Fischer on Video
Friday February 1, 2008
The last two weeks have seen dozens of new Bobby Fischer videos loaded onto YouTube. Among the many personal tributes to Fischer are a handful that were produced professionally.
- ABC News: The Strange Life of Bobby Fischer (3:53) 'A showdown between a journalist [Jeremy Schaap, son of sportswriter Dick Schaap] and the chess grandmaster in 2005.'
- BBC News: (Stephen Smith) Fischer dead at 64, the number of squares on a chess board! (3:18)
- BBC News: Funerailles de [Funeral of] Bobby Fischer (0:58)
- CNN: Kasparov on death of Fischer (3:36) Statement by telephone.
- ESPN: Iceland, Fischer and Chess (1:32) This is one of our favorites: 'Iceland has been described as "Chess Mad". What does that even mean? Do they all gear up and hit their local bars to represent their favorite players on the weekends? Are there Fischer bars and Spassky bars?'
- NBC: Death of Bobby Fischer (0:42)
- Reuters: Bobby Fischer 1943-2008 (1:02)
- Sky News: Bobby Fischer Chess Champion dies age 64 (6:32) Another statement by Kasparov plus questions and answers.
The titles are those used on YouTube.


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