Bobby Fischer was generous to spend time analyzing chess with junior players at the 1969 US Junior Championship, demonstrating an intensity and commitment to mastery that included locking himself in a hotel room for 3 months to study rook endings where he was weak, showing fertile imagination on moves 4-5 that junior players hadn't conceived of.
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Kenneth RogoffEvidence Quote
“he came every day to the uh 1969 US Junior Championship over 10 days and he sat and he analyzed with us”
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Kenneth Rogoff on Monetary Moves, Fiscal Gambits, and Classical Chess | Conversations with Tyler— Mercatus CenterCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:10:38 AM
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