Yesterday, I went to see Pawn Sacrifice at a local movie theater. It was empty. There could not have been more than a dozen or so people in the theater on a Saturday night during the busiest time. I...
A Very Different Bobby Fischer with Dick Cavett
This was filmed in the Summer of 1971 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Dick Cavett’s view of Bobby Fischer
Larry Evans on Chess: Dick Cavett recalls interviews with Bobby FischerAugust 24, 2008 Brickbats and bouquets were tossed at Bobby Fischer after he died of kidney failure at 64. “He was a great man with tragic flaws who was...
Brilliant but eccentric
Cavett and chess buffs replay Bobby Fischer’s storyBy Caroline N. Jackson A memorial for Bobby Fischer at the Marshall Chess Club last Sunday drew a standing-room-only crowd and Dick Cavett, the former TV talk-show host, who had some of...
Playing like a machine
Cartoon by Oliver SchopfFebruary 22, 2008, 7:59 pmBobby and Youby Dick Cavett Thank you very much. That’s probably the number one cliché in the world, but merci beaucoup is a touch affected and the great George Orwell’s rules for...
The best Fischer interview
In my opinion, this is the best interview of Bobby. In this interview, he was quite himself. This was how he talked, joked and behaved when I knew him. February 8, 2008, 8:11 pmNew York TimesBy Dick Cavett Was...