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Bobby Fischer was born at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1943. [2] His mother, Regina Wender Fischer, was a US citizen, [3] [4] born in Switzerland; her parents were Polish Jews. [5] [6] Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, [2] Regina became a teacher, a registered nurse, and later a physician. [7]
Bobby Fischer. Many books, films and other works about Bobby Fischer have been created. Bobby Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess prodigy who rose to prominence during the 1950s and 1960s.
Fischer's crushing victory made him an instant celebrity. Upon his return to New York, [206] a Bobby Fischer Day was held. [note 23] He was offered numerous product endorsement offers worth millions of dollars, all of which he declined. [208] He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated with American Olympic swimming champion Mark Spitz. [209]
He wrote one of the best-selling chess books in history, Profile of a Prodigy, the biography of Bobby Fischer, as well as countless other books and articles on chess and other subjects. A new biography of Fischer entitled Endgame: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer was published in 2011. He has been involved with radio and film ...
Bobby Fischer Against the World is a documentary feature film that explores the life of chess Grandmaster and 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer. [1] It incorporates interviews with chess players Anthony Saidy, Larry Evans, Sam Sloan, Susan Polgar, Garry Kasparov, Asa Hoffmann, Friðrik Ólafsson, Lothar Schmid and others.
BBC award-winning journalists, from their book Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time (HarperCollins, 2004): Fischer, some will maintain, was the outstanding player in chess history, though there are powerful advocates too for Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, and Kasparov. Many chess players ...
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Game replay; Fischer is playing as black. The Game of the Century is a chess game that was won by the 13-year-old future world champion Bobby Fischer against Donald Byrne in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament at the Marshall Chess Club in New York City on October 17, 1956.