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Bobby Fischer

Chess legend Bobby Fischer
Chess star Bobby Fischer, pictured in New York in April 1962 Photograph: John Lent/AP
Chess legend Bobby Fischer
April 3 1956: A 13-year-old Fischer competes in a chess tournament Photograph: CPL Archv/Everett/Rex Features
Chess legend Bobby Fischer
1956, New Jersey: Fischer takes on 21 opponents -20 of them adults - in the lobby of the Jersey City YMCA. He won 19 of the games, lost one and drew one Photograph: Corbis/Corbis
Chess legend Bobby Fischer
March 29 1970, Belgrade: Fischer (right) ponders a move during a game with Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union. He went on to defeat the former world champion in 39 moves Photograph: AP/AP
Chess champion Bobby Fischer
August 31 1972, Reykjavik: Fischer (right) and Boris Spassky, of Russia, play their last game together. Fischer broke 24 years of Soviet dominance by defeating Spassky, taking home a world championship Photograph: J Walter Green/AP
Chess legend Bobby Fischer
September 22 1972, New York: New York Mayor John V Lindsay (right) declares "Bobby Fischer Day" at City Hall as the Brooklyn-born chess star beams and shows off his gold medal Photograph: AP/AP
Chess legend Bobby Fischer
1972: Bob Hope plays chess with the champion Photograph: CSU Archv/Everett/Rex Features
Chess legend Bobby Fischer
September 1 1992, Sveti Stefan, Yugoslavia: Fischer holds a letter from the US government saying his his proposed chess match with Spassky violates international sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro Photograph: Vukadinovic/AP
Chess legend Bobby Fischer
September 2 1992, Sveti Stefan, Yugoslavia: Spassky (left) shakes hands with Fischer at the beginning of their first match in the Hotel Maestral Photograph: Dragan Filipovic/AFP
Chess legend Bobby Fischer
March 7 2005, Tokyo, Japan: A photocopy of Fischer's Icelandic passport, which allowed him to leave Japan for Iceland. The former world chess champion was arrested in Japan and wanted in his home country since 1992 for breaking an international embargo on the former Yugoslavia Photograph: HO/AP
Chess legend Bobby Fischer
March 24 2005, New Tokyo Interniatonal Airport, Japan: Fischer speaks to reporters before his departure after being released from eight months in custody. He became a free man in Iceland, which made him a citizen Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP
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