Bobby Fischer, Babylon, and the Promises of God

It is 1956, and Bobby Fischer is a just a barely teenage kid who is good at chess.  In May of that year, his rating is more than nine hundred points below the best players.  Even so, in October, Bobby is invited to participate in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York City. [i]  The tournament is reserved for the top twelve players in the United States, of which Bobby is not.  His invitation is a kind of novelty.

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