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   Bobby Fischer

   The tournament was an "ordeal" for Fischer, who had to endure eight-hour and sometimes even twelve-hour playing sessions. ... In 1968, Fischer won tournaments at Netanya (11½/13) and Vinkovci (11/13) by large margins.
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   List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess

   The following people have beaten Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) in a regular game of chess—not a game played at odds. ... Tal won the Candidates Tournament and then the 1960 World Championship match, becoming the eighth World Champion.
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   Searching for Bobby Fischer

   Searching for Bobby Fischer is a 1993 film based on the life of prodigy chess player Joshua Waitzkin, played by Max Pomeranc. ... Dan Hedaya as Tournament director
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   World Chess Championship 1963

   At the World Chess Championship 1963 Tigran Petrosian narrowly qualified to challenge Mikhail Botvinnik for the World Chess Championship, and then won the match to become the ninth World Chess Champion. ... The 23-player single round-robin tournament was won convincingly by 18 year old American Bobby Fischer with 17.5 points out of 22 (13 wins, 9 draws, no losses), a margin of 2.5 points.
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   Hans Berliner

   He also won the 1953 New York State Championship (the first win by a non-New Yorker), the 1956 Eastern States Open directed by Norman Tweed Whitaker in Washington, DC, ahead of William Lombardy, Nicolas Rossolimo, Bobby Fischer and Arthur Feuerstein, and the 1957 Champion of Champions tournament. ... The last three times Berliner played in the U.S. Championship, Fischer won the tournament.
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   Carlos Bielicki

   In 1959, Bielicki was World Junior Chess Champion, winning the tournament in Münchenstein and earning the International Master title. In 1960, he took 11th at Mar del Plata (Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer won).
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   The Game of the Century (chess)

   The Game of the Century usually refers to a chess game played between Donald Byrne and the 13-year old Bobby Fischer in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York City on October 17, 1956. ... Following this game, he had a meteoric rise, winning the 1957 U.S. Open on tiebreaks, winning the 1957-58 U.S. (Closed) Championship (and all seven later championships he played in), qualifying for the Candidates Tournament and becoming the world's youngest grandmaster at age 15 in 1958.
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   Victor Ciocâltea

   In 1968, he took 6th in Netanya (Bobby Fischer won). ... Ciocâltea died at the chess table, while playing a chess game at a Spanish tournament in September 1983.
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   Piatigorsky Cup

   U.S. Champion Bobby Fischer declined an invitation after his demand for a $2000 appearance fee was refused by the tournament organizers. ... Spassky was the only player to not lose a game, and his steady performance won the tournament.
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    Fischer Defense

    Remarkably, Fischer later played the King's Gambit himself with great success, including winning all three tournament games in which he played it. ... | Named after | Bobby Fischer |

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• List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess,
• Searching for Bobby Fischer,
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• Victor Ciocâltea,
• Piatigorsky Cup,
• Fischer Defense

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