... a century, the USSR's chess title had never been challenged like this. It seemed as if the FIDE crown would be taken away from the Soviet Union, whose trust in the crown currently resided in the hands of Boris Spassky. The man who challenged Spassky had already come to be known as one of the greatest, most eccentric, and most egotistical chess players in the history of the game: Bobby Fischer. A LIFE COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO THE GAME Bobby Fischer has always been a rather strange and enigmatic character. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Brooklyn, New York. When he was only six years old, his sister bought him a cheap plastic chess set. For three years, chess was just another game, but when Bobby turned nine, he quickly became completely absorbed by the game that was to rule the rest of his life. In 1957, at the age of ...

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