Bobby Fisher had brilliant chess games that chess players consider as art, and most chess players know that Fisher turned into a vitriolic antisemite in his later years, but that seems to be separate from his chess in a way that say, Hitler's paintings would not be. Maybe it was because he was the "mad genius" that everyone had to love in the 60s and 70s because he stood up to the Russian chess machine and won. Americans considered his petty antics "gamesmanship" because he won, while Boris Spassky was nothing but a pure gentleman through it all. I think his celebrity and meteoric rise to the championship, and his sudden, puzzling departure from chess left his chess too iconic to consider the unraveling mind behind it.
Bobby Fisher had brilliant chess games that chess players consider as art, and most chess players know that Fisher turned into a vitriolic antisemite in his later years, but that seems to be separate from his chess in a way that say, Hitler's paintings would not be. Maybe it was because he was the "mad genius" that everyone had to love in the 60s and 70s because he stood up to the Russian chess machine and won. Americans considered his petty antics "gamesmanship" because he won, while Boris Spassky was nothing but a pure gentleman through it all. I think his celebrity and meteoric rise to the championship, and his sudden, puzzling departure from chess left his chess too iconic to consider the unraveling mind behind it.
Sure but also chess is not really a mode of expression like art is.