Bobby Fischer
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Bobby Fischer 🇺🇸

Robert James Fischer
["World Chess Champion", "Grandmaster", "Chess Theorist"]
Born Mar 09, 1943 🇺🇸 Chicago, United States
Passed Away Jan 17, 2008 Reykjavik, Iceland
Lifespan 64 years old
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Notice / Correction
"Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind."

Archival Overview

Eleventh World Chess Champion whose sensational victory over Boris Spassky in the 1972 'Match of the Century' ended decades of Soviet chess hegemony.

Biographical Record

Bobby Fischer learned chess at age six in Brooklyn and won the US Championship at fourteen, becoming the youngest grandmaster in history at fifteen. His incandescent analytical clarity, relentless will to win, and pioneering opening preparation elevated chess to unprecedented global prominence.

In 1972 in Reykjavik, Iceland, Fischer defeated Boris Spassky in the most famous chess match in history, becoming the first American-born World Champion. He also invented Fischer Random Chess (Chess960) and patented the digital incremental chess clock used universally today.

Key Life Milestones

Game of the Century

Brilliancy at Age 13

Played the 'Game of the Century' against Donald Byrne, sacrificing his queen for a decisive attack.

World Championship

Match of the Century

Defeated Boris Spassky in Reykjavik to capture the World Chess Championship title.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Bobby Fischer Gravesite at Laugardaelir
Selfoss, Iceland
GPS: 63.9317, -20.9717
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