Bobby Fischer

Robert James Fischer, the highly controversial International Grandmaster of Chess who defeated Boris Spassky in 1972 to become World Chess Champion only to default the title three years later, died today at the age of 64.

Fischer although brilliant on the chessboard left much to be desired as a person in this way he was very similar to Grandmaster Alekhine and Joseph Henry Blackburne in the sense that their prejudice and anti Semitism tarnished their accomplisments.