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Bobby Fisher Was a Genius and a Jerk
DARK KNIGHT
Days before he was due in Iceland for the world chess championship in 1972, Fischer was still concocting reasons not to go. Brad Darrach captured every moment of the madness.
Brad Darrach
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Dec. 19 2015
12:01AM EST
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