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Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) 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.
- Joan Targ
Joan Fischer Targ (July 8, 1937 – June 2, 1998) was an...
- Paranoid Personality Disorder
Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) is a mental disorder...
- Miyoko Watai
She was awarded the title of Woman International Master by...
- List of Chess Grandmasters
For living grandmasters, this field is a weblink to the FIDE...
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For living grandmasters, this field is a weblink to the FIDE Chess Profile page which usually gives the year the GM title was awarded and the player's birth year. FIDE IDs for deceased grandmasters are retained in this table to aid matching with older FIDE records such as the FIDE rating lists.
Alexander Ian Sherzer (February 1, 1971 – December 4, 2022) was an American chess grandmaster and medical doctor.
Jan 18, 2008 · Bobby Fischer, the iconoclastic genius who was one of the greatest chess players the world has ever seen, died on Thursday in a hospital in Reykjavik, Iceland. He was 64. Gardar Sverrisson, a...
The world’s oldest grandmaster, Yuri Averbakh, passed away aged 100 on May 7. The venerable Russian had been a world title candidate, an aide to champions, and chief arbiter at top matches,...
Aug 20, 2021 · Evgeny Sveshnikov, a chess grandmaster who was among the world’s best players in the 1970s and who made significant contributions to the theory of the game, particularly in the openings, one of...
May 7, 2022 · GM Yuri Averbakh, the world’s oldest grandmaster, a trainer, international arbiter, chess composer, endgame theoretician, writer, historian, honorary member of FIDE, and the last living participant of the famous Zurich 1953 Candidates Tournament, has passed away, three months after turning 100.
