Bobby Fischer Meets Bob Hope -- Hilarious!

I do not own copyright privileges to this video, but I think it is worthy of public scrutiny to show a historical perspective to Bobby Fischer's character just after winning the World Chess Championship in 1972. True, the dialogue is scripted, but the skit shows Bobby's good humor, sportsmanship and acting skills! To his credit, Bob Hope helped to endear Bobby Fischer to the American public not only as a national hero but also as a pretty funny guy too!

[@nrqed]

It is so wonderful to see Bobby smiling, relaxed, seemingly enjoying himself. The most surprising for me was to see him able to poke fun at himself (the "no camera" joke).

[@larissastevenson3720]

I wish we could have seen more of this kind of Fischer, relaxed, happy and almost calm, I wish we could have had 20 more years of him. But at least his legacy lives on. RIP Bobby Fischer.

[@bassesatta9235]

The Next Chapter i dont see him as egotistical, hes just lost a few marbles. and dont tell me its because i misunderstood him.

[@bassesatta9235]

The Next Chapter fair enough. i see

[@ken_caminiti]

@@bassesatta9235 Hello Menorah Man.

[@ken_caminiti]

@The Next Chapter "We've defeated the wrong enemy" - General Patton Boy did he get that one right.

[@cheesekimbap2996]

@The Next Chapter you could tell some snippets on his early interviews he was already interested in "conspiracy theories", over the years he just went deep into the rabbit hole and the more you realize the world is truly fucked you lose your sanity. he wasnt crazy he was just enlightened. ignorance really is bliss

[@SimonShilo]

It was fun to see Fischer just having fun Their conversation was hilarious

[@tehflooper]

Simon Shilo he wasn't having fun, he just memorized a script for the TV show

[@user-vt4hd8hb4v]

​@@tehflooper why you're a miserable thing ain't you. He's clearly having fun, memorizing the script or not

[@anisometropie]

Fischer is actually really good at this, I really like how he delivers those lines.

[@responsiblejerk2328]

Pretty sure he's reading from cue cards off camera, SNL style.

[@MizQue]

In later years, Bobby said he could have been an actor.

[@catherinehazur7336]

@@MizQue his timing was good!

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

There's now a clip of him on Carson.

[@MrRazorblade999]

Are you kidding? Awful acting.

[@bacchuslax7967]

Man learned another language to read books in that language. (Russian). That’s a champion. World class.

[@liliyanosarev627]

His mother came from Russia

[@sebastianjosefsson3620]

@@liliyanosarev627 Thats not true, his mother was from switzerland with polish/german jewish descent. He apperantly learned russian in a couple of weeks only to be able reading russian chess books. In a couple of weeks... thats the brain of an eidetic/photographic memory and 180 iq, he was a stone cold genius

[@JustRandomPerson]

You realize that most of the world learn at least one foreign language for that.

[@williamfabiano8463]

People complaining that this was rehearsed clearly missed the point of this video, this is not supposed to seem not staged. It's like a skit, whilst also informative about Bobby's life.

[@Liwet.]

More like to read *chess* books specifically.

[@poetcomic1]

Bob's writers gave it EVERYTHING here. This is some of the freshest lines I've heard from Bob's usually cornier crew.

[@KenDanieli]

Total shit

[@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE]

Bobby was naturally a good talker. Here you can tell it’s rehearsed but Bobby always had a dry blunt way of talking that came off as a joke For example the good morning check mate bit was essentially exactly what happened. Of course it was “good morning” “I resign” So Boris did most of the talking but it’s still more true than it is a joke

[@talhaozdemir96]

bobby: i had a date last night bob: no kidding, how did you do? bobby: great, i beat her in 4 moves

[@twinblade63]

+Talha Özdemir best line in the skit

[@singhbackONtrack]

Was hilarious line 😂

[@FirstPlace97]

No

[@FirstPlace97]

What do you produce?

[@chufflangs]

I'm gonna go with, films.

[@danielhavlin]

This is so interesting because, in a video of him later in his life, Bobby says he wishes he would've played chess less and maybe tried other things like acting. You can tell in this video he had relief when he wasn't primarily focused on chess and instead on his acting and comedy.

[@1UcMeOnce1]

People complaining that this was rehearsed clearly missed the point of this video, this is not supposed to seem not staged. It's like a skit, whilst also informative about Bobby's life.

[@InfiniteUniverse88]

Pretty sure it wasn't supposed to be informative. Fischer didn't train at a potato chip factory, nor was communication with Spassky as stated.

[@1UcMeOnce1]

You are mixing up the part where they intend to joke around and where they intend to be informative it seems to me

[@beakt]

Cheesy scripted skits like this were more in style in those days too.

[@True_Christian]

​@@1UcMeOnce1 Your post is wrong. This skit is *absolutely not* intended to be informative of Bobby's life. In real-life, he didn't care about Spassky at all and would never call him a nice guy. And he never trained at a potato chip factory. And he was not a lady's man, but rather, a recluse/longer/hermit type who was absolutely terrible at all social interactions, including with women.

[@futureofmoney3527]

@@beakt Absolutely...it has a charm of its own...loved it.

[@setsail3726]

Bobby Fischer was man form another planet he was genius

[@gordonm7038]

God knows how he saw those moves. Amazing mind.

[@Nagy50Magyar]

Understanding patterns well enough to put them together in dazzling new ways is not something just anyone can do. Nor is a good memory the only asset a chess player must have. He needs genius level visual/spatial abilities. If you think anyone below genius level IQ could be a grandmaster, let alone a super grandmaster, or the world champion, just try playing a single game without looking at the board. For grandmasters that is child's play. World Champions like Bobby Fischer could play many blindfold games simultaneously. They are far more than just people who have memorized some patterns.

[@Nagy50Magyar]

Totally wrong, even if becoming a grandmaster required nothing more than memory and pattern recognition. Great memory, including short term memory is necessary for both the mathematical and the spatial components of standard IQ tests. What you are attempting to reduce to "pattern recognition" is actually advanced visual/spatial ability totally beyond the power of anyone with ordinary intelligence. It is, in fact, tested on standard IQ tests. Why do you persist with this nonsense?

[@EarthSurferUSA]

I can't even use your name to address this reply, because your name has less "class" than . But to Bobby Fischer, it was amazing that he came from a broken family, with FBI always around (his mother was a communist, and the FBI watched communists like criminals back then. Now, we vote for them), and he learned the game, becoming the world champ--on his own agaisnt the schooled stranglehold of Russian dominance. Yea, I think he went a bit nuts too, but what he did was amazing, and I am not taking that part of Bobby Fischer away from mankind. He was an amazing, "individual", and that is where all greatness comes from, (communism hates individualism, including "yourself"). What do you look up too, after all greatness is torn down? Take the good man, take the good. Or else we are left with bad.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

There is strategy also, and it all gets invented as the game evolved. With so many possible moves, the possibilities of inventing new strategy, (from past experience, intuition and intelligence to build the concepts like nobody ever had done before), is endless, but only a few actually advance strategy as the rest follow patterns. Bobby Fischer did not "follow" anybody. He learned and he lead, evolving the game as only a genius can. Then, he went off the deep end and became a Jew hater, (instead of blaming collectivism as a whole). He was not so smart there. But to a vid I think you will like, about a psychologist in russia who set out to make his daughter a genius, (and the sisters did well also), here is the story of Susan Pulger, world chess champ. Enjoy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKjdpGZprNulb6c

[@FutureAbe]

I'm obsessed with Bobby's hands as he moves pieces. There's something about those long fingers and how he slams the piece down

[@starboiklem8381]

Thats sus bro

[@settingtea6653]

Sus

[@FutureAbe]

@@starboiklem8381 What's sus

[@ELVIS1975T]

@@FutureAbe They're saying you're a SUSpect gay :)

[@FutureAbe]

@@ELVIS1975T You say the word ‘long’ and you immediately know where people’s minds go to. Haha

[@carlmontefalco4060]

3:55 In the morning he said "You're late", in the evening I say "checkmate"

[@rodolfo6reyes640]

fucking legend

[@rpc717]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how incredibly cool Bob Hope is? He had to be to get Bobby Fischer to perform a skit this long, not to mention one where Bobby didn't write his own lines. Dick Cavett was also able to get to the real Bobby underneath the armor.

[@alexthomson7465]

His dick Cavett interviews are wonderful

[@thejose965]

Bobby fisher : some call him a genius, to others he is an eccentric. But for most chess lovers HE IS THE BEST CHESS PLAYER THE CHESS WORLD HAS EVER PRODUCED

[@MrDynamic0]

+Jose Fernandes no Tal was better

[@melrakan]

+Jose Fernandes Eccentric is understating it. Bobby Fischer was a madman.

[@Sakuni60]

+MrDynamic0 Well, Tal was a tactical genius and he took chances. Bobby seldom made mistakes. He played positional chess decades beyond his time - same way Steinitz did almost 75 years before him...

[@keithbate9405]

+MrDynamic0 By Elo rating Fischer's peak rating was way above Tal. True Tal did have a life time plus score v Fischer 4 wins to 2. But all of Tal's wins were in one tournament when the American was only 16yo. Tal never beat him again in any kind of game. In the 1970 Hercig N blitz tourn Fischer beat Tal 2-0 and Fischer won the toun by a mile. You may not think blitz is relevant but 16 years later Tal was able to win the first world official blitz tourn ahead of both Kasparov and Karpov.

[@keithbate9405]

+Victor Creed I think chess kept him sane. After winning the WC and "retiring" he did become increasingly eccentric and then a madman.

[@enigma9306]

Who wants to bet Fischer was actually studying the position?

[@sadboitimes9012]

He wasn't. Bob Hope isn't a chess player. I'm guessing the position they reached was so dead simple fischer took one look at it and calculated 10 moves ahead in a matter of seconds.

[@sadboitimes9012]

Even in open positions, there are only 1 or 2 playable moves at the grandmaster level. Vishy Anand said that given a relatively simple position, he can calculate upto 70 moves ahead in about half an hour. And this is a man who claims that Bobby Fischer was the best chess player who ever lived. If you compare it to that, calculating 10 moves ahead would be a piece of cake for a guy like Fischer.

[@colemanadamson5943]

Jordan Nexhip ....you obviously are not a chess player and if you are, not a good one....because you know nothing.

[@YoBroMan]

Jordan Nexhip - First, very nice piano cover. Well played. If you're rated 1600, then you're either member of the US Chess Federation or FIDE. Odd, I didn't find you on either, but I was able to find me. It shows I haven't played since 9/30/2003, but my rating still remains; 1723. Although, I must admit, because I no longer play I'm willing to bet that technically I'm probably closer to 1200 today. To get to 1600, you would have had to play in tournaments which always report the results to the governing chess board because you'd have to play against other rated players. Any other method of "rating" is not official and is, basically, meaningless. There are several people on KZbin who analyze chess games. One of my favorites is Suren, who happens to be rated internationally at over 2000+. In his videos he very commonly looks 6, 8, 10 moves ahead after the openings have given way to the mid and end game. That type of analysis is critical if you want to be a successful chess player. Opening moves have been calculated to death, some to the first 18 moves. Fisher really complained about "memorization" which is why he preferred Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess), which Fischer himself created and announced in 1996. In Chess 960, you have to play based on your skill because the pieces are randomly arranged at the opening. No two boards are the same.

[@YoBroMan]

That's too bad, I praised your piano playing.

[@mashbrown8622]

i don't even care if the whole thing was scripted, that's amazing.

[@Tunz909]

Look here, it HAD to be scripted, it was a comedy skit!!!LOLOL

[@jaymarkgaming5113]

@@Tunz909 they made their owns script off camera and memorized it 100 percent sure

[@AncientChess]

Fantastic clip! Shows a Fischer most have forgotten

[@AncientChess]

+Djenkov Thanks. It's very obvious to me that the show was scripted -- I would think that viewers can see it's a sort of spoof skit. Still, it shows a good deal of Fischer's personality. Don't you agree?

[@spassky4353]

+AncientChess i agree

[@brainsareus]

+AncientChess cute,though contrived. those lines must've been written,as people did not go off script,back then,on these shows. [especially,invited non-performers.]

[@Malouco]

I don't get when he says "u got gin"?

[@AncientChess]

+brainsareus Yeah, maybe it takes a certain familiarity with TV conventions, but to me it's totally obvious that it's scripted. It's a Bob Hope schtick. It's a skit, it's not an interview. Those are completely different things and I don't understand why so many of the comments in this thread are wrestling with that distinction. I think it's delightful and shows a lot of Bobby's willingness to play along. He was in good spirits at that time.

[@JimJWalker]

Why oh why could we not had 20 years of "that" Bobby Fischer. Chess would be bigger than golf or tennis!

[@marcelogil1915]

Chess is bigger than golf and tennis

[@QueekHeadtaker]

because are brains are an amorphous solid, not a sculpture.

[@Joseph-nh6in]

bosox, if Jews are in charge of all the media then why is the media so atheist and anti-Theist all of the time? If Jews are in charge, why does the media seem hellbent on trying to depict science as something that has been an atheist pursuit all along, despite every genius scientist to have been a Theist? The media seems intent on making America as atheist and anti-Theist as possible. Why would they want that if they are Jewish? And I am asking because I am genuinely curious. I'm not trying to argue.

[@Joseph-nh6in]

Fascinating. Could you please elaborate and point me to where I can find information about this? Particularly about Israel? I would love to read more about it,

[@christiandrechsler3186]

Because your insane country threw him out like a wet dog. :)

[@dmed312]

That was awesome! Why couldn't this be the Fischer that went down in history.

[@TimJSwan]

Because comedy is people who believe they are real pursuing temporary pleasure. He believed he was false and pursued the truth.

[@jimmynoego434]

+dmed "this be the Fischer", I wouldn t put it that way... Fischer is Fischer - same as ever- the one and only. He's dead as much as Mozart orTesla.

[@dr1120gmail]

+Tim-J.Swan Damn that is deep. Most likely true though.

[@AGMartinez]

How dare Bobby Fischer not be what we want him to be.

[@retardexposer1385]

dmed I prefer the crazily ranting anti Jewish Fischer

[@ForeverBeach]

Fantastic! Bobby finished off Spassky on 9/1/72, this Bob Hope Special aired 10/5/72. Besides Fischer, the show's other guests were The Carpenters, David Cassidy, Alexis Smith, Mark Spitz, and Les Brown & His Band of Renown. Ah, the good old days.

[@robmorr23]

Michael Starr I never knew when it was aired. Thank you.

[@geraldschmadl992]

The best Chessmaster from all time, and one of the greatest show Master of the world

[@sliceserve234]

WOW! Never seen this before. The writing for the sketch was great, and Hope and Fischer nailed it. This is fantastic!

[@s4dreamland671]

Bob Hope's prophetic use of the homonym "King" brings a chill to the very spirit of chess and the loss of it's quintessential wonder..01/17/08. RIP Bobby Fischer..not forgotten...

[@Draco04]

Bobby is so charismatic, I love this video. Thank you.

[@rl2552]

Fischer may not be an actor but you've gotta believe he probably looked at the script one time and memorized all the words verbatim, the page numbers they were on, the typeface, and any conventions errors.

[@ANT18621]

I was thinking exact same thing. He def did.

[@adatta3046]

+Shiggity Shwa Did you see how fidgety and uncomfortable he was? I reckon he read through his script dozens of times.

[@rl2552]

***** he was always fidgety and uncomfortable

[@adatta3046]

+Shiggity Shwa Doesn't make this time any less uncomfortable for him.

[@rl2552]

***** nor any more uncomfortable

[@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE]

1:37😂. Bobby was a treasure. Even the players he destroyed admitted the chess federation was the problem, not Bobby,

[@julieporter7805]

I bet Bob Hope was impressed that he made Bobby Fischer laugh. This shows that despite his later troubles one time he did have a sense of humor and laughed at himself.

[@qz1771]

0:25 Woah, just noticed Bob Hope's side is labeled "Hopesky"

[@avicennitegh1377]

lmao

[@visharadrawat977]

In the morning he'd say - you're late And in the evening I'd say - Checkmate. Damn Bobby, you be dropping Bars before Slim Shady. 🔥🔥🔥

[@philljenner4045]

This is brilliant!....never even knew this clip existed before today! .Bobby played his part very well.

[@norman-gregory]

Great to see footage of Bobby Fischer happy and smiling. Two meetings of 2 Bobs...one a great showman, and the other, a genius of chess. R.i.p...both gentlemen.

[@mikejaqua4604]

It's nice to see him like this. Relaxed, humorous, even silly. Such a damned shame that he just went crazier and crazier. He was a fairly nice fellow way back then.

[@FitnessOutSideTheBox]

Never crazy… He was right about literally everything.

[@DanielStevens-i6e]

Fischer was somewhat eccentric but never crazy, but what he was was sad and bitter at the country that betrayed him and made him an international pariah for simply trying to earn a living in the game he loved

[@mishtaromaniello8295]

I love how Fischer acknowledges his ego so well, he gives no shit about what others think of him.

[@Tunz909]

Have always loved this about President Trump as well...think it's that cocky New York upbringing!!:-)

[@MrEdwardCollins]

Wow. How in the world did you get a copy of this??? I've read, many times over the years, that soon after Fischer won the title from Spassky in '72 that he appeared on the Bob Hope show. However, I have never seen any footage of it. I was sure footage no longer existed. It's amazing to see this little skit after all this time. Quick story: After Fischer won the title, that winter he was scheduled to appear on Dinah Shore's talk show. (You're dating yourself if you know who she is.) However, this was scheduled for a school day and I wasn't able to watch it. (My mom didn't mind if I missed school that day, but my dad said no way.) And of course I couldn't "tape" it, since this was MANY years before VCRs were invented. However, the night before it snowed and it snowed and it snowed. It snowed so much during the night all of the schools in our little town were close, since the buses couldn't get through. (For those living in the west or south, we had what is called a Snow Day.) Since there was no school that day, I was able to stay home and watch Fischer on the Dinah Shore Show after all!

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

What was his appearance on that show like?

[@MrEdwardCollins]

Ryan Ortega Ryan, I don't remember much. What I do remember is that I was hoping to "learn a chess secret or two" that would help me win some games, but that I didn't learn anything at all. I remember Fischer moved the pieces around on the board very quickly, when he was showing Dinah a variation or two, of one of his games. I remember the entire segment only lasting a few minutes, and that I was disappointed with that. As I recall, this was the first time I saw him, other than in photographs from the tv news or the newspaper. Although I have a couple of still photos of him with Dinah from that day, I do wish I had a copy of that episode. I'd like to see it again, just for fun.

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Edward Collins I convinced my Mother to watch a documentary on Fischer that aired on the Game Show Network, and in it, Dinah Shore's Program was mentioned as being one of the offers after the Title that Fischer actually did accept; Mother mentioned just how famous a show her's was, and also how a certain young actor cared a great deal for Ms. Shore. It's telling just how young you were that you had hoped to learn some Chess Strategy from a talk show appearance - that's adorable, really. Out of curiosity, when Fischer's image was "everywhere," as I've oft times read, is it true that he was looked up to for his height, manner of dress, and looks? (I always think of Glenn Gould whenever I think of Fischer, as both were - well, really cool.)

[@MrEdwardCollins]

Yea, that young actor you're referring to is Burt Reynolds. He was much younger than Dinah, but they were an item for awhile. I don't know one way or another if he was looked to for his height, dress, and looks. I suppose it's possible.

[@mimibarn]

Edward Collins aah the joy and magic of youtube.............

[@thestew56]

Big fan of Fischer....Never knew he did this. Thank You very much!

[@kristianpramono4583]

3:30 "Nice rhymes man"

[@TheUncutAngel]

bring us back to these wholesome days lol. everything is so toxic now.

[@IJVin]

Fischer was rabidly antisemitic since at least the early 1960s. It was toxic then, too.

[@TheUncutAngel]

@@IJVin 😪😪😪😪

[@robotnik77]

@@IJVin I guess it's OK, since his mother was Jewish.

[@theblindvisionary]

@@IJVin things are toxic because everyone loves to bring others down by accusations and reference to past mistakes.

[@IJVin]

@@theblindvisionary: Someone being an anti-Semite is toxic. Acknowledging that someone is an anti-Semite is not toxic. The idea that they're equivalent is like saying that the witness is just as bad as the criminal.

[@TOGGGAA1]

Wow listen to that applause the audience gave him! Im so glad he was appreciated like that. Even it were only for a moment

[@Tunz909]

And if you replay it and listen carefully, it was going on and on, Hope actually butted in to stop the applause!!!

[@goldengab]

I've been looking for this on internet for a long long time... finally! Thanks! Bobby as the national hero in 1972, the year that dramatically changed the chess life of many people. We must say thank to this great champion, he did to chess what Einstein did to the universe.

[@bobcrestwood740]

I remember watching this live on TV in 1972. This is the first time I've seen it since then. I believe Bob Hope did another special the same year featuring Mark Spitz, after his record-setting string of gold medals in the '72 Olympics. Bob wanted to showcase American heroes.

[@brikshoe6259]

Good stuff! Dare I say, well-acted by Bobby Fischer! Funnies on both sides, but I think Fischer got the best lines. I was a tournament chess player long before he won the World Championship, but his win really brought the game public notoriety. Now, I've not played tournaments in many years.

[@huss03]

Bobby was a handsome devil in his prime...

[@OscarBravoUSA]

Thank you for uploading. Fischer really did have an underappreciated sense of humor.

[@yogi9631]

2 genius at top of their game. One comical genius the other a Chess genius in this hilarious mock up. Bobby Fisher is without doubt the best ever.

[@Jashub88]

This video was fantastic. I read a biography about Bobby Fischer. This video served as supplementary material for me. It seems to me that Bobby Fischer's life is covered in dot points placing significance on certain events. However, after seeing him actually animated and speaking it's easy to see how the stories about him may have been true but so much is missing because we are not able to actually hear him speaking about them from his perspective. For example, he made excellent points once he elaborated about the lighting in a chess game. A person who has put so much time and effort into becoming competitive and arguably the best chess player in the world must have sounded a bit pedantic and crazy to others when he complained about a nuance such as the lighting in a tournament. Five hours of staring at a chessboard definitely would affect a player's eyes and the lighting would have been a significant factor.

[@catherinehazur7336]

Yes also noise and distractions

[@edwarddeitch8886]

Fischer had a great personality that many people never knew about.

[@tehflooper]

Edward Deitch he is an INTJ

[@TheAvenstar]

Sounds like you're quoting Jud from the play "Oklahoma." Jud loved little children, and everybody else in the whole world. -- only he never let on, so nobody ever know'd it.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

@@tehflooper Myers-Briggs is a load of hooey.

[@bluegiant13]

​@@tehflooper No he is bobby fischer, I've never met an intj smarter than him in real life

[@bajaborracho9139]

Two legends the likes of whom will never again grace this planet. Just listen to that crowd when Bobby Fischer walks onto the stage. Now that is some serious reverence.

[@ZumaDogg]

Bobby has great comedy timing AND delivery. Held his own with Bob Hope.

[@lubime10]

Amazing to watch Bobby been funny !!!

[@MackenzieMichael]

The Bruce Lee of chess.

[@mishtaromaniello8295]

He's more like the Bobby Fischer of chess. ;)

[@chessassassin3035]

No, he was the Jackie Chan of chess, but Magnus Carlsen is the Jet Li of chess while Anand is Jim Kelly of chess. In my opinion, Kasparov is the Bruce Le of chess.

[@MackenzieMichael]

CHESS ASSASSIN DIDN'T FISCHER BEAT KASPAROV? SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS. MY KEYBOARD IS MESSED UP AT THE MOMENT.

[@colemanadamson5943]

Se7en Stones.....The answer to your question is a simple, no. They never played each other.

[@chessassassin3035]

***** yes, they have a fictitious game of Robert Fisher playing Kasparov.

[@Paula_Shelton]

That was great! It was good to see Bobby having fun. What a genius! What a champion!

[@denisceballos9745]

I had just graduated from high school in the summer of ‘72. That chess championship in Iceland was all the rage at the time. It was all over the news, and on magazine covers worldwide. We were caught up in chess fever. My friends and I would follow the matches live, listening to radio reports as they came in. And of course, Bobby Fischer, the kid from Brooklyn, was an international celebrity - an unwitting one, and maybe an unwilling one. He’s good in this clip. Thanks!

[@Ronbo710]

This is AWESOME and hurts at the same time. God I wish he could have stayed around while I was growing up in the early '70's :(.

[@mauriciomoresco]

Bobby has played most time alone, in hotel roons, and without US government support behind him. On the other side, Soviet Union has made chess its national pride. After the Second World War, all world champions were Soviet origin being the exception Bobby Fischer.

[@MrSupernova111]

Magnus and Anand are also soviets?

[@themanwiththehamandtheplan9987]

MrSupernova111 Well it's kind of hard to be a world champion for a country that ceased to exist.

[@whatsinaname7289]

@@MrSupernova111 those two are very recent

[@MrSupernova111]

@@whatsinaname7289 ,the second world war ended in 1945 which was 75 years ago. Twenty years ago Anand won the world title and since 2013 Carlsen has held the title. I guess the majority of the last twenty years is not part of the last 75 years of history.

[@whatsinaname7289]

@@MrSupernova111 well ok u have a point, but still, 50 years is a long time, and most of that time was dominated by the likes of Kasparov, Karpov, Spassky, Petrosian, etc. So I still think it was a great achievement by Bobby Fischer to be the WC during a manily-Soviet dominated era.

[@billdiaz3041]

Bob still makes me laugh after all those years.

[@jimgag2]

I never knew that Bobby Fischer went on the Bob Hope show. It's a classic. Thanks for posting.

[@danielbeckenbauer599]

THE BEST CHESS PLAYER EVER =BOBBY THE MAGIC FISCHER REST IN PEACE !!THANKS FOR SHARE

[@spetruck1]

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time....thank you for finding and posting this Serene Thought!

[@mnormanhammerlord7655]

The American Chess Congress was the official sponsor of the BOBBY FISCHER INT’L CHESS PARK proposed to be built in Santa Monica to honor the only American to have won the World Chess Championship. Bobby had an impressive career and for many is considered the greatest in chess. He began to study chess at the age of six and became a voracious student of the game. Fischer won the United States Chess Championship at the age of fourteen and at fifteen became the youngest grandmaster at that time. In two consecutive years, he won the United States Chess Championship with a perfect score and has held the title eight times. In 1972, he captured the World Chess Championship with a decisive lead. In 1975, the Soviets and the International Chess Federation [FIDE] claimed the title on forfeiture in what is still a controversial issue and thus began the FIDE World Chess Championship. In 1992, Fischer emerged to play a rematch for the real title and won in good fashion. He died in 2008. The chess tables at the foot of the pier in Santa Monica, California are known of internationally. It was the former site of the old Santa Monica Bay Chess Club. Bobby first played in Santa Monica during the Piatigorsky Cup [a strong international tournament] in 1966. When Fischer lived in Pasadena in the late eighties, he would delight many with his visits to the tables. For these reasons, the tables have been selected to honor a great American chess hero.

[@catherinehazur7336]

Thank you for the apocrypha regarding the Santa Monica Pier and Southern California where he used to play and get up games. There is also a Bobby Fischer museum in Selfoss, Iceland near the Church cemetery where he is buried. Nice video exists on YT of Garry Kasparov visiting his grave and honoring him.

[@geraldschmadl992]

the greatest Chess Player from this planet

[@heekyungkim8147]

Bobby was such a handsome man. Not only Genius.

[@dougowen9873]

Bobby was the inspiration for a lot of us to pick up the game back in the 1960's. I will always treasure his memory because of that inspiration. To see the humorous side of his personality here is a truly wonderful gift. He was a flawed genius, largely those flaws were no fault of his own but the product of a very volatile childhood upbringing. He left us way too young but by the end he was, as Hemingway said of the human condition, beaten down by the world.

[@Osama30061989]

At 3.13 Fischer said: " You have got to give up everything; make chess your whole life" He was not joking. This is why he is the greatest chess player.

[@jeffgreen3376]

That's also why he couldn't do anything but play chess.

[@jimhemphill2841]

Yes, Fischer was the only chess player to give everything lol what's wrong with you?

[@leoplusvirgo2890]

@@jimhemphill2841 the great bobby fisher that's how I know him

[@catherinehazur7336]

@@jeffgreen3376 well, he liked to swim, work out, play tennis and pingpong. He may not have gotten to do it very much. He enjoyed hiking, hiked out in nature to hang out and play with the Icelandic Horses. He may not have had enough down time. He seems to have been a severe, habitual chessaholic to achieve what he did in addition to his basic talent.Maybe his stay in Iceland made him aware of what he was missing out on......

[@Tunz909]

@@catherinehazur7336 Well sure, and once you scale Everest, what's the point in doing it again. At least he wanted his own terms for the match with Karpov who I believe he would have won handedly. But the Russians balked, so Bobby thought...hey "I'm still unbeaten if they want the title they need to come after me"..they never did, so Bobby felt compelled to take his marbles and go home. But viewing this clip with Hope you can clearly see, Bobby was lucid in all ways, sense of humor, timing, appearance...Had the match taken place in 1975 in Manila like it was suppose to...and we all get to see another side of Bobby ...but that's in another dimension.

[@peterhershon4242]

I am very sad that Bob Fischer passes away some years ago. I still miss him sorely now. I followed his life and chess all my life.

[@chanchal596]

Same

[@herbertmische8660]

Great, fantastic and immortal Bobby Fischer, the absolutely best chess player ever!!! Respect forever!!!

[@stevenhaff3332]

Bobby sounds right at home here. What a natural. Doesn't act nervous at all.

[@TCarr897]

Fischer is clearly enjoying himself and this is awesome to see!

[@foorankoo9274]

Bobby did pretty good and he has a good sense of timing

[@computo2000]

"thats the way I play" You can tell he improvised by the way Bobby laughed.

[@bjorngeorgenson8165]

The world misses you Bobby Fischer. Such a brilliant, sensitive, troubled soul.

[@ftsjr]

I remember watching this show. On this program, and in every televised interview I'd ever seen of him, Bobby Fischer seemed like a very likeable guy. That was long before he lost his marbles. Thanks for the posting.

[@nikanj100]

At 4:44 when Bobby says," say this is an interesting position". It was quite an awkward moment for Bobby. He has to compose, and then repeat himself! He is so shocked that Hope just JUMPED his king ten spaces up the board. HA, I' m sure Bobby was shocked at such an egregious move.

[@LenHummelChannel]

An amazingly brilliant genius and tormented soul, ... especially in later life when he quit competitive chess altogether. a true maverick all his life.

[@karimshawagfeh3630]

Now this... does put a smile on my face

[@GrislyAtoms12]

Two of my all-time favorites - Bob Hope and Bobby Fischer. Thanks for posting this, I loved it! Fischer actually didn't perform too badly, although of course Hope ran circles around Bobby because Hope had the show biz background.

[@holl01]

I love the part were Bob said he once did a margarine commercial, hahahaha, you can see Bobby start cracking up even before he said it, lol.

[@jenniferclark9842]

Oh yes, the Imperial margarine commercial.

[@sparx180]

Bob Hope one of the finest comediennes, now nothing but filth, together with the world renowned chess player Bobby. Glad I had a chance to watch it. Just good fun!

[@albertyong8177]

Omg I just wish I can go back in time and save him from insanity. He is very genious + entertaining

[@Mathview]

TY for posting. Bobby with his best Brooklyn accent.

[@mimibarn]

THANKYOU SOOO MUCH FOR THIS!!!!!!!!! - CLASSIC x

[@mikeymeals]

This was just classic great!!!! Thank u for this!! I never knew Bobby Fischer to be such a sport..

[@youtube_moderator]

dude is nicholas cage's real dad

[@kwokatmooff]

thats a very good point!

[@wymankaluba3827]

Cage would have made a good choice to play Fischer than Macguire

[@docholiday8315]

Fischers a better actor than Cage

[@zemlidrakona2915]

@@docholiday8315 LOL!

[@babapur3255]

@@zemlidrakona2915 it was a joke, due to their facial features

[@revolutionaryprepper4076]

Bob Hope, ever the comedian. Bobby Fischer showing up on the Bob Hope Show was a wonderful idea. He actually had a good sense of humor. Ty for this clip. May both men RIP.

[@animationsarehere6455]

Great men together. Both tops in their field. Hilarious. Pity about the script !! RIP Bobby. RIP Bob.

[@MaximsBlog]

Thank you for posting this. This video is a real treasure!

[@Eleuthero5]

Bobby was a troubled man but in this skit we see that he could be gregarious and even humorous. What a complex human being.

[@oceanpacific3841]

No he just knew who rules this world behind the scenes

[@yassersidiki8483]

"In the morning he'd say you're late and in the evening I'd say checkmate" Hilarious😂

[@ANT18621]

Wow!! Never seen this before! LUVED it!!!! Fischer will always be king!!

[@robertwilliams2187]

Thank you so very much for putting this "The Bob Hope Special" Bobby Fischer segment video on @. I remember watching this segment in the early 1970s. The Memphis City chess club I went to, experienced a huge increase in chess players coming there before, during and after the Bobby Fischer vs. Spassky 1972 World Championship Match in Reykjavik, Iceland. I remember what happened at the end of this "The Bob Hope Special" show. Bob Hope told the audience something to the effect of recognizing these Americans, including Mark Spitz who won at the 1972 Olympics seven Swimming Gold Medals there with Fischer on stage with Bob Hope, for making us so proud. Those were the days in some ways. Good Karma For You For Putting This Excellent Fischer Segment on @ Robert

[@doncarloancelotti2256]

"There are no cameras, are there?"

[@devorahepstein2589]

If you look at point 01:29 when he sits down and puts the chess piece one the board, you can see he's in command of his world, ultra confidence.

[@joannalewis5279]

To see him actually enjoy human interaction with a non chess player is such a joy. He really was having fun

[@Tunz909]

Fischer enjoyed the company of MANY non chess players...in fact he probably preferred them to chess players....listen to some of his radio interviews that have been around for many years.

[@joannalewis5279]

@@Tunz909 that's the late Bobby. Read about his early years. I heard those Philippino radio shows when they came out in the early 2000s

[@Tunz909]

@@joannalewis5279 What's your point? I've heard them all many, many times..over and over...in fact bBobby enjoyed the company of his policeman body guard Sammi while in Iceland, and then he arranged for Sammi to come to California and stay with him for 2 months I believe!!...so Bobby liked non chess players that had good common sense, and were good decent folks....the fellow the name who escapes me, who took all of Bobby's photos for LIFE magazine ect. spent along time with Bobby and they went everywhere...also Dick Schapp the sports writer, Bobby enjoyed his company all the time, when he was young......Bobby got a bad rap in the MS Media, just like another much loved famous person whom I love and many others do to!! President Donald J. Trump whom the MS media bashed 24/7 day in and day out and still do to this day!!!...They love to build you up and then take you down!!! Bruce Towell

[@joannalewis5279]

@@Tunz909 thank you for your contribution to the furtherment of human understand

[@CT2507]

Fishers line delivery is amazing. It's like he never saw a movie in his life.

[@Querencias7]

It is, to me, quite amazing to see this very amiable and jovial side of Fischer. Then quite sad to see what he became in terms of personality and ideology in his latter years of life. Still, one can only admire his genius of the game of chess -- one of the all-time best. // Thank you so much ST for placing this remarkable and rare video here!

[@Buzzbox3rd]

Ive known that he was on the Bob Hope show and tried for more than 5 years to get this ! , .So awesome to see well done for posting this :)

[@jonmaxwell74]

Hahaha! This is awesome! Thanks for uploading!

[@NIGHTSTALKER973]

I know I would have lost to him but it would have been an absolute honor to play bobby winner or loser in ONE game to see his genius in person would be astounding.

[@terrypayne4013]

there are many chapters in Bobbys life. so sad he ended up the way he did. This is the Bobby that we should all remember

[@theNfl_Esq]

Born in Dec 69 I’ll never forget the Bob Hope All American football team and watching him at my grandparents home. Seems like a much better time imo..

[@Grymmorgan]

It's amazing how tall, handsome, stylish, and compelling a presence Fischer was in his day! And so tragic how decrepit he seemed to become once he expatriated.

[@BcA-pw8qf]

Agree. He was very handsome when he was young!

[@letivon6589]

+Bc A Tall, masculine, intense... I'm obsessed with Bobby Fischer...

[@AGMartinez]

He got a beard and ate some more steaks. He basically looked like a regular old american dude in his 60s