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 …

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 …

Jan 17, 2008 · Bobby Fischer is the first and only American world chess champion in history. Many consider him to be among the greatest chess players of all time, as well as the most …

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. Even though he was Jewish …

Feb 27, 2025 · Bobby Fischer, American-born chess master who became the youngest grandmaster in history when he received the title in 1958. His youthful intemperance and …

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 …

5 days ago · Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died …

Feb 27, 2025 · Boris Spassky, the world chess champion whose career was overshadowed by his loss to Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972, died on Thursday in Moscow. He …

Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess Grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. As a teenager, Fischer became well …

May 24, 2007 · The unknown player answered all of Short's questions about chess in the 1960s and knew all the answers to several Bobby Fischer trivia questions (who did Fischer play in …