CHESS PLAYER

Bobby Fischer

1943 - 2008

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Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Qualifying for the 1972 World Championship, Fischer swept matches with Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen by 6–0 scores. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Fischer is the 2nd most popular chess player (down from 1st in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from United States (down from 136th in 2019) and the most popular American Chess Player.

Bobby Fischer is most famous for being the youngest American to ever win the World Chess Championship.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Bobby Fischer ranks 2 out of 461. Before him are Wilhelm Steinitz. After him are Boris Spassky, José Raúl Capablanca, Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, and Garry Kasparov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bobby Fischer ranks 8. Before him are John Major, Robert De Niro, Lech Wałęsa, Jim Morrison, Julio Iglesias, and Catherine Deneuve. After him are Queen Silvia of Sweden, Betty Williams, George Harrison, Vangelis, Mick Jagger, and Toto Cutugno. Among people deceased in 2008, Bobby Fischer ranks 5. Before him are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Paul Newman, Yves Saint Laurent, and Suharto. After him are Chinghiz Aitmatov, Edmund Hillary, Charlton Heston, Arthur C. Clarke, Samuel P. Huntington, Willis Lamb, and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Fischer ranks 184 out of 20,380. Before him are Vin Diesel (1967), Margaret Brown (1867), Debbie Harry (1945), Stonewall Jackson (1824), Tom Selleck (1945), and Robert Downey Jr. (1965). After him are Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), Phineas Gage (1823), Judy Garland (1922), Bob Ross (1942), Stan Lee (1922), and Jackson Pollock (1912).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Bobby Fischer ranks 1. After him are Frank Marshall (1877), Paul Morphy (1837), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Larry Evans (1932), Reuben Fine (1914), Jackson Showalter (1860), Robert Byrne (1928), Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), William Lombardy (1937), Nick de Firmian (1957), and Isaac Kashdan (1905).

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