Name
Bobby Fischer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-03-09
Deathday
2008-01-17 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Robert James "Bobby" Fischer was an American chess prodigy, grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all time.
At age 13 Fischer won a "brilliancy" that became known as The Game of the Century. Starting at age 14, Fischer played in eight United States Championships, winning each by at least a one-point margin. At age 15, Fischer became both the youngest grandmaster up to that time and the youngest candidate for the World Championship. At age 20, Fischer won the 1963–64 U.S. Championship with 11/11, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games (1969) remains a revered work in chess literature.
Known For
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During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caug...
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A Hungarian girl dreams of conquering international men’s chess. After a 15-year battle ...
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A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion lik...
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The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess mas...
- 1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 The Fight for Fischer's Estate as himself
- 2009 Me & Bobby Fischer as Bobby Fischer
- 2011 Chess History as Self
- 2015 Pawn Sacrifice as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 Bobby Fischer Against the World as Himself (archive footage)
- 2024 The Ghost of Bobby Fischer as Himself (Archive Footage)
- 1982 The Great Chess Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 Requiem for Bobby Fischer as Himself (archive footage)
- 2026 Queen of Chess as Self (archival footage)
- 2026 American Humor as Man (archive voice) (uncredited)
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
