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American chess grandmaster (1943–2008)
possible positions. Bobby Fischer was born at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1943. His mother, Regina Wender Fischer, was a US citizen
Bobby_Fischer
1993 film by Steven Zaillian
Searching for Bobby Fischer, released in the United Kingdom as Innocent Moves, is a 1993 American drama film written and directed by Steven Zaillian in
Searching_for_Bobby_Fischer
1966 book by Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is a chess puzzle book written by Bobby Fischer and co-authored by Stuart Margulies and Donn Mosenfelder, originally published
Bobby_Fischer_Teaches_Chess
American educator (1937 – 1998)
Bobby Fischer—widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time—his first chess set and taught him how to play the game. Joan Fischer was
Joan_Targ
Comparison of the best chess players throughout the years
a player far removed from them in time. So while we cannot say that Bobby Fischer in the early 1970s or José Capablanca in the early 1920s were the "strongest"
Comparison of top chess players throughout history
Comparison_of_top_chess_players_throughout_history
2011 American documentary film
Bobby Fischer Against the World is a 2011 documentary film that explores the life of chess Grandmaster and 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer. It incorporates
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Bobby_Fischer_Against_the_World
Biographical Chess Museum in Selfoss, Iceland
Bobby Fischer Center (Icelandic: Fischersetur) is a small non-profit biographical museum housing memorabilia of the 1972 World Chess Champion, Bobby Fischer
Bobby_Fischer_Center
Hungarian mathematician and physicist (1895–1952)
Peter Nemenyi and the putative father of former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. Neményi was born to a wealthy Hungarian-Jewish family on June 5, 1895
Paul_Neményi
Rematch of 1972 World Chess Championship
The 1992 Fischer–Spassky match was a chess match between former world chess champions Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. It was billed as a World Chess Championship
Fischer–Spassky_(1992_match)
List of works about the American chess champion
Many books, films and other works about Bobby Fischer have been created. Bobby Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess prodigy
Bibliography_of_Bobby_Fischer
Japanese chess player (born 1945)
Japanese retired chess player and widow of former world chess champion Bobby Fischer. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master by FIDE in
Miyoko_Watai
Russian chess grandmaster (1937–2025)
1966; defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion; then lost to Bobby Fischer in a famous match in 1972. Spassky won the Soviet Chess Championship
Boris_Spassky
Polish-American chess grandmaster (1911–1992)
was an eight-time winner of the US Chess Championship, tying him with Bobby Fischer for the all-time record. He was an accountant by profession, and also
Samuel_Reshevsky
Match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky
1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet
World_Chess_Championship_1972
Chess with a randomized starting position
on the back rank. It was introduced by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1996 to reduce the emphasis on opening preparation and to encourage
Chess960
2014 film by Edward Zwick
psychological drama film about Bobby Fischer, a chess grandmaster and the eleventh world champion. It follows Fischer's challenge against top Soviet chess
Pawn_Sacrifice
Canadian-Finnish chess player (born 1978)
shows. Sarwer's attacking playing style was often compared to that Bobby Fischer, and a tournament game drawn against him by another young chess player
Jeff_Sarwer
1956 chess game
a chess game that was won by the 13-year-old future world champion Bobby Fischer against Donald Byrne in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament at the Marshall
Game_of_the_Century_(chess)
American actress (born 1982)
appeared in Pawn Sacrifice, a film biopic about chess player Bobby Fischer, playing Fischer's sister Joan Targ. On February 24, it was announced that Rabe
Lily_Rabe
Hungarian chess grandmaster (born 1976)
months, breaking the 33-year-old record held by former world champion Bobby Fischer. With the achievement, she became only the fourth-ever female Grandmaster
Judit_Polgár
American chess player (born 1976)
Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film Searching for Bobby Fischer is based on his early life. Waitzkin first noticed the game of chess
Joshua_Waitzkin
Danish chess grandmaster and author (1935–2010)
of play, he was the second-strongest non-Soviet player, behind only Bobby Fischer, for much of the 1960s and 1970s. He is considered to be the strongest
Bent_Larsen
American novelist and writer (born 1943)
book about his son called Searching for Bobby Fischer; he felt that Joshua could be a successor to Bobby Fischer. The book was praised by Grandmaster Nigel
Fred_Waitzkin
American chess grandmaster (1932–2010)
his efforts on assisting his fellow American Bobby Fischer in his quest for the world title. He was Fischer's second for the Candidates matches leading up
Larry_Evans_(chess_player)
Chess opening
Prominent players who have employed the King's Indian Attack include Bobby Fischer (mostly in his early career), Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Tigran
King's_Indian_Attack
2009 Icelandic film
Me & Bobby Fischer is a documentary about Bobby Fischer's last years as his old friend Saemundur Palsson gets him out of jail in Japan and helps him settle
Me_and_Bobby_Fischer
Traditional board game for two players
saw the first non-Soviet challenger since World War II, American Bobby Fischer. Fischer defeated his opponents in the Candidates matches by unheard-of margins
Chess
Chess opening
and was extensively played and analysed by many grandmasters, such as Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, and Mikhail Tal. This article uses algebraic notation
Sicilian_Defence
(2011). Other notable films include Sneakers (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Dave (1993), Death and the Maiden (1994), Twelfth Night (1996)
Ben Kingsley on screen and stage
Ben_Kingsley_on_screen_and_stage
American film director and producer (born 1970)
documentaries Garbus has made are The Farm: Angola, USA, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Bobby Fischer Against the World, Love, Marilyn, What Happened, Miss Simone?, and Becoming
Liz_Garbus
American cinematographer (1926–2003)
The Day of the Locust (1975), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), and A Civil Action (1998). He is also known for Cool Hand Luke
Conrad_Hall
Chess opening
Black's move 5...Nxd5?! is risky (5...Na5 is generally considered best). Bobby Fischer felt that 6.d4! (the Lolli Attack) was incredibly strong, to the point
Fried_Liver_Attack
American child actor (born 1984)
debut at the age of eight, playing the lead in the film Searching for Bobby Fischer, based on the childhood of International Master Josh Waitzkin. At the
Max_Pomeranc
1950 chess set design
com – Bobby Fischer 1950 Dubrovnik – Radio interview with Bobby Fischer VIDEO: 1992 Fischer–Spassky Dubrovnik chess set – one VIDEO: 1992 Fischer–Spassky
Dubrovnik_chess_set
Dutch chess journalist
personalities. A selection of those interviews appeared in his books Finding Bobby Fischer (1994, second edition 2015) and The Day Kasparov Quit (2006). His book
Dirk_Jan_ten_Geuzendam
American actor (born 1961)
Daze (1988), King of New York (1990), Deep Cover (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Higher Learning (1995), Event Horizon (1997), Mystic River (2003)
Laurence_Fishburne
2026 documentary series
12th & Delaware (2010) The Battle for Marjah (2010) A Small Act (2010) Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip (2011) His
A_Killer_Story
American actress (born 1956)
Married (1986), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), The Ice Storm (1997), Face/Off (1997), Pleasantville (1998)
Joan_Allen
American chess coach (1910–2001)
NY-groh; January 2, 1910 – August 16, 2001) was former World Champion Bobby Fischer's first chess teacher, from 1951 to 1956. "Mr. Nigro was possibly not
Carmine_Nigro
Chess Games. Courier. ISBN 9780486245126. Fischer, Bobby; Margulies, Stuart; Mosenfelder, Donn (1982). Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. Random House. ISBN 9780553263152
Glossary_of_chess
American actor and producer (born 1984)
1995 film The Indian in the Cupboard. He also starred in Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Marvin's Room (1996), and The Show (2015). Scardino appeared
Hal_Scardino
International chess governing body
controversies relating to the American player Bobby Fischer. The first controversy took place when Fischer alleged that, at the 1962 Candidates Tournament
FIDE
American actor and director (born 1954)
(2004) as well as dramatic roles in Quiz Show (1994), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Nixon (1995), Amistad (1997), The Hurricane (1999), Ocean's
David_Paymer
American chess grandmaster (1937–2017)
American chess players during the 1950s and 1960s, and a contemporary of Bobby Fischer, whom he seconded during the World Chess Championship 1972. He won the
William_Lombardy
American chess coach and author (1912–2001)
(1999). The Unknown Bobby Fischer. International Chess Enterprises. ISBN 1-879479-85-0. Edmonds, David; Eidinow, John (2004). Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How
John_W._Collins
English actor (born 1943)
include Maurice (1987), Sneakers (1992), Dave (1993), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Death and the Maiden (1994), Twelfth Night (1996), A.I. Artificial
Ben_Kingsley
"Fischer Boom", the phenomenon of markedly increased interest in chess in the United States due to the ascendency of eventual world champion Bobby Fischer
Scholastic chess in the United States
Scholastic_chess_in_the_United_States
Filipino chess grandmaster (born 1951)
Championship candidates matches, where he lost to Zoltán Ribli. He served as Bobby Fischer's second in the 1992 match against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia. In 2020
Eugene_Torre
American chess player (born 1958)
written almost 40 books on different aspects of the game. His book Bobby Fischer and His World was selected as the 2020 Chess Book Collectors Most Popular
William_John_Donaldson
American table tennis player (1930–2012)
many well-known patrons, including actor Dustin Hoffman, chess prodigy Bobby Fischer, and author Kurt Vonnegut. Reisman became the oldest player to win an
Marty_Reisman
British film director (born 1967)
Caledonia. Bobby Fischer Goes to War, his next project, is a film about the 1972 World Chess Championship in Reykjavík, Iceland, in which Bobby Fischer took
Kevin_Macdonald_(director)
American entertainment attorney
including Woodstock (1969) and the 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. He was instrumental in the creation and distribution
Paul_G._Marshall
Annual invitational tournament
"FISCHER, SMYSLOV PLAY IN DEADLOOK; American and Russian Draw in 7th-Round Adjourned Game of Chess Event". New York Times. 20 September 1959. Bobby Fischer
US_Chess_Championship
1994 video game
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is a 1994 chess video game developed by Bookup, Inc. and published by Mission Studios for MS-DOS. The game's 300 tutorials
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (video game)
Bobby_Fischer_Teaches_Chess_(video_game)
American actor (1954–2026)
Intent episode "Gone" (2005), playing a character loosely based on Bobby Fischer, and appeared in the television series Jane Doe, directed by James A
Robert_Carradine
Italian and American chess grandmaster (born 1992)
American challenger for the undisputed World Chess Championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972. In the run-up to the championship match, he won the Grenke
Fabiano_Caruana
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)
third-youngest player to qualify for a Candidates tournament, behind Bobby Fischer and Carlsen. In August 2023, Gukesh became the youngest player ever
Gukesh_Dommaraju
the 1972 world championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, which Fischer defaulted, and Game 5 of the 2006 world championship match between
List of world records in chess
List_of_world_records_in_chess
Competition to determine the World Chess Champion
Botvinnik in 1963 to become world champion. After the 1962 Candidates, Bobby Fischer publicly alleged that the Soviets had colluded to prevent any non-Soviet—specifically
World_Chess_Championship
this rule twice, in 1958 and 1961. With the exception of the American Bobby Fischer in 1972, Soviet citizens won every championship from 1948 until the
List of World Chess Championships
List_of_World_Chess_Championships
American chess player (1933–2024)
edition, making her the first chess player to appear on its cover (Bobby Fischer did so in 1972). Born in Philadelphia, Lane never knew her father, a
Lisa_Lane
American actress (born 1964)
few early 1990s films, including Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), and Dave (1993). In 1993, Linney starred in the television adaptation
Laura_Linney
Disadvantage in a game due to obligation to move
studies. Fischer vs. Taimanov, 1971, game 2 Some zugzwang positions occurred in the second game of the 1971 candidates match between Bobby Fischer and Mark
Zugzwang
American chess player (1930–1976)
both Byrne brothers, Donald and Robert (see more below), and the young Bobby Fischer. The last one, at the age of 13, defeated Byrne on October 17, 1956
Donald_Byrne
American chess grandmaster and streamer (born 1987)
American to earn the grandmaster title at the time, breaking the record of Bobby Fischer by three months. In April 2004, played in the B group of the Corus Chess
Hikaru_Nakamura
Chess opening
complex, and a favourite of former world champions Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer, and Mikhail Tal, with prominent grandmasters (GMs) Viktor Korchnoi
King's_Indian_Defence
Cuban chess player (1888–1942)
brain hemorrhage. Capablanca excelled in simple positions and endgames; Bobby Fischer described him as possessing a "real light touch". He could play tactical
José_Raúl_Capablanca
Biennial international chess tournament
Bobby Fischer's score card from his round 3 game against Miguel Najdorf in the 1970 Chess Olympiad
Chess_Olympiad
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1951)
Championship cycle to choose the challenger to play world champion Bobby Fischer. He finished equal first in the Leningrad Interzonal, qualifying for
Anatoly_Karpov
American chess player (born 1943)
peak blitz rating is 2414. Hoffmann is interviewed in the documentary Bobby Fischer Against the World along with Anthony Saidy, Larry Evans, and Susan Polgar
Asa_Hoffmann
World's best player award (1967–88; 1995–2014)
Boris Spassky Soviet Union 1970 Bobby Fischer United States 1971 Bobby Fischer United States 1972 Bobby Fischer United States 1973 Anatoly Karpov
Chess_Oscar
American documentary series
12th & Delaware (2010) The Battle for Marjah (2010) A Small Act (2010) Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip (2011) His
Monsters_of_God
Chess opening
the variation. Many top players have relied on the Najdorf, including Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. This article uses algebraic
Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Najdorf_Variation
Soviet chess grandmaster (1925–1998)
Geller's best result was in the 1962 cycle, as he finished second to Bobby Fischer at the Stockholm Interzonal. Then in the Candidates', he ended up one-half
Efim_Geller
Book by chess player Bobby Fischer
My 60 Memorable Games is a chess book by Bobby Fischer, first published in 1969. It is a collection of his games dating from the 1957 New Jersey Open
My_60_Memorable_Games
Title for chess players awarded by FIDE
7 months for 19 years; Judit Polgár at 15 years and 4 months; and Bobby Fischer at 15 years, 6 months and 1 day; for 33 years. The title International
FIDE_titles
Chess variant with little move time allowed
double round-robin tournament. Bobby Fischer won first place, with a score of 19 points out of a possible 22. Fischer scored seventeen wins, four draws
Fast_chess
American actor (born 1975)
prodigy Bobby Fischer, played by Maguire. The film details the events leading up to and including the world chess championship in 1972, when Fischer challenges
Tobey_Maguire
youngest grandmaster in history, breaking the previous record set by Bobby Fischer. Although there were only six female grandmasters by 2000 and the number
List of female chess grandmasters
List_of_female_chess_grandmasters
Incident which nearly precipitated nuclear warfare
Union (New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994), p. 8, as quoted at Fischer, Benjamin B. (2007). A Cold War Conundrum. CIA Centre for the Study of
1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident
Chess rule
claims below). Fischer vs. Petrosian, 1971 In the third game of the 1971 Candidates Final Match in Buenos Aires between Bobby Fischer and Tigran Petrosian
Threefold_repetition
July 1971, was Bobby Fischer. In January 1976 Anatoly Karpov became the highest-rated player on the FIDE list, as FIDE had dropped Fischer (whose rating
List of FIDE chess world number ones
List_of_FIDE_chess_world_number_ones
Two adjacent clocks with stop/start buttons
world champion Bobby Fischer, who in 1988 filed for US patent 4,884,255 (awarded in 1989) for a new type of digital chess clock. Fischer's digital clock
Chess_clock
Chess opening
appearance in a World Championship match was in 1972, when it was played by Bobby Fischer against Boris Spassky at Reykjavík (game 17); the game ended in a draw
Pirc_Defence
American documentary series
12th & Delaware (2010) The Battle for Marjah (2010) A Small Act (2010) Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip (2011) His
The_Yogurt_Shop_Murders
Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster (1931–2016)
Candidates Tournament final, and Karpov became World Champion after Bobby Fischer declined to defend the title. Then in the next two world championship
Viktor_Korchnoi
2012-03-13. Retrieved 2023-03-17. Christine Toomey (20 April 2008). "Bobby Fischer's final manoeuvre". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original
List_of_recluses
Chess opening
d6 was previously known, it did not become a major variation until Bobby Fischer advocated it in a famous 1961 article in the first issue of the American
King's Gambit, Fischer Defense
King's_Gambit,_Fischer_Defense
Dutch chess grandmaster (1901–1981)
14-year-old future world champion Bobby Fischer, winning one game and drawing the other. His lifetime score against Fischer was one win, one loss, and one
Max_Euwe
Filmography
Hull 1993 What's Love Got to Do with It Ike Turner, Sr. Searching for Bobby Fischer Vinnie 1995 Higher Learning Professor Maurice Phipps Bad Company Nelson
Laurence Fishburne filmography
Laurence_Fishburne_filmography
Chess opening
1960s, Bobby Fischer argued in a famous article, "A Bust to the King's Gambit", that the opening loses by force, including to his own Fischer Defense
King's_Gambit
Fastest checkmate in the game of chess
problem in Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, and also as an early example in a compendium of problems by László Polgár. The solution in Fischer's book bore
Fool's_mate
2019 American documentary film
12th & Delaware (2010) The Battle for Marjah (2010) A Small Act (2010) Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip (2011) His
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
The_Inventor:_Out_for_Blood_in_Silicon_Valley
American filmmaker and actor (1934–2008)
(1985) The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) King Ralph (1991) Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) Sense and Sensibility (1995) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Blow
Sydney_Pollack
Gatsby Nick Carraway Labor Day Adult Henry Wheeler 2014 Pawn Sacrifice Bobby Fischer 2017 The Boss Baby Adult Tim Templeton / Narrator Voice 2021 Spider-Man:
Tobey_Maguire_filmography
Soviet Union Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk 2787 2007-10 1969 23 United States Bobby Fischer 2785 1972-07 1943 2008 Former world champion (1972–1975), former world
List of chess players by peak FIDE rating
List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating
American screenwriter, film director and producer (born 1953)
filmsite.org. Zaillian directed and wrote the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer, for which he earned critical and commercial acclaim. Zaillian also
Steven_Zaillian
Surname list
kayaker Bob Fischer (disambiguation) Bobby Fischer (1943 – 2008), American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion Bram Fischer (1908–1975)
Fischer
ancestry: Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. The Modern School of Chess espoused by Steinitz
List_of_Jewish_chess_players
American actor and filmmaker
Unauthorized Roman Polanski Also director and producer 2009 Bobby Fischer Live Bobby Fischer Also director and producer 2009 Bad Cop Angel Almaraz Also
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