Bobby Fischer is a name well known around the world. He is probably the most famous chess player ever and some say the best to ever play the game. He truly was great. Bobby was born on March 9, 1943 and died on January 17, 2008. At age 13 bobby won a brilliancy award and at age 14 he played in and won 8 different United States championships winning by at least 15 points each. Then at 15 he became the youngest grandmaster (at that time) while also being the youngest candidate for the world championships. In 1963-64 he won the U.S. championships with the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Bobby Fischer dominated the game for years. At the height of the cold war he had a game with the USSR against Borris Spasky for the world championships held in Iceland. Fischer refused to play in the tournament until the prize amount was increased. With a donation of $150,000 by a private party the prize money was $250,000. He had won against Spasky and he became a National Hero. The next year Fischer wasn't able to defend his title in the world championship because he had some demands that the FIDE would not meet, since his demands weren't met he returned his title.
Bobby Fischer knew he was the best and was very stubborn. He had demands most of the time and he didn't really care if he played in the tournaments or not. But when he did play, he played amazing chess.
That was a very short Biography on Bobby Fischer. I may go into more detail at a later date.
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