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March 9, 2006
Happy Birthday Mr. Fischer!
In case you didn't know, today is Bobby's birthday. Robert James Fischer was born in Chicago on March 9, 1943 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Bobby became the 11th world chess champion — and the first American to do so at 29 — by defeating then-champion Boris Spassy of Russia (and the entire chess hegemony) in an epic battle in 1972. He ruled the chess world for three short years (1972-1975) before losing his FIDE crown (by default!) to another rising juggernaut — Anatoly Karpov.
Bobby, who just turned 63, currently lives in Iceland.
Posted by rene on March 9, 2006 10:06 AM
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It is also worth noting that Fischer had problems with the US government after he played in Yugoslavia despite economic embargo. In a pre-match press conference in 1992 before his match in Yugoslavia, he spat on a document from the U.S. State Department forbidding him to play there because of economic sanctions in place at the time. In response, Fischer was indicted and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Subsequently he renounced the American citizenship.
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at April 1, 2006 7:26 AM
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