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.
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Pyrrhic Victory
Fischer won the match handily, but enraged American authorities, who warned him that playing in Yugoslavia and claiming the prize money was illegal. To make matters worse, Fischer was filmed spitting on the U.S. order forbidding him to play.

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