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The 2011 documentary Bobby Fischer Against the World features extensive archival footage from the match. The 2014 film Pawn Sacrifice tells the story of Fischer's attempts to defeat Russian Boris Spassky and become the world champion.
Bobby Fischer was born at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1943. [2] His mother, Regina Wender Fischer, was a US citizen, [3] [4] born in Switzerland; her parents were Polish Jews. [5] [6] Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, [2] Regina became a teacher, a registered nurse, and later a physician. [7]
A defeated champion was entitled to a rematch the following year, after which the 3-year cycle would resume; Botvinnik benefited from this rule twice, in 1958 and 1961. [30] With the exception of the American Bobby Fischer in 1972, Soviet citizens won every championship from 1948 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
If one counts forfeited games as a loss in zero moves, [7] then there have been many such forfeits, with some notable examples being Game 2 of the 1972 world championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, which Fischer defaulted, [8] and Game 5 of the 2006 world championship match between Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov, which ...
Benko defeated four players who held the World Champion title at some point. They are Bobby Fischer, [17] Mikhail Tal, [18] Tigran Petrosian, [19] and Vassily Smyslov. [20] His career score against Fischer was three wins, eight losses and seven draws. [17]
He also defeated Bobby Fischer and played John Vane blindfolded. [1] He earned the titles Senior Master and Life Master from the United States Chess Federation, [1] and has written about Blindfold Chess. [4] He was also a columnist on Chess Life, with his own column called "Chess Kaleidoscope." [4] Hearst died on January 20, 2018, in Tucson ...
He made a notable result at Havana 1965 with 5th place on 14½/21, as Smyslov won, but Kholmov defeated Bobby Fischer and finished undefeated in the tournament. At Tbilisi 1966/67 for URS-ch34, he scored 10/20 to tie for 10th–12th places, as Stein won again.
Fischer therefore qualifies to play Boris Spassky in a match for the World Championship in 1972. Commencing with his final seven games at the 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal and finishing with his first match game with Petrosian, Fischer's run of twenty consecutive wins is the longest in first class chess since Wilhelm Steinitz established ...