Bobby Fischer - Chess Prodigy

Quixotic Grand Champion bobby fischer Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Fischer was the only American to ever claim the mantle of world chess champion.
Carl Mydans / Time Life Pictures

Gamesman
At Coney Island, Mydans photographed Fischer as he tried his hand at pinball.

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