Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was 64. Subscribe to ...

Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was 64. By The ...

Fred Waitzkin is the author of "Searching for Bobby Fischer" (Penguin, 1993) and, most recently, "The Last Marlin: The Story of a Father and Son." I recall a crisp, terribly exciting fall afternoon in ...

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The boy wonder was just 14 years old, a Brooklyn comet streaking across the skies of the rarefied world of chess. Bobby Fischer’s sister had taught him the game when he was 6. By the time he turned 12 ...

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, Sept. 1 – Bobby Rischer of Brooklyn is world chess champion, the first American to hold that title since it was established 1866. This morning when it was announced that Russian ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died.