Talk:Bobby Fischer

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I won't go into detail on the text, but rather on referencing/minor issues:

• (Chicago, 9 March 1943 – Reykjavik, 17 January 2008) Refs use American dating, so does rest of article.

• Ref 13 now 15 needs an accesdate parameter

• Unless I'm blind (strong possibly), ref 1 doesn't have a {{cite book}} to go along with Brady.

• of a racist nature toward Judaism.[9] [8] switch refs, rm space

• He was given last rites then was buried near a Catholic church. What are "last rites"? Link or explain
  • I reworded the phrase to say that he had a Catholic funeral, because upon research, I found that there isn't any conclusive evidence that he had "last rites". Kansan (talk) 05:44, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

• because of events that happened after Yugoslava broke up. "broke up" is open to interpretation.

• "Chess career" section should be expanded threefold Would like to hear something on his death.

• In an 2002 article in The Philadelphia Inquirer said that Paul Nemenyi, a doctor, was actually Bobby's father. reword, how about In a 2002 article, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Fischer's biological father was Paul Nemenyi, not Hans-Gerhardt Fischer?

Hook me up when you're done. Albacore (talk · changes) 21:55, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

I've done a full-length copyedit on this, so I may have already addressed some of these issues. Goodvac (talk) 22:21, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much (both of you) for what you've done so far. You're not at all blind about the missing book; I'll try to track that down, and go down the rest of this checklist later this evening. Kansan (talk) 22:22, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Two more, and it looks "Good" to me

• References 5, 7, and 11 need accesdates.

• Possibly two paragraphs on his death?

I added one paragraph about his death (relatively few details are available because he was an intensely private person, and not many details were available.) Kansan ^(talk) 03:26, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

• Can you explain reference 12 to me? Doesn't seem to say what it's referenced to, if kept, needs a page number.

Since I don't have access to the book, I changed the reference to the Rene Chun article already cited elsewhere (which also mentions him reading those two books). Kansan ^(talk) 03:30, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

• Fischer's 1992 rematch against Spassky was the only time after becoming the world champion that Fischer played chess in public. Reference needed.

• Several years later, he began playing at the Manhattan Chess Club, which is the most well known American chess club. Remove everything after the second comma. Nothin' major here, but would be nice to create and link Manhattan Chess Club. Albacore (talk · changes) 23:55, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Categorize as Category:American Jews or not?

He was ethnically Jewish and raised Jewish, but rejected the religion. In or out? Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 21:37, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Without absolutely clear reliable sources backing either position, abstain. Remove. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:40, 26 April 2011 (UTC)