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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.
Jan 17, 2008 · Photo: Chess Life, Wikimedia. At just 14 years old, Fischer played in his first U.S. Chess Championship. Pitted against the country's best, Fischer convincingly won the tournament with a +8 score and became both the youngest U.S. champion and an international master.
Apr 2, 2014 · Bobby Fischer. Bobby Fischer was a record-setting chess master who became the youngest player to win the U.S. Chess Championship at 14, and the first American-born player to win the World...
Jul 3, 2022 · Published July 3, 2022. Updated March 7, 2024. Bobby Fischer became the World Chess Champion after defeating Soviet Boris Spassky in 1972 — then he descended into madness. In 1972, the U.S. seemed to have found an unlikely weapon in its Cold War struggle against Soviet Russia: a teen chess champion named Bobby Fischer.
Bob Fisher (born 1961) is an American screenwriter whose credits include Wedding Crashers, the 2011 Fox comedy series Traffic Light, and We're the Millers. He is a co-writer and co-executive producer for the US adaptation of Sirens.
Bob Fisher may refer to: Sports. Bob Fisher (baseball) (1886–1963), baseball player who played shortstop from 1912 to 1919; Bob Fisher (American football coach) (1887–1942), American football player and coach; Bob Fisher (offensive lineman) (1916–1983), American football player
Bobby Fischer became so proficient in chess that he even has a defense promptly named after him. This is the sequence to the Fisher Defense, which is in response to the King’s Gambit. 1. e4 e5; 2. f4 exf4; 3. Nf3 d6; Achievements
