Robert James Fischer
Date Of Birth: 9th March 1943
Date Of Death: 18th January 2008
Age: 64
Nationality: USA
Nickname(s): Bobby
Bobby Fischer was a chess Grandmaster who became famous as a teenager for his chess-playing ability.In 1972 became the only US-born chessplayer to become the official World Chess Champion.
Bobby first major championship was winning the United States Junior Chess Championship in July 1956.in 1958 he won the U.S. Open Chess Championship in January 1958, at age 14, the youngest U.S. champion everHe held the championship until 1960,retaking it in 1962 and holding onto it for 4 years.He won the world championship in 1972.The match took place in Reykjavík, Iceland, from July through September 1972.He held the world championship for 3 years.Bobby moved to Iceland permanently in March 2005
Bobby Fischer attended Erasmus Hall High School with Barbra Streisand.
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