It's 50 years since chess magician Bobby Fischer dazzled and baffled the world to emerge as champion - ABC News

For better and for worse, Bobby Fischer's brilliant play and off-board antics were a catalyst for chess to achieve mainstream attention.

50 years ago: Bobby Fischer is the 11th World Champion!

Bobby Fischer: American Master – The History Rat

World chess champion Bobby Fischer, center, is surrounded by newsmen, as he arrives from Iceland on Sunday, Sept. 17, 1972 at New York?s Kennedy airport. Fischer took the title from Boris Spassky

Bobby Fischer at Chess Board with Newspaper Bobby the Champ - Holden Luntz Gallery

50 years since Bobby Fischer won international chess crown — AP Photos

Fischer's Vision Alive In Reykjavik: Abdusattorov, Carlsen On Top - Chess .com

50 years since Bobby Fischer won international chess crown — AP Photos

50 years since Bobby Fischer won international chess crown — AP Photos

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An open letter from: Bobby Fischer, the World Chess Champion to: Encyclopaedia Judaica by Fischer, Bobby, Search for rare books

Bobby Fischer, Chess Champion, in New York. 1962

Bobby Fischer Laughed at it, Magnus Carlsen Plays it

Pasadena, CA: the author, 1984. 8.5x11 inch photocopy of Fischer's letter, which he produced for public distribution; horizontal fold crease,

An open letter from: Bobby Fischer, the World Chess Champion to: Encyclopaedia Judaica by Bobby Fischer on Bolerium Books

Searching For Bobby Fischer' Is About This Young Chess Prodigy - But He Quit the Game and Here's Why

50 years ago: Bobby Fischer is the 11th World Champion!