Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer was an acclaimed film of 1993 based on the personality of Bobby Fischer. In this film, a young boy's family discovers that he is a gifted chess player and seek to nurture it. They hire a strict instructor (played by Ben Kingsley) who aims to teach the boy be as aggressive as Fischer. The title of the film is a metaphor about the characters' quest to adopt the ideal of Bobby Fischer and his determination to win at any price. However, the main conflict in the film arises when the boy refuses to adopt the misanthropic point of view of Fischer. Furthermore, the boy goes on to win on his own terms with the kind of gracious sportsmanship that Fischer rejects. The film's producers used Fischer's fame to promote the movie yet paid Fischer nothing for it. Fischer has cited the movie as just another example of a "Jewish" conspiracy to make money off him and sully his reputation at the same time.This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.