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   Bobby Fischer

   Fischer defeated the young Filipino Master Rodolfo Tan Cardoso by 6-2 in a match in New York. ... The Unknown Bobby Fischer.
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   List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess

   Letelier defeated Fischer in 1959 at Mar del Plata, in a game which according to Mednis (How to Beat Bobby Fischer), featured Fischer's worst move ever. ... Fine beat Fischer in a 1963 blitz game in New York and possibly in some other offhand games when Fischer was young.)
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   Searching for Bobby Fischer

   Zilber, Latvian chess champion in 1958, defeated Tal in 1952, and during most of the 1980s was homeless and regarded as one the top players in Madison Square Park. ... Searching For Bobby Fischer Trivia.
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   Boris Spassky

   He first drew wide attention in 1947 at age ten, when he defeated Soviet champion Botvinnik in a simultaneous exhibition. ... | Preceded by Tigran Petrosian | World Chess Champion 1969–1972 | Succeeded by Bobby Fischer |
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   Bent Larsen

   In 1970 he was 2nd in the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal, on 15/23, behind Bobby Fischer. ... Larsen defeated the seven World Champions who held the title from 1948 to 1985.
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   Garry Kasparov

   At age 19, he was the youngest Candidate since Bobby Fischer, who was 15 when he qualified in 1958. ... At the time, the FIDE rules granted a defeated champion the right to rematch.
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   The Game of the Century (chess)

   Robert "Bobby" Fischer (1943-2008) was at this time a promising young master. ... Fischer offers an ingenious knight sacrifice.
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   World Chess Championship

   If a champion was defeated, he had a right to join in a three way match three years later with his successor and the next challenger. ... The next championship, held in Reykjavík (Iceland) in 1972, saw the first non-Soviet finalist since before World War II (the first under FIDE), the young American, Bobby Fischer.
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   Samuel Reshevsky

   Young Sammy Reshevsky ... He defeated seven World Champions: Lasker, Jose Raul Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, and Bobby Fischer.
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    Viktor Korchnoi

    He has equal records against Botvinnik and Bobby Fischer. ... In the 1974 Candidates' matches, Korchnoi first beat the young Brazilian star Henrique Costa Mecking (who had won the other Interzonal, in Petropolis) by 7.5–5.5 at Augusta – in what he later described as a tough match in his autobiography.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Bobby Fischer,
• List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess,
• Searching for Bobby Fischer,
• Boris Spassky,
• Bent Larsen,
• Garry Kasparov,
• The Game of the Century (chess),
• World Chess Championship,
• Samuel Reshevsky,
• Viktor Korchnoi