When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

e4 e5 2. His book My 60 Memorable Games publiBobby Fischerd in 1969 remains a revered part of chess literature for advanced players. Despite his layoff from competitive play Fischer won all of them according to Biyiasas who lamented that he was never even able to reach an endgame.

At age 15½ he became both the youngest grandmaster and the youngest candidate for the World Championship up to that time. S. He became the first official World Chess Federation (FIDE) number-one rated chess player in July 1971 and spent 54 total months at number one.