"Chess legend Fischer dies at 64
My obsession with chess is long gone but the legend Boby Fischer deserves a tribute anyway...
"I am the best player in the world and I am here to prove it." - Bobby Fischer VIA
Chess legend Fischer dies at 64
Controversial former world chess legend Bobby Fischer, famous for a Cold War showdown, has died aged 64.
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Former chess champion Bobby Fischer has died at the age of 64. What is your reaction?World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Dies at 64
Bobby Fischer, 64, a chess phenomenon whose prodigious talents were often checked by personal and political tumult, died yesterday at a hospital in Reykjavik, Iceland. A spokesman, Gardar Sverrisson, told the Associated Press that he died of kidney failure.
Checkmate
American chess legend Bobby Fisher's life in pictures
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The most powerful American chess player in history, Bobby Fischer, is dead at the age of 64... NYT ... Telegraph ... Balt Sun ... Guardian ... LAT ... USCF ... Wash Post ... NY Post ... Independent ... LAT ... Slate ... Guardian ... London Times ... Nat’l Post ... Guardian Chess for Fischer was a form of psychic murder. ... London Times ... Guardian ... Wash Post ... Independent ... Jerusalem Post ... Guardian ... London Times From world-class chess player to world-class crank, he never realized he’d unwittingly blundered into checkmate.
