tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534259339124817616.post3449008443126070968..comments2023-05-19T07:29:10.537-04:00Comments on Tartajubow's Chess Books and Equipment: The Greatest Secrets of Bobby Fischer by Nenad Nesh StankovicTartajubowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825756152678176267noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534259339124817616.post-87214381789954239462017-04-02T05:46:54.745-04:002017-04-02T05:46:54.745-04:00A player at my club, Mr. Brook, tells a story of w...A player at my club, Mr. Brook, tells a story of when he played Bobby Fischer in a simultaneous Exh. He played a French defence and lost terribly but while he was playing, he had placed a gold-painted rook by the chessboard as a good-luck relic. On the sixth or seventh occasion that Bobby came to make his move, picked up the rook and tucked it away into the pocket of his jacket! <br />When the simul was over, he came back and said "Man with the golden rook, it was distracting me but here's your piece back." <br /><br />Sometimes he brings it to the club and shows it off. The golden rook that disturbed the concentration of Bobby Fischer. That piece is priceless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534259339124817616.post-41075098384555916892013-04-01T09:59:56.062-04:002013-04-01T09:59:56.062-04:00I have read this book and did not care for the aut...I have read this book and did not care for the author’s waxing poetic on many occasions and there are no games. in fact the games themselves are barely mentioned at all but that is ok because they have been adequately covered in other books. halfway through the match spassky told the author fischer was not playing well and asked for additional money! we do find out fischer was often changeable as the wind and only really cared about one thing and that was chess. we also learn the only person he cared about was robert j. fischer, but all that is nothing new.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com