The Chicago-born Bobby Fischer held the distinction between 1972 and 1975 after he defeated the Russian Boris Spassky in what is still called the “Match of the Century.” The championship, played in ...
The US legend declined a $25,000 offer from shoe firm Clarks to meet the cream of England’s juniors ...
In the cosmopolitan cant of chess players, it is legend that masters of the game are all meshuga—Yiddish for a little batty.
American Hans Niemann, who has been accused of cheating in chess, said the legendary Bobby Fischer is his greatest inspiration.