Bobby Fischer Birthday
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 03:28.
03/09/2008 - 09:26
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Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American-born chess Grandmaster, an Icelandic citizen at the time of his death, who became famous as a teenager for his chess-playing ability. In 1972, he became the first, and so far the only, American to win the official World Chess Championship, defeating defending champion Boris Spassky in a match held in Reykjavík, Iceland.
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