Fagburn: I Am Fine

Thanks for asking.
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Fagburn: Pause

Fagburn will be taking a break this weekend, cause I'm going gallivanting about town with my new beau.
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PS IT'S ALL LIES!!!

Bobby Fischer: The Sexiest Dead Man In The World - Exclusive Interview!

Hi Bobby! You've just been voted the sexiest dead man in the Fagburn Hot 100!

'Aww, great.'

Can we not see your face?

'No. I am contemplating the complete misery of human existence.'

We're looking for a cover shoot.

'$120million or we're not talking.'

Swimwear?

'Done that. There's film of me butt naked in the shower, if you guys are into that, fine.'

So Bobby, do you love your gay fans?

'That question defies logic.'

Okay... And if a young chess player saw you as a role model, what would you say?

'Get a fucking real job. This is all kinds of shit you don't need.'

Sexy chess man, Bobby Fischer thank you!

'In future, just leave me alone. Okay?'

Sex: The Annual Fagburn Sexiest Dead Men In The World Hot 100 Poll!

1. Bobby Fischer. American chess-playing mastermind.

His face was so pretty he had to cover it up during international tournaments.
Went a bit bonkers at the end.
But then don't we all?
Thanks for the wanks, Bobby!
Checkmate!

2. Elvis. A popular American singer.

3. Tito. A popular Yugoslav communist.

4. Kenneth Williams. A popular English whinger.

5. A token black dude [Subs, can you fill this in?].

For the full list of The Annual Fagburn Sexiest Dead Men In The World Hot 100 Poll you'll have to buy the new print edition of Fagburn magazine.

Fagburn: Where Are They Now?

I am Lawrence of Arabia in Dorset.
I am Lawrence from Felt in Belgravia.
I am Wittgenstein in Norway.
I am Gramsci in prison.
I am Oscar Wilde in Paris.
I am Peter Cook in Hampstead.
I am JD Salinger in New Hampshire.
I am Mark E Smith in Edinburgh.
I am Bobby Fischer in Pasadena, Budapest, the Philippines, Iceland. 
I am Thoreau at Walden.
I am Larry David in Hollywood.
I am Holden Caulfield in hospital.
I am Nietzsche in the nuthouse.
Ted Kaczynski in Montana.
Maybe even Morrissey in Rome.
Unhome alone.

I am nothing and
and I am okay being nothing just for now, thank you,
among all the other disappointed,
disillusioned,
disappeared.

Biding my time.

Bobby Fischer: Mr Bingo

Bobby Fischer craved solitude, and ran from fame, but like all of us he still needed the occasional little ego-boost.
Anyway, Bobby walks into a restaurant...
The waitress kinda recognises him.
"Are you famous?", she asks.
"Perhaps."
"What are you famous for?"
"A board game."
"You're Mr Bingo!??"

PS Fagburn is still working on his musical about Bobby Fischer and the Cold War and shit, working title - Chess.

Hotties In The News: Magnus Carlsen

 

Almost certainly my favourite chess player since Bobby Fischer.
He's playing a very important tournament in London, apparently.
Mr Carlsen is being bigged up as the dude who's bringing sexy back to chess.
He also has a parallel career as a model in his native Norway.
Mind you, he does look like a dog chewing a wasp in some photos.  

Bobby Fischer: If

I wonder if
someone as pretty and clever as Bobby Fischer is
would ever give a fuck about me?

Bobby Fischer: I've Got A Secret

"It is striking how they chorus 'He was a wonderful kid' when they were talking about him as a man.
"American chess player Jim Sherwin says Fischer was just a 'rough kid' from Brooklyn. Lothar Shmid, the chief arbiter in Reyjavik, tried to understand the American as he tried to understand his children: 'He was not a bad boy'. Boris Spassky saw his as 'always seventeen'. 'He was a boy all the time,' says former captain of the US Olympic chess team, Eliot Hearst."

From Bobby Fischer Goes To War, David Edmonds & John Eidinow.

Bobby Fischer Against The World - the best fillum of the year (that doesn't involve monkeys, obvs) is now on YouTube.
Now watching it for the fourth time since Friday.
"C'est totes amazeballs!" - Cahiers du Cinéma.
"Fuck yeah!" - Pauline Kael, The New Yorker.

Bobby Fischer Against The World: Mind Games

It must have been insane being you.
Poor Bobby.

Update: The kerbrilliant documentary Bobby Fischer Against The World is now on YouTube.