Bobby Fischer

Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (born March 9, 1943) is a former world chess champion, who on September 1, 1972 became the only American to win the FIDE World Chess Championship. He lost the title when he refused to defend it on April 3, 1975. Garry Kasparov wrote that of all world champions of chess, the skill gap between Fischer and his contemporaries was the largest in history {{ref|Kasparov}}. Fischer is also well known for his eccentricity, unconventional behavior, and outspoken, anti-Semitic political views. Despite his prolonged absence from competitive play, or perhaps because of it, Fischer is still among the best known of all chess players.

External links

• Bobby Fischer's official website, with radio interviews
• {{Web reference | URL=http://www.bobby-fischer.net/Bobby_Fischer_Articles4.html | title=Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master | work=Ralph Ginzburg's 1962 interview | year=2005 | date=March 25}}
• Bobby Fischer: Demise of a chess legend, the BBC on Fischer's personality and downfall
• Bobby Fischer Interview - Fischer's accusations about Jewish world conspiracies, January 14, 1999
• Fischer's games at chessgames.com
• Usenet thread with Nigel Short discussing his suspicions he played against Fischer on the Internet
• Suspected games against two International Grand Masters via the Internet
• Bobby Fischer Site containing videos, stories, games, and sounds clips of the chess legend
• Bobby Fischer speaks out! about his involvement on the World Wide Church of God, on an anti-WWCofG website