Bobby Fischer’s rise to fame began in Crown Heights, 560 Lincoln Place, Apt. Q, with a plastic chess set his sister gave him when he was 6. It reached its pinnacle in a hangar-shaped sports hall ...

A chessboard, with pieces set up on it ... imposing number of champions and chess masters in its membership. “That’s Bobby’s favorite hangout,” Mrs. Fischer said.

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary ... to take the world title. "I never set myself the goal of becoming world champion.

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary ... to take the world title. "I never set myself the goal of becoming world champion.

Recently, I came across some interesting revelations about the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky World Championship Chess Match ... No. He extracts his pocket set, sets up some position and, oblivious ...

a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88. The death ...

Arrest me. And put me in the same cell with Bobby Fischer. And give us a chess set.” He continued to study chess after returning to postwar Leningrad, and at 10 he won a game against Soviet ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — For me to call Bobby Fischer an enigma would ... to win the World Chess Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland. Fischer vs. Spassky had Americans like me, whether we understood ...

FM: You are an international chess grandmaster who drew the attention of Bobby Fischer when you were only ... I didn’t have the skill set, basically — some of your classmates may have at ...

The World Chess Championship has reached a thrilling ... decided not to defend his title. American great Bobby Fischer was the last grandmaster to give up his world title in 1975.

While the final years of his life were controversial for many of the wrong reasons, chess lovers remember the excitement and intrigue he brought to the game. It is 50 years since Bobby Fischer ...