Imagine you have an outstanding talent in something - a sublime talent. You're not just in the very top rank amongst your contemporaries, you're one of the all-time greats. And you go and chuck it away. That's Bobby Fischer, who has died. Instead of his great gift, this:
Despite having a Jewish mother, Fischer was an outspoken anti-Semite, using broadcasts at far-flung radio stations to accuse Jews of everything from his legal woes to an alleged conspiracy to kill off elephants.Ian Dury said it best.