The Game of Kings
The supposed internet match between British grandmaster Nigel Short and all-around freak Bobby Fischer turns out to have been a hoax, perpetrated by an individual or group posing as the crazy chessmeister:
Short — who at the time likened the match against Fischer to finding “the Loch Ness monster of world chess” — accepted that he appeared to have been deceived.“In all probability I’m just wrong. I’m sorry,” he said from his home in Athens. He was intrigued, however, by who the fake Fischer could be: “This person is a bloody weirdo as well..."
Others who played against the hoaxer believe Short could have got behind the mask more quickly. “I thought it was Fischer, but then asked him the name of Fischer’s niece and he couldn’t answer,” said James Plaskett, the British grandmaster who is married to Fiona Pitt-Kethley, the erotic writer.
Fischer describes the story of the internet match as "Jewish lies."
Posted by Dr. Frank at February 2, 2002 08:14 PM | TrackBack