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      Who said the following?

      Historians and academics still dispute the origins of the ancient game of chess. But perhaps the real reason chess was invented was to boost Jewish self-esteem.

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      3 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        December 29, 2011 at 4:07 pm

        I am not sure but this sounds like a classic antisemitic tripe that only BOBBY FISCHER would spit out.
        If he only knew who Dr. Paul Nemenyi was.

      2. jcheyne Reply
        December 30, 2011 at 12:13 am

        I believe this is from a review of Brady’s new book, “Endgame.”

        The passage also includes this: “[W]hen not at the Lilienthals’, Fischer was often being fed and watered at the Jewish home of Laszlo Polgar, playing chess with his three immensely talented daughters, and informing them that Auschwitz was a hoax.”

        There’s an interview with Judit where she says that she did not play Bobby, but her sisters did. She also notes that something in Bobby’s mind had, at that time (1993), already “broke.” The best evidence, perhaps, is that he would deny the Holocaust in the Polgars’ home.

      3. Estimo Reply
        December 31, 2011 at 6:49 am

        Bobby wasn’t antisemitic… he was antizionist. There is a difference. If he was antisemitic he would have had nothing to do with the good Polgars or any other Jewish family.

        Fischer was misunderstood grossly just like his chess is still misunderstood. The whole world is still in the dark about the world bankers who rule the world through false flag wars and artificial economic depressions. Bobby said this was coming. He wasn’t insane. He was a prophet.

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