Do you still think that Regina neglected her son, Peter? -- Flambers Drugstore

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, [7] ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: Mon, January 13 2003, 5:51:27
Author: Todd
Subject: Do you still think that Regina neglected her son, Peter?

http://www.chesscafe.com/board/board.htm

Post by Dave Arganian [1-9-03]

447-24

Bobby was from a broken home. His mother was out working day and night to support her little family and Bobby was all alone as a small child constantly. It's true that after he began playing chess he went ot chess clubs, stayed at Jack Collins home, but he had nothing even approximating a normal stable family life. It's no wonder he had trouble trusting other people.

His mom had a favorable view of the U.S.S.R. because she had left-wing political views and she had studied there in the 30s. No doubt Bobby was excited to visit the Soviet Union in 1958 as US Champion, because the Soviets had the best players, but they did not treat him very respectfully, and negative articles about his character began to appear in the Russian press. This turned Bobby into a lifelong hater of the Soviet government and chess establishment. After Curacao 1962, who could blame him?

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

"Bobby was all alone" -- Peter van der Hoog, Mon, January 13 2003, 17:08:09
- Re: "Bobby was all alone" -- Todd, Tue, January 14 2003, 3:11:05
  - Dutch documentary on Fischer -- Peter van der Hoog, Thu, January 16 2003, 8:01:59
    - Why not? -- Todd, Fri, January 17 2003, 4:01:03
    - 13 champions -- Katerina, Sat, January 18 2003, 3:20:23
      - Re: 13 champions -- Peter van der Hoog, Wed, January 22 2003, 7:32:39
        Re: 13 champions -- Katerina, Wed, January 22 2003, 10:20:20
    - Re: Dutch documentary on Fischer -- Margaret, Sun, January 19 2003, 16:22:11
    - Got the pictures -- Todd, Mon, January 20 2003, 2:30:44
      - Re: Got the pictures -- Peter van der Hoog, Mon, January 20 2003, 7:44:51
        Re: Got the pictures -- Todd, Mon, January 20 2003, 9:04:29
        Re: Got the pictures -- Peter van der Hoog, Wed, January 22 2003, 7:25:57
        Re: Got the pictures -- Todd, Wed, January 22 2003, 8:37:44