Billionaire does not automatically mean moral, ethical or deserving of our respect.

I know I told a similar story to several people.
    It was a simul where Fischer went over his game with Botvinnik, & incredibly lost track of the position-yes, hard to believe.  One of the ‘simul victims’ rescued him with the Chess Life that had the game.
   Fischer sweeping up the pieces happened on the board next to mine.  Obviously unhappy to see players moving the pieces.  I had told the player it was impolite to do that but he continued anyway.  When Fischer came to the board, I swear it was less than a second & he had already started to sweep up the pieces and was already on his way to the next board.  I did not hear him say ‘you lose’.  While Fischer continued on his simul, I helped the player set up his position correctly.  He did have a scoresheet.  When Fischer reappeared at this board, he allowed the player to continue.
   I played the Mc Cutchen (sp) & got crushed & sadly lost my scoresheet. ... 

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... (?) ... the veracity of this following anecdote.  In a Fischer simul, three players collaborated—When they lost the Q, they decided to put the Q back on the board, naively assuming he would not notice.  To their surprise, Fischer did not seem to notice.  A few moves later,  they lost the Q again.  This time Fischer put the Q in his pocket & said ‘you don’t mind if I keep it this time’? ... 

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—Rolf
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