In chess news, world famous chess player Bobby Fischer died, according to a spokesman for the World Chess Federation. Now, if you are anything like me, you probably knew one maybe two (if you're really good) things about Bobby Fischer. And knowing that he played chess does not count, Captain Obvious.
Bobby was best known for kicking the crap out of some commie bastard chess player back in 1972. Ok, the commie bastard was the reigning World Champion of Chess, but that's like saying you're President of The Star Trek Club for 40-Year Old Virgins. If you're good, you know that he was picked up in Japan back in 2004 for using an invalid US passport. Apparently, Bobby did some things to piss off the US Department of State, and they invalidated his passport as punishment.
Anyway, what I learned today was that Bobby was also stark raving mad. When interviewed after 9-11, he thought it was wonderful news, and the whole thing was the fault of US foreign policy. Then, in a different interview, he listed his enemies as Jews, secret Jews, or CIA rats who work for the Jews. Awesome. I didn't even know there were secret Jews out there.
The moral of this little story is next time you think you're want to make fun of someone for being in the chess club, make damn sure they're not crazy. You could set them off and end up with a crazy, gun-toting chess player on your hands, and you don't want that. It's like next to impossible to get away from a crazed chess player with a gun - they're always thinking three moves ahead of you.
Bobby was best known for kicking the crap out of some commie bastard chess player back in 1972. Ok, the commie bastard was the reigning World Champion of Chess, but that's like saying you're President of The Star Trek Club for 40-Year Old Virgins. If you're good, you know that he was picked up in Japan back in 2004 for using an invalid US passport. Apparently, Bobby did some things to piss off the US Department of State, and they invalidated his passport as punishment.
Anyway, what I learned today was that Bobby was also stark raving mad. When interviewed after 9-11, he thought it was wonderful news, and the whole thing was the fault of US foreign policy. Then, in a different interview, he listed his enemies as Jews, secret Jews, or CIA rats who work for the Jews. Awesome. I didn't even know there were secret Jews out there.
The moral of this little story is next time you think you're want to make fun of someone for being in the chess club, make damn sure they're not crazy. You could set them off and end up with a crazy, gun-toting chess player on your hands, and you don't want that. It's like next to impossible to get away from a crazed chess player with a gun - they're always thinking three moves ahead of you.
