Bobby Fischer, the enigmatic American chess genius who became a Cold War hero with his 1972 defeat of Soviet champion Boris Spassky but fell from grace in later decades when he became a recluse ...

Fischer, one of the greatest chess players of all time, was also a recluse who made anti-American and anti-Semitic statements and seemed increasingly lost in the depths of his own mind. Filmmaker ...

Before Bobby Fischer, the Soviets weren’t merely the dominant chess-playing people on Earth. They were czars of the sport, producing every world champion between 1948 and 1971.

Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was 64.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with chess writer and grandmaster Andy Soltis about 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer and the movie Pawn Sacrifice. In the summer of 1972, the world's attention was ...

For older chess players who learned the game long ago, Bobby Fischer's 1960's Boys Life (the official Boys Scouts of America magazine) column brings back nostalgic memories. Those where the days ...