Dymarskii, Naum, 91, 180
E
Edmondson, Ed, 84–86, 89, 95, 123, 126, 127, 129, 131, 133, 137, 159, 171, 212, 213, 300, 301
Ehrenburg, Ilya, 35
Eldjarn, Kristjan, 138, 193
Ellsberg, Daniel, 189, 230
Elo, Arpad, 212
Erasmus Hall High School, 10, 24
Euwe, Max, 37, 70, 73, 74, 76, 90, 123, 125–29, 138, 139, 146–47, 154, 157, 158–60, 178, 235, 246, 266, 281, 282, 289
Evans, Larry, 89, 132, 192, 205, 225, 236, 296, 297
F
FBI, 3, 306, 313–21
FIDE (Federation Internationale des
Echecs), 85, 100, 114, 116, 124–28, 146–47, 154, 155, 158, 178, 186, 190, 212, 274, 300–301
Fine, Reuben, 78–79, 182
Fischer, Bobby, 4–32, 45, 46, 56, 70, 74
anti-Semitism of, 26–27, 305, 306
background and youth of, 4–14
Botvinnik analysis of moves of, 88
Castro answers Fischer’s objections to
match with Cubans, 16
Curacao, visit to, 13
extra-chess intrigue and, 253, 254–55, 257, 261–64
as ex-world champion, 301–7
fee concerns of, 14–15, 16, 27, 29–30, 85–86, 124–25, 226
Fox’s legal suit against, 223–24
game theory and, 186–90
gentlemanly play by, 30–31
hate mechanism of, 26–27
Icelanders’ view of, 194, 195–96
Iceland viewed by, 122
imprisoned, 303
Internet chess and, 306
Karpov’s challenge and, 300–301
media portrayals of, 30
memory feats of, 25, 75
as “mimophant,” 24
Moscow, visit to, 8
opponents’ responses to, 22–24, 247–48, 254–55
playing conditions demands by, 14–15, 17, 21, 28, 30–31, 87, 95, 163–65, 169, 170–75, 178–81, 183, 186, 189, 197, 198, 200–201, 203–5, 208–9, 235, 236–37, 240, 243, 300
psychology of, 9, 12, 13–14, 18, 20–30, 77–80, 184–85
recreations of, 20
religion and, 15, 179, 223, 301–2
“retirements” from competition by, 16, 18, 82
relaxation routines of, 221–22
single-minded chess focus of, 6–21
Soviets’ views of, 21
Spassky similarities with, 32
suspicious of Soviets, 13, 26, 257
U.S. championship, 8, 10, 15–16, 17
women, attitude toward, 25
world championship, 247, 280–85, 287, 295–301
world championship qualifying
matches, 84–89, 92–98
See also Fischer-Spassky competition
Fischer, Gerhardt (father), 4, 306
Fischer, Joan (sister). See Targ, Joan Fischer
Fischer, Regina (mother), 4–8, 10, 12, 26–27, 29
FBI file on, 306, 313–21
Fischer-Spassky competition
background to championship match, 1, 99–121, 123, 124–61, 163–65
championship match, 1–3, 26, 56, 57–58, 66, 162, 165–85, 189–91, 197–210, 211, 216–20, 221, 233–36, 240–47, 254, 260–61, 266, 273–75, 309–11
choice of site, 123–29
cold war context of, 176, 227, 239, 270–80, 308–9
cultural impact of championship match, 225–32, 307–9
first tournament, 12–13
Fischer’s apology letter and, 160–61
nonchampionship matches, 12–13, 17, 22, 83–84
rematch (1992), 304–5
Spassky’s view of Fischer and, 30, 295
Flea House (N.Y.C.), 7
Flohr, Salo, 90
Forte, Chet, 201
Fox, Chester, 162–63, 167, 169–70, 173, 178, 183, 201, 205, 211, 220–21, 223–24, 283
Freudian psychology, 78–79
Fried Chicken tournament, 299
From Russia with Love (film), 239–40
Frost, David, 128, 148
Furman, Semion, 40, 200
G
Gagarin, Yuri, 168
game theory, 186–90
Garment, Leonard, 298
