Bobby Fischer was and would be the greatest chess champion who ever lived.” Born in Chicago on March 9, 1943, he barely knew his father, a German physicist who divorced his mother when he was 2.

(When Fischer was born, his mother was married to Hans-Gerhardt Fischer, a German biophysicist, who is generally assumed to be Bobby's father, although Bobby's paternity is the subject of some ...

“That’s Bobby’s favorite hangout,” Mrs. Fischer said. “Sometimes I have to go over there at midnight to haul him out of the place.” Robert’s mother and father have been divorced for ...