Until he lost his mind and became a deranged America-hater and anti-semite. Sad. Fischer had master control over the game of chess but could not control his madness.
shareHa, I was going to say something similar.
This was playing on Pluto last night and I had it on in the background. Great movie. I should give it a proper re-watch. I never knew much about Fischer, so started googling him. Yeah, he was a total piece of shit. Cheered 9/11.
if he was such a bad person why make this movie in his honor ?
shareThis movie was made before he went completely crazy. But he was still not very well liked as even the description of the movie suggests on this page.
shareIt’s not a movie about him nor in his honor. It’s based upon a true story of a child chess prodigy who grew up admiring Bobby F.
shareHe was never diagnosed with a mental illness.
Some people had made that assumption about him without sufficient evidence to make a proper diagnosis. They were more likely drawing their conclusions on the basis of not liking the opinions he was expressing.