Robert James Fischer
29 videos • 2,718 views • by Chess Library Full name: Robert James Fischer Life: Mar 9, 1943 - Jan 17, 2008 (age 64) Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, US Federation: United States Bobby Fischer is the first and only American world chess champion in history. Many consider him to be among the greatest chess players of all time, as well as the most famous. Fischer sparked an entire generation of chess players, especially in the United States and Iceland. His success against the Russian chess empire of the 1960s and 70s remains as one of the most incredible individual performances by any chess player. Of his most famous quotes, perhaps one of his simplest statements displays the most important and fundamental truth about the game: "Chess demands total concentration."