But later, Fischer would become an erratic figure, losing his world title in 1975 after refusing to defend it and then dropping out of competitive chess. He spent time in the Philippines and ...

The name of Bobby Fischer, a marvel of a player even as a boy, sounds in Josh’s ears from the moment he pits himself against the players in Washington Square.

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 ...

Bobby Fischer was a maximalist who set his eyes on the world chess championship before he became a teenager. In person, he could be genial and even seemingly relaxed, but most of his conscious ...

Bobby Fischer (right) shook hands with the chief referee of the World Chess Championship after learning that his opponent, Boris Spassky, resigned from the match. J.

If we're lucky, time is a powerful corrective for arrogance and prejudice. In 1962, a teenage Bobby Fischer famously proclaimed: "They're stupid compared to men. They (women) shouldn't play chess ...

A DNA test has proved that late chess champion Bobby Fischer is not the father of a nine-year-old Filipino girl, her lawyer says.