Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Format: Book Author: Brady, Frank, 1934- Title: Endgame : Bobby Fischer's remarkable rise and fall from America's brightest prodigy to the edge of madness / Frank Brady. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Crown, c2011. Description: xi, 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Summary: From an author who wrote one of the bestselling Bobby Fischer books ever and who was himself a friend of Fischer's comes an impressively researched biography that for the first time captures the complete, remarkable arc of the life of the chess master. Subjects: Fischer, Bobby, 1943-2008. Chess players -- United States -- Biography. Chess -- Collections of games. Other Title: Bobby Fischer's remarkable rise and fall from America's brightest prodigy to the edge of madness. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-384) and index. Contents: Loneliness to passion -- Childhood obsession -- Out of the heasd of Zeus -- The American wunderkind -- The Cold War gladiator -- The new Fischer -- Einstein's theory -- Legends clash -- The candidate -- The champion -- The wilderness years -- Fischer-Spassky redux -- Crossing borders -- Arrest and rescue -- Living and dying in Iceland. LCCN: 2010033840 ISBN: 9780307463906 0307463907 Other Number: 535489961 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 283328 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Fischer Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
