5. Jimmy Carter is a president that I have always liked because he worked on a nuclear sub. I think that he is what Bobby Fischer would have been if the chess great had social skills.
I read a story a long time ago about a first conversation between Fischer and Nixon. Nixon wanted to invite Fischer to the White House after the latter had won the world championship, so Nixon personally called him. In the first few moments of the conversation, Nixon tried to ingratiate himself by saying something like: "I played chess a lot years ago." Fischer responded: "So what?"
