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Bobby Fischer. Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament.
Jul 3, 2022 · The first and only American to become a World Chess Champion, Bobby Fischer revolutionized the game before vanishing from the public eye.
Apr 2, 2014 · Bobby Fischer was a record-setting chess master who became the youngest player to win the U.S. Chess Championship at 14, and the first American-born player to win the World Chess Championship.
Jan 17, 2008 · Bobby Fischer was an American chess player and former world champion. Learn more about his chess achievements!
Apr 15, 2024 · Bobby Fischer grew up in Chicago, IL, and learned chess at the age of 6. The young Bobby grew up without a father with his mother and older sister. It was his sister who sparked his love for the game of chess, after one day she brought home an old, rusted down chess set. Bobby became a National Master at the age of 12, proceeding to win the ...
Bobby Fischer, American-born chess master who became the youngest grandmaster in history when he received the title in 1958. His youthful intemperance and brilliant playing drew the attention of the American public to the game of chess, particularly when he won the world championship in 1972.
Jan 19, 2008 · Bobby Fischer, the enigmatic American chess genius who became a Cold War hero with his 1972 defeat of Soviet champion Boris Spassky but fell from grace in later decades when he became a recluse ...
Jan 18, 2008 · Bobby Fischer, the most powerful American chess player in history, died in a hospital in Iceland. No cause of death was given.
Jan 19, 2008 · Bobby Fischer, the Chicago-born, Brooklyn-bred genius who became one of the greatest chess players the world has ever seen, died Thursday in Reykjavik, Iceland. He was 64, and had for decades ...
Bobby Fischer. Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time. [2] [3] In 1972, he captured the World Chess Championship from Boris Spassky of the USSR in a match held in Reykjavík, Iceland ...
