Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: WWMM320
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 889290087195
- Street Date: 05/19/15
- PreBook Date: 04/14/15
- Label: World Wide Multi Media »
- Genre: Documentary
- Run Time: 65 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2010
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: US
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Bobby Fischer
- Director: Igor Stevanovic
Product Assets
A Requiem For Bobby Fischer
The fascinating story of the greatest chess player in history
- List Price: $19.95
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The fascinating story of the greatest chess player in history. Bobby Fischer was an American chess prodigy, considered by many to be the greatest player of all time. In 1971, he became the first World Chess Federation #1 ranked player. In 1972, he captured the World Championship from Boris Spassky of the USSR in a match publicized as a Cold War confrontation attracting more worldwide interest than any chess championship before or since. Fischer refused to defend his throne until 1992 and won an unofficial rematch against Spassky. Exiled from America, Fischer always felt welcome in Yugoslavia, a chess Mecca. Interviews with people who crossed Fischer's path in many different ways illuminate this fascinating character in a unique way. The film also incorporates rarely seen archival footage from Fischer's early matches to the exile, sudden come back, and bizarre death in Iceland.
Press Quotes
He was the pride and sorrow of chess
—Raymond Keene, British Chess Grandmaster
A giant of the chess world is gone.
—Fridrik Olafsson, Icelandic Chess Grandmaster and former president o
Chess is war on a board, the object is to crush the other man's mind
—Bobby Fischer
