Chess Genius Bobby Fischer

Robert James "Bobby" Fischer
March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

• Born: March 9, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois
• Died: January 17, 2008 in Reykjavik, Iceland
• Learned the rules of chess at age 6!: 1949
• First recorded chess tournament game: July 1955
• International Grandmaster title: 1958
• U.S. Champion eight times in eight attempts!: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966
• Winner of: every tournament and match in which he participated from December, 1962 through World Championship match 1972 with the exceptions of Capablanca Memorial, 1965, (2nd place - ½ point behind Smyslov), and Piatigorsky Cup, 1966, (2nd place - ½ point behind Spassky).
• Bobby Fischer's tournament and match results: 415 wins, 248 draws and 85 losses out of 748 games played from 1955 through 1992 for a performance average of .721 or 72.1%
• Fischer's highest achieved rating: 2785 ELO.

Here is a tribute to American chess genius Bobby Fischer - a collection of recently published articles from the Philippines.

• World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Dies
• Kasparov: Fischer Was One of the Greats
  
• Fischer Eyed Final Big Match with Kasparov
  
• Fischer's 1972 Match was Cold War Battle
• Why Bobby Fischer Loved RP, Filipinos
  
• Fischer Has A Pinoy Heir Born in Baguio
• Fischer's First Filipino Friend: He Was Very Special
• Free Bobby Fischer: Eugene Torre Asks Japanese
  
• Chess Legend Fischer Says He Fears for His Life
• Chess Genius In Jail
  
• Bobby Fischer Attacks US, Japan for Continued Detention
• Bobby Fischer, 64
• From American Hero to Paranoid Fugitive
• Chess Legend Bobby Fischer Dead
  

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