Bobby Fischer
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Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9 1943 – January 17 2008) was an American-born chess Grandmaster, an Icelandic citizen at the time of his death, who became famous as a teenager for his chess-playing ability.
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In popular culture
- The film Searching for Bobby Fischer uses his name in the title despite the fact that it is about the life of Joshua Waitzkin (it was named Innocent Moves instead in Great Britain). The title refers to the search for Fischer's successor after his disappearance from competitive chess. In the book on which the film is based, the narrator/author actually looks for Fischer for a brief period and imagines what he would say to him if found.
- In the animated Nickelodeon series Hey Arnold, there is a Chinese Checkers champion named Robby Fischer.
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