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Black & white : the rise and fall of Bobby Fischer / by Julian Voloj ; illustrated by Wagner Willian.

by Voloj, Julian.

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Abrams Comicarts, 2023.

Fischer, Bobby, 1943-2008 -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Chess -- Tournaments -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Mentally ill -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Chess players -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.

9781419759864 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Black and white : the rise and fall of Bobby Fischer

Rise and fall of Bobby Fischer

167 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"The life of Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) had many unexpected moves -- from his solitary childhood to his stratospheric accomplishments in the world of competitive chess, and eventually, his decent into mental illness and disgrace. Black & White begins in Brooklyn, where Fischer was born and raised by a single mother. By the time he was a teen, he had established himself as a loner and dropped out of school. But none of that mattered; he had found his true calling -- chess. In 1972, Fischer played what many consider "the game of the century" against the Soviet Union's chess champion Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War. Later, Fischer became the youngest-ever US Chess Champion and the game's youngest grandmaster. Never before had chess received such international attention. Fischer, whose sole focus in life up until then was chess, reached the Olympus of chess at 29, and then... he disappeared. Suffering from mental illness, the chess genius became increasingly paranoid, lost in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories -- despite the fact that he himself was Jewish -- and died as a fugitive in Iceland. With Black & White, author Julian Voloj and illustrator Wagner Willian have crafted a beautiful and fascinating work that reveals Fischer's history while also contextualizing his lasting impact on pop culture. Black & White is the first-ever graphic novel to tell Fischer's story and examine the legacy he left behind."--Provided by publisher.

Biographical comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic non-fiction.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Willian, Wagner, 1978-

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