보비 피셔

소개

보비 피셔(Bobby Fischer, 1943년 3월 9일 ~ 2008년 1월 17일)는 미국 시카고에서 태어난 체스 선수로, 본명은 로버트 제임스 피셔(Robert James Fischer)이다. 1972년부터 1975년까지 세계 체스 챔피언 타이틀을 차지했던 그는 "미국의 체스 영웅"으로 불리며 체스 960을 고안했다.

Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Qualifying for the 1972 World Championship, Fischer swept matches with Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen by 6–0 scores. After winning another qualifying match against Tigran Petrosian, Fischer won the title match against Boris Spassky of the USSR, in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation between the US and USSR, the match attracted more worldwide interest than any chess championship before or since.