It's amazing how a chess player could have attracted the level of excitement he did. And even now, 50 years later, after what he became (or didn't become) and after his untimely death, him and his story still inspire such curiosity. Truly a complex and fascinating figure--a one of a kind. I'm reminded of the Hunter S Thompson line: "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."