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Bobby Fischer

Robert James " Bobby " Fischer (March 9, 1943 –January 17, 2008) was an American chess prodigy ,grandmaster , and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all

time .

At age 13 Fischer won a "brilliancy " that becameknown as The Game of the Century. Starting at age14, Fischer played in eight United States

Championships , winning each one by at least a one-point margin. At age 15, Fischer became both theyoungest grandmaster up to that time and the

youngest candidate for the World Championship. At

age 20, Fischer won the 1963–64 U.S. Championship with 11/11, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games (1969) remains a revered work in chess literature.

In 1970, Fischer "dominated his contemporaries" by winning the 1970 Interzonal Tournament by a record 3½-point margin and winning 20 consecutive games, including two unprecedented 6–0 sweeps in the

Candidates Matches. In July 1971, he became the first official World ChessFederation (FIDE ) number-one-ranked player, spending 54 total months at number one . In 1972, he captured the World Chess

Championship from Boris Spassky of the USSR in a match, held in Reykjavík, Iceland, publicized as a Cold War confrontation which attracted more worldwideinterest than any chess championship before or since.

Bobby Fischer

Robert James " Bobby " Fischer (March 9, 1943 –January 17, 2008) was an American chess prodigy ,grandmaster , and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all

time .

At age 13 Fischer won a "brilliancy " that becameknown as The Game of the Century. Starting at age14, Fischer played in eight United States

Championships , winning each one by at least a one-point margin. At age 15, Fischer became both theyoungest grandmaster up to that time and the

youngest candidate for the World Championship. At

age 20, Fischer won the 1963–64 U.S. Championship with 11/11, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games (1969) remains a revered work in chess literature.

In 1970, Fischer "dominated his contemporaries" by winning the 1970 Interzonal Tournament by a record 3½-point margin and winning 20 consecutive games, including two unprecedented 6–0 sweeps in the

Candidates Matches. In July 1971, he became the first official World ChessFederation (FIDE ) number-one-ranked player, spending 54 total months at number one . In 1972, he captured the World Chess

Championship from Boris

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