Serbian newspaper Politika has posthumously published an “exclusive” by Miro Radojčić, who interviewed Bobby Fischer, the mighty king of chess, at renowned Dan Tana’s restaurant in West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, United States, at a time (1982) when Fischer was disappeared from any public view for a decade or so. Present at the dinner — apart from Fischer and Radojčić — were Dan Tana himself and, incidentally, Carl Foreman, one of the screenwriters who in the 1950s had been blacklisted by Hollywood communist witch-hunts, and for whom, instead, Fischer had the utmost esteem and admiration for his courage in defying the system.
After dinner, the four men ended up at Foreman’s home, where there was a giant chess set. And Foreman, a fond enthusiast of chess, did not fail to ask Fischer what his most celebrated move was like, worthy of going down in the chess annals. Quite curiously, Fischer replied that it was his worst move: “I don’t know what happened to me. My opponent could have easily checkmated me, but this unexpected move threw him into confusion...”.
Radojčić was also among those who helped persuade Fischer to resurface to claim his title in 1992, after twenty years of oblivion.
After dinner, the four men ended up at Foreman’s home, where there was a giant chess set. And Foreman, a fond enthusiast of chess, did not fail to ask Fischer what his most celebrated move was like, worthy of going down in the chess annals. Quite curiously, Fischer replied that it was his worst move: “I don’t know what happened to me. My opponent could have easily checkmated me, but this unexpected move threw him into confusion...”.
Radojčić was also among those who helped persuade Fischer to resurface to claim his title in 1992, after twenty years of oblivion.
The king’s recrowning ceremony in Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
Thursday, November 5, 1992. Pictured from left are: János Kubát, Lothar Schmid, Boris Vasilievich Spassky, Fischer, and Jezdimir Vasiljević. Photo: Anđelko Vasiljević. |
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