Arizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona Thursday, May 13, 1982 - Page 64
Chess Masters Battle Nerves, Clock
“There are 2 million chess federation members in Russia, 50,000 in America. Many of those Americans are “AF,” After Fischer.
Bobby Fischer was the Picasso of chess. Browne played him to a draw in their only meeting (“I could have beaten him, I think, but I thought I'd settle for a draw and get him next time, not knowing, of course, that he'd retire.”) Browne said of Fischer, “It was like being a violinist and having the greatest violinist of all time alive in your lifetime.” He also said, in 1974, “Fischer is god; but I am the devil.”