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.

Apr 2, 2014 · Bobby Fischer first learned the game of chess at age 6 and eventually became the youngest international grandmaster at the age of 15. He reportedly had an I.Q. of 181. In 1972, he became the...

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 and...

Jan 17, 2008 · In 1949, Fischer's family moved to New York City when he was six years old. Fischer started playing competitive games at the Brooklyn and Hawthorne Chess Clubs, and began drawing attention from chess players nationwide.

Mar 5, 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 brilliant playing drew the attention of the American public to the game of chess, particularly when he won the world championship in 1972.

Apr 2, 2021 · When he was just 14 years old, Fischer was crowned as the youngest person to win the U.S. Chess Championship (via Chess Games) in 1957. He stunned the world when he became an international champ in 1972 beating the …

Jan 18, 2008 · Bobby Fischer, the iconoclastic genius who was one of the greatest chess players the world has ever seen, died on Thursday in a hospital in Reykjavik, Iceland. He was 64.

Mar 3, 2025 · Bobby Fischer was an American chess prodigy born on March 9, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois. He first grasped the complexities of chess at the young age of six, thanks to a chess set gifted by his sister, Joan.

Jan 18, 2008 · Bobby Fischer, who has died at the age of 64, was a talented chess grandmaster once hailed as an American hero for breaking a Soviet dominance of the game that had lasted nearly 30 years.

Jan 27, 2025 · Bobby Fischer was beyond a chess player; he was a phenomenon. Born in 1943, his talent for chess had been recognized at an early age. By the age of 15, he became the youngest grandmaster in history up to that time, and his …