The controversial former world chess champion, Bobby Fischer, has died

[method77]

The US-born player, who became famous for beating Cold War Soviet rival Boris Spassky in 1972, died of an unspecified illness, his spokesman said.

He was granted Icelandic citizenship in 2005 as a way to avoid being deported to the US.

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[DudeAsInCool]

I've read his books, particularly the section on endings. Was a big fan.

[Kooperman]

He also had alienated many in his homeland by broadcasting anti-Semitic diatribes and expressing support for the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York.

Checkmate, Bobby.

[DudeAsInCool]

He also had alienated many in his homeland by broadcasting anti-Semitic diatribes and expressing support for the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York.

Checkmate, Bobby.

Fisher was actually half Jewish, but in his later years, he turned into a conspiracy nuts. I think the problem stemmed from when he played Spassky in Yugoslavia, which was under an embargo by the US. Not allowed to return to the US, Spassky lashed back in conspiratorial anti-semitic tirades.