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A CHESS LEGEND DIES AT 64 IN ICELAND
Posted by
RRD
(VIP) 18 Jan 2008 10:04am
Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64.
Fischer died Thursday in a Reykjavik hospital, his spokesman, Gardar Sverrisson, said. There was no immediate word on the cause of death.
Terribly sad news 
zugicz
Posted by
zugic_zoran
18 Jan 2008 2:07pm
That was best player for ever!
fischer
Posted by
dp_scott
19 Jan 2008 4:27pm
rip bobby
So sad
Posted by
DoubleRD77
(VIP) 19 Jan 2008 4:51pm
Terribly sad news indeed ;(
Cold war warrior
Posted by
White_Phoenix
2 Aug 2009 9:50am
One of the few warriors to temporarily crack the soviet hegemony of chess players and show that with enough hard work anything is possible, RIP Fischer!!
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