One of the chess world's greatest geniuses, Robert James "Bobby" Fischer, has died at the age of 64 in Reykjavik, Iceland on 17th January. Bobby Fischer became famous as a teenager when he playing for America became the first and thus far the only american to win the official World Chess Championhip in 1972 by beating Russia's defending champion Borris Spassky. This was during the cold war and many publicized this as a America vs Russia battle.The Chess world will definitely miss one of its greatest master. May he rest in peace.
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