Bobby Fischer, the only American World Chess Champion, died today at age 64. (Ironically, that is the number of squares on a chess board.) He had won the World Championship in 1972, but then he left competitive chess and forfeited his title in 1975. His behavior in later years had been very [...]
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Bobby Fischer, World Chess Champion: 1943-2008
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