown, c2011.
Description:	xi, 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Fischer, Bobby, -- 1943-2008. Fischer, Bobby, -- 1943-2008. Chess players -- United States -- Biography. Chess -- Collection of games. Chess -- Tournaments. Chess players. United States. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8305503

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ISBN:	9780307463906 0307463907
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-384) and index.
Summary:	A biography that captures the complete, remarkable arc of the life of the chess master, Bobby Fischer.

Table of Contents:

Author's Note
1. Loneliness to Passion
2. Childhood Obsession
3. Out of the Head of Zeus
4. The American Wunderkind
5. The Cold War Gladiator
6. The New Fischer
7. Einstein's Theory
8. Legends Clash
9. The Candidate
10. The Champion
11. The Wilderness Years
12. Fischer-Spassky Redux
13. Crossing Borders
14. Arrest and Rescue
15. Living and Dying in Iceland
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index