Endgame, Frank Brady
Endgame, Frank Brady
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Endgame
Bobby Fischers Remarkable Rise and Fallfrom Americas Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness

Author: Frank Brady

Narrator: Ray Porter

Unabridged: 13 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2011

Synopsis

From Frank Brady, who wrote one of the bestselling books on Bobby Fischer of all time and who was himself a friend of Fischers, comes an impressively researched biography that for the first time completely captures the remarkable arc of Bobby Fischers life. When Bobby Fischer passed away in January 2008, he left behind a confounding legacy. Everyone knew the basics of his lifehe began as a brilliant youngster, then became the pride of American chess, then took a sharp turn, struggling with paranoia and mental illness. But nobody truly understood him. What motivated Fischer from such a young age, and what was the source of his remarkable intellect? How could a man so ambivalent about money and fame be so driven to succeed? What drew this man of Jewish descent to fulminate against Jews, and how was it that a mind so famously disciplined could unravel so completely? From Fischers meteoric rise, to an utterly dominant prime unequaled by any American chess player, to his eventual descent into madness, the book draws upon hundreds of newly discovered documents and recordings and numerous firsthand interviews conducted with those who knew Fischer best. It paints, for the very first time, a complete picture of one of Americas most enigmatic icons. This is the definitive account of a fascinating man and an extraordinary life, one that at last reconciles Fischers deeply contradictory legacy and answers the question, who was Bobby Fischer?

About Frank Brady

Frank Brady is chairman of the Department of Mass Communications, Journalism, Television, and Film at St. John’s University and the founding editor of Chess Life magazine. He served as arbiter of international chess tournaments in 2001 and 2004 and wrote one of the bestselling chess books in history, Profile of a Prodigy, the biography of Bobby Fischer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on June 29, 2011

ON THE INEXTRICABILITY OF COMEDY AND HORROR – SOME LESSONS FROM ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE AND ONE OF THE VILEST HUMANS OF THE LAST 60 YEARS The very thing that made him great destroyed him. If that’s not a Greek tragedy I don’t know what is. But if nobility of character is a requirement in our trag......more

Goodreads review by Brett on May 15, 2021

I thought this was a very intriguing story. The chess legend had a unique story that kept me enthralled in its entirety. He grew up in a single-parent household with his older sister. He never knew who his real father was either and his mother was a multilinguist and world cultured medical practione......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on December 11, 2017

4.5 I am basing my rating, not necessarily on the quality of writing in this biography, but by how well it entertained and informed me. This is a clear case where someone like myself who loves the game of chess will be completely engrossed in the segments relating to the game, whereas someone who doe......more

Goodreads review by David on July 06, 2013

Like go, chess is a game I know how to play but not well. I own books and have half-heartedly studied the game off and on, but I will never be a great or even particularly good player. Still, the beauty and logic of the game attracts me, along with all its storied lore. Most people know that Bobby Fi......more

Goodreads review by Arminius on September 25, 2015

This is a very entertaining book about what some have called the World’s greatest Chess player Bobby Fischer. He was raised, along with his sister, by a very well educated mother named Regina who continued to have bad luck. Regina was studying in a Soviet Union medical school when the Soviets were i......more

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