I trusted Justine also, who Helgi obviously coerced as well. My point of contact is “Helgi” who said this is how Fischer wanted it to be done. He is not hiding behind my skirt, he is getting over a huge disappointment right now and coming to terms that he must undergo a pair of significant lifestyle changes immediately: one for his health, and one to insure his financial well being. He was in love with a very dear friend of mine. Bobby Fischer has never met me, nor I him. I have property in my possession that I neither wanted, sought out, nor seek to hold onto. I am just an insignificant pawn in all of this, and I only know what I have been told by others. She contacted me and said friends of Bobby's had spent months collecting money to have his new book printed, and would I help out? I said ‘Why me?’ She said because I have no interest in chess and know nothing about ‘other goings on’ in Fischer's world. I am a very good friend of someone very dear to Bobby, we grew up together and have remained close though living thousands of miles away. I only knew about this project on December 7. These boxes were to be shipped to the winning bidders. There were two smaller boxes labeled ‘SPECIAL EDITION, FIRST PRINT RUN’ with 50 books in each one. I have thousands of copies of this book siting in boxes, unopened. I thought I was doing my friend a favor when she asked me. Apparently he might not even own the rights to his own book, can this be possible? Had I known this, I would have politely declined involvement. He is in a terribly fragile state as it is, and this might be too much for him. Poor Bobby! I can only imagine how he must feel right now.
When I requested more information and a review copy of the book, she sent this reply on December 17, 2007: She is an Asian woman living in Ottawa, Canada, who regretted getting involved. Yet in our extensive e-mails with the seller, she insisted it was no hoax and that he did participate. Icelandic papers reported that Fischer angrily denied writing it. Due to privacy concerns we cannot share further details.” The bid reached $3050 when eBay pulled the plug: “We recently suspended this seller's trading privileges. All books from 101 onward will say SECOND EDITION.” Another auction will be for books 51-100. You are bidding on THE FIRST 50 COPIES OF THIS BOOK! The first 100 copies are marked as SPECIAL EDITION, FIRST PRINT RUN. The eBay auction stated: “ The cover price is $24.95 but as a collector's item of limited production run, they can obviously sell for much more. Bobby originally gave “15 c4! Nf6 16 Bf4, etc.” but in the new edition he states: “I missed 15.Nc7! preventing the skewer.” Some wording was changed and the analysis was indeed improved, as in this position from a note to game one where 15 Nxd4 is clearly better. I worked on My 60 Memorable Games with Fischer and inspected the sample page provided by the seller. And I knew Bobby didn’t own the publishing rights to his own book, which were sold a decade ago by Simon & Schuster to Faber & Faber in England. Suspicious fans promptly noted that UBS stands for the Union (not United) Bank of Switzerland and that it’s Boris (not Borris) Spassky.
#BOBBY FISCHER MY 60 MEMORABLE GAMES BEST EDITION PLUS#
So I bring to you my previous 60 games plus one from the event that caused me so much trouble, in the hope that sales of this book will reverse that situation.” My ongoing battle with them is getting nowhere despite International Law clearly being on my side. And why now? The United Bank of Switzerland has taken almost all of the money from my 1992 rematch with Borris Spassky - over $3,000,000. I’ve wanted to release an official version of my book updated in algebraic notation with a few minor corrections. "I know many readers seek answers to probing questions regarding the Bobby Fischer of 1972. A 12-page foreword was supposedly penned by Fischer himself. The cover of this updated classic shows a diagram from Fischer-Spassky, 1st match game 1992 – the only addition. Another kerfuffle took place at an auction on eBay Canada last December for a revised edition called My 61 Memorable Games. Bobby Fischer kept a low profile after becoming an Icelandic citizen, but he still made waves before his death.
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