Bobby Fischer - greatest chess player of all time - dead

Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008) was an American-born Icelandic chess Grandmaster who became famous as a teenager for his chess-playing ability, and in 1972 became the only American chessplayer to become the official World Chess Champion.

In 1975 he refused to defend the title when FIDE, the international chess federation, did not accept all his conditions for a title defense. He was stripped of his title as a result. Fischer is often referred to as a candidate for the greatest chess player of all time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer

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