# What's the news on Bobbv Fisher?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 14, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-news-on-bobbv-fisher/493059 "2009-04-14T12:58:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simple\_Mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Simple\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Mind)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-news-on-bobbv-fisher/493059/1 "2009-04-14T12:58:32Z")

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There was always a lot of controversy about The Chess Camp, last i heard is that he migrated to Island, what happened since then?

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**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-news-on-bobbv-fisher/493059/2 "2009-04-14T13:01:56Z")

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He died in 2008.

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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-news-on-bobbv-fisher/493059/3 "2009-04-14T13:08:42Z")

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I thought he was quiet! That’s probably why.

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-news-on-bobbv-fisher/493059/4 "2009-04-14T13:17:32Z")

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> [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](#):
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> He died in 2008.

That’s just a cover-up. He was actually kidnapped by the New World Order Zionist Conspiracy and forced to use his brainwaves to power a small fluorescent light bulb that commemorates the death of King Kong.

Or maybe he was abducted by the same aliens who told L. Ron Hubbard, “They may be pink, but their money is green.” I forget.

Stranger

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-news-on-bobbv-fisher/493059/5 "2009-04-14T14:27:20Z")

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Lengthy thread debating Fischer’s contributions to the world of chess: [R.I.P. Bobby Fischer - we’ll miss you](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451956).

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-news-on-bobbv-fisher/493059/6 "2009-04-14T14:30:25Z")

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> [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](#):
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> He died in 2008.

Fisher’s Gambit declined.