Robert James Fischer

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Bobby_Fischer
gptkbp:arrested gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:awarded Grandmaster title 1958
Honorary citizenship of Iceland
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Laugardælir_Church_Cemetery,_Iceland
gptkbp:chessClub gptkb:Manhattan_Chess_Club
gptkbp:chessOpeningNamedAfter gptkb:Fischer-Sozin_Attack
gptkb:Fischer_Defense_(King's_Gambit)
gptkbp:chessVariantInvented gptkb:Fischer_Random_Chess
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Iceland
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1943-03-09
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 2008-01-17
gptkbp:defeatedBy gptkb:Boris_Spassky
gptkbp:education gptkb:Erasmus_Hall_High_School
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:1972_World_Chess_Championship
gptkb:Fischer_Random_Chess
gptkbp:FIDE_ID 2000010
gptkbp:FIDEratingPeakDate 1972
gptkbp:filmPortrayedIn gptkb:Pawn_Sacrifice
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert James Fischer
gptkbp:intelligence estimated 180
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:German
gptkb:Spanish
English
Icelandic
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Mikhail_Tal
gptkb:Mark_Taimanov
gptkb:Samuel_Reshevsky
gptkb:Viktor_Korchnoi
gptkb:Bent_Larsen
gptkb:Boris_Spassky
gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Candidates_Tournament_1959
gptkb:Interzonal_Tournament_1970
gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_1972
gptkb:U.S._Chess_Championship
youngest Grandmaster at the time (age 15)
youngest ever U.S. Chess Champion
gptkbp:notableGame gptkb:Game_of_the_Century_(1956)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:chess_player
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Hans-Gerhardt_Fischer
gptkb:Regina_Wender_Fischer
gptkbp:peak_rating 2785
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Reykjavík,_Iceland
gptkbp:portrayedBy gptkb:Tobey_Maguire
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:My_60_Memorable_Games
gptkbp:religion Christianity (later years)
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Bobby_Fischer_Against_the_World
gptkb:Searching_for_Bobby_Fischer
gptkbp:title gptkb:Grandmaster
gptkbp:won U.S. Chess Championship 8 times
gptkbp:worldChessChampion 1972-1975
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bobby_Fischer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5