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1 online resource (225 pages) |
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Chapter One -- BRIEF NOTES ON PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY, PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, AND RESEARCH METHODS; Chapter Two -- DRAMATIC RISE AND MYSTERIOUS FALL OF BOBBY FISCHER; Chapter Three -- IN THE BEGINNING: THE EARLY LIFE OF BOBBY FISCHER; Chapter Four -- MOTHER LOVE: UNDERSTANDING REGINA FISCHER'S RELATIONSHIP WITH SON BOBBY; Chapter Five -- WHO IS MY FATHER? THE MYSTERY OF BOBBY FISCHER'S PATERNITY; Chapter Six -- THE MIND AND INNER LIFE OF BOBBY FISCHER; Chapter Seven -- A PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY OF BOBBY FISCHER; Chapter Eight -- THE PARALLEL LIVES AND MENTAL ILLNESSES OF PAUL MORPHY AND BOBBY FISCHER. |
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Chapter Nine -- ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENIUS AND MADNESS--ARE CHESS MASTERS MORE VULNERABLE TO MENTAL ILLNESS?Chapter Ten -- IF ONLY? PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF BOBBY FISCHER AND FAMILY; EPILOGUE; NOTES; APPENDICES; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; REFERENCES; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR. |
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Robert (Bobby) James Fischer was one of the world's most mysterious and exciting personalities of the middle 20th century. He single handedly ended a 35 year span of Russian domination of elite chess when he defeated Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship in 1972 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Fischer's dynamic victory ignited in Americans a passion for the game of chess and a deep pride in being American during the height of the Cold War. The world knows the story of Fischer's ascent to the pinnacle of chess genius and brilliance, and it knows of his psychological decline into social isolatio. |
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Fischer, Bobby, 1943-2008 -- Psychology.
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Fischer, Bobby, 1943-2008. |
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Psychology. |
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Chess players -- United States -- Biography.
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Chess players. |
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United States. |
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Chess -- Psychological aspects.
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Chess -- Psychological aspects. |
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Chess. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Ponterotto, Joseph G. A Psychobiography of Bobby Fischer : Understanding the Genius, Mystery, and Psychological Decline of a World Chess Champion. Springfield : Charles C Thomas, ©2012 9780398087425 |
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9780398087418 (electronic book) |
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0398087415 (electronic book) |
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