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Bobby Fischer was born on March 9, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States and was credited as a chess player, writer and inventor. Bobby Fischer died on January 17, 2008, aged 64. Education on record includes Erasmus Hall High School. Listed accolades include world chess champion and Chess Oscar (1970).
My Take
Bobby Fischer remains the most haunting figure in chess for me, proof that genius and torment can share one mind. The records speak plainly: US champion at fourteen, a perfect 11-0 score in 1964, and a one-man assault on the Soviet chess machine that turned a board game into front-page Cold War drama. What I keep returning to is the purity of his obsession; he treated chess as absolute truth and accepted no compromise, on the board or off it. His later years were sad and erratic, and I will not romanticize them, but the games themselves are crystalline. Studying them still feels like reading poetry written in pure logic.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bobby Fischer
- Name (Japanese)
- ボビー・フィッシャー
- Reading
- ぼびー・ふぃっしゃー
- Born
- March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Occupation
- chess player / writer / inventor / animator / Grandmaster
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
2. Background
- High school
- Erasmus Hall High School
Awards & achievements
- world chess champion
- 1970 Chess Oscar
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://bobbyfischer.net
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Fischer
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41314
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Bobby Fischer born?
Born March 9, 1943.
When did Bobby Fischer die?
Died January 17, 2008, aged 64.
Where was Bobby Fischer from?
Bobby Fischer was from Chicago, Illinois, United States.
What did Bobby Fischer do?
Bobby Fischer worked as chess player, writer, inventor, animator, Grandmaster.
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